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Published on April 10, 2012
BEN KINGSLEY POISED TO PLAY VILLAIN IN "IRON MAN 3"
- Ben Kingsley is in final talks to play the villain in Marvel Studios and Disney's "Iron Man 3" but fans of the comicbook character will be disappointed to learn he won't take on original Tony Stark archenemy the Mandarin, Variety reported.
Though insiders acknowledged Kingsley's involvement to Variety, Marvel declined to comment on the deal, and insiders denied that the character would be the Mandarin, a wealthy Chinese scientist and martial arts expert who, by backing the warlord who imprisoned Stark, was indirectly responsible for his creating Iron Man.
Instead, Kingsley's character is involved in the spread of a virus through nanobots, given that "Iron Man 3" is loosely based on Warren Ellis' six-issue "Extremis" comicbook series first published in 2005. That arc -- which also heavily influenced the first "Iron Man" pic -- introduced a new origin story and focused heavily on nanotechnology.
Still, the Mandarin character was widely suspected to be in play, as "Iron Man" and "Iron Man 2" helmer Jon Favreau had indicated an interest in tackling the character in the franchise's third installment. But Favreau has moved on and Shane Black is taking over the helm, as well as co-writing the script with Drew Pearce. Production begins in May, with lensing to take place around North Carolina.
Robert Downey Jr. will reprise his role as Stark and Iron Man, with Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle and Scarlett Johansson also set to return to the franchise. The first "Iron Man" earned $585 million worldwide, while the sequel generated $624 million around the globe.
Disney has skedded "Iron Man 3" for May 3, 2013.
Louis D'Esposito will executive produce "Iron Man 3" for Marvel Studios, with Stan Lee and Charles Newirth. Marvel Studios' Kevin Feige will produce the pic with Avi Arad.
Kingsley, who most recently starred in Martin Scorsese's "Hugo," will next be seen in Paramount's "The Dictator" with Sacha Baron Cohen.
Headlines for April 10, 2012
FREE DEMOCRATS PARTY INTENSIFYING ACTIVITY - PAPER
Free Democrats leader Khachatur Kokobelyan and party member Ararat Zurabyan had a meeting overnight at Yerevan hotel.
According to Zhamanak paper, this was their first meeting after approval of Heritage's ...PAPER DUBS ELECTIONS AS BEST CHANCE TO SEEK POLITICAL ASYLUM IN EUROPE
Many Armenians aim to reach Europe to find political asylum there, and elections provide an excellent opportunity to get the status of a person persecuted for their political views, Hraparak paper reports.
...FILMMAKER TIGRAN KHZMALYAN'S SPOUSE ON RPA ELECTION LIST
Renowned film director Tigran Khzmalyan who has taken up criticism against opposition Armenian National Congress as his political and public motto recently, has found himself in a weird situation.
His ...PAPER: OPPOSITION FIGURE SLAMS ANTI-FORGERY DOCUMENT SIGNING
The opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) faced disagreement over establishment of a single inter-party headquarters to counter election forgery, proposed by Armenia's Political Analysts Union. ...PAPER: TYCOON SAMVEL ALEXANYAN'S WIFE URGED HIM TO AVOID JOURNALISTS
Businessman Samvel Alexanyan's wife has allegedly urged him to keep away from journalists, at least during the pre-election period, Yerkir paper says.
According to the paper, she advised him to do so ...RUSSIAN DUMA TO HOUSE "ANTI-REVOLUTIONARY" COUNCIL
A council aimed to analyze threats to Russia's interests and counteract "colored revolutions" in CIS states will be set up at Russian State Duma's committee on CIS affairs.
Functions and composition ...SUICIDE BOMBER BLOWS UP VEHICLE IN AFGHANISTAN, 20 KILLED OR WOUNDED
A suicide bomber in a four-wheel-drive vehicle blew up his cache of explosives on Tuesday, April 10 morning in Herat province in western Afghanistan, killing or wounding more than 20 people, authorities ...SERGEI MOVSESIAN PARTICIPATES IN RUSSIAN TEAM CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
GM Sergei Movsesian and ten other Armenian chess players are taking part in Russian Team Chess Championship that is being held in Loo, Russia, on April 9-15, 2012.
Movsesian plays as a member of St. ...VARUZHAN AKOBIAN FINISHES 2ND AT PHILADELPHIA OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT
Armenian grandmaster Varuzhan Akobian (U.S.) took 2nd prize in the 2012 Philadelphia Open chess tournament.
He gained 6,5 points out of 9, being only 0,5 point behind tournament leader GM Magesh Panchanathan ...BRITISH PM EYES DEFENSE COOPERATION WITH JAPAN
UK Prime Minister David Cameron arrived in Tokyo on Tuesday, April 10, hoping to prize open Japan's potentially lucrative defense market for firms from Britain.
"We think there are many other ...TORNADO KILLS 6 IN CENTRAL TURKISH PROVINCE
Six were killed and six others injured on Monday, April 9, after a tornado struck a construction site in the central Turkish province of Elazığ, Today's Zaman reports.
The construction site sustained ...KHANTY-MANSIYSK TO HOST RAPID CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2013
FIDE presidential council approved Khanty-Mansiysk Russian city's bid for hosting the World Rapid Chess Championship in 2013. The decision is based on the regional center's extensive experience in ...U.S. ARMENIAN SCHOOLS TO HOLD GENOCIDE COMMEMORATION EVENT
The Armenian Clubs from four of high schools (Crescenta Valley, Clark Magnet HS, Glendale High & Hoover High Schools) in Glendale Unified School District organize the 11th Annual Armenian Genocide ...MOST RUSSIANS SUPPORT ARMENIAN WHO KILLED 3 TO PROTECT HIS FAMILY
Majority of Russian citizens approve of Armenian businessman Gegham Sargsyan, who killed three assaulters attacking his wife and five children in Russian Tula region.
In a survey by Russian RIA Novosti ...KUWAITI WRITER TO SPEND 7 YEARS IN PRISON FOR ANTI-SHIITE TWEETS
A writer in Kuwait has been sentenced to seven years in prison for a series of tweets that are said to have slandered Shiite Muslims in the country, The Next Web reports.
Authorities in Kuwait have not ...SONY REPORTS RECORD NET LOSS OF $6.4 BILLION
Sony Corp. said on Tuesday, April 10, it will post a record net loss for the year that ended March 31 of 520 billion yen ($6.4 billion), more than double a February forecast as a result of additional ...N. KOREA SET TO COMPLETE ITS LATEST ROCKET ASSEMBLY
North Korea is set to complete the assembly of its latest rocket by installing the satellite payload later Tuesday, April 10, a senior space official said.
"We are expecting to complete assembly ...85% OF ARMENIA'S POLLING STATIONS UNAVAILABLE FOR DISABLED VOTERS
Head of Paros NGO Suren Ohanyan and chairman of Harmony NGO Albert Abgaryan spoke on April 10 at a discussion on disabled people's rights to participate in elections in Yerevan.
They said the parties ...CHRISTIAN CLERICS IN TURKEY FEAR GROWING THREATS
Christian clerics in Turkey have expressed their anxiety regarding the growing threats they face in wake of an attack against Pastor Semih Serkek of the Protestant "Lütuf" ("Grace") Church in Istanbul's ...SYRIA SAYS READY FOR DEPLOYMENT OF INTERNATIONAL OBSERVER MISSION
Syria's Foreign Minister said Tuesday, April 10 the government has already withdrawn some forces from some Syrian cities and that the UN-brokered cease-fire must start simultaneously with the deployment ...ROSSETTI MUSE UNKNOWN PORTRAIT SURFACES FOR SALE
A portrait redolent of one of the most famous romances of the Victorian era has surfaced for sale from a private collection in Scotland where it has been, unrecorded and unknown to scholars, for over ...ENERGY MINISTRY SAYS IRANIAN PETROL NOT IMPORTED YET
Iran hasn't yet started petrol imports to Armenia, a reliable source at the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources told PanARMENIAN.Net.
"Petrol imports were discussed in bilateral cooperation framework, ...IRAN SET TO BLOCK INTERNET, ESTABLISH NATIONAL NETWORK
Millions of Internet users in Iran will be permanently denied access to the World Wide Web and cut off from popular social networking sites and email services, as the government has announced its plans ...NEW ANDROID MALWARE DISCOVERED
Insecurity experts at NQ Mobile have discovered new Android malware that is controlled via SMS which can record calls and surrounding noise, TechEye reports.
Dubbed TigerBot, the malware was found circulating ...YEREVAN HOSTS SPORTS CONFERENCE AHEAD OF LONDON OLYMPICS
The National Olympic Committee of Armenia (ARMNOC) organized a conference for coaches, sport doctors and psychologists of the Armenian national teams, in order to better prepare for the upcoming Olympic ...CA ASSEMBLYMAN'S RESOLUTION CALLS ON TURKEY TO RESPECT RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
The Armenian National Committee of America-Western Region welcomed the introduction of Assembly Joint Resolution 34 (AJR 34) introduced by California Assembly Member Katcho Achadjian (R-33).
According ...DISABLED TO GAIN ACCESS TO ARMENIA'S POLLING STATIONS IN 40 YEARS, NGO REP. SAYS
Discussion on provision of disabled people's rights to participate in voting was held in Yerevan on April 10.
Albet Abgaryan, chairman of Harmony NGO said more disabled people must be involved in political ...RUSSIA SAYS SYRIA SHOULD BE MORE DECISIVE TO IMPLEMENT PEACE PLAN
Russia criticized the Syrian authorities on Tuesday, April 10 over their efforts on UN envoy Kofi Annan's peace plan and said Damascus needed to be more decisive to end the violence in the country.
"We ...HIS HOLINESS ARAM I DELIVERS EASTER MESSAGE
In his Easter Message on Sunday, April 8, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, His Holiness Aram I said, "Christianity would have lost its purpose and meaning without Christ's resurrection. Resurrection ...MY ARMENIA FESTIVAL TO KICK OFF IN JUNE
My Armenia all-Armenian festival will mark its start on June 20, Diaspora Ministry's Panarmenian Programs Department head Atom Mkhitaryan and festival manager Samvel Haroyan said.
The festival will ...ANC TO HOLD 2 MORE RALLIES AS PART OF PARLIAMENTARY RACE
As part of parliamentary race, Armenian National Congress (ANC) opposition bloc has scheduled 2 rallies, Armenian National Movement board head, 4th electoral district's majority system candidate Aram ...ANC CANDIDATE PROMISES "EVENTFUL POST-ELECTION DAY" IF VOTES FALSIFIED
Armenian National Movement board head, 4th electoral district's majority system candidate predicted an "eventful post-election day" in the event May 6 parliamentary votes are falsified.
As Aram Manukyan ...ECHR BACKS TERROR EXTRADITIONS FROM UK TO U.S.
The European Court of Human Rights has backed terror extraditions from the UK to the United States, according to BBC News.
The Strasbourg court held there would be no violation of human rights for those ...MP DUBS MARAGHA AS ARMENIAN GENOCIDE CONTINUATION BY AZERBAIJAN
Yerevan hosted an event on April 10 dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the massacre of Armenians in the village of Maragha by Azerbaijan.
Armenian MP, Against Legal Arbitrariness NGO leader Larisa ...AZNAVOUR: FANS WILL DISCOVER ME A LITTLE MORE THAN BEFORE
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It's a bit ...AREXIMBANK-GAZPROMBANK GROUP EQUIPS YEREVAN KINDERGARTENS
Within the framework of city-wide program of Yerevan administration on re-equipment of preschool institutions, as well as in line with its own social program under the motto "Favoring interests of each ...ANC CANDIDATE TO VISIT 3000 VOTERS AT THEIR HOMES
Armenian National Movement board head, 4th electoral district's majority system candidate of Armenian National Congress (ANC) oppositional bloc expressed intention to visit 3000 voters at their homes, ...EXPERT SAYS AZERBAIJAN SHOULD BE CALLED TO ACCOUNT FOR MARAGHA TRAGEDY
Against Legal Arbitrariness NGO organized a mourning event on April 10 dedicated to the 20th anniversary of massacre of Armenians in the village of Maragha by Azerbaijan.
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The hacktivist collective also launched traffic-flooding assaults ...PSYCHIATRIC EXAM REPORTS MASS KILLER BREIVIK SANE
A new psychiatric examination has found that confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik is not criminally insane, contradicting an earlier assessment, AP reported.
The new conclusion comes just six ...IRAN CAN MANAGE EVEN WITHOUT CRUDE EXPORTS - PRESIDENT
Iran can manage its economy even without crude exports, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claimed on Tuesday, April 10 as Tehran cut off oil sales to Greece, the third European nation to be hit by an Iranian ...DANISH CONSULATE OPENS IN YEREVAN
Consulate of Denmark officially opened in Yerevan.
On January 2, 2012, Queen of Denmark Margrethe II presented Armand Pinarbasi, representative of Grand Thornton International with the Honorary Patent ...TOSHIBA LAUNCHES NEW RANGE OF EXCITE ANDROID TABLETS
Toshiba has launched a new range of Excite Android tablets, spanning 7.7-inches to 13-inches and each running NVIDIA's quadcore Tegra 3 processor, Slash Gear reports.
The new Excite 10, Excite 13 and ...AT LEAST 12 DEAD IN SOMALIA MARKET BOMBING
At least 12 people have been killed and more than 30 badly injured by a bombing in the central Somali town of Baidoa, BBC News reported.
The governor of the Bay region, Abdifitah Mohamed Gesey, said ...ANTHONY LAPAGLIA TO PLAY JULIAN ASSANGE IN "UNDERGROUND" TV FILM
Newcomer Alex Williams will play Julian Assange in Underground, the Australian TV movie that's based around the early life of the WikiLeaks founder, Deadline reported.
Rachel Griffiths will play Assange's ...JENNIFER ANISTON CIRCLING "WE'RE THE MILLERS" COMEDY
Jennifer Aniston is circling We're The Millers, the New Line comedy about a pot dealer who pulls together a fake wife and two kids to pose as an RV road-tripping family so that he can smuggle 1000 pounds ...ASIAN BUYERS CUT IRANIAN CRUDE IMPORTS AMID SANCTIONS
Japanese trading houses will cut Iranian crude imports from April, industry sources said on Tuesday, April 10 in the latest sign that Western sanctions are curbing the flow of Tehran's oil to its ...SHARP'S FULL-YEAR LOSS TO SOAR TO $4.7 BN
Japanese electronics giant Sharp said Tuesday, April 10 it would report a full-year loss of about $4.7 billion, as the firm struggles to turn around its sagging liquid crystal display television business, ...RUSSIA TESTS NEW THERMOBARIC ROCKET SYSTEM
Russia has tested a new thermobaric rocket for its TOS-1 Buratino and TOS-1A Soltsepek multiple launch rocket systems, RIA Novosti reported citing the Izvestia daily.
The tests took place at the Prudboi ...UN PEACE ENVOY TO SEND LETTER ON SYRIA TO SECURITY COUNCIL
UN and Arab League envoy Kofi Annan will send a letter to the Security Council Tuesday, April 10 on Syria, his spokesman said, the day a UN-Arab plan to end 13 months of bloodshed is to take effect, AFP ...UKRAINE'S HOTELS ALMOST COMPLETELY BOOKED UP FOR EURO 2012
Ukraine's hotels are almost completely booked up for Euro 2012, market websites said Tuesday, April 10, RIA Novosti reported.
The prices on the few rooms remaining have risen between three- and tenfold ...BEN AFFLECK'S "ARGO" RELEASE MOVED TO OCTOBER
Ben Affleck's Argo - about the rescue of six U.S. diplomats during the 1979 Iranian Hostage Crisis through a clever ruse - is shaping up to be one of the fall season's first studio awards hopefuls, ...9 YEMENI SOLDIERS KILLED IN AL-QAEDA ATTACK
Al-Qaeda militants killed nine Yemeni soldiers Tuesday, April 10 in an attack on a makeshift military post on a desert road in the country's mostly lawless eastern provinces, a security official said, ...IRAN SAYS ARRESTS ISRAEL-LINKED "TERRORIST GROUP"
Iran said on Tuesday, April 10 it had identified a "major terrorist group" it said was affiliated to Israel and had arrested some of its members, Reuters reported citing the official IRNA news ...GEMMA ARTERTON TO STAR IN "THE WRIGHT GIRLS" COMEDY-THRILLER
Gemma Arterton is in negotiations to star in The Wright Girls, a dark comedy-thriller from Relativity and Atlas Entertainment, The Hollywood Reporter said.
Andy Fickman is in negotiations to direct.
...TURKEY: SYRIAN REGIME "TRYING TO WIN TIME"
Turkey's deputy prime minister says Syrian forces do not appear to be complying with the cease-fire and are continuing their attacks, especially in the towns of Aleppo, Idlib and Homs, AP reported.
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Lady Gaga has announced two UK dates - when she will be supported by glam rockers The Darkness - as part of her world tour, Belfast Telegraph reported.
Famous for donning outrageous catsuits, the reformed ...THE ROLLING STONES TO WORK ON NEW MUSIC AHEAD OF 2013 TOUR
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McDonald's Corp will franchise out restaurants in Russia for the first time after picking the sector's largest restaurant holding company Rosinter as its partner in the fast-growing market, Reuters ...BEN KINGSLEY POISED TO PLAY VILLAIN IN "IRON MAN 3"
Ben Kingsley is in final talks to play the villain in Marvel Studios and Disney's "Iron Man 3" but fans of the comicbook character will be disappointed to learn he won't take on original ...PALESTINIANS SEND LETTER TO UN, SEEK CONDEMNATION OF ISRAELI SETTLEMENT
The Palestinians have sent a letter to the UN Security Council seeking condemnation of Israeli settlement activity, the foreign minister said on Tuesday, April 10, AFP reported.
Riyad al-Malki said Palestinian ...UN CONVOY TARGETED IN LIBYA
A bomb was thrown at a convoy carrying the head of the United Nations mission to Libya on Tuesday, April 10 a UN spokeswoman said, but no one was hurt in the explosion, Reuters reported.
The attack in ...UNKNOWN ARTIST MAY STAR IN SCORSESE'S SINATRA BIOPIC
Martin Scorsese has teased that an unknown actor may take the lead in his upcoming Frank Sinatra biopic.
Leonardo DiCaprio had been tipped to play the late musical legend in the drama, but the Oscar-winning ...DIMENSION FILMS PICKS UP "WILD OATS" ROAD-TRIP COMEDY
Dimension Films continues its acquisitions streak with the pick up of the road-trip comedy Wild Oats featuring a talented cast including Academy Award winner Shirley MacLaine, Academy Award nominee Jacki ...AZERI WAR PRISONER IN ARMENIA: I'M SAFE AND SOUND
Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) visited an Azeri war prisoner in Yerevan, Azeri media reported.
ICRC representatives passed a letter to war prisoner Akhundzade ...ARFD PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATES PROMISE TO RETURN POWER TO PEOPLE
ARF Dashnaktsutyun's top parliamentary candidate delivered an opening speech at Liberty Square-hosted rally.
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Apple, already the world's most valuable company, hit the $600 billion level for the first time Tuesday, April 10, AP reported.
Only one other company has been worth $600 billion - Apple's old ...CALDERA GETS NEGATIVE DECISION FROM ARBITRATOR ON GGC CLAIM
Caldera Resources Inc. (the "Company" or "Caldera") received a negative decision from the Arbitrator on its claim filed against Global Gold Corporation relating to the joint venture agreement between ...BEST BUY CEO BRIAN DUNN RESIGNS
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In a surprising move on April10, Best Buy has released a statement saying that Brian Dunn has resigned as CEO of ...ANONYMOUS, REDDIT WIN PEOPLE'S CHOICE VOTE IN TIME 100 POLL
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Today in Armenian history- 1725 Turkish forces approach the highlands of Sissian and Ghapan.
- 1764 First publication of "Yeghisheh" by the Astvatsatoor publishing House (in Constantinople) with the financial support of the Etshmiadsin monk and former leader of Smyrna, Abraham.
- 1840 The Armenian Province is reorganized as the Provinces of Georgia-Imerethia and Caspia.
- 1902 The Armenian Drama Company of Tbilissi (Georgia) is created.
- 1938 Catholicos Khoren the First was strangled by the Bolshevik secret police (cheka).
- 1965 Inauguration of Yerevan State University's new main building.
- 1992 The tragedy of Maragha (Martakert region, Artsakh).
- 1998 Signature of the Good Friday Agreement between Northern Ireland, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Some aspects of this Agreement may be significant in the process of finding a resolution to the Artsakh crisis.
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