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Allentown native Amanda Seyfried gets animated in 'Epic'
She shot a pair of movies back-to-back that took a piece out of her. But now with "Lovelace" (due in theaters in August) and "Les Miserables" out of her system, Allentown native Amanda Seyfried is lightening up. She began the year with a small role in...Tags: Sundance Film Festival, Action (Movie Genre), Jennifer's Body (movie), Rentals, Music
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Zach Braff taught crowdfunding to Woody Allen - and he liked it
ReutersLOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Reaction to Zach Braff's use of Kickstarter to fund his next indie film has been mixed, to say the least. But according to the "Scrubs" star, Woody Allen is "riveted" by it. During an interview on SiriusXM talk show "Unmasked,...Tags: Manhattan (movie), Kickstarter, Annie Hall (movie)
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Richards-Ross to make comeback after injury layoff
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - For most of her life, Sanya Richards-Ross has done everything at full speed. As an Olympic sprinter, it is an occupational hazard she has learned to live with. But surgery has put a halt on her athletic ambitions, at least for now....Tags: IAAF Diamond League, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Adidas AG, Auto Racing, National Football League
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Target, Macy's among retailers suing Visa, MasterCard over swipe fees
ReutersMacy's Inc., Target Corp. and 15 other U.S. retailers sued Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc. on Thursday over fees to process credit card transactions. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, came before a May 28 deadline for the millions...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Justice System, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Trials, Macy's, Inc.
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SAC lawyers met prosecutors to argue against charges
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Steven A. Cohen's lawyers made their best case argument a month ago to federal prosecutors about why the hedge fund billionaire and his SAC Capital Advisors should not be charged with criminal wrongdoing in a long-running insider...Tags: Labor Legislation, Justice System, Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, Police Investigations, Steven Cohen
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Denner added as nominee to Vivus board by activist investor
Reuters(Reuters) - First Manhattan Company (FMC) added some heavyweight muscle on Thursday to its bid to shake up the board of drugmaker Vivus Inc by naming former Carl Icahn top lieutenant Alex Denner and two others to its slate of proposed nominees. Vivus...Tags: Chemical Industry, Companies and Corporations, Science and Technology, Vivus Inc., ImClone Systems Incorporated
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A Petra Pan travels boroughs and beyond in 'Frances Ha' ★★★ 1/2
Often when you're young, and sometimes even when you're older than young, adulthood is something ventured into partway, like a wading pool. The deep end your friends are already inhabiting looks a long way away. "Frances Ha," director and co-writer Noah...
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Mark Taper Forum replaces 'Butler' with 'Humor Abuse'
The Mark Taper Forum has scratched a new revival of Joe Orton's "What the Butler Saw" from its schedule and replaced it with the traveling solo show "Humor Abuse." Center Theatre Group, which announced the switch Thursday, said the change was due to a...
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Ally to pay $2.1 billion to settle claims tied to ResCap
Reuters(Reuters) - Ally Financial Inc agreed on Thursday to pay $2.1 billion to settle legal claims tied to its bankrupt Residential Capital LLC unit, nearly triple the amount it initially offered to creditors of the subprime mortgage business. Ally hopes the...Tags: Financially Distressed Companies, Justice System, General Motors Corp., Bankruptcy, Insurance
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Capsule reviews of feature films
The Philadelphia InquirerADMISSION 2 1/2 stars. Tina Fey stars as a Princeton admissions officer, Paul Rudd is a hippie-dippie progressive school head lobbying for one of his students, in this odd mix of romantic comedy, improbable soap and Ivy League satire. 1 hr. 57 PG-13 (sex,...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Mark Wahlberg, Scarface (movie), Stranger Than Fiction, Ben Affleck
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Large U.S. retailers sue Visa, MasterCard over card fees
Reuters(Reuters) - A group of U.S. retailers, including Macy's Inc. and Target Corp. , sued Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc. on Thursday, breaking off from a proposed $7.2 billion settlement reached last year over fees to process credit card transactions. The...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Justice System, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Trials, Macy's, Inc.
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BRIEF-Retailers sue Visa, MasterCard over fees
ReutersMay 23 (Reuters) - * Many U.S. retailers file antitrust lawsuit against Visa Inc MasterCard Inc over fees -- court filing * Retailers contend that debit and credit interchange fees are being set at arbitrarily high level * Retailers say they opted...Tags: Staples Inc., Kohl's, Interior Policy, Personal Data Collection, Trials
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