Exhibit examines making of ‘Gone With the Wind’

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — While public debate raged over who should play Southern belle Scarlett O’Hara in “Gone With the Wind,” producer David O. Selznick was trying to figure out how to get the movie past Hollywood’s morality censors by tamping down the novel’s racist overtones while portraying the South in the Civil War.

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‘Mary Kom’ spins gold at box office; northeast contribution negligible

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New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) Bollywood film “Mary Kom” hit 1,800 screens in the country and raked in Rs.28.32 crore in the opening weekend with maximum collections from Delhi and Mumbai. The film is going houseful in Assam and Meghalaya, but the overall contribution to the box office earnings from the region is just one percent, said trade experts. About Manipur’s five-time World boxing champion M.C. Mary Kom, the film hit 72 cinemas in Assam and just two in Meghalaya. In both Assam and Meghalaya, the shows were houseful.

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Dubai lays out plans for Legoland, other parks

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A property development company controlled by Dubai’s ruler is outlining plans for the first phase of an entertainment and resort complex in the city that promises the Middle East’s first Legoland theme park.

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Exhibit to show Reno as world’s divorce capital

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RENO, Nev. (AP) — For nearly six decades, Reno was known as the divorce capital of the world because of liberal divorce laws that drew hundreds of thousands of estranged spouses from across the country, including Arthur Miller, Jack Dempsey, Clare Boothe Luce and Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr.

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Red carpets won’t be same without Joan Rivers: Salma Hayek

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Los Angeles, Sep 8 (IANS) Mexican actress Salma Hayek doesn’t think red carpets will ever be the same again now that comedienne Joan Rivers is no more. It won’t be the same without her – red carpets will not be the same without her,” said Hayek. Talking about Rivers’ “Fashion Police”, she added: “She invented a whole way of making fun a little bit of fashion.