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Controversial Mussolini App Pulled From Apple Store

By Theunis BatesFeb 4th 2010 – 3:20PM
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LONDON (Feb. 4) – An iPhone application that was condemned by Jewish groups and Holocaust survivors for allowing users to download the speeches of Italy's World War II dictator, Benito Mussolini, has been withdrawn from Apple's online store. The program, called iMussolini, soared in its first week on the market to...

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Austin Anderson, Marine, Dies After Saving Sole Survivor In Plane Crash On Way To Christian Rally

By Eleanor Goldberg May 14th 2012 - 05:53PM

A Marine who died after pulling a survivor from a plane crash is being hailed a hero for his act of bravery.

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Jim Luce: Goddess, Lion, Peasant, Priest: Modern and Contemporary Indian Art -- in Atlanta

By Jim Luce Apr 04th 2011 - 05:43PM

Don Rubin and his wife Shelley have introduced an exceptional, personal collection of modern and contemporary South Asian art at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta.

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Gucci Guilty's Sexy Director's Cut Steams Up VMAs

By Kelly Bryant Sep 13th 2010 - 10:23AM

Directed by renowned graphic artist and "Sin City" creator Frank Miller, the commercial was actually shot as a short film starring "True Blood's" Evan Rachel Wood and actor Chris Evans.

Cinecitta Luce News From the Web

  • 03/22/12 RAI Distributing Cinecitta Luce Archive Source: The Hollywood Reporter The sales unit for Italian state broadcaster RAI will become the international distributor for sales of more than 200 classic films and documentaries in the Cinecitta Luce archive, the organizations announced Thursday.
  • 09/22/11 Sovena ankles Italy's Cinecitta Luce Source: Variety Luciano Sovena is out as topper of Italian state film entity Cinecitta Luce, after holding the key post for eight years, following a restructuring by Italo Culture Czar Giancarlo Galan.
  • 09/06/11 Italy's Telecom provides cash injection to Cinecitta... Source: Screen Daily Presented during the Venice Film Festival, the agreement will see Telecom providing an initial injection of $700,000 (€500,000), reaching $424m ( €3m) to complete the first project.
  • 05/23/11 Rossellini films to be restored Source: Variety Ten works by Italian master Roberto Rossellini, including his neo-realist classic "Rome Open City," will be digitally restored for DVD distribution, and special festival presentations.
  • 05/12/11 Cinecitta rebounds Source: Variety After recently vacillating on the brink of closure, Italian state film entity Cinecitta Luce is back on the Croisette with new vigor thanks to government refinancing and a more muscular mission to support young Italo filmmakers.

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