Wed, 11/17/2010 - 06:53 by Prince damin
Los Angeles -- Arnold Schwarzenegger, David Lynch, Baz Luhrmann and Jonathan Mostow were among the mourners at producer Dino De Laurentiis' Los Angeles funeral.
The Italian filmmaker -- whose credits included "La Strada," "Battle of the Bulge," "Barbarella," "Serpico," "Conan the Barbarian," "Blue Velvet" and "Hannibal" -- died last week at the age of 91.
The Hollywood Reporter said a Roman Catholic service honoring him was held Monday at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.
His family, including his wife, Martha, and daughters Veronica, Raffaela, Carolyna and Dina, led the procession into the church, the entertainment industry trade newspaper said.
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Thu, 09/16/2010 - 10:52 by Rakhi
Tokyo -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says he is visiting East Asia as a trade mission "salesman-in-chief" and to look for infrastructure investment.
The Golden State's economy is the eighth-largest in the world but it faces a budget deficit of $19 billion and Schwarzenegger was in Japan Tuesday riding on a bullet train similar to the governor would like to build between Los Angeles and San Francisco with the offer of a $40 billion loan from Japan, the BBC reported Wednesday.
The Chinese Ministry of Railways and the Bay Area Council also signed a memorandum of understanding for investing in California's future rail network.
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Wed, 08/11/2010 - 10:21 by Prince damin
Sacramento -- The administration of California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Tuesday appealed a judge's ruling blocking a proposed furlough of state government employees.
Administration lawyers filed the appeal with the 1st District Court of Appeals, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Alameda County Superior Court Judge Steven A. Brick ruled Monday that furloughs would create undue hardship for state workers. The ruling came in a suit filed by union officials, in opposition to Schwarzenegger's plan to require about 150,000 state employees to take three unpaid days off per month until legislative leaders adopt a state budget.
Essentially, the furloughs, which would have begun Friday, would have amounted to a 14 percent reduction in pay, the newspaper said.
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Tue, 04/27/2010 - 20:47 by Samia Sehgal
Hugh Hefner came to the rescue of the prominent Hollywood sign, which was on the verge of demolition. Hefner donated the final $900,000 to protect the 138-acre site around the sign from being sold.
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Fri, 10/23/2009 - 05:09 by surajdogra
Industry, Calif. -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Thursday signed legislation to clear the way for construction of a 75,000-seat stadium in suburban Los Angeles.
The bill provides an environmental impact exemption for construction of a stadium in the San Gabriel Valley, 15 miles from Los Angeles, a key element in any effort to bring an NFL franchise to the market.
Schwarzenegger said the project, which is projected to cost an estimated $800 million, could result in creation of 18,000 jobs.
"This is the best kind of action state government can create -- action that cuts red tape, generates jobs, is environmentally friendly and brings a continued economic boost to California," he said at a news conference.
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Fri, 10/16/2009 - 00:04 by surajdogra
Los Angeles -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has agreed to discuss his past as a movie star during a televised retrospective of his career, Encore said.
The network said Schwarzenegger will appear on its "Spotlight on ..." program
Saturday night.
Several of his hit movies are to air throughout the day.
Among those to be screened are "Conan the Destroyer," "Red Sonja," "Kindergarten Cop," "Last Action Hero," "Batman & Robin," "Twins," "Eraser," "The Running Man" and "The Terminator."
The actor has had only small roles in films since he was elected governor in 2003.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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Wed, 10/14/2009 - 20:22 by Inderjit Singh
Los Angeles -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says his wife Maria Shriver has some explaining to do after photos of her on her cell phone while driving appeared online.
Schwarzenegger himself signed a 2008 law that makes it illegal to be on the phone while behind the wheel, as it appears Shriver was in the images posted by TMZ.com and SplashNews.com.
The governor took to Twitter late Tuesday to announce that Shriver was in Dutch over her apparent law breaking on the streets of Brentwood, KTLA-TV in Los Angeles said.
"Thanks for bringing her violation to my attention." Schwarzenegger wrote. "There's going to be swift action."
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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Fri, 10/02/2009 - 21:52 by surajdogra
Los Angeles -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says recently arrested filmmaker Roman Polanski should be treated like anyone else in the eyes of the law.
Polanski, 76, was arrested last weekend in Switzerland on an outstanding U.S. warrant in connection with a 1977 child-sex case.
The famous film director, who lives in France, has not traveled to the United States since he pleaded guilty in a Los Angeles court to having unlawful sex with a minor and then fled the country before he could be sentenced. He was accused of drugging and raping Samantha Geimer when she was 13.
Polanski's lawyers have alleged misconduct on the part of the Los Angeles criminal justice system at the time of the plea deal.
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Sat, 05/30/2009 - 12:26 by preet_20
Livermore, Calif. -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Friday dedicated the world's largest laser system in Livermore, calling it a gateway to new energy sources.
The sprawling National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory east of San Francisco has been 12 years in the making and is designed to further research into fusion energy.
"NIF has the potential to revolutionize our energy system -- teaching us a new way to harness the energy of the sun to power our cars and homes," Schwarzenegger said in a written statement.
"California was the home of the first working laser, so it is no surprise that the Golden State has now produced the world's largest and most powerful one."
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Thu, 04/30/2009 - 22:23 by Inderjit Singh
London, April 30-- Hollywood action hero-turned-California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a state of emergency following the swine flu epidemic currently gripping America.
More than 10 cases of the killer flu have been reported in California and Schwarzenegger hopes his plea for help will cut through red tape and speed up attempts to respond to the new strain, which claimed the life of a Mexican infant in Texas April 27, reports contactmusic.com.
"While there is no need for alarm, it is the governor's top priority to limit swine flu's spread as quickly and effectively as possible," read a statement from his office.
-IANS
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Sun, 04/12/2009 - 10:36 by Shruti Sharma
Sacaramento -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said he was pleased to hand over two 16th century paintings once stolen by Nazis to the heirs of their rightful owners.
Schwarzenegger and California State Parks Director Ruth Coleman turned over the Venetian paintings "Portrait of Alvise Vendramin" and "Portrait of a Bearded Gentleman" to the grandchildren of Jakob and Rosa Oppenheimer, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Saturday.
"I am humbled to play a role in undoing this terrible wrong for the heirs of Jakob and Rosa Oppenheimer," the governor said at Friday's ceremony in Sacramento.
The Oppenheimers lost the oil paintings in 1935 when Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
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Fri, 02/27/2009 - 10:47 by Rakhi Kaptiyal
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