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Devious Heroines

Female protagonists in novels are getting to be increasingly dangerous; and Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl seems to have triggered off a trend of the nasty heroine. Sarah ...

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Hollywood

Girls Was A Great Show About Failure

Failure is the bread and butter of HBO's Girls. Other TV programs about women and friendship— Broad City, Sex and the City, even Orange Is the New Black—tend to...

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Festivals

What's In Store At This Years Cannes Film Festival

The lineup at each year’s Cannes Film Festival typically includes a few surprise entries. But the announcement of this year’s offerings brought the first, grudg...

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Hollywood

Stars Help amfAR Raise Over $3.5 Million At Hong Kong Gala

Charlize Theron, Naomi Campbell, Jackie Chan, Charli XCX, Mark Ronson, CL, and amfAR Chairman of the Board Kenneth Cole were among those who gathered at the third annual am...

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Environment

South Australia To Get $1bn Solar Farm And World's Biggest Battery

A huge $1bn solar farm and battery project will be built and ready to operate in South Australia’s Riverland region by the end of the year. Battery storage developer ...

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Echoes of The Past

At the present, when Donald Trump’s America is flexing its racist muscles and angling for a possible war, David Baldacci’s new book, No Man’s Land critici...

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Environment

Great Barrier Reef Bleached For Unprecedented Second Year Running

Great Barrier Reef bleached for unprecedented second year running A mass bleaching event is taking its toll on the Great Barrier Reef for an unprecedented second year in a ...

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Environment

David Attenborough Attacks Plan For Borneo Bridge That Threatens Orangutans

Endangered pygmy elephants and orangutans threatened by scheme for Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary David Attenborough and Steve Backshall have joined conservationists and c...

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Festivals

‘Lipstick Under My Burkha’ Win Award At Glasgow Film Festival

"Lipstick Under My Burkha", which was denied a release certificate by the censor board, has won the audience award at the Glasgow Film Festival. Director Alankrita Shrivast...

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Hollywood

Irish Comedians To Support Comic Relief With St Patrick's Day Stand-Up Comedy Gig

On St. Patrick’s Day, 17th March, the cream of Irish stand-up comedy is gathering at the 3Arena in Dublin for the very first Irish event in support of Comic Relief. S...

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