A film starring Princess Ubolratana as the lead character, Where the Miracle Happens, was to make its debut at the Cannes film festival last night. Before the film screened, the Princess was to talk to the international media about the movie, which was adapted from her book, at the Carlton hotel.
The Carlton is the ritziest [...]

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• Minitel. At its peak in the
mid-1990s, this government-sponsored minicomputer was in more than 14
million French homes. This text-only, pre-Internet network allowed
users to reserve train tickets, chat with friends, and check stock
prices. Last April, French Internet service provider Neuf Cegetel
announced plans to relaunch a modern version of Minitel, selling an
inexpensive, white, toaster-sized computer that utilizes [...]

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Casting director Cassandra Kulukundis thus targeted schools in a number of rural areas but especially near where the shoot would be based, in Marfa, Texas, asking educators if they knew of, in Kulukundis’ words, “a child who didn’t play with GameBoys but worked outside,” or as Anderson put it, “a man in a young [...]

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