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First edition of 'Great Gatsby' to be sold at auction
ReutersNEW YORK, May 23 (Reuters) - A first edition copy of F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece, "The Great Gatsby," will be up for sale next month and could fetch up to $150,000, Sotheby's said on Thursday. The book, which once belonged to the critic and...Tags: Authors, Leonardo DiCaprio, Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated
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"Promiscuous minds" gather for Britain's Hay Festival
ReutersBy Nigel Stephenson LONDON, May 23 (Reuters) - Some of the biggest names in literature, science and politics will pitch up to a small British town over the next week for a clan gathering of the world's most "promiscuous minds". The 26th Hay Festival...Tags: Bill Clinton, Government, Festive Events, Politics, Music Industry
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Graphic sex in applauded lesbian love story gets Cannes buzzing
Reuters* Critics laud Kechiche's film of raw emotion, lesbian sex * Father-son road trip is Payne's second try for top prize By Alexandria Sage CANNES, May 23 (Reuters) - An intimate love story between two young women received rave reviews from critics at the...Tags: The Hollywood Reporter, Literature, Movies, Same-Sex Marriage, Bruce Dern
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French director Guillaume Canet overcomes New York culture clash to make 'Blood Ties'
Associated PressCANNES, France (AP) — The problem with New York these days is there's just not enough litter. At least, that's French director Guillaume Canet's experience. He had to supply his own garbage to recreate the grubby streets of 1970s Brooklyn for his...Tags: Movies, England, Film Festivals, Mila Kunis, Guillaume Canet
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Short story writer Lydia Davis wins Man Booker Intl fiction prize
ReutersBy Paul Casciato LONDON, May 22 (Reuters) - American short story writer Lydia Davis won the fifth Man Booker International Prize for fiction on Wednesday for a body of work that includes some of the briefest tales ever published. Davis - who has only...Tags: Dwayne Johnson, Literature, England, Authors, Chinua Achebe
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Short story writer Lydia Davis wins major fiction prize
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - American short story writer Lydia Davis won the fifth Man Booker International Prize for fiction on Wednesday for a body of work that includes some of the briefest tales ever published. Davis, a professor of creative writing at the...Tags: Dwayne Johnson, Literature, England, Authors, Chinua Achebe
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Cannes: The Weinstein Co. nearing deal for 'The Young and Prodigious Spivet'
ReutersLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Weinstein Company is closing in on U.S. rights to Jean-Pierre Jeunet's 3D adventure movie "The Young and Prodigious Spivet," which is one of the hottest available titles at Cannes. A spokesperson for TWC didn't immediately...Tags: The Weinstein Company
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Tunisia announces first death from new coronavirus
ReutersTunis (Reuters) - A 66-year-old Tunisian man has died from new coronavirus, a strain of a virus that emerged in the Middle East last year, after a visit to Saudi Arabia, the health ministry said on Tuesday. The man, a diabetic, died in hospital in the...Tags: Diabetes, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, Tunisia, Viral Diseases and Infections, Saudi Arabia
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John Caird brings blockbuster cred to L.A. Opera's 'Tosca'
John Caird, who's directing the L.A. Opera production of "Tosca" that opens Saturday, played crucial roles in launching two of the biggest stage blockbusters of modern times. The fact that the British director remains somewhat below the radar, at...
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Saudi Arabia has another case of new coronavirus: WHO
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has reported another case of infection in a concentrated outbreak of a new strain of a virus that emerged in the Middle East last year and spread into Europe, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday. In a...Tags: Health Organizations, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, Politics, Viral Diseases and Infections, International Organizations
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Eifman's sudsy 'Rodin' full of startling dance
Boris Eifman's work is always surprising, stumbling here and there, maybe, but determined to recycle classical ballet into new shapes, with novel plot lines. He and his Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg, which played the Auditorium Theatre over the...
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Cannes 2013: Opening night welcomes 'Great Gatsby,' Euro-style
CANNES, France -- The movie world feted an old friend Wednesday night, or at least an old sport. Two weeks after celebrating Baz Luhrmann's big-budget adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel with a throwback party at the Plaza Hotel in New York,...Tags: Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Movies, Festive Events, Film Festivals, Iron Man 3 (movie)
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