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On the box: On Thin Ice | The Madoff Hustle | Inside Nature's Giants

ON THIN ICE BBC2 Sunday 9pm THE MADOFF HUSTLE BBC2 Sunday, 7pm INSIDE NATURE'S GIANTS Channel 4 Monday, 9pm

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Meet Dominic . . .

Here's a clip from a very under-rated film starring a boy - The Go Between. It's moody and heterosexual, but there's plenty of atmospheric shots in it. For Joseph Losey's great film "The Go-Between" (starring Julie Christie and Alan Bates), Michel Legrand provided a Theme and Variations for Two Pianos and Orchestra to be played as accompaniment to some of its scenes. Here is the mighty central...

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A Hasstile Reaction

Remember all those Oregon state senate candidates who talked of being bipartisan. After a one-day delay, the Oregon Senate voted today for an increase in corporate income taxes that will produce an estimated $261 million to balance the next two-year...

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"I implore you... the state will go into chaos [like it's not already] without these bills."

The Oregonian --Plans to raise Oregon's corporations and upper income earners taxes came to a screeching halt when Senate Democrat Mark Hass, D- Beaverton, would not give the 18th vote that was needed for three-fifths majority for the bill to pass."It's hard to separate what's real from the melodrama," said a disappointed Sen. Ginny Burdick, D-Portland, after the vote. "What's real is,...

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Would a temp tax work?

Well, so much for the remarkably smooth Oregon session of ‘09. Owing to a single flipped vote - that of Beaverton Democratic Senator Mark Hass - the Senate declined to pass a business tax package approved the day before by the Oregon House. Because of that, a second tax bill was table (alongside that first [...]

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Irish actor hopes to light up the small screen again in 'Fire'

It's one thing for an actor to be famous at 20. It's quite another to be washed up at 22. But that's exactly what happened to Sean Maguire, whom most people know as the hunky warrior from “Meet the Spartans.”

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Portland Health Care Panel Discussion on Thursday, April 16th

On Thursday, April 16th from 6-8 pm there will be a health care reform forum at Portland's First Unitarian Church (1011 SW 12th Ave.) U.S. Representative Earl Blumenauer, State Senator Alan Bates and Dr. Mike Huntington with Physicians for a...

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Network DVD in April

News: Below is a look at what titles Network have coming to UK DVD in April 2009... 6th April 2009 Watching – Series 3 - £12.99 RRP – The third series of this offbeat ITV comedy comes to DVD with all six episodes plus the 1988 Christmas Special. ...

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Sir David Frost honoured by BPG

TV veteran David Frost received a lifetime achievement award from the UK's Broadcasting Press Guild (BPG). Sir David received the BPG's Harvey Lee Outstanding Contribution to Broadcasting award in...

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Award is mind-boggling, says Peston

BBC business editor Robert Peston said he found it "mind-boggling" that he had beaten Bruce Forsyth to win a broadcasting award.

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Branagh scoops gong for Wallander

Kenneth Branagh has won an acting award for his performance as a grizzled Swedish detective in the TV series Wallander.

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State Senator R-Jason Atkinson (probably running for Governor)

filed Senate Bill 909 this week that would make the Oregon political tax credit portable, allowing Oregonians to redirect political donations from lawmaker's coffers to non-profit organizations during this economic downturn. The Central Point Republican is quoted in the Medford Mail Tribune, March 15, 2009 "The money would make a significant difference if it were spent to prop up the Oregon Food...

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Georgy Girl

Georgy Girl Georgy Girl--Georgy Girl is a 1966 British film based on a novel by Margaret Forster. The film was directed by Silvio Narizzano and starred Lynn Redgrave as Georgy, Alan Bates, James Mason, Charlotte Rampling and Bill Owen. The title song, performed by Australian band The Seekers, became a hit single and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song (music by Tom Springfield,...

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Sorry to interrupt...

...but the Tuesday Morning Foreign Region DVD Report is up, at The Auteurs'. This week, Losey and Pinter's staggeringly great The Go-Between, with Julie Christie and Alan Bates.