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News Corp's publishing business to initiate stock buyback
 By Jennifer Saba (Reuters) - News Corp set the distribution ratios for the spinoff of its publishing business, which may start buying back stock right away. The board of the publishing business, which will retain the News Corp name, authorized a $500 million stock repurchase program, the company said on Friday. The stock repurchase may shed light for analysts and investors who want to know how the new News Corp will use the $2.6 billion in cash it will have when the spinoff takes place. That is expected to occur on June 28. ...
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Period dramas premiere on day 10 of Cannes film festival
 By Alexandria Sage CANNES (Reuters) - America's immigration debate finds echos in a period drama that premiered at the Cannes film festival on Friday about a Polish woman who arrives at Ellis Island and fights to survive in 1920s New York. "The Immigrant" features French Oscar winner Marion Cotillard as the immigrant Ewa, speaking English and Polish in the film, with Joaquin Phoenix and Jeremy Renner as the two men with whom she becomes entangled as she is forced into prostitution. ...
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Forget Michael Douglas, Liberace's poodle is top dog at Cannes
 By Alexandria Sage and Rob Lang CANNES (Reuters) - A white poodle with cataracts stole the limelight from Hollywood star Michael Douglas by winning the Palm Dog award during the Cannes film festival on Friday. Critics at the prestigious festival on the Mediterranean coast may have hailed Douglas for his performance as Liberace in Steven Soderbergh's "Behind the Candelabra", but it was the flamboyant pianist's blind "Baby Boy" who walked away with a prize. ...
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Trip To Outer Space With Leonardo DiCaprio Goes For $ 1.5M At Auction
 Going up to the stars with one of the Hollywood's biggest stars is going to cost you!
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Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival
 CANNES, France (AP) — Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.
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Steely Cotillard shines in 'The Immigrant'
CANNES, France (AP) — Academy award-winner Marion Cotillard gave her all and even learned another language to play a Polish woman struggling with the realities of 1920s New York in James Gray's terse offering, "The Immigrant."
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Top 20 Concert Tours from Pollstar
The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is in parentheses. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.
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Television wins new respect from movie elite at Cannes festival
 By Belinda Goldsmith CANNES (Reuters) - Actors and directors gathered for the world's leading movie showcase in Cannes this week said television was increasingly luring top talent and should no longer be seen as artistically inferior to the big screen. TV series like "The Wire," "Homeland", "Mad Men," "The Sopranos" and "Game of Thrones", which have won critical and commercial success, were cited for breaking down the division between movies and TV, giving audiences innovative viewing. ...
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One Direction sweeps awards for most popular social media stars
 By Patrick Johnston SINGAPORE (Reuters) - British boy band One Direction has swept the inaugural awards recognizing the most popular people in social media globally, coming top in four out of 10 categories at a star-studded ceremony in Singapore. One Direction was named most popular music group, most popular UK musicians, most popular in the UK, and most popular in west Europe, at the Social Star Awards, but did not show up to collect their prizes, sending their thanks by videolink. ...
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X-Men: Days of Future Past: Evan Peters Cast As Quicksilver
 Someone very fast is coming to the The X-Men!
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