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Italy's Tourist Jewel Feels Strain of Fame

Hiking the coastal path that links the medieval fishing villages of Italy's Cinque Terre on its northwest coast is a stop-start affair these days.

Nestled between azure expanses of sea and dry-stone terraced mountains that cascade into the Mediterranean, the rocky way is barely a foot (30 centimetres) wide in places.

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Robert De Niro Opens Sarajevo Film Fest

U.S. actor Robert De Niro was on Friday opened the Sarajevo film festival which honored the star with a lifetime's achievement award.

The 72-year-old, who has starred in over 100 films, received the festival's "Heart of Sarajevo" award in front of 3,000 festival goers at an open air viewing of "Taxi Driver".

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Philippine e-Gamer Halts Trading after President Attack

A Philippine gaming firm voluntarily halted trading Wednesday after President Rodrigo Duterte launched an attack on its chairman as part of a campaign against "oligarchs."

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Hugh Grant Admits Film Acting Makes Him 'a Little Sad'

Interviewing Hugh Grant -- the poster boy for a campaign against press intrusion and a notoriously prickly subject when the mood takes him -- can be an intimidating experience.

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Pokemon Players Anger Khmer Rouge Prison Survivors

Survivors of the Khmer Rouge hit out at Pokemon Go players on Wednesday after they flocked to one of the regime's notorious prisons -- now a museum to Cambodia's brutal genocide -- to catch digital monsters.

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Reports: De Niro, Moore to Star in TV Crime Series

Filmmaker David O. Russell has tapped Oscar winners Robert De Niro and Julianne Moore to star in a new television series, reports said Tuesday.

The as yet untitled show will be a crime thriller, possibly set in the 1990s, and set to run for several seasons, according to film website Deadline.

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'Game of Thrones' Music Tour Coming to N. America

The creators of "Game of Thrones" are turning the blockbuster fantasy epic into a North American concert tour, bringing together both the music and new visuals from the series.

The tour next year will focus on the score composed by Ramin Djawadi, who will present the music with a full orchestra and what producers promised to be innovative video technology.

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Philippines Says Miss Universe IS Threat is 'Serious'

Philippines tourism officials on Tuesday said a threat by an Islamic State-related group to bomb the Miss Universe beauty contest was "serious", but insisted the country would be ready to hold the pageant next year.

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Charlie Sheen Uges other HIV-Positive Stars to Come Forward

U.S. actor Charlie Sheen, who announced last year he is HIV-positive, said other celebrities should come forward if they have contracted the virus to help lift its stigma.

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U.S. Boy, 10, Dies on World's Tallest Water Slide

Authorities in the U.S. state of Kansas on Monday were investigating the death of a 10-year-old boy on what is billed as the world's tallest water slide, the park said.

Caleb Schwab, the son of a Kansas state legislator, was killed Sunday on the Verruckt, a towering water slide at the city's Schlitterbahn water park.

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