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Tonight: ‘Argo: Inside Story’; ‘Vanity Fair’s Hollywood’; ‘48 Hours’
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelIf you want a primer on “Argo,” the favorite to win best picture at the Oscars on Sunday, Discovery Channel is happy to oblige. “Argo: Inside Story” airs at 10 p.m. Saturday on Discovery. The program details CIA officer Tony... -
Oscar buzz for 'Argo' has Mendez caught up in promotional whirlwind
dona@herald-mail.comAntonio Mendez has been busy recently with a recent appearance with Ben Affleck on “Good Morning America,” a Fox News crew coming to his home in southern Washington County and a soon to be published feature article in The Washington Post....Tags: Entertainment, Matt Damon, Alan Arkin, Academy Awards, Central Intelligence Agency
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Iran claims to find uranium deposits, plans more nuclear plants
TEHRAN -- On the eve of international talks about its disputed nuclear program, Iran announced Saturday that it had designated 16 sites for new nuclear power plants and also had discovered substantial new uranium deposits in its territory. The Islamic...
Tags: Russia, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Freestyle Wrestling, Nuclear Power, Iran's Nuclear Program
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Bryan Cranston narrates Discovery Channel documentary about real-life “Argo” story
Channel Guide MagazineBryan Cranston, who plays CIA manager Jack O'Donnell in Ben Affleck's Oscar-nominated Argo – which chronicles the CIA's attempt to rescue six Americans during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis — will narrate ARGO: Inside Story for Discovery... -
'Argo' producers show confidence in Affleck, even if Oscar didn't
Producers George Clooney and Grant Heslov had no idea who was going to direct "Argo." "Maybe I was going to, maybe Grant would, maybe somebody else," Clooney said. "We didn't know." But when Ben Affleck called Clooney and Heslov's Detroit hotel in early...
Tags: Entertainment, Alan Arkin, Central Intelligence Agency, U.S. Department of State, Entertainment Events
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In fact-based films, how much fiction is OK?
NEW YORK (AP) — The scene: Tehran's Mehrabad airport, January 1980. Six U.S. diplomats, disguised as a fake sci-fi film crew, are about to fly to freedom with their CIA escorts. But suddenly there's a moment of panic in what had been a smooth trip...
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Arts and Culture, Elections, Truman Capote, Air Transportation Delays
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Iranians bemoan Olympics cutting treasured sport of wrestling
Dozens of wrestling greats and their agitated fans gathered Thursday in Tehran to lament the elimination from the Olympics of the sport, which has a storied past in Iran. Olympic officials decided Tuesday to cut wrestling from the 2020 Games,...
Tags: Russia, Olympic Games, Wrestling, Oscar Pistorius, United Nations
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Iranian general reportedly assassinated while traveling from Syria
BEIRUT -- A high-ranking member of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps was assassinated this week while traveling from Syria to neighboring Lebanon, Iranian media reported Thursday, in the strongest indication to date that senior Iranian military...Tags: Reconstruction, Government, Beirut (Lebanon), United Nations, Saudi Arabia
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On Iran, there's time
On Feb. 26, the United States and Iran will once more resume their diplomatic ritual, in the so-called six-party talks, over Iran's disputed nuclear program. As the two perennial adversaries eye one another, there are competing paradigms about how to deal...
Tags: Nuclear Policy, Defense Equipment, Manufacturing and Engineering, Politics, Iran
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Monkey welcomed back to Iran, but U.S. not thrilled by space shot
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.BEIRUT — U.S. officials are not exactly welcoming Iran’s revelation this week that the Islamic Republic has sent a monkey into space and brought the creature back to Earth safely. The report by Iranian media recalled for many the early...Tags: Space Programs, U.S. Department of State, Beirut (Lebanon), Military Equipment, Science and Technology
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Iran's Khamenei rejects direct talks with U.S. on nuclear program
WASHINGTON -- Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected the U.S. offer of direct talks on his country’s disputed nuclear program, deepening doubts about the prospects that Tehran’s upcoming discussions with six world powers over...
Tags: Barack Obama, Nuclear Policy, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Kazakhstan, Politics
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'Argo' producer scours for the next stranger-than-fiction story
Hunched over a desk in his spartan Westwood apartment, David Klawans squints at his computer monitor and knits his brow in concentration. "I'm perusing," he says. His eyes dart between headlines almost indecipherable on a Web page displaying about 800...
Tags: Golden Globe Awards, Central Intelligence Agency, The Men Who Stare at Goats (movie), Argo (movie), University of California, Los Angeles
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