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Sundance question: How to spend a billion dollars
Jan. 27, 2012 12:22 PM ET (AP)
The million-dollar question at the Sundance Film Festival, home of low-budget stories shot on begged and borrowed cash, is this: What would you do if you had $1 billion to make your movie?
The...
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Man convicted in Travolta car theft ordered to pay
Jan. 25, 2012 6:14 PM ET (AP)
A man who stole John Travolta's vintage 1970 Mercedes-Benz convertible has been sentenced to 16 months in jail and ordered to pay the actor $50,000 in restitution, according to court records obtained...
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Sundance documentary examines rape in US military
Jan. 25, 2012 1:01 PM ET (AP)
The Department of Defense estimates that more than 19,000 military men and women were sexually assaulted by fellow troops in 2010 while serving in the United States armed forces. At least 20 percent...
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Turkish film highlights gay honor killing
Jan. 24, 2012 7:19 AM ET (AP)
Shortly after telling his parents he was gay, Ahmet Yildiz was gunned down inside his car by his father in Istanbul. It was Turkey's first officially recognized gay "honor killing."
An award-winning...
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Vets' advocate has key role in whale rescue film
Jan. 24, 2012 6:24 PM ET (AP)
Bonnie Carroll is well-known in veterans' circles as the founder of a vast organization that provides grief counseling and help for thousands of families of fallen military members.
But it was her...