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‘Harry Potter’ first edition fetches record auction price A unique first edition of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” annotated by author J.K. Rowling has sold for a record 150,000 pounds ($227,421) at a London charity auction, Sotheby’s said on Tuesday. Japanese thriller gets biggest boos in Cannes race A blood-soaked vengeance tale from Japan drew the biggest boos in the race for the Cannes Film Festival’s top prize Monday, with critics savaging a ‘risible’ parade of cliches. ’Star Trek’ sequel tops weekend box office in North America ‘Star Trek Into Darkness,’ the newest installment in the classic intergalactic franchise, blasted to the top of movie box office charts with $70.6 million in weekend ticket sales at theaters in the United States and Canada. Holocaust documentary raises questions of guilt When your enemy is sworn to exterminate every one of you, can you — should you — try to cut a deal with him to at least save some lives knowing that others are doomed? ‘Ugly’ film about Mumbai dark side A decades-old rivalry between a Bollywood wannabe and a brutal police chief shines a light on Mumbai’s dark side, in Indian director Anurag Kashyap’s fast-moving psychological thriller “Ugly” about the kidnapping of a young girl. Eurovision fever hits the land of ABBA Fans from around the world have descended on the Swedish city of Malmoe for Saturday’s final of the Eurovision Song Contest, with ABBA’s Benny Andersson and Bjoern Ulvaeus expected to appear. At Cannes, shock movie tests China’s boundaries Disgusted by corrupt local leaders, an angry miner picks up a shotgun. A migrant worker returning home looks to armed robbery to escape a life of relentless bleakness. Sony to release ‘Angry Birds’ film in 2016 Sony has won the global distribution rights to an animated film based on the hit game ‘Angry Birds,’ to be released in 2016, the entertainment giant announced Wednesday. 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13

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