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Cannes: With 'The Congress,' Ari Folman votes for new audacity
CANNES, France -- Few independent directors have won as many plaudits for their visual inventiveness as Ari Folman. Five years ago, the Israeli first-timer came to Cannes and caught the film world’s attention with his combat piece “Waltz...
Tags: Film Festivals, Fiction, Harvey Keitel, Movies, Entertainment
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Cannes 2013: Chile's onetime cult king still the wizard of weird
CANNES, France — The Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky has made only seven features in his nearly half-century career, but his legendary midnight movie "El Topo," a wigged-out peyote western that played to New York audiences for months in 1970,...
Tags: Paris (France), Judaism, Psychotherapy, Health Treatments, Film Festivals
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Bolivia: Surreal beauty in the high desert of the Andean plateau
POTOSÍ, Bolivia — A gentle breeze swept across Laguna Colorada, momentarily turning the magenta mineral lake water neon-orange as it rippled around the knobby knees of several dozen flamingos. Suddenly, a pair of frisky vicuñas trotted...
Tags: Trips and Vacations, Metal and Mineral, Mountains, Lakes and Ponds, Mining
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Planning your trip to Bolivia
THE BEST WAY TO SUCRE, BOLIVIA From LAX, American, Copa and LATAM offer connecting service (change of planes) to Sucre, about 100 miles from Potosí. Restricted round-trip fares begin at $1,146, including all taxes and fees. U.S. citizens are...
Tags: Trips and Vacations, Tourism and Leisure, Los Angeles International Airport, Salt, Travel
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Recipe: Steam-roasted heritage or free-range turkey
Total time: About 4 hours after 1 hour salt-curing
Servings: 10 to 12 with leftovers
Note: Heritage turkeys are still available at Bristol Farms (most locations), www.bristolfarms.com; and Whole Foods Markets (all Southern California locations), www....Tags: Dressing and Stuffing, Whole Foods Market, Turkey, Butter, Garlic
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Movie review: 'Violeta Went to Heaven' portrays Violeta Parra's life
Violeta Parra grew up in poverty in rural Chile and became an internationally recognized musician, her songs covered by such luminaries as Joan Baez and Shakira. With its grand arc, her story would fit nicely into the standard biopic format, but...
Tags: Music Industry, Movies, Entertainment, Music, Shakira
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Venezuelan judge rejects call for recount
CARACAS, Venezuela — Even before any legal motion was filed, the pro-government head of Venezuela's Supreme Court on Wednesday slapped down demands for a recount of the hotly contested presidential election that gave a narrow victory to Hugo Chavez'...
Tags: Panama, European Union, Human Rights Watch, John Kerry, Elections
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Jonathan Gold | L.A. restaurant review: Corazón y Miel satisfies heart's desires
"Corazón y miel," your waitress wants it to be known, is the signature dish of Corazón y Miel. Corazón y miel, hearts and honey, is a small bowl of warm, seared chicken hearts in a sweet, honeyed vinaigrette, tossed with a few slivers of onion, like a...
Tags: Sandwiches, Lifestyle and Leisure, Salads, Coca-Cola Co., Mexico City
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Pablo Neruda's grave is opened in inquiry into the poet's death
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.The body of Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda is being exhumed from his tomb in Chile on Monday morning in an attempt to discover whether he was poisoned by the regime of General Augusto Pinochet. A team of forensic scientists will remove Neruda...Tags: Prostate Cancer, Poetry, Nobel Prize Awards, Entertainment Events, Awards and Prizes
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Chile exhumes body of poet Pablo Neruda
SANTIAGO, Chile — Chilean authorities on Monday exhumed the body of Pablo Neruda to check claims by a former chauffeur that the Nobel Prize-winning poet may have been killed by government agents shortly after the 1973 overthrow of his friend,...
Tags: Justice System, Prostate Cancer, Judges, Medical Procedures and Tests, Poetry
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Playwright drags Chile's conscience into the spotlight
The stage lights rise, and Michelle Bachelet — former political prisoner, torture victim and socialist president of Chile from 2006 to 2010 — braces herself to deliver a dramatic farewell speech. "Pardon me if I offend the fascists," she tells...
Tags: Fine Artists, Prisons, Music Industry, Entertainment, Skype
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Recipe: Mangalitsa lard biscuits and sausage gravy
Mangalitsa lard biscuits and sausage gravy 1 hour, 10 minutes. Serves 4 to 6 Lard biscuits 5 1/2 cups (23.4 ounces) flour 3 tablespoons baking powder 2 tablespoons sugar 1 teaspoon salt 12 ounces cold lard (Sqirl uses lard rendered from...
Tags: Sausages, Lifestyle and Leisure, Foods and Beverages, Salt, Recipes
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