Rick Perry and Mitt Romney Fight Over Illegal Immigration (ContributorNetwork)

The one issue that Texas Gov Rick Perry and former Mass Gov Mitt Romney, both running for president, like to fight about more than any other is illegal immigration. Romney is trying to get to the right on Perry on the issue.

Why does Romney believe Perry is vulnerable on illegal immigration?

Perry is considered vulnerable because of his signing and support of the Texas Dream Act, which provides in-state tuition rates to children of illegal immigration under certain circumstances. Perry, while maintaining that he is strong on border enforcement, has been unapologetic in his support for the act, even going so far in one debate to claim that those who opposed it lacked a heart. His point is that since the federal government is lax in border enforcement, Texas is saddled with a number of illegal immigrant children who crossed the border with their parents. His choice is to either not educate them, those creating a new underclass, or to educate them and at least make them productive members of society.

How has Romney attacked Perry on the issue of illegal immigration?

Besides bringing the matter up in debates, Romney has just released an Internet ad comparing Perry to California Gov. Jerry Brown. Brown has just signed into law his own version of the Dream Act. The ad, not too subtly, claims that Perry gave Brown the idea. The ad attempts a two-for, linking Perry to both illegal immigration and to California, whose politics and governance is anathema to most Republican voters. The comparison would seem by many to be bizarre, since the approachs California and Texas have toward business are diametrically opposite.

Has Perry tried to hit back?

During the last debate, Perry brought up and old story dating from the 2008 election in which Romney had hired a landscaping firm for his personal home that turned out to have hired illegal aliens. The firm had fired the illegals at Romney's insistence, but then hired some more later. Romney maintained that he had no way of knowing that the firm he had hired was engaged in such practices. Perry suggests that Romney should have been more careful in vetting the landscape firm, especially since he has chosen to use illegal immigration to attack the Texas Gov.

But Perry Does have Some ties to California, right?

California may not be exactly friendly territory for conservative Republicans, especially Texans, but Perry has managed to shake loose $1.2 million from donors in that state since entering the race. He most recently attended fund raisers in Silicon Valley thus past Wednesday.

Texas resident Mark Whittington writes about state issues for the Yahoo! Contributor Network.

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Israel suspends tax pay transfers to Palestinians (AP)

JERUSALEM ? Israel has carried out its threat to suspend transfer of tax payments totaling some $100 million to the Palestinians Authority to protest this week's admission of Palestine to the United Nations' cultural agency, officials on both sides said Thursday.

The Palestinian bid to join the agency, UNESCO, is part of a broader campaign to win U.N. recognition of an independent state of Palestine, in defiance of U.S. and Israeli opposition. UNESCO's acceptance of Palestine as a member on Monday buoyed the Palestinians but infuriated Israel because it endowed the Palestinians with greater international legitimacy.

Israel later said it would punitively suspend the monthly transfer of roughly $100 million in customs, border and some income taxes that it collects each month on behalf of the Palestinians and relays to their government in the West Bank.

On Thursday, Palestinian officials said Israel has not made this month's transfer. The funds are usually sent in the first three days of the month.

An Israeli official said a "temporary hold" has been put on the money transfer "pending a final decision." The official spoke on condition of anonymity because Israel has yet to make its position public.

The funds are critical for the Palestinian Authority, which employs tens of thousands of people. The cut-off comes just days before a Muslim holiday. The Palestinian prime minister, Salam Fayyad, said he had borrowed from local banks to make sure people get paid ahead of the holiday.

The U.S. cut off contributions ? some $60 million ? to UNESCO after the Palestinians won membership and Canada swiftly followed suit, together depriving the agency of about 25 percent of its annual funding.

Israel Radio reported on Thursday that Israel, too, would withhold its annual $2 million contribution, but a government spokesman said he couldn't confirm that.

After gaining membership in UNESCO, the Palestinians said they planned to seek membership in other U.N. agencies as part of their campaign for statehood. But in Cannes, France, on Thursday, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned that "millions" of beneficiaries worldwide could suffer from cuts in U.N. funds if Palestinians join its other agencies beyond UNESCO.

A top Palestinian official suggested the U.N chief should lean on U.S. lawmakers instead.

"I think it would be easier for Mr. Ban Ki-moon to ask the Congress to change their laws," Saeb Erekat said. "I don't think Palestine's admittance to any of these agencies will bring harm."

Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad Malki said there were no immediate plans to apply for membership at other U.N. agencies. Instead, the focus would be on the Palestinian bid for recognition of a state by the U.N. Security Council later this month.

"We want to make sure that we will succeed there, and the moment we will succeed there, our membership in the remaining U.N. organizations becomes an automatic one," Malki said.

Also Thursday, a Palestinian health official in the Gaza Strip said two Palestinian men were killed in clashes with Israeli forces.

Health Ministry spokesman Adham Abu Salmia said he had no information about the men's identities.

The Palestinians said gunbattles began after Israeli soldiers entered Palestinian farmland inside northern Gaza. They said Israeli planes then carried out an airstrike.

The military confirmed the airstrike and said the clashes began after Palestinian militants fired at soldiers on a routine patrol on the Gaza-Israel border. It said its soldiers were on Israeli soil.

The clash marred a brief lull that followed the most serious flare-up in violence in months. At least 10 militants and an Israeli civilian were killed in the exchanges of Palestinian rocket fire and Israeli airstrikes that started late last week.

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Associated Press writers Daniella Cheslow in Jerusalem and Ibrahim Barzak in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, contributed to this report.

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Herman Cain vs. Sheila Samm Tittle -- a Republican Matchup (ContributorNetwork)

GOP front-runner Herman Cain is not the only candidate with business credentials seeking the Republican nomination for president next year. Associated Press reported 259 people have filed candidacy petitions with the Federal Elections Commission, including a little-known candidate from Fredericksburg, Va.

Here's an inside look at the Sheila Samm Tittle:

Qualifications

According to Madame President Tittle, "Samm" as she prefers to be called is a high school graduate and has completed various continuing education courses related to her work experience. She is a widowed mother of one grown son, also a businessman.

Like Cain, Tittle also is running a nontraditional campaign for the nomination. Campaign manager Rick Knox said in a telephone interview that Tittle has elected to skip the Iowa caucus and the South Carolina primary and focus their initial energies on the Deep South and other key states.

Jobs

Knox said Tittle has "created and started numerous companies and never benefited from affirmative action." Tittle writes on her website that her experience in creating jobs from scratch is important to rebuilding the American economy. "Samm has created jobs, not just talked about it," Knox said.

"Our message is not to the country club Republicans. Our message is to the middle class," Knox said.

Like all other Republican candidates, Tittle is opposed to Obama's plan to create 600,000 new jobs through another stimulus package.

Abortion

Tittle believes abstinence should be taught in schools and that people should wait until "the responsible age" to begin a family. Having an abortion is ultimately the right of the mother, but Tittle said taxpayer money should only be used to fund abortions in cases of rape and through no fault of the mother. Cain told the Washington Post that he would ban abortion under all circumstances.

Term Limits

She is a strong believer in instituting strict term limits for members of Congress, congressional staff and all federal judges. Her plan would restrict members of the legislative and judicial branches to 12 years of service, including the members of congressional staff. "We need to cut their pay and send them home," Knox said.

The Denver Post reported Texas Gov. Rick Perry has also called for term limits for Supreme Court justices, although Perry was nonspecific on how many years he would advocate.

Dan McGinnis is a freelance writer, published author and former newspaper publisher. He has been a candidate, campaign manager and press secretary for state and local political campaigns for more than 30 years.

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Judge rejects competing Tribune bankruptcy plans

(AP) ? A federal judge on Monday rejected Tribune Co.'s plan to emerge from bankruptcy protection along with a rival plan from dissident creditors.

Judge Kevin Carey said in a 126-page ruling that he may appoint a trustee to help end the 3-year-old case if the company cannot come up with an acceptable plan.

Tribune declined comment Monday, saying it was still reviewing the decision.

Tribune owns the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, other major newspapers and more than 20 television and radio stations, including WGN in Chicago. It sought bankruptcy protection in 2008, less than a year after a leveraged buyout led by billionaire Sam Zell left the company saddled in debt. A court-appointed examiner concluded last year that the final steps of the buyout probably constituted fraud.

Tribune Co.'s reorganization plan included a settlement shielding the buyout lenders from lawsuits while allowing claims against others involved in the buyout, including Zell and other Tribune Co. officers and directors.

The plan would have given ownership of Tribune Co. to a group led by JPMorgan Chase, distressed debt specialist Angelo, Gordon & Co. and hedge fund Oaktree Capital Management. In exchange, lenders would have forgiven most of the company's debt, which totaled about $13 billion when it sought bankruptcy protection.

The plan, which valued the company at about $6.75 billion, called for creditors not involved in the buyout to receive about $488 million, or roughly 33 cents on the dollar.

A group of creditors led by hedge fund Aurelius Capital Management argued that JPMorgan and other lenders that financed the buyout were well aware of Tribune Co.'s shaky financial situation in 2007 and were escaping legal liability too easily under Tribune's plan.

That creditor group submitted a competing plan calling for smaller upfront guarantees to creditors in hopes of eventually recovering billions of dollars through lawsuits against the buyout lenders and others. Carey said he couldn't accept this plan either. Stephen Sigmund, a spokesman for Aurelius, had no immediate comment.

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ND farmers push for constitutional right to farm

In this photo taken Oct. 12, 2011, Doyle Johannes stands stands next to his cattle feed lot on his farm in Underwood. N.D. Johannes is supporting a North Dakota constitutional amendment aimed at protecting the right to farm and ranch. (AP Photo/Will Kincaid)

In this photo taken Oct. 12, 2011, Doyle Johannes stands stands next to his cattle feed lot on his farm in Underwood. N.D. Johannes is supporting a North Dakota constitutional amendment aimed at protecting the right to farm and ranch. (AP Photo/Will Kincaid)

In this photo taken Oct. 12, 2011, Doyle Johannes stands in front of a run off monitoring station, one of three, on his farm in Underwood. N.D. The three stations on Johannes' farm measure the liquid run off from his cattle feed lot. Johannes is one of the backers of an effort to enshrine the right to farm and ranch in the constitution of the state. (AP Photo/Will Kincaid)

(AP) ? Doyle Johannes has worked land near the Missouri River in central North Dakota for 35 years, raising everything from corn to cattle. He's not about to let someone from outside the state's borders tell him how to go about his business.

Johannes and other farmers took notice last year when The Humane Society of the United States pushed a ballot proposal to abolish fenced hunting preserves. They've also followed efforts to pass animal welfare laws in other states, and they don't want any unreasonable rules in North Dakota.

Johannes, who farms with family members near Underwood, is one of the backers of an effort to enshrine the right to farm and ranch in the constitution of the state that leads the nation in the production of a dozen crops ? from wheat and barley to navy beans and honey. Officials say if North Dakota farmers succeed, it could prompt similar actions in other states.

"It doesn't allow someone from the East Coast, the West Coast, to come in here and tell you what you can and can't do because of their idealistic notions," Johannes said of a proposed measure the North Dakota Farm Bureau is trying to bring before voters next year. "We want to be able to farm in North Dakota, the way we think we should be able to."

The proposal would add to the state constitution: "The right of farmers and ranchers to engage in modern farming and ranching practices shall be forever guaranteed in this state. No law shall be enacted which abridges the right of farmers and ranchers to employ agricultural technology, modern livestock production and ranching practices."

Many North Dakota residents consider activities such as farming and hunting ? centerpieces of society in the rural state ? to be basic rights and distrust outside groups they think might infringe on them.

But others say farmers and ranchers shouldn't have unlimited control over their operations, and some say the proposal's broad wording might actually hurt farmers by taking away their ability to protect their own property against everything from a neighbor's livestock odor to the unwanted spread of genetically engineered crops.

The farm bureau needs to collect just under 27,000 signatures to get the measure on the ballot in June or November 2012. That's likely ? the organization has that many members. And in North Dakota, where agriculture generates one-fourth of the money in the state economy, many people who don't work the land still rely on the industry for their livelihoods. Voters in 2000 overwhelmingly approved adding the right to hunt, fish and trap to the state constitution.

North Dakota Farm Bureau President Eric Aasmundstad said the goal is to protect the future of the state's agriculture industry before groups such as The Humane Society push through stricter farm animal welfare rules and other measures. Farmers say rules that increase their costs also push up the price of food in grocery stores.

"It's important to the future of farming and ranching, and to consumers," said Aasmundstad, who grows grain near Devils Lake. "Those moms that go buy groceries for their kids every week, they need this industry to be vibrant."

But Joe Maxwell, a Missouri hog farmer and former lieutenant governor who serves as director of rural development and outreach for The Humane Society, said the agriculture industry also needs to be humane to animals and fair to other property owners. For example, one farmer's right to build a large, noisy, smelly feedlot for pigs could infringe on neighbors' rights to enjoy their properties, he said.

"Their language should be more narrowly defined," he said of the Farm Bureau proposal. "Placing something in the constitution of any state has serious ramifications."

Maxwell said the Humane Society likes to work with farmers to find solutions. For example, Ohio implemented sweeping standards for the handling of livestock last month. The requirements are the result of a 2009 constitutional amendment requiring the establishment of livestock care standards and a deal then-Gov. Ted Strickland brokered last year between agriculture groups and The Humane Society.

"We collectively came to the conclusion that it was in the best interest of farmers, livestock producers, all Ohioans to see if we could pursue some middle ground," said Jack Fisher, executive director of the Ohio Farm Bureau. "We put together a process that would serve everybody's interests."

But supporters of the North Dakota proposal point to other states where The Humane Society successfully advocated animal welfare reform efforts unpopular with many farmers, such as in California. Voters in that state in 2008 approved a measure that bans cramped cages for laying hens by 2015.

Steve Finsaas, a North Dakota Farm Bureau employee who lives in South Heart, said the measure hurt his in-laws' California egg business, which he and his wife had hoped to join.

"For my inlaws to upgrade (cages for) their 4 million hens would cost $120 million," he said. "My father-in-law has told us, 'There is no opportunity for you in this industry unless there is major change.'

"That's why it's personal for me," Finsaas said. "This is our way of trying to protect the agricultural industry here in North Dakota ... and not be dictated to by an outside group."

Some groups say the proposed North Dakota amendment also could hamper efforts to regulate genetically engineered crops amid concerns about the environment and food safety.

"I think it ties the hands of the entire state government to deal with something in the future that's a problem, just because it's 'modern,' whether it's biotech ... or stuff we haven't thought of yet," said Patty Lovera, assistant director of the advocacy group Food and Water Watch.

Andrew Kimbrell, executive director of The Center for Food Safety, suggested organic and conventional farmers could find themselves unable to sue if their crops lose value because of contamination from a neighbor's biotech fields.

"I think that's a restriction on the potential rights of farmers in the state, rather than a guarantee," he said.

Aasmundstad, the North Dakota Farm Bureau leader, said guaranteeing farmers and ranchers the right to farm and ranch does not override regulation of such things as hog farm siting and production of biotech crops. He compared it to U.S. citizens having a constitutional right to bear arms but also being required to follow gun laws.

Johannes, the central North Dakota farmer, said supporters simply want to ensure their ability to produce food free from onerous restrictions.

"It keeps your options open," he said. "It doesn't give you a license to pillage and plunder."

Associated Press

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Snow-downed trees could trip up NYC Marathon

Millions of Northeasterners might have to wait several more days to get power back due to the weekend snowstorm that also disrupted Halloween and could even trip up a hallowed tradition: the New York City Marathon.

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Workers raced to clear paths and roads in Central Park in time for the marathon, which will wind through the park on Sunday.

Only about an inch of snow fell on the park, but it was so wet and heavy that it weighed down leaves and branches to the breaking point.

After Monday dawned sunny, tourists snapped photos of branches littering the ground.

"The park looks sad with all the trees down," said Nathalie Pienoel, of the Normandy region of France. "But it's also beautiful."

The storm damaged about half the park's 800 acres and could end up costing it 1,000 trees, said Dana Libner, spokeswoman for the Central Park Conservancy. It could cost $500,000 to repair the damage and replant.

Trees as large as 3 to 4 feet across were felled, Libner said. Many paths were blocked by yellow hazard tape Monday.

The area around the shuttered Tavern on the Green restaurant, where the marathon ends, was busy Monday, with workers erecting bleachers at the finish line and others feeding fallen branches into a chipper.

A five-mile kickoff race that had been scheduled for last Sunday was canceled.

Tim Zagat, founder of the Zagat restaurant guide, commented on the damage as he took his morning walk.

"It's sort of amazing to see such a lot of devastation caused by a couple of inches of snow," he said. "It reminds you that in some ways it's still a wild place."

Worst hit: Conn., Mass., N.J.
Having dumped up to 32 inches in parts of the Northeast, the storm at its peak left 3 million homes and businesses without power.

But Monday afternoon the number was still high, some 2.2 million customers. It will likely be days before power is restored to all residents in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey and other states.

Despite a sunny Monday, several New Jersey Transit train lines going into New York City remained suspended.

Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy said 100 state roads were closed and about 200 more partially closed.

Connecticut was particularly hard hit and Malloy called the power outages in his state the worst in history. "This is an historic storm," Malloy told The Hartford Courant. "This is the largest number of power outages we have ever experienced."

Snow days, usually not tapped until at least after Thanksgiving, were declared by scores of public schools that remained shut throughout the Northeast.

The storm's lingering effects likely will outlast the snow.

"It was like wet cement that just adhered to trees, branches, leaves and power lines," said David Graves, spokesman for utility National Grid.

"That's what really caused the damage, the weight of that snow," he said.

Communities from Maryland to Maine that suffered through a tough winter last year followed by a series of floods and storms went into now-familiar emergency mode as shelters opened, inaccessible roads closed, regional transit was suspended or delayed, and local leaders urged caution.

In New Jersey, Gov. Chris Christie declared statewide damage to utilities worse than that wrought by Hurricane Irene, a deadly storm that blew through the state in August.

North of New York City, dozens of motorists were rescued by state troopers after spending 10 hours or more stranded on snowy highways in Dutchess and Putnam counties.

Passengers on at least three JetBlue planes and one American Airline plane said they were stranded on the tarmac for seven hours or more after being diverted from New York-area airports on Saturday.

Stranded JetBlue pilot pleaded for help from airport

"What a storm, my power is still out!" said a Monday morning Twitter post from Sen. Scott Brown about his Wrentham, Mass., home.

Trees, branches and power lines still littered roads and rail lines throughout the region, leading to a tough Monday morning commute. The ice was responsible for several accidents in the Philadelphia area on Monday morning, according to Philly.com.

'No gas anywhere'
In Hartford, Conn., commuters hunted for open gas stations. At a 7-Eleven, two dozen cars waited early Monday in a line that stretched into the street and disrupted traffic.

"I'm sitting here thinking I'm going to run out of gas," said Mitchell Celella, 45, of Canaan, Conn., who was trying to make it to his job as an ice cream maker in West Hartford.

Debra Palmisano said everything was closed in her hometown of Plainville; she spent most of the morning looking for gas around the capital city.

"There's no gas anywhere. It's like we're in a war zone. It's pretty scary, actually," she said.

Some local officials canceled or postponed Halloween activities, fearful that young trick-or-treaters could wander into areas with downed power lines or trees ready to topple over. Many towns around the state have moved the festivities to later in week, Boston.com reported.

Story: 80-year-old falls into sinkhole in his front lawn

No 'quick fix'
The storm smashed record snowfall totals for October and worsened as it moved north. Communities in western Massachusetts were among the hardest hit. Snowfall totals reached a record 32 inches in Peru, Mass., and topped 27 inches in Plainfield. Nearby Windsor got 26 inches.

The snowstorm was blamed for at least 12 deaths, and states of emergency were declared in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey and parts of New York.

"Look at this, look at all the damage," said Jennifer Burckson, 49, after she came outside Sunday morning in South Windsor to find a massive tree branch had smashed her car's back windshield.

Story: After storm, Halloween cancelled in many towns

Compounding the storm's impact were still-leafy trees, which gave the snow something to hang onto and that put tremendous weight on branches, said National Weather Service spokesman Chris Vaccaro. That led to limbs breaking off and contributed to the widespread power failures.

Video: Record snowstorm blankets Northeast (on this page)

Along the coast and in such cities as Boston, relatively warm water helped keep snowfall totals much lower. Washington received a trace of snow, tying a 1925 record for the date. New York City's Central Park set a record for both the date and for October with 1.3 inches.

But in New Hampshire's capital of Concord, more than 22 inches fell, weeks ahead of the usual first measurable snowfall. West Milford, N.J., about 45 miles northwest of New York City, had 19 inches by early Sunday.

Rail service was getting back up to speed across the region, though delays were expected. Amtrak had suspended service on several routes, and one train from Chicago to Boston got stuck overnight in Palmer, Mass. The 48 passengers had food and heat, a spokeswoman said, and were taken by bus Sunday to their destinations.

Deaths blamed on the storm included an 84-year-old Pennsylvania man killed by a tree that fell on his home, a person who died in a traffic accident in Colchester, Conn., and a 20-year-old man who was electrocuted in Springfield, Mass.

Many Northeasterners were trying to take the storm in stride after a string of two harsh winters ? many communities set or approached snowfall records last winter ? followed by flooding from tropical systems Irene and Lee.

Doug Burdi, a scientist from Arlington, Mass., northwest of Boston, had the day off Monday because the pharmaceutical company he works for lost power.

Burdi said he's not yet ready to worry about another harsh winter, despite the intensity of the early storm. "Let's call it a freak. It makes us feel better when we think of it that way," he said. "I don't want to be fatalistic about it."

The National Weather Service acknowledged that residents shouldn't necessarily expect "Snowtober" a harbinger of a hard winter to come. Long-term models indicate a slightly drier start to the season, although there's a chance of above-normal precipitation later on, said Aaron Tyburski, a NWS meteorologist in State College, Pa.

"There's always going to be anomalous events," he said. "While it is quite an event, we may go the next month and not get any snow."

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'Breaking Dawn' Director Explains Revisiting 'Twilight' Ballad

'Flightless Bird, American Mouth' was 'such a great powerful, romantic song for those characters,' Bill Condon tells MTV News of Iron & Wine tune.
By Amy Wilkinson


Robert Pattinson in "Twilight: Breaking Dawn - Part 1"
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Fans of the original "Twilight" soundtrack got a pleasant surprise when the recently released track list for "Breaking Dawn - Part 1" revealed that Iron & Wine's melancholy ballad "Flightless Bird, American Mouth (Wedding Version)" was among the cuts.

Twilighters — who are no doubt gearing up for Thursday's "MTV First" with Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner at 7:56 p.m. on MTV and MTV.com — will recall that the song made its "Saga" debut in the closing moments of "Twilight" as Bella and Edward shared their first dance. And according to Breaking Dawn director Bill Condon, the retread of this memorable number was an important reference for him to make.

"I always thought of this movie as the bookend to the first movie, and that was such a great powerful, romantic song for those characters," he told MTV News during a phone interview last week. "It just felt right to kind of refer back to it at this important, important moment," he added about "Breaking Dawn - Part 1," the first of the two-part finale.

Of course, Condon wouldn't reveal exactly which important moment this song will accompany in the November 18 film, leaving fans to wonder whether its delicate strains will find their way into the wedding itself or perhaps Mr. and Mrs. Cullen's first dance as man and wife.

Condon did divulge, however, that the song is just one of many callbacks to earlier "Twilight Saga" films.

"[There are] quite a few," he confirmed. "Musically, I would say at the wedding there's a jazz quartet that plays a couple of tracks from 'Eclipse.' Carter Burwell has come back to do the score. He did the first movie, so 'Bella's Lullaby' features in this movie too."

Moral of the story: Keep your eyes and ears peeled for touching tributes to "Breaking Dawn" predecessors.

Be sure to tune in to "MTV First: Breaking Dawn - Part 1," which kicks off Thursday, November 3, on MTV at 7:56 p.m. ET, followed by a Q&A with Kristen, Rob and Taylor on MTV.com!

Check out everything we've got on "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1."

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Kangna grabs Krrish 2

It is final and it is official that Kangna Ranaut has been locked in to play the female mutant in Rakesh Roshan?s superhero film ?Krrish 2?. The filmmaker who was struggling to cast the female antagonist in his movie has finally roped in the actress for the same. It may be noted that Kangna was [...]

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