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Travel Picks: World’s top 10 film festivals
NEW YORK | Fri Jan 13, 2012 6:41am EST NEW YORK (Reuters) – With the Sundance Film Festival starting next Thursday and the Oscars not too far off, the movie buffs at online travel adviser Cheapflights (http:///www.cheapflights.com) have compiled a top 10 list of their favorite film festivals across the globe. Reuters has not endorsed [...]
Bill Cosby muses on life in latest book
By Nick Olivari NEW YORK | Thu Jan 12, 2012 11:42am EST NEW YORK (Reuters) – Media icon Bill Cosby at 74 still looms larger than life over the American psyche. Emerging from a Philadelphia housing project, ultimately success followed success as a comedian, actor, producer, author, educator, musician and activist. Breaking U.S. television’s racial [...]
Beijing, Tokyo turn to pop diplomacy to improve ties
BEIJING | Fri Sep 16, 2011 1:48am EDT BEIJING (Reuters) – First it was ping pong, then it was pandas. Now Tokyo and Beijing are turning to pop group diplomacy in an effort to soothe often tense ties. Despite the plethora of political problems between the two countries, China has warmly welcomed Japanese pop group [...]
TV product placements termed junk food ad loophole
By Lauren Keiper BOSTON | Tue Aug 2, 2011 11:56am EDT BOSTON (Reuters) – Companies that have pledged not to market unhealthy food and drinks directly to children may be turning to product placement on television shows instead of traditional ads to target youngsters, a new study showed. This type of disguised advertising, including high [...]
Children and Animals Displaced by Floods in Memphis, Tennessee, and Tornado in Birmingham, Alabama, Catch a Break with "The Smurfs®"
body .displaytickersn{ *float:left } ]]> Download image WASHINGTON, July 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Families forced to evacuate their homes during last spring’s floods in Memphis, Tenn., and who suffered a tornado in Birmingham, Ala., counted on American Humane Association’s Red Star™ Animal Emergency Services to help their beloved pets until they could be reunited. In [...]
