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Vastly underscreened Brazil is poised to take a quantum leap into the digital age. A fledgling local company, Rain Networks, plans to transform 100 existing independent screens in Brazil into digital screens by spring next year. In Rio de Janeiro alone, the city is planning to build 50 new screen
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The Golden Globes is hoping to make its annual banquet awards presentation Jan 17 even more lively than usual with the addition of Ricky Gervais as host.Hollywood Foreign Press Association HFPA president Philip Berk is feeling upbeat as his organisation heads into another awards season and the glitzy promise of the 67th Golden Globe Awards, which will take place on January 17. We have been around for 67 years and th
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