Leigh's 'Vera Drake' Poses Abortion Dilemma
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Is the abortionist and mother who is the heroine of the new movie "Vera Drake" helping young girls or putting their lives in danger?
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The London Film Festival opens on Wednesday with a gala screening of Mike Leigh's movie Vera Drake.
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Actress Janet Leigh, best known for the shower stabbing scene in thriller film Psycho, dies aged 77.
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"Vera Drake," a gritty drama about a housekeeper who performs abortions on the side in 1950s Britain, was named best film Sunday at the 32nd annual Evening Standard British Film Awards.
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âVera Drakeâ, un film di Mike Leigh ambientato nellâInghilterra degli anni â50, Ã¨ stato il trionfatore dellâedizione 2004 della Mostra del cinema di Venezia. âIn un mondo cinico, Ã¨ incoraggiante
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WASHINGTON The death of a Northern California woman last year has prompted the maker of a so-called abortion pill to add new warnings about its use.
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British actress Imelda Staunton wins best actress for the gritty Vera Drake at the European Film Awards.
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Â«Il segreto di Vera DrakeÂ» dell&#39;inglese Mike Leigh ha vinto il Leone d&#39;oro alla 61Âª Mostra del cinema di Venezia. Gran Premio della Giuria ad Alejandro Amenabar per Â«Mare dentroÂ». Premio speciale per la regia a Kim Ki-Duk per Â«Bin-jipÂ».
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"Vera Drake," Mike Leigh's tough tale of  a working-class mother who is caught performing illegal  abortions in 1950s England, scooped up the prizes at the Venice  Film Festival on Saturday, including the coveted Golden Lion.
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Two films tackle a subject that Hollywood usually prefers to avert its eyes from
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Janet Leigh, the wholesome beauty who co-starred with James Stewart, John Wayne and Frank Sinatra in films of the 1940s to 1960s and achieved her most lasting fame as the victim of a shower slashing in Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho," died Sunday at her Beverly Hills, Calif., home, the New York Daily News reported on its Web site Monday. She was 77.
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HOLLYWOOD - Janet Leigh, Hollywood&#39;s perfect &quot;nice girl&quot; ingenue who memorably changed her acting image and earned an Academy Award nomination in Alfred Hitchcock&#39;s classic &quot;Psycho,&quot; has died.
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VENICE, Italy - Mike Leigh's "Vera Drake," a film about an underground abortionist in 1950s England, won the Golden Lion for best picture Saturday at the close of the 11-day Venice Film Festival.   "Vera Drake" is another of Leigh's raw, naturalistic films dealing with social issues in Britain...
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An older womanâs slim chances of becoming pregnant could be made worse if embryos are screened for defects before being implanted into the womb.
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As the Venice Film Festival winds down a  handful of front-runners have emerged in the competition for  the top prizes, with "Vera Drake," British director Mike  Leigh's story about an abortionist, inching ahead.
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A film far deeper and ruthlessly cynical than most Julia starrers
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Mike Leigh, one of Britain&#39;s best known and controversial film-makers, was celebrating a double triumph at the Venice film festival last night when his latest film won the Golden Lion prize