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VAULTS: Warner finally catches 'Wind'

Dec. 13, 2009
It's amusing that Warner Bros., still a major movie production and distribution company almost 90 years after its incorporation, has ended up as the video custodian of the vintage Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film library. This happened in a somewhat roundabout way, when Ted Turner's holdings came into...
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Marilyn Monroe Cupcake Portrait at Madame Tussauds in New York
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A one-of-a-kind 8 x 4 foot portrait of Marilyn Monroe made from 2,100 bite sized stuffed cupcakes stands in the lobby next to her wax figure on the eve of Marilyn Monroe's 86th birthday at Madame Tussauds in New York City on May 31, 2012. UPI/John Angelillo