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Former N.W.A Manager Sues over 'Straight Outta Compton'

The former manager of the pioneering rap group N.W.A has filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit over the movie "Straight Outta Compton", claiming the summer hit portrays him as a "sleazy, dishonest thief."

Jerry Heller is seeking $110 million dollars in damages in the lawsuit filed on Friday in Los Angeles against the film's producers, the artists who were the subjects of the biopic and others connected with the film.

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One Direction Will Return, Says Tomlinson

One Direction "fully intend" to reform, the British pop phenomenon's Louis Tomlinson said ahead of Saturday's final concert before their planned hiatus.

The four-piece boy band, who have sold more than 50 million records worldwide, are ending their On The Road Again Tour at the Sheffield Arena in northern England.

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Egypt TV Show Suspended after Sexual Harassment Victim Blamed

An Egyptian television station suspended a female presenter's program on Friday following online outrage after she shamed and allegedly stole personal pictures from a sexual harassment victim on her show.

Stressing its "respect for all women and girls", the privately owned Al-Nahar channel said it had suspended Riham Saeed's program and opened an internal investigation into the incident.

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Polish Court Rejects Polanski Extradition to U.S.

A Polish court on Friday ruled against extraditing to the United States Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski, who pleaded guilty in 1977 to raping a 13-year-old girl but left the country before sentencing.

The court ruled "inadmissibility in extraditing Polish-French citizen Roman Polanski to the U.S.," Judge Dariusz Mazur said at the court in the southern city of Krakow.

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Keira Knightley Shines but 'Therese Raquin' Doesn't

About a quarter through the new and uneven Broadway revival of "Therese Raquin," you begin to wonder why Keira Knightley has put herself through this.

Her Broadway debut seems to be about playing a lonely, detached and diffident girl in a slow-moving parlor play. She looks wan. She gazes through windows. She generally moons about.

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Bieber Quits Concert because Fans Won't Listen to Him

Canadian pop star Justin Bieber says he stopped a concert in Oslo after one song because fans got in his way as he tried to wipe up liquid on stage.

On Instagram, he wrote that he "chose to end the show as the people in the front row would not listen." Videos posted on social media show a visibly irritated Bieber saying "Gimme me a second. Guys, I am done. I am not gonna do the show."

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New Wave Filmmakers Turn an Uncensored Lens on Myanmar

Unshackled from decades of censorship by military rulers that choked creativity along with dissent, a new generation of Myanmar filmmakers are turning their cameras on to subjects once deemed taboo.

Once home to one of the most prolific movie industries in Southeast Asia, Myanmar's film studios atrophied under nearly half a century of junta control.

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Flood-hit Cannes Calls for Help from Stars

The mayor of France's glitzy Cannes resort appealed to the world's movie and music stars on Wednesday to help rebuild the town after it was hit by deadly floods earlier this month.

David Lisnard said he would email famous supporters of the town, which hosts the world's leading film festival each summer, as well as a range of entertainment industry events.

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Bollywood's Chopra Hopes U.S. TV Triumph will Set Precedent

Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra hopes her leading role in hit United States television show "Quantico" will help pave the way for other Indian actors to make it big in America.

The former Miss World is blazing a trail as the first Indian lead in a U.S. TV series, playing FBI agent turned suspected terrorist Alex Parrish in the ABC thriller.  

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Hollywood Stars to Launch $3.2 Bn Casino Resort in Macau

Hollywood stars including Leonardo DiCaprio are set to launch Macau's newest $3.2 billion casino and entertainment resort, as the southern Chinese enclave's high-roller gambling business takes a hit from China's corruption crackdown.

A day before the official launch of Studio City, developers of what is billed as an "integrated resort" said Monday they are bullish about the future despite the slumping gaming revenues.

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