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| MEDIA, ARTS, & ENTERTAINMENT | | | | | | | JAPAN MAESTRO OZAWA VOWS RETURN AFTER BREAK | | March 16, 2012 | | | Seiji Ozawa, Japan’s most famous conductor, pledges to return to performing next year, a week after saying he would take time off to recover from a recent spell of bad health that has included bouts of pneumonia. (Reuters) | | FULL STORY | |
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| | | | MOVIE REVIEW: ‘THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY’ | | February 20, 2012 | | | Based on Mary Norton’s celebrated 1952 novel “The Borrowers,” “The Secret World of Arrietty” has been on the mind of Japan’s Hayao Miyazaki, the great animator of the modern age, for more than 40 years. He did not direct this version himself, but having planned and written the screenplay and hand-picking director Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Miyazaki and his elevating, protective spirit hover over this production like a most benevolent deity. (LA Times) | | FULL STORY | |
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