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After 61 films including The Hangover Part III Heather Graham admits she still likes to boogie
She has come a long way from Roller Girl - but in her latest role in 'Hangover' franchise, she proves she can still bring a movie to life. So why is she always on the fringes of the A-list? Lesley O'Toole meets ...
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British security services in spotlight after soldier murder
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's security services faced questions on Friday over whether they could have done more to prevent the murder of a soldier hacked to death in a busy London street after it emerged that his suspected killers were known to intelligence ...
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Platini warns of match-fixing mafia
UEFA president Michel Platini has warned of mafia involvement in match-fixing - but his call for a Europe-wide sports police force has fallen on deaf ears.Platini said match-fixers were not "petty criminals" but money launderers and that such a police force could also tackle hooliganism.In his speech at the UEFA Congress in London, Platini said: "We are protecting our sport from ...
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Taoiseach criticises commentary on Irelands corporate tax rate
The Taoiseach has criticised much of the commentary around Ireland's corporate tax rate.Speaking at the second EU Asia conference in Dublin, Enda Kenny defended our tax regime again - after a US Senate Committee heard that Ireland had agreed a special tax rate with the computer giant Apple.The Taoiseach said the Irish tax regime is fully transparent - and hit out at reports surrounding the ...
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US child beauty pageant not telling parents to tan their kids
One of America's most controversial child beauty pageants is promising the parents of would-be Irish contestants that they do not have to put fake eyelashes and tan on their children.Texas-based "Universal Royal Beauty Pageant" will stage its first-ever show in Ireland this September.The EUR20,000 event for both girls and boys, which will see babies, toddlers and teens compete ...
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CSO reveals 85 rise in price of potatoes in just over a year
The weather is being blamed for the rising cost of potatoes. According to figures released by the Central Statistics Office, the price of the humble spud has soared by about 85% since January 2012.Irish consumers spend about EUR162m every year on potatoes. Ross Keogh from Keoghs potato farm in North Dublin says the continuing wet weather since last April is driving up the price of the ...
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GHAMRO Jailed Music Pirates 10 Years
Carlos Sekyi, GHAMRO Chairman Five music pirates who were arrested from their various hideouts in Accra recently by the tasked force of the Ghana Music Rights Organization (GHAMRO), have been jailed by the AMA Motor and Sanitation Court at Abeka in Accra. The courts fined the five pirates 500 penalty units each (300 million old Ghana cedis) or in default collectively serve 10 years in prison ...
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‘Ghana Meets Naija’ Concert Returns
Bola Ray (middle) in a pose with Edem (left) and WizKid On June 29, Ghanaian music fans would witness the much awaited historic musical concert dubbed 'Ghana Meets Naija', at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) in Accra at 8:00p.m. The music concert, organised by the nation's entertainment powerhouse, Empire Entertainment, would witness an unprecedented list of some ...
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A blending of dance and music
When Sabrina Jaafer told her friend from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York that she and the Nai- Ni Chen Dance Company were going to perform at the Publick Playhouse in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, her friend gushed. "Oh, you're going to love it!" the friend told Jaafer. "They have the best audience." After a stringed prelude by the Ahn Trio, ...
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BINTM Enter Our Insta-Model Competition
.Submit a picture of yourself doing your best pout through either Instagram or Twitter, making sure you’ve used the tags #BINTM and #pout. This competition starts on Monday 27 May at 12pm and will finish on 11. 59pm on Sunday 3 June 2013. We’ll have two more mystery contests coming up afterwards, so make sure you keep your eyes on the BINTM Twitter and Facebook so you don’t ...
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New Ladyboys Episode 5
Sky Living concludes its illuminating insight into Thailand's transgender society with a final episode dedicated to the best bits of the second ...
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Banks in the spotlight in debate over UK listing rules
By Clara Ferreira-Marques and Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - As Britain's stock market watchdog pores over the implications of scandals at mining companies ENRC and Bumi, the role of sponsor banks who helped lead their listings is coming ...
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Channel 4 plans two Friday night music entertainment shows
Rizzle Kicks duo Harley Alexander, left, and Jordan Stephens will front Channel 4's new music show Smells Like Friday Night. Photograph: Annabel ...
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The Immigrant Cannes Review
Ryan Gosling reunites with his "Drive" director Nicolas Winding Refn in this bloodbath set in the Bangkok underworld, which premieres in the Cannes ...
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Cannes Rocked by Another High-Profile Jewelry Heist
The Cannes film festival has been hit by yet another suspected high-profile theft, after a diamond necklace worth $2.6 million (2 million euros) vanished from a star-studded party, according to luxury jeweler De ...
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RBS and Ulster Bank apps hit by technical glitch
RBS was today scrambling to fix another embarrassing IT glitch that left customers using its popular mobile app unable to access their accounts online.Two million customers at the taxpayer-backed bank, which includes NatWest, have the app on smartphones and tablet computers, and many took to Twitter to express frustration after they were unable to use it to check their money.It follows an IT ...
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BA plane in emergency landing drama
A British Airways plane had to return to Heathrow airport today with smoke billowing from the aircraft.After an emergency landing, the 75 passengers and crew were all safely evacuated from the Airbus A319 which had taken off from the west London airport for Oslo.With emergency services standing by, the passengers and crew used emergency chutes to leave the plane. There were no injuries.Both the ...
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Ex Saturday Night Live performer blasts Biebers entourage
Bill Hader has blasted Justin Bieber.The former 'Saturday Night Live' performer was unimpressed when the 'Baby' hitmaker hosted an episode of the comedy sketch show because he arrived on set with a huge entourage.Bill told Howard Stern on Sirius XM: "Justin Bieber showed up with like 20 guys. He had a guy holding a slice of pizza. A guy holding a Diet Coke. You're ...
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Report reveals UK had just six hours of gas in March
Fears over the UK's reliance on imported energy were fuelled today after a report claimed Britain was just six hours away from running out of stored gas in March.High demand during another freezing month combined with a pipeline fault to drive stores of gas "dangerously low", the Crown Estate said.But National Grid, which pipes gas around the UK, insisted the UK has ...
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Meath granny helps in getting men locked up during break-in
Three men have been arrested and charged after a quick-thinking grandmother locked up thieves as they tried to break into her property. The drama unfolded for 64-year-old Ann Curtis from Nobber in Co. Meath when she noticed a car acting suspiciously and drive into her back yard. She drove up to the yard in her own car and saw the three men loading up tools and wheels of a jeep into their car. ...
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SF lodges complaint against BBC over SFIRA label
Sinn Fin has lodged a formal complaint with the BBC after the party's Education Minister in Northern Ireland John O'Dowd was designated a spokesman for SF/IRA during an appearance on Question Time last night.The label was part of the floor plan which was pinned to a camera.Mr O'Dowd said for the BBC to adopt the SF/IRA tag 20 years into a peace process is beyond belief.He is ...
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Put a Spotlight on African Women’s Reproductive Rights
Victoria J. married in 2009 at age 14, and became pregnant shortly after. "I started labour in the morning on a Friday …. The nurse kept checking and saying I would deliver safely. On Monday she said I was weak. "The doctor decided to operate on me. (During the) operation they found the baby was dead. The doctor said the baby had died due to the long labour. After that, I found ...
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Electronic dance concert Moonrise Festival canceled
A new electronic dance concert termed the Moonrise Festival which was expected to draw thousands to South Baltimore, has been canceled after organizers failed to obtain the necessary permits, city officials said Thursday, as reported by the Baltimore Sun. Planned for the weekend of June 8-9 in Port Covington, the festival had been promoted as a successor to the long-running Starscape Festival, ...
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Group to give ragtime concert in Thousand Oaks
Contributed photo The Sedalia Ragtime Orchestra will perform May 31 at the Hillcrest Center for the Arts in Thousand Oaks. Members of the group include (top row from left) Irene Silbert, Faith Newell, Cary Ginell, Tiffany Gambardella and Mary Ann Marx and (second row from left) Ken Dickey, Laura Halladay, Ron Rothman, Sandy Harr, Debbie Banning, Ed Hirsch and Valerie Wong. The Sedalia ...
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Singer Lissie set for concert to raise money for Haiti orphanage
Elaine Constantine/Contributed photo File Photo: Ojai-based musician Lissie. Taking a break from her U.S. tour, Lissie — the stage name for Elisabeth Corrin Maurus — is swinging by her adopted hometown of Ojai to perform at the Libbey Bowl on Saturday for a concert benefiting Changing Tides Orphanage in ...
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