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Chinese firm's deal to buy AMC may spur others
Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group's landmark deal to buy AMC Entertainment Inc. for $2.6 billion could be a catalyst for similar acquisitions of American theater chains and other U.S. entertainment properties, industry analysts said.
The deal...Tags: Culture, The Carlyle Group, Manufacturing and Engineering, James Marsh, Entertainment Events
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Africa's economic boom points up the need for managers
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Africa's rapid economic growth has helped change the stereotype of a hopeless continent of starving people waiting to be rescued, but it has also created an intense need for strong managers, according to a report...Tags: Africa, Culture, Business, Companies and Corporations, Mutual Funds
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For L.A., progress but not yet victory
Twenty years ago Sunday, on a warm spring afternoon, Los Angeles fell apart. It started with the announcement of not-guilty verdicts on all but one count against the police officers who had beaten Rodney King into submission. It flared in confrontations...
Tags: Racism, Culture, Richard Riordan, Arts and Culture, Los Angeles Police Department
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Trayvon Martin, Kony 2012, L.A. riots -- and now 'hipster racism'
The Trayvon Martin case, the"Kony 2012" phenomenon, the L.A. riots anniversary.... The conversation about race in America never went away. Now a new discussion about so-called hipster racism has brought the talk to the millennials, and it's gotten a...
Tags: Girls (tv program), Culture, Lena Dunham, HBO (tv network), Kony 2012 (movie)
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Frustrated Ai Weiwei calls tax case a 'catch-22'
Ai Weiwei says he can sue the government over his ongoing tax case. But there's a catch -- the dissident Chinese artist must produce an official company seal seized by authorities when Ai was arrested last year. "We can't get the seal back," Ai told...
Tags: Culture, Companies and Corporations, Ai Weiwei, Arts and Culture, Economy, Business and Finance
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James Cameron, Jeremy Renner hit Beijing film festival
24 FramesThe Beijing International Film Festival sees visits from Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye in "The Avengers," which was screened) and James Cameron (whose "Titanic 3D" is doing well in China).... -
Discovery of Indian artifacts complicates Genesis solar project
The Feb. 27 letter from the chairman of the Colorado River Indian Tribes was pleading and tough. It asked President Obama to slow the federal government's "frantic pursuit" of massive solar energy projects in the Mojave Desert because of possible damage...
Tags: Culture, Conservation, Genesis (music group), Ken Salazar, Natural Resources
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John Payton dies at 65; prominent civil rights attorney
John Payton, a leading civil rights lawyer who defended the University of Michigan's affirmative action policy before the Supreme Court and led the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, has died. He was 65.
Payton died Thursday at Johns Hopkins...Tags: Culture, Lawyers, Politics, Harvard University, Civil Rights
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Theater review: Culture Clash's 'American Night' at Kirk Douglas
Culture MonsterCharlotte Stoudt reviews Richard Montoya's fast-paced comic fantasia, "American Night: The Ballad of Juan José" at the Kirk Douglas Theatre.... -
'The Good Wife' recap: Family business
Show TrackerOn "The Good Wife," Alicia defends her old pal Colin Sweeney in a sordid paternity case.... -
Disney to join animation initiative with China
BEIJING — Walt Disney Co. said it would join an initiative to develop China's animation industry, marking the latest push by Hollywood to expand into the world's most populous country.
The agreement announced Tuesday unites the Burbank...Tags: Culture, Xi Jinping, Kung Fu Panda (movie), China, Animation (genre)
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National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medals announced
Jacket CopyThe White House announced the recipients of the National Medal of Arts and the National Humanities Medals today. Poet Rita Dove (above) is the leading literary figure among the seven who will receive the National Medal of Arts, joining actor......
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