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Review: Guy Pearce doesn't fit in strained '33 Postcards'
Innocence meets experience, unconvincingly, in the strained redemption drama "33 Postcards." The movie's awkward mix of familiar setups finds a teenage orphan from China on the sorta-mean streets of Sydney, Australia, inspiring hope in a criminal who...
Tags: Guy Pearce, Film Festivals, Entertainment, Movies
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Tejay van Garderen extends lead in Tour of California
Tejay van Garderen raced to a dominating individual time trial victory Friday in the Tour of California to extend his overall lead over Australian Michael Rogers. Van Garderen, the 24-year-old BMC rider who grew up in Bozeman, Mont., completed the 19.6-...
Tags: Cameron Meyer, Tour of California, Tejay van Garderen, Lieuwe Westra
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J.J. Abrams' 'Star Trek' sequel outperforming original overseas
While the USS Enterprise has yet to conquer foreign galaxies, it is starting to pick up speed overseas. Playing in seven foreign markets this weekend, J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek Into Darkness" collected $31.7 million, according to an estimate from...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Iron Man 3 (movie), Entertainment, Star Trek (movie, 2009), Mexico
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Colgate University to return aboriginal artwork to Australia
A collection of artwork by aboriginal Australian children that was given to Colgate University in 1966 is being voluntarily returned to Australia. The upstate New York school said Tuesday that it would transfer 119 pieces from the collection to Curtin...
Tags: Museums, Artists, Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated, Arts, Arts and Culture
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What happened when Baz Luhrmann moved 'The Great Gatsby' to Australia
F. Scott Fitzgerald's ambition for "The Great Gatsby" was scarcely modest: "Something new — something extraordinary and beautiful and simple and intricately patterned," the novelist wrote to his editor of his plans for the 1925 novel. Tobey...
Tags: Entertainment, Carey Mulligan, Kanye West, Old Westbury, Adultery
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Queen Elizabeth II to skip first Commonwealth meeting in 4 decades
LONDON – Ending four decades of perfect attendance, Queen Elizabeth II will skip the biennial meeting of Commonwealth leaders later this year as part of a rethink by palace officials of long-distance travel and public events for the 87-year-old...
Tags: Government, Imperial and Royal Matters, Elizabeth II, Heads of State, Commonwealth Games
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Stakes are huge in Malaysian election
NEW DELHI — Malaysia faces its most significant election in decades Sunday, as voters choose between the longtime ruling coalition touting its steady hand and an untested opposition alliance promising economic and political reforms. The stakes are...
Tags: Social Sciences, Religion and Belief, Malaysia, Productivity, Arts and Culture
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Wednesday's TV Highlights: 'The Americans' on FX
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of April 28 - May 4, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SERIES Arrow Oliver (Stephen Amell) has...
Tags: Neil Flynn, Sherri Shepherd, Entertainment, Abusive Behavior, Sarah Chalke
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It's time for a water coaster in Southern California
Southern California is long overdue for a water coaster. For the uninitiated, a water coaster is a water park slide that mimics the ups and downs of a traditional roller coaster with the help of conveyor belts, water jets or magnetic propulsion....
Tags: Amusement and Theme Parks, Six Flags Inc., Memorial Day, Aquatica, Holidays
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Global Voices: Filmmakers chronicle Chinese run on French wine
What might have been a grueling, 25-hour flight from Sydney to London two years ago instead brought filmmaker and viticulturist Warwick Ross to a project that blended his passions for storytelling and wine as perfectly as the grapes for a nice Chardonnay-...
Tags: Film Festivals, Consumer Goods Industries, Wines, Entertainment, China
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