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Only five movies have ever broken the $1 billion box-office benchmark. Yet the sci-fi 3D epic “Avatar” smashed through in only three weeks.
Just 20 days after its release, James Cameron’s new film raked in $1.1 billion worldwide, making it the No. 2 top-grossing film of all time. There’s a big gap between second and first [read full ...]

Bollywood shines spotlight on health disorders

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 The opening of a film focusing on the rare progeria disorder is the latest in a spate of Bollywood films about health disorders. The BBC’s Prachi Pinglay in Mumbai looks at why India’s film industry is departing from its traditional formula to tackle weighty issues such as autism and Alzheimer’s disease.

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan plays [read full ...]

Jackson ‘didn’t want to grow old’

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Jackson’s comments were made in tapes recorded nine years ago

A new book based on taped interviews with Michael Jackson reveals the star thought he looked like “a lizard” and “didn’t want to grow old”.

The Michael Jackson Tapes, written by the star’s former adviser Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, provides first-hand detail about the reclusive singer’s life.

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Future is TV-shaped, says Intel

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Intel says TV of the future will require a lot of computing power

The world’s biggest chip maker predicts that by 2015 there will be 12 billion devices capable of connecting to 500 billion hours of TV and video content.

Intel said its vision of TV everywhere will be more personal, social, ubiquitous and informative.

“TV is [read full ...]

Global premieres for Jackson film

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Jackson’s last rehearsal was in Los Angeles two days before he died

The Michael Jackson film This Is It is to have simultaneous premieres in more than 15 cities around the world.

Cities hosting the premieres on 27 and 28 October include Los Angeles, London, New York, Berlin, Seoul and Rio de Janeiro, Sony Pictures said.

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Chris Brown to play Jackson gig

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More acts are expected to be announced later this week

Chris Brown, Mary J Blige, Sister Sledge and Natalie Cole will be among the artists performing at the Michael Jackson tribute concert in Vienna.

Speaking at a press conference, Jackson’s brother Jermaine told reporters that up to 25 performers had been lined up to sing.

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POP LEGEND MICHAEL JACKSON BURIED

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Friends and family of Michael Jackson have paid their last respects to the singer known as the King of Pop at a funeral ceremony outside Los Angeles.

Dame Elizabeth Taylor, actor Macaulay Culkin and music producer Quincy Jones were among the 200 invited guests.

Gladys Knight sang at the service while civil rights campaigner the Reverend Al [read full ...]

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