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Berlin festival opens with Marie Antoinette drama
A costume drama set during the French revolution and starring Diane Kruger as Marie Antoinette kicked off the annual Berlin film festival Thursday — the first of the year's major European film festivals."Farewell My Queen," from French director Benoit Jacquot, was the first of 18 films competing for the top Golden Bear award at the festival, which runs until Feb. 19.Set during the first days

Spun together

Making their way across barren West Asia and Central Asia, when nomadic tribes camp, one of the things they do is dance. For many tribes, dance involves raising the arms heavenward and spinning in

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Bengali music fest to mesmerise Mumbai

The 15th Banga Sanskriti Utsav, a Bengali music fest organised by the Presidency College Calcutta Alumni Association, Mumbai was announced on Wednesday in Kolkata.

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Goa's carnival festivities in limbo due to polls
Panaji: The March 3 Goa assembly polls have cast a pall of uncertainty over the famed carnival festivities.A poll official in the state said repeated reminders sent by them to the Election Commission

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Hindus laud Hungary for Gypsy film

Reno, Nevada, Feb 5 (IBNS) A Hindu group in USA has applauded the Hungarian Government for funding "Csak a sze'l (Just The Wind)", a film about Roma (Gypsy) killings, which is premiering and competing at "62nd Berlin International Film Festival", starting February 9.

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Making Rushdie's visit public a tragic mistake: JLF producer

New Delhi: With much ruckus created over Salman Rushdie's visit that never happened, the producer of the Jaipur Literature Festival believes it was a 'tragic mistake' on the organisers' part to have

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