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"Fly Away" a moving account of family's struggle - Yahoo! News

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Anchored by strong performances and a clear-eyed approach to what might have been a cloying feel-good drama, "Fly Away" is an affecting portrait of a single mother and her severely autistic daughter.

Writer-director Janet Grillo's debut feature demonstrates a keen understanding of the interdependencies that define that bond, shining its lens on an especially tender and challenging point of awakening for the parent. New Video, which acquired the film at the recent SXSW Film festival, will focus on VOD, digital and DVD distribution after a limited theatrical run that began on Friday amid appreciative reviews.

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Muti and Chicago orchestra perform mighty 'Otello' - Yahoo! News

NEW YORK – Without a stick of scenery on stage, Riccardo Muti waved his magic baton and turned a concert performance of Verdi's "Otello" into one of the great operatic experiences of recent years.

Muti, making his first Carnegie Hall appearance as music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, led his players, along with the orchestra's chorus and soloists, in a single performance Friday night of Verdi's late masterwork.

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Actor Nicolas Cage arrested in New Orleans - Yahoo! News

NEW ORLEANS – Actor Nicolas Cage was arrested after he got drunk in the city's French Quarter and argued in the street with his wife over whether a house they were in front of was theirs, police said Saturday.

The couple was in front of a home that Cage insisted they were renting, police said. When she said it wasn't theirs, Cage grabbed her arm, according to a police news release.

Cage started hitting vehicles and tried to get into a taxi, police said. An officer saw that Cage was drunk and told him to get out of the cab. Cage then started yelling at the officer.

The actor has been booked on charges of domestic abuse battery, disturbing the peace and public drunkenness. He was released on $11,000 bond Saturday.

Representatives for Cage could not immediately be reached Saturday.

Cage has been a frequent visitor to New Orleans, where he has owned property and shot movies. He has also had financial troubles, despite being one of the highest-paid stars in Hollywood.

He had been behind on taxes and has said he's had to sell numerous assets because of his finances. He sued his former business manager in October 2009 for $20 million, claiming the man's advice led him to financial ruin.

Cage won an Academy Award for his performance in 1995's "Leaving Las Vegas."

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Miley Cyrus says her family is fine - Yahoo! News

LOS ANGELES – Miley Cyrus says she feels more at ease heading out on an international tour now that things are fine on the home front.

Earlier this year, her parents, Billy Ray and Tish Cyrus, were getting a divorce, and her father was critical of his daughter's behavior. But the Cyruses recently called of their divorce and the family is spending time together.

"I think it's good, especially when you go on the road. You have to make sure everyone is happy before you start traveling, you're away. My family is good. They are stoked for tour. As long as I'm happy they are happy," Cyrus said in an interview on Thursday.

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Sheen toasts deceased man's ashes onstage - Yahoo! News

TORONTO – Following his streak of bizarre antics, Charlie Sheen closed his first Canadian tour stop by toasting the ashes of an audience member's dead husband.

After an hour of frenetic conversation between Sheen and comedian Russell Peters during the actor's "My Violent Torpedo of Truth" show, Sheen called out to the audience for a woman whose husband had died two years ago to come onstage. Sheen said he read about her in a newspaper article.

The otherwise raucous audience in Toronto's Massey Hall fell silent as Wendy Newman took to the stage, clad all in black and carrying a vessel. Newman told the show-goers that her husband died of a heart attack and the only way she got through her difficult period was by watching DVDs of Sheen's former sitcom "Two and A Half Men."

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Core producer prices, jobless claims rise - Yahoo! News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. core producer prices rose slightly faster than expected in March from February, as motor vehicle prices jumped, and the core increase from a year ago was the largest since August 2009.

The Labor Department said on Thursday its seasonally adjusted index for prices paid at the farm and factory gate -- excluding volatile food and energy costs -- rose 0.3 percent after gaining 0.2 percent in February. Economists had expected core PPI to rise 0.2 percent in March.

Light trucks prices, which advanced 0.7 percent, accounted for a third of the rise in core PPI last month. The increase in light truck prices was the biggest since July. Passenger vehicle prices increased 0.9 percent, the largest increase since June 2009.

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Bank risk culture, pay not curbed enough: survey - Yahoo! News

LONDON (Reuters) – Banks need to do more to shift away from a culture of risk and the excessive pay structures that prevailed before the financial crisis, an industry report said.

Banks have made progress since 2008 as top management and boards have become more involved in setting risk policy and they developed internal stress testing models, according to the survey of 62 firms released on Tuesday.

But reforms were far from complete, with risk appetite across the firms broadly unchanged, said the report by Ernst & Young, conducted on behalf of the Institute of International Finance (IIF).

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Adventurer Murray says in running for Glencore chair - Yahoo! News

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Simon Murray, the South Pole adventurer and former Vodafone Group Plc board member, told Reuters on Monday that he's in the running for the chairman role at Glencore International AG, the commodities trading giant planning a roughly $10 billion dual listing in London and Hong Kong.

Murray, who lives and works in Hong Kong, has spent 45 years in Asia and has served on the boards of several major companies. Confirming a Sunday Times report that he was among the candidates for the non-executive chair role, the UK-born businessman said he had a long history of successful investment in the mining and resources sectors.

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Earnings optimism priced in for investors - Yahoo! News

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The upcoming earnings season may not be the time for investors to buy aggressively, because this year's winners already reflect earnings optimism.

The first-quarter reporting period, which begins Monday with results from aluminum company Alcoa Inc (AA.N), follows three months of solid gains that have brought stocks close to two-and-half-year highs.

Some gains have been in anticipation of a strong earnings season, particularly for the energy and other cyclical sectors, analysts said, raising questions about whether this quarter's reports will be enough to keep the recent uptrend intact.

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