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Bangladesh Bans English Titles for Local Movies

Authorities in Bangladesh have banned local film-makers from giving their movies English titles after a spate of recent Bangla blockbusters with titles such as "Honeymoon" and "I Don't Care".

Mushfiqur Rahman Gulzar, general secretary of the Bangladesh Film Directors' Association, said the government had instructed the industry to ensure that all future homegrown releases have Bangla names.

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Connoisseurs? Seven Out of 10 French 'Know Little about Wine'

It's enough to make you choke on your Chablis. In France, the land of good food and world-famous wine, seven of out 10 people admit they are far from connoisseurs when it comes to the grape.

Responding to the question: "Do you have the feeling you have a good knowledge of wine?" a surprising 71 percent of French people replied in the negative, with only three percent saying they had "a lot" of knowledge.

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Bieber Faces more Assault Charges in Canada

Pop star Justin Bieber has been charged with dangerous driving and assault after his All-Terrain Vehicle collided with a minivan in the Canadian countryside, police said Tuesday.

The crash occurred Friday afternoon near his hometown of Stratford, Ontario where he was visiting family with his on-and-off-again girlfriend Selena Gomez.

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Movie Review: Sin City: A Dame to Kill for (2014)

Written by Anthony Sargon

I enjoyed the original Sin City. It was different, it was fresh, and it was fun. Nine years later, it’s certainly not going to feel different or fresh, but is still any fun? It is…to some degree, but after such a long wait and a slew of comic book/graphic novel adaptations in between, it feels like too little too late, and judging by the meager box office, audiences seem to agree.

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Movie Review: Let's be cops (2014)

Written by Anthony Sargon

I genuinely laughed out loud a number of times while watching the Let’s Be Cops trailer. The movie seemed to be taking full advantage of a clever premise, and the chemistry between its two leading stars looked like something I could latch on to. Unfortunately, if you’ve seen the trailer, you’ve also seen the film’s funniest bits. I have no doubt that some audience members will find plenty to like about Let’s Be Cops, but it’s way too lazy and conventional to be the breakout comedy many of us were hoping for.

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Movie Review: The Expendables 3 (2014)

Written by Anthony Sargon

I have no qualms with dumb action movies that are actively trying to be dumb action movies. While the Transformers franchise has managed to convince its fan-base that it’s ok to settle for crappy storytelling in order to sit through three hours of visual effects, one franchise has reveled in its silliness and stupidity from the get-go: The Expendables. Well, Stallone and co. are back for part three, and it does exactly what it sets out to do.

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Dethroned Myanmar Beauty Queen Seeks Apology before Returning Crown

A Myanmar beauty queen dethroned for alleged misconduct said Tuesday she would only return her crown if South Korean pageant organizers apologized -- and denied accepting free breast implants.

May Myat Noe, 16, was training to become a K-pop star in South Korea after winning the Seoul-based Miss Asia Pacific World beauty pageant in May.

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Apple, FBI Investigate Massive Celebrity Photo 'Hack'

The FBI and Apple were urgently investigating Monday after an apparent massive hack of a cloud data service unleashed a torrent of intimate pictures of dozens of celebrities across the Internet.

Anonymous posters to online message boards boasted of having nude images of scores of female stars including Oscar-winner Jennifer Lawrence and top model Kate Upton.

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Carrie Underwood Announces Pregnancy

Country star Carrie Underwood and National Hockey League player Mike Fisher chose the Labor Day holiday to announce they are expecting their first child.

Underwood and Fisher posted the announcement on their social media accounts on Monday. Underwood's publicist confirmed the couple will be expecting their first child in the spring.

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Kanye, Juanes Enliven LA's Made in America Fest

A new outdoor music festival in downtown Los Angeles reflected the city's diversity with a lineup that included rap, rock, punk, blues and Latin music. Kanye West, Cypress Hill, Weezer, Rise Against, John Mayer and Juanes were among Sunday's performers.

"This whole place is full of good, loving people," Mayer told the crowd from the Budweiser Made in America festival's main stage.

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