The relationship between the flamboyant pianist Liberace and his young lover has dazzled at the Cannes film festival and threw the spotlight on gay rights at the movie industry’s largest annual gathering. Director Steven Soderbergh said he struggled five years ago to secure funding for Behind the Candelabra because some financiers thought the film would only appeal to a gay audience and, at a cost of US$25 million (NZ$30.6 million), would be a financial risk
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Source: Alleged U.S. drone kills three
An apparent drone attack killed three people in northern Pakistan’s tribal region, a Pakistani intelligence source said. Santa Barbara, California, authorities had been looking for the couple after the sheriff’s department received a complaint from a local hotel