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George Clooney's 'Monuments Men' Premieres In Europe, Where Lost Art Is A...

BERLIN (AP) — George Clooney's World War II art-rescue drama "The Monuments Men" made its European debut on Saturday, coinciding with a recent upsurge of interest in the fate of art looted by the...

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How Steve Rosenfield's 'Jews Of New York' Got Young Orthodox Jews Talking...

"Imperfection is beauty." This statement, expressed by Yeshiva University student Dasha Sominski, is an underlying theme in Steve Rosenfield's photography series "What I Be," a version of which was...

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Photographer Looks Into the Gazes of the Blind

By David Rosenberg While the power of the gaze is often admired in portraiture, there is still a mystery, or perhaps a fear, of trying to capture the gaze of the blind. In January 2013, photographer...

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Sochi Olympics Photos: Captivating Images From Day 1 Of The 2014 Winter Games

Bummed you didn't get tickets to the most exciting event in winter sports this year? Can't believe you're about to miss your favorite alpine skiers? Wish you could see the bobsledding competition in...

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A Queer New World: Brooklyn's Alotta Stuff Live Auction

This is the fifteenth installment in an ongoing series that explores drag culture and the nightlife scene in Brooklyn, N.Y. Over the past several years, following the large-scale exodus of artists...

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Reese Witherspoon & Mindy Kaling Prove They Have The Best Friendship

Reese Witherspoon and Mindy Kaling had a heart-to-heart conversation on Saturday; it just happened in a gymnasium full of teen girls and parents at Brentwood School in Los Angeles. For the school’s...

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'Guggenheim' Painting Shown To Be Fake With Help Of 'Bomb Peak' Technique

A painting in the Guggenheim collection initially attributed to French modern artist Fernand Léger has languished out of view for decades after it was suspected to be a fake. Now scientists have...

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Shia LaBeouf Walks Out Of 'Nymphomaniac' Press Conference

BERLIN (AP) — Actor Shia LaBeouf hit the Berlin Film Festival in memorable style Sunday, first walking out of a press conference for the film "Nymphomaniac Volume I" and then wearing a paper bag over...

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'The Lego Movie' Box Office Stuns With $69 Million Opening

NEW YORK (AP) — "The Lego Movie" clicked with moviegoers, assembling an exceptional $69.1 million debut at the weekend box office. The better-than-expected result made the Warner Bros. collaboration...

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'SNL' Cast Member Brooks Wheelan Records One Second Of His Day For 365 Days

He may not yet be a household name, but Brooks Wheelan is a "Saturday Night Live" cast member who had one hell of a year. In a video montage that splices together footage from one second of his day for...

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Miley Cyrus: Bangerz Tour Is 'Educational For Kids'

Miley Cyrus has big plans for her upcoming Bangerz tour. While she has made a name for herself as of late because of her boundary-pushing performances, in a recent interview with Fuse, the 21-year-old...

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2014 Olympics Photos: Day 2 Of The 2014 Winter Games

Bummed you didn't get tickets to the most exciting event in winter sports this year? Can't believe you're about to miss your favorite alpine skiers? Wish you could see the bobsledding competition in...

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Allison Williams Would Leave Behind 'Girls' To Start A Family

Allison Williams is a woman with a plan, and she knows her priorities. The "Girls" actress opened up to Glamour for its March issue and revealed that although she has an enviable career, she plans to...

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New York City Mural Pays Tribute To The Late, Great Philip Seymour Hoffman...

A large mural of the late, great actor Philip Seymour Hoffman has appeared in New York City's East Village. Artist Michael DeNicola (a.k.a. Ink Lungs), who's part of the Centre-fuge Public Art Project,...

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9 Hilarious Insults From Shakespeare

The Bard has been credited for popularizing thousands of English language words, including gloomy, critical and zany. He may also be responsible for the invention of rant, which would explain why he's...

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Ben Kingsley On The Return Of His 'Iron Man 3' Character

First, if you still haven't seen "Iron Man 3," everything beyond this sentence is probably not something that you want to read. In the latest Marvel One-Shot, "All Hail the King" -- Marvel's series of...

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'Selfies With Homeless People' Is The Latest In Shameful Trends

The creator of the cringeworthy “Selfies At Funerals” Tumblr has launched a new blog devoted to another social media trend that's just as shameful. The “Selfies With Homeless People” blog features...

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'Lino At The Movies' Reviews The Year's Biggest Films To Hilarious Effect

A new YouTube channel is distilling last year's biggest movies into one-minute reviews, most of which have little to do with the films themselves. Lino at the Movies, a channel made by YouTube user...

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Phedon Papamichael On 'Monuments Men' & Making Movies With George Clooney

"The Monuments Men" gave co-writer, director and star George Clooney his best debut yet as a director. The Sony release earned $22 million over its three-day opening weekend, $10 million more than...

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Dumb Starbucks Is A 'Nathan For You' Prank, And Coming To Brooklyn (UPDATE)

UPDATE: The Comedy Central show "Nathan for You" announced that it was behind the Dumb Starbucks storefront that appeared in a suburb of Los Angeles over the weekend, confirming speculation of the...

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