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• Nic Cage starrer, Christian best-seller "Left Behind," tops Arclight's AFM lineup
• New James Bond film gets five-star Vatican blessing
• HMS Bounty casualty claimed tie to mutinous Fletcher Christian
• Eric Church storms CMAs by doing it his own way
• Gunmen kill religious leader in Russia's Dagestan
• Gunmen kill religious leader in Russia's Dagestan region

Nic Cage starrer, Christian best-seller "Left Behind," tops Arclight's AFM lineup Posted: 30 Oct 2012 04:22 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - On the eve of the AFM, Arclight Films has taken on international sales duties for the film adaptation of the Christian-themed best-seller, "Left Behind," a representative for the film told TheWrap on Tuesday. The film, which will star Nicolas Cage and will be directed by Vic Armstrong, is looking for an early 2013 start date. The book about the end of the world hit the top of the New York Times best-seller list, with more than 65 million novels sold. It went on to be translated into 30 languages. ...

New James Bond film gets five-star Vatican blessing Posted: 30 Oct 2012 02:49 PM PDT VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - If anyone thinks the Vatican newspaper is still a staid broadsheet that publishes only religious news and harsh papal edicts, consider this: On Tuesday it ran not one but five articles about the new James Bond film. "Skyfall" gets a rave review in l'Osservatore Romano, which calls it one of the best of the 23 James Bond films made over the past 50 years. ...

HMS Bounty casualty claimed tie to mutinous Fletcher Christian Posted: 30 Oct 2012 02:23 PM PDT When Claudene Christian applied earlier this year for a spot as a mate on the famous tall ship replica of the HMS Bounty, she probably had a little edge: Her family claimed a historical connection to the original ship via Fletcher Christian, who had instigated the 1789 mutiny that propelled the Bounty and its crew into maritime history and Hollywood fantasy.

Eric Church storms CMAs by doing it his own way Posted: 30 Oct 2012 08:27 AM PDT Eric Church expects to be angry when he walks out on the stage to perform during the Country Music Association Awards.The rising country music star will cap a long journey as the top nominee Thursday night, ...

Gunmen kill religious leader in Russia's Dagestan Posted: 30 Oct 2012 07:19 AM PDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - Gunmen shot dead a Muslim religious leader in Russia's Dagestan region on Tuesday in an attack likely to worsen a spiral of militant violence that threatens Moscow's hold on the restive North Caucasus. Karimulla Ibragimov was at least the fifth Muslim leader killed this year in Dagestan following a rise in tension between moderate and more radical Muslims in the southern Russian republic. Unidentified gunmen opened fire on Ibragimov in the town of Derbent at around 6:30 a.m (0230 GMT), Russia's Investigative Committee said. ...

Gunmen kill religious leader in Russia's Dagestan region Posted: 30 Oct 2012 01:57 AM PDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - Gunmen shot dead a Muslim cleric, his father and brother as they made their way to a mosque for morning prayers in Russia's volatile Dagestan region on Tuesday, federal investigators said. The killing of Imam Karimulla Ibragimov, 49, was the latest in a series of attacks on religious leaders in the mainly Muslim southern region following a rise in tension between moderate and more radical Muslims. Unidentified gunmen opened fire on Ibragimov, his brother and father in their car in the town of Derbent at around 6:30 a. ...

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