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Bradley Manning sympathetic star of WikiLeaks doc

This film publicity image released by Focus World shows Julian Assange in a scene from the documentary, "We Steal Secrets:  The Story of WikiLeaks." (AP Photo/Focus World)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Julian Assange’s reign as the star of the WikiLeaks story could be coming to an end.

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Review: ‘Hangover’ trilogy ends on a dark note

This film publicity image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Bradley Cooper as Phil, left, Zach Galifianakis as Alan, center, and Ed Hlems as Stu in a scene from "The Hangover Part III."  (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures)

“Daring” isn’t a word you would use very much to describe 2011′s “The Hangover Part II,” the disappointingly lazy, beat-for-beat rehash of the wild and wildly successful original “Hangover” from 2009.

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Sorrentino, Bruni Tedeschi bring Italy to Cannes

CANNES, France (AP) — La dolce vita came to Cannes on Tuesday, thanks to a pair of films set in Italy exploring lives of affluent ennui.

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Depardieu to play a Chechen man seeking revenge

French actor Gerard Depardieu looks at a glass during a news conference in Chechnya's provincial capital Grozny, Russia, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Depardieu announced his plans to star in a drama about a Chechen man investigating and avenging the death of his son in Moscow. (AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev)

GROZNY, Russia (AP) — French actor Gerard Depardieu will star in a drama about a Chechen man who seeks revenge for the killing of his son.

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Seth MacFarlane won’t return as 2014 Oscar host

In this Feb. 24, 2013 file photo, host Seth MacFarlane speaks onstage during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. MacFarlane is too busy to host the Oscars in 2014. He announced the news on Twitter Monday, May 20, 2013.  (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Seth MacFarlane is too busy to host the Oscars in 2014.

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