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Sundance doc examines costs of US war on drugs
Jan. 27, 2012 4:29 AM ET (AP)
Eugene Jarecki's documentary at the Sundance Film Festival looks at the cost of America's war on drugs _ its social and human as well as financial cost.
With "The House I Live In," the filmmaker takes...
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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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'Red Tails' airmen have new target: box office
Jan. 19, 2012 4:27 PM ET (AP)
Tuskegee Airman Herbert Carter flew 77 missions during World War II and crashed landed only once, impressive numbers that challenged those skeptical of the abilities of black aviators. Decades later,...
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Review: The laudable 'Red Tails' misses its target
Jan. 18, 2012 5:16 PM ET (AP)
In "Red Tails," the famed Tuskegee Airmen get the John Wayne-style heroic rendering they very much deserve, but in a hackneyed and weirdly context-less story that does them a disservice.
Long a pet...
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A tamer Gervais leads predictable Golden Globes
Jan. 16, 2012 3:47 AM ET (AP)
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association dared to let Ricky Gervais come back and host the Golden Globe Awards, a year after he insulted the organization and nearly everyone in the star-studded room...