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‘The Dark Knight Rises’ And The Debate Over PG-13

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Last week's Batman massacre, allegedly carried out by a 24-year-old aspiring scientist who dyed his hair orange and called himself The Joker, has rekindled old arguments over the effects of violent movies on children.
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Fighting For ‘Downton Abbey’: PBS Prez Blasts Proposed Funding Cuts

PBS receives about 15 percent of its total funding from the federal government, but that percentage is higher in rural areas where viewer support is lower. On July 17, House Republicans unveiled a spending bill that would eliminate funding for public television and its radio companion, NPR.
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Will Amy Winehouse Biopic Ever Happen?

One surefire way to solidify Winehouse's legacy would be through an old-fashioned rock 'n' roll biopic -- Hollywood's time-honored method of immortalizing celebrated music figures with dramatized accounts of their lives and works.
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Was ‘Dark Knight’ Shooting Inspired By 1986 Batman Comic?

The Washington Examiner has drawn an unnerving parallel between the Dark Knight Rises shootings in Aurora, Colo., and the classic 1986 graphic novel The Dark Knight Returns, by Frank Miller. In the comic, a lone gunman opens fire in a movie theater -- claiming the lives of three people.

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