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Rushdie's first thought on attempted assassin: 'So it's you'
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Italian designer Roberto Cavalli dead at 83: Italian media
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Paramount shows 'Gladiator 2' as Disney goes R-rated
Paramount Pictures unveiled gory first-look footage from "Gladiator 2" as Disney put on an unusually R-rated presentation for movie theater bosses at the final day of CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Thursday.
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Kremlin foe Navalny's posthumous memoir out in October
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Modi woos south in bid for pan-India ride to power
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