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Wednesday May 15 | News@Concordia

Concordia honours seven outstanding individuals

La version franaise Concordia University will grant seven honorary doctorates during spring convocation ceremonies, to be held from June 10 to 12 in Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier at Place des Arts .

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Related Topix: Canada, Science, Computer Science, Midnight's Children, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Adventure

Fri May 10, 2013

HeraldNet

Little lost in film adaptaion of Rushdie's 'Midnight's Children'

When "Midnight's Children" was published in 1981, one might have assumed that its promising author would become best known as a writer of magical realism and an observer of the divide between India and Pakistan.

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Related Topix: Midnight's Children, Religion, Islam, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Adventure

Filmfare

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A new relationship, a new fillip in his career... John Abraham has sharpened his investment instincts.

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Thu May 09, 2013

New Hampshire Public Radio -

An Epic Of India Gets A Canvas Its Own Size

Mehta and Rushdie, both Indian-born expatriate artists acclaimed in their disciplines, share an appetite for lyrical, vividly colorful storytelling.

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Related Topix: Midnight's Children, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Earth, Adventure, Arts, Literature

Wed May 08, 2013

Daily Mail

Veteran film director Bryan Forbes who created The Stepford Wives dies age 86 following long illness

The creator of 1970s classic horror film The Stepford Wives died surrounded by family members at his home in Virginia Water, Surrey.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Comedy Movies, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Drama Movies, The Stepford Wives, Science Fiction Movies, Crime Movies, Seance on a Wet Afternoon, Bryan Forbes, Adventure, Surrey County, England, United Kingdom, Celebrities, Michael Caine

Sackville Tribune-Post

Mount Allison Spring Convocation set for May 13

Mount Allison University will confer degrees on approximately 500 students - one of the largest classes in the university's history - during Spring Convocation ceremonies on Monday, May 13 in Convocation Hall.

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Related Topix: Canada, North America, World News, Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, Adventure

Tue May 07, 2013

Amherst Daily News

Irving among honorary degree recipients at Mount Allison

One of the region's business elites will be one of four honorary degree recipients next Monday during spring convocation ceremonies at Mount Allison University.

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Mon May 06, 2013

OhNoTheyDidnt

Deepa Mehta Overcame Protests to film Salman Rushdie's "Midnight's Children"

"My father said, 'There are two things in life that you never know. One is when you are going to die, and the other is how a film is going to do at the box office'" Salman Rushdie's novel "Midnight's Children" is a sprawling book that its author has described as a "love letter to India" -- a chronicle of the country's birth and occasionally ... (more)

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Related Topix: Midnight's Children, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Adventure, Sri Lanka, World News, Asia

Sun May 05, 2013

Hispanic Business

Salman Rushdie bequeaths 'Midnight's Children' to film

May 05--In the late 1970s, long before he penned "The Satanic Verses," before he sparked a global uproar between Islamic fundamentalists and free-speech advocates and became a marked man, before he turned into a celebrity man of letters who dates models and starlets, Salman Rushdie was just the failed author of a sci-fi fantasy.

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Related Topix: Midnight's Children, Arts, Cinema, World News, India, Asia, Home Gardening, Home, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Adventure

Wed May 01, 2013

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Music Review: Deep Purple - Now What?

After all these years, it's no surprise the Mark VIII line-up of Deep Purple can still pull in the concert crowds. Roger Glover , Ian Paice , Ian Gillan , and Steve Morse have more than earned their legendary status.

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Related Topix: Hard-Rock, Deep Purple, Gillan, Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, Adventure, Jon Lord, Progressive-Rock, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Nashville, TN, Music, Entertainment

Sun Apr 28, 2013

Guitar World

Video: Ritchie Blackmore and Deep Purple Live in New York in 1973

With Deep Purple's new studio album, Now What?! , waiting in the wings for its April 30 release, we thought we'd glance back at the classic Mark II lineup of the band - the legendary Ritchie Blackmore , Roger Glover , Ian Gillan , Ian Paice and Jon Lord - tearing it up, live in New York in 1973.

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Hispanic Business

Film of Salman Rushdie's Magical Novel 'Midnight's Children' is a Festival Centerpiece

By SACHI FUJIMORI Eight years ago the Academy Award-nominated film director Deepa Mehta was having dinner in Toronto with her friend Salman Rushdie, when it suddenly occurred to her to ask who had the rights to his book "Midnight's Children." Rushdie still owned the rights, and on the spot, he offered to sell them to his friend for $1. "We'd been ... (more)

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Related Topix: Midnight's Children, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Adventure, Earth

Mon Apr 22, 2013

India Talkies

When John felt he can't play Manya Surve - Indiatalkies.com

Mumbai, April 22: Actor-producer John Abraham initially doubted his ability to portray gangster Manya Surve in "Shootout At Wadala". "When I first read the script, I said it's not possible for me to do the film.

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