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At least eight people were killed in two powerful explosions at the JW Marriott and Ritz Carlton hotels Friday morning in the Indonesian capital, media reports said.

It's become the dominant form of cinematic satire, but have prank movies lost a moral edge as they've become big business? Ryan Gilbey talks to the pranksters themselvesPrankster cinema - that combination of documentary, performance art, slapstick and satire - is scarcely out of its infancy, yet it commands our attention right now like no other genre. Why? Three little words: Sacha Baron Cohen. But while the staging of provocative stunts in public settings might be a new game in cinema, it's worth reflecting on how the rules have changed during the two decades in which it has broken free of its televisual origins. Beginning with Michael Moore's mouldbreaking 1987 documentary Roger & Me, in which the everyman campaigner took General Motors publicly to task for blighting his Michigan hometown with mass redundancies, the genre has become the default option for anyone with an axe to grind or a campaign to wage. Strange, though, that the face of prankster cinema has changed from a schlub i

Jakarta, July 17 (Xinhua) At least four people were killed and several injured in explosions at Ritz Carlton and Marriott hotels here Friday morning, a media report said.

The California Shakespeare Theater costume department has just completed a huge reorganization of its inventory, and the result is tons and tons of costumes, wigs, and accessories, to be sold to the public at thrift-store prices for a few days only. 35 years? worth of hats, armor, capes, Renaissance and Tudor, unique modern pieces?a little bit of everything! Perfect for Burning Man costumes, Ren Faire, Halloween, and what-have-you.

In this sequel to the best-selling 2008 thriller "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," Stieg Larsson's angry punk hacker heroine Lisbeth Salander is less detective than quarry.

A porn star who was accused of using a handsaw and an ax to break into stores through their rooftops while his twin brother and occasional co-star acted as a lookout is going to prison for at least three years. Taleon Goffney, who appeared with his brother in...

'Down on Skid Row' at the Theatre Project, a strange and interesting plant has been spotted. There is a valid explanation for this occurrence, however. Jimi Kinstle, new Artistic Director for Pumpkin Theatre, directs Little Shop of Horrors, a play full of love, laughter, and dentistry.

ET is first to obtain court papers filed Thursday afternoon by Debbie Rowe, who is suing a woman for allegedly fueling reports that Rowe is willing to surrender her custody rights over her two children with Michael Jackson for millions of dollars. In the papers, Rowe sues Rebecca White -- who allegedly claimed she is a "close friend" of Rowe's -- for defamation, invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Jackson's ex-wife alleges that White fabricated emails and other communications allegedly sent to her by Rowe. Specifically, Rowe claims in the papers that White, during an interview with a media outlet, falsely claimed she received an email in July from Rowe stating of Prince Michael and Paris: "I'm not going after custody. . These kids are not mine. They were never mine. They were always Michael's."

The 'Big Lebowski' Festival comes to Seattle over the course of two days beginning on Monday, with live music, bowling and a screening of the film at the Fremont Outdoor Movies.

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