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‘Foxcatcher’ filmmaker prizes the unexpected in chilling drama

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Director Miller arrives for the "Foxcatcher" gala at the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto

By Mary Milliken BEVERLY HILLS Calif. (Reuters) – For eight years, film director Bennett Miller worked exhaustively on “Foxcatcher,” researching the lives of a du Pont heir and the wrestling brothers he sponsored, and making sure his actors passed as expert sportsmen. Despite locking down all the details to tell the real-life story of a well-known 1996 murder, Miller headed to the film set with a question. …

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Sania to give Bond lessons

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New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) Tennis star Sania Mirza, a fan of spy James Bond movies, is set to give lessons on ‘The Bond way to a woman’s heart’.

Marilyn Monroe’s lost love letters to be auctioned

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It’s no secret Joe DiMaggio loved Marilyn Monroe. The baseball great cried at her funeral and for 20 years had flowers placed at her crypt several times a week. The public displays were unusual for the …

AP Exclusive: Drone sightings up dramatically

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The government is getting near-daily reports — and sometimes two or three a day — of drones flying near airplanes and helicopters or close to airports without permission, federal and industry officials …

AP Exclusive: Drone sightings up dramatically

November 12, 2014 0
FILE - In this March 12, 2014 file photo, a drone flown by Brian Wilson lands after flying over the scene of an explosion that leveled two apartment buildings in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York. The government is receiving reports nearly every day _ and sometimes two or three times a day _ of drones flying near airplanes and helicopters or close to airports without permission, a sharp increase from just two years ago when such reports were still unusual, federal and industry officials familiar with the reports told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government is getting near-daily reports — and sometimes two or three a day — of drones flying near airplanes and helicopters or close to airports without permission, federal and industry officials tell The Associated Press. It’s a sharp increase from just two years ago when such reports were still unusual.

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Anderson death no relief to victims: Director of Bhopal film

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Washington, Nov 12 (IANS) A new powerful movie reliving the Bhopal gas disaster that still haunts India has hit the US screens ahead of its 30th anniversary and its director says the recent death of then Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson “does not bring any relief to the victims”.