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You walk into your exam on medieval European history remembering only that Sandra Bullock ought to be ruling Genovia right now
Familiar feeling? Incidentally, you end up at the resit, because it was Anne Hathaway
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I Need Legolas as Never Before
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From 2026, South Korean universities must take school bullying records into account
From 2026 all universities in South Korea will be obliged to take records of school bullying into account at admission. Previously this was voluntary; now it is compulsory: an applicant with a record of violence in his school file has his score reduced or is simply turned away. In 2025
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Arkady Vasilyev, author of a novella about a secret society of swindlers, was the father of Darya Dontsova
Has anyone seen this book in their library? It was written by Arkady Vasilyev. A comedy film was made from the story, too. You know the plot: swindlers of every stripe, traders, restaurateurs, butchers, railway station employees and various other rogues found a joint-stock partnership, a sort of secret
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Ballet based on Emily Brontë's novel to be shown on the Bolshoi's New Stage
Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theatre to Stage Golden Mask-Nominated "Wuthering Heights" Happily, the ballet is based on Emily Brontë's novel itself, and not on yet another lewd reimagining of one of the darkest and most passionate stories in English literature, as was the case with
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On the one hand, there are many questions about what is happening in the frame: why consecrate an Oscar statuette in a church, and why turn it into a show?
On the other hand, one recalls every exposé of the Hollywood fraternity and the context of this particular award, and understands that such filth can be cleansed only by divine power. For those who have not recognised him, the photograph shows Alexei Uminsky performing the rite of consecration over an
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I remember Alexei Batalov not as Gosha from "Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears", but as the tightrope walker Tibul from "The Three Fat Men"
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The only C-3PO head from the filming of “Empire” to reach the collectors’ market
At a Los Angeles auction, the glowing head of the humanoid protocol droid C-3PO from "Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back" sold for more than a million dollars against an initial estimate of 350,000–700,000. It is the only known example of the
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The face of Harry Potter cinematic universe fans when they see this face
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Hitchcock as the Embodiment of Everything Going to Plan
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The Charles III Trail, 2,700 miles long, runs along the English coast past the Seven Sisters
King Charles III Opens a Path Bearing His Own Name at the Seven Sisters National Nature Reserve in Seaford, East Sussex. The King Charles III Trail is a new walking route of 2,700 miles running along the entire coast of England. From Newhaven the trail skirts Seaford Bay, passes