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Hollywood tells lawmakers to back U.S. efforts in copyright trade talks Hollywood urged key lawmakers Thursday to support trade negotiations that would set rules for policing copyright laws. The Motion Picture Association of America wrote...

In this article: Motion Picture Association of America, Hollywood, House Committee on Ways and Means, House Commerce Committee, Senate Judiciary Committee, and Senate Finance Committee

...Deol as Rajiv Gandhi. Hollywood stars like Tom Hanks (for US prez Lyndon B Johnson) and Tommy Lee Jones (for Richard Nixon) have been approached by an international casting agency to play Mrs G's western contemporaries. Production will be...

In this article: Indira Gandhi, Shalimar, Hollywood, Motilal Nehru, Sanjay Gandhi, Nana Patekar, Abhay Deol, and Rajiv Gandhi

Rain perfects ninja skills for U.S. market The Korean pop-star-turned-actor Rain (real name Jeong Ji-hoon) is ready for Hollywood stardom. He's willing to put in the work. He's patient. "It's still not easy to make your mark as an Asian...

In this article: Rain, Hollywood, Sugar, Ninja Assassin, Bruce Lee, and U.S.

...WILL PATTON, ELIAS KOTEAS WITH the upcoming Paranormal Activity's unexpected US success dumbfounding Hollywood, the onslaught of crappy cash-ins gets officially under way with the rush release of The Fourth Kind. Purporting to be a true...

In this article: Milla Jovovich, War of the Worlds, Orson Welles, Elias Koteas, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and The X-Files

In welcome comments for Mr. Singh's first official White House state visit, President Obama made flattering remarks and touted the United States-India relationship as one of the most important global partnerships of the 21st century.

In this article: India, Manmohan Singh, Barack Obama, White House, Mumbai, Islamabad, Afghanistan, and Limited government

...for Summit. "New Moon" placed third on the all-time U.S. chart behind last year's $158.4 million opening weekend for the Batman blockbuster "The Dark Knight" and 2007's $151.1 million haul for ``Spider-Man 3." Among the top-10...

In this article: New Moon, Twilight, The Twilight Saga, Stephenie Meyer, The Dark Knight, The Blind Side, Bad Lieutenant, Hollywood, Sony, and Warner Bros.

...Oval Office meeting with the president. A Hollywood music executive who now serves as the U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas attended two private receptions, including one in the White House residence. A Maryland health care executive and his...

In this article: White House, Barack Obama, Washington, The Washington Times, and Federal Communications Commission

...who has reportedly encouraged Fry to move to the US after carving a career as a chat show host there himself. Fry has previously appeared in several Hollywood films and stars at the psychiatrist Dr Gordon Wyatt in the US drama Bones.

In this article: Stephen Fry, Los Angeles, US, Hugh Laurie, Craig Ferguson, Ben Elton, Hollywood, and London

Thirty years later, British journalist Jon Ronson explored the legacy of Channon's New Age manual and the U.S. military's surprising and often sinister enthusiasm for supernatural warfare in his 2004 book, The Men Who Stare at Goats. TIME...

In this article: Jon Ronson, Jim Channon, The Men Who Stare at Goats, George Clooney, U.S. Army, Stanley McChrystal, U.S., and Grant Heslov