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With novelist Gillian Flynn herself working on the screenplay of her 2012 bestseller Gone Girl, it would raise hopes that the elements that made the mystery-thriller such a vicious delight to read would be retained in the David Fincher film.

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Prince George is being reared the royal way.  With plenty of adoring fans, paparazzi, the usual cordon sanitaire, and of course, the right playmates. Which, by the way, as happened in his first visit to New Zealand, included the child of a gay couple.

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It’s been 20 years since you’ve last heard from me.

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It’s all a dirty trick, I tell you. Because if there’s a girl, there has to be a boy. You’ll spot “him” easily enough in any TV show: the character with a cheeky smile and easy company, but one plot complication or another keeping him just a little out of reach.

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 Manila, despite its challenges, is a beautiful city.

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Whenever we hear the words “perfect pair,” we can’t help but think of Batman and Robin, Romeo and Juliet, Barbie and Ken, and of course, Brangelina.

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It’s been 20 years since you’ve last heard from me.

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It’s all a dirty trick, I tell you. Because if there’s a girl, there has to be a boy. You’ll spot “him” easily enough in any TV show: the character with a cheeky smile and easy company, but one plot complication or another keeping him just a little out of reach.

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 Manila, despite its challenges, is a beautiful city.

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Whenever we hear the words “perfect pair,” we can’t help but think of Batman and Robin, Romeo and Juliet, Barbie and Ken, and of course, Brangelina.

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