Magnolia picks up "360" starring Rachel Weisz, Jude Law (Reuters)

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) ? Magnolia Pictures has acquired U.S. rights to "360," a drama starring Rachel Weisz, Anthony Hopkins and Jude Law, the company announced Monday.

Ben Foster, Jamel Debbouze and Moritz Bleibtreu also star.

Law plays a businessman who is thinking about a liaison with a prostitute. Weisz plays a married woman who is ending her relationship with a younger man. Hopkins plays a man who is searching for his missing daughter, and Foster plays a sex offender recently out of prison.

The movie is based on "Reigen," a play by the late Arthur Schnitzler. The play is made up of short scenes between lovers -- either just before or after sex.

Meirelles, who directed Weisz in "City of God," shot the movie in Vienna, Paris, London, Bratislava and Rio de Janeiro. Peter Morgan ("The Queen," "Frost/Nixon") wrote the script.

Andrew Eaton and David Linde produced with Chris Hanley, Danny Krausz and Emanuel Michael.

Magnolia plans a theatrical release in 2012. The movie also will be distributed through Magnolia's Ultra VOD program.

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Turkish military reports 49 Kurdish fighters dead in two days

The operation against the PKK (Kurdistan Workers\' Party) began Wednesday after a bombing attack left 24 security personnel dead. Since then, the Turkish military has mobilized 10,000 troops, some of whom are striking at PKK facilities in Iraq.

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La. Gov. Bobby Jindal wins re-election easily

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal thanks supporters during his re-election victory party at the Renaissance Hotel in Baton Rouge on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011. (AP Photo/The Times-Picayune, Michael DeMocker)

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal thanks supporters during his re-election victory party at the Renaissance Hotel in Baton Rouge on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011. (AP Photo/The Times-Picayune, Michael DeMocker)

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Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and his wife Supriya greet supporters during his re-election victory party at the Renaissance Hotel in Baton Rouge on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011. (AP Photo/The Times-Picayune, Michael DeMocker)

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal jokes with his aides Renee Regen, left, and Melissa Mann inside his 'war room,' adjacent to his suite at the Renaissance Hotel in Baton Rouge on election night, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011. Aides throughout the room were there to monitor results for different elections that the governor had a vested interest in throughout the state. (AP Photo/The Advocate, Richard Alan Hannon)

George Kennedy, right, media consultant for Louisiana Lieutenant Governor Jay Dardenne, poses for the camera at his election night watch party in Baton Rouge, La., Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011. Dardenne, who took office after a special election last year, faced off against Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser on Saturday. Like Jindal, Nungesser was a vocal critic of the federal response to the massive Gulf oil spill. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) ? Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal on Saturday easily coasted to a second term, winning in a landslide election after failing to attract any well-known or deep-pocketed opposition.

The 40-year-old Republican overwhelmed nine competitors in the open primary, where a candidate wins the race outright if he or she receives more than 50 percent of the vote. With 99 percent of precincts reporting, Jindal had received about 66 percent of the total vote.

His closest competitor, Tara Hollis, a Democrat from north Louisiana, garnered nearly 18 percent of the total vote. All of the other candidates were in single digits.

"I will use every day, every hour of these next four years to make Louisiana the very best that we can be. I don't believe in resting on our past accomplishments. I don't believe in taking time off," Jindal told a packed hotel ballroom of supporters in Baton Rouge.

Jindal piled up $15 million in campaign cash from around the nation and attracted no Democratic challengers with statewide name recognition or fundraising heft. He's had consistently high approval ratings since taking office in 2008.

His win comes amid the virtual collapse of the Democratic Party's clout in the state. In the current term, Republicans have gained control of all seven statewide elected posts and both chambers of the legislature. Hollis was an outsider to the political establishment and was unable to drum up the cash needed to challenge Jindal or mount a big-ticket advertising competition.

The first Indian-American governor in the United States, Jindal is considered by some a possible presidential contender in the future. He recently published a book and regularly appears on national news shows, but he ruled out a 2012 run.

Still, his brand of conservatism and refusal to raise taxes has resonated outside the state. His new term begins in January.

The race that received more attention in Louisiana was the one for lieutenant governor, because the officeholder is next in line should Jindal step down because of his national political ambitions.

Incumbent Jay Dardenne, who took office after a special election last year, had 53 percent of the ballot in defeating Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser with 47 percent , results showed with 99 percent of precincts reporting. Like Jindal, Nungesser was a vocal critic of the federal response to the massive Gulf oil spill.

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Cards, Rangers looking for hits in World Series

St. Louis Caridinals' Albert Pujols smiles as he jokes with teammates during batting practice at baseball's World Series Friday, Oct. 21, 2011 in Arlington, Texas. The Texas Rangers are scheduled to play the Cardinals in Game 3 on Saturday. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

St. Louis Caridinals' Albert Pujols smiles as he jokes with teammates during batting practice at baseball's World Series Friday, Oct. 21, 2011 in Arlington, Texas. The Texas Rangers are scheduled to play the Cardinals in Game 3 on Saturday. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Texas Rangers' Josh Hamilton hits a RBI sacrifice fly ball against the St. Louis Cardinals during the ninth inning of Game 2 of baseball's World Series Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

St. Louis Cardinals' Lance Berkman stretches at the start of practice Friday, Oct. 21, 2011, in Arlington, Texas. The Cardinals will play the Texas Rangers in Game 3 of baseball's World Series on Saturday. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Texas Rangers' Adrian Beltre shows off his ripped batting glove to teammates after taking a few swings during practice Friday, Oct. 21, 2011, in Arlington, Texas. The Rangers are scheduled to play the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 3 of baseball's World Series on Saturday. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Texas Rangers' Michael Young takes batting practice Friday, Oct. 21, 2011, in Arlington, Texas. The Rangers are scheduled to play the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 3 of baseball's World Series on Saturday. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) ? Nelson Cruz, Albert Pujols and Josh Hamilton got plenty of hits to put their teams into the World Series.

Now that they're here, the big-bopping trio has become a virtual zero. A combined 1 for 19, held to a mere single by Cruz.

The rest of the St. Louis Cardinals and Texas Rangers haven't done much better while splitting the first two games.

So far, a total of just eight runs. The last time there were fewer through the opening two games at a Series? Try 1950, when Joe DiMaggio and the New York Yankees combined with Philadelphia for four.

"A lot of people thought this was going to be an offensive World Series," Texas shortstop Elvis Andrus observed before Friday's workout.

Blame the slump on a few factors: raw weather at Busch Stadium, good pitching and, perhaps most significantly, hitters facing arms they've never seen before.

Both teams have flailed away at the plate, chasing sliders and curves that bounced, shattering bats and seeming to guess wrong on what pitches were coming next.

"We need to give good at-bats and get deeper and quit swinging at balls out of the strike zone," Mike Napoli said.

Napoli has hit the lone home run of the Series. He connected off Chris Carpenter, but maybe he had an edge ? Napoli had been 3 for 3 lifetime against the Cardinals ace going into Game 1.

The hitting woes are a repeat for the Rangers. They batted .190 last season when they lost the World Series in five games to San Francisco.

"Those Giants pitchers, they were awfully good," Texas manager Ron Washington said. "When a pitcher is on, you just don't have any offense. It's a testament to the first two games in this Series."

Fresh off their two-run rally in the ninth inning and a 2-1 win in Game 2, the Rangers start Matt Harrison on Saturday night at Rangers Ballpark. Kyle Lohse will pitch for the Cardinals.

"It's a tough place to pitch, especially when you see those flags blowing in. It usually means that jet stream is going to right-center," Lohse said. "I think everyone in the league knows that."

Each team adds a designated hitter, with the AL rule in effect at Texas. Cardinals manager Tony La Russa will make Lance Berkman the DH and put Allen Craig ? already with a pair of key pinch-hit RBI singles ? in right field.

The Rangers will likely use Michael Young at DH, move Napoli to first base and put Yorvit Torrealba at catcher.

At this point, it might take more than a wind tunnel to help the hitters.

Texas is batting only .186, St. Louis is stuck at .203. Hamilton and Pujols are hitless, and Cruz has been held to a mere single after tearing through the AL championship series.

On Friday, Cruz gave the Hall of Fame the bat he used to hit a grand slam in the ALCS. It was cracked ? maybe Texas and St. Louis need new timber, too.

It seemed fitting that when Texas scored those two runs Thursday night to even the Series, both crossed on sacrifice flies.

Each team has scored four runs overall. Back in 1983, Baltimore and Philadelphia also combined for eight through two games ? it's more than 60 years since the total was lower than this October.

"I think honestly we got out of our approach a little bit, maybe a little over aggressive trying to create things that necessarily weren't there," said Ian Kinsler, whose bloop single and daring steal keyed the Texas comeback. "If we can just relax and play our style of baseball, let the game come to us, we'll be all right."

Rangers outfielder David Murphy hopes it plays out that way, eventually.

"It's the World Series. We're going to face a guy tomorrow that most of us have never faced, if at all. Game 4 is a little different because Edwin Jackson has been in the American League enough to where most of us have probably faced him," he said.

"I feel like just watching the first two games, offensively, it's just a matter of who is going to make adjustments on the fly. We're facing their guys that we've never before and it's the same thing on their side. The pitching performances have been good, but we have confidence in our offense to put up runs, as well," he said.

So does Texas hitting coach Scott Coolbaugh. He was promoted from the Triple-A job when Thad Bosley was fired two months into his first year with the team.

Coolbaugh watched Young swing through strike three from Jaime Garcia in Game 2, then saw Adrian Beltre wave at a couple of low off-speed deliveries.

"I think it was evident that some of our guys were seeing someone for the first time," Coolbaugh said. "You can watch all the video you want and read all the scouting reports. But when you step into that batter's box, it all looks different."

Coolbaugh, however, was not surprised when the Rangers put together better at-bats in the ninth against Jason Motte and the St. Louis bullpen.

"That was two days in a row that we were seeing their relievers. The more we see them, the better off we'll be," he said.

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Floods threaten Thai capital, scores killed in Myanmar (Reuters)

BANGKOK (Reuters) ? Thailand battled to protect the capital Bangkok from being swamped by water on Friday, with canals full to the brim after devastating floods across the region that sources in neighboring Myanmar said had killed at least 100 people there.

After trying to hold the line for a week, the Thai government opened some canals on Thursday to allow water to run through the inner city, carrying the risk of inundating some districts but relieving pressure on dikes.

At least 100 bodies had been found in the low-lying parts of central Myanmar along the Irrawaddy River, with at least 100 more missing after floods and torrential rains since Wednesday, according to a reliable source in Pakokku, about 450 km (280 miles) north of the biggest city, Yangon.

The source requested anonymity and cited information provided by a local administration official. Residents contacted by Reuters in Monywa and Kyaukse towns said there was damage to property and crops, but could not confirm casualties.

Government officials in the secretive country were not available for comment and state-controlled media made no mention of the rains and floods.

The floods have also killed at least 247 in Cambodia and displaced tens of thousands of people.

The floods are the worst in Thailand in five decades and have killed at least 342 people since July and devastated industrialized areas to the north of Bangkok.

The crisis is the first real test for politically inexperienced Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, whose government has had to form uneasy alliances with the military and political rivals to coordinate the relief effort.

Bangkok's metropolitan authority is controlled by the opposition Democrat Party, while the military has a frosty relationship with the ruling Puea Thai Party because of its de facto leader and Yingluck's brother, Thaksin Shinawatra, the self-exiled former premier overthrown by the army in 2006.

The flood problem was building even before she took office in early August and looks set to cost industry more than $3 billion, slashing economic growth this year.

The 44-year-old former businesswoman is resisting calls to declare a state of emergency, saying authorities are able to manage.

"It would ruin investors' confidence, which is quite weak already," Yingluck told reporters at the crisis center.

"At this moment we can see that we (the government and the people) are cooperating very well to help us get through the problem. If I declare a state of emergency, I would be telling the world that we can't help each other."

Thousands of people in northern parts of Bangkok were moving valuables and electrical equipment to higher floors while evacuees pitched tents in the city's Don Muang airport.

In the fringe provinces of Ayutthaya, Pathum Thani and Nonthaburi, residents packed into boats, some carrying the elderly on their shoulders. Elevated tollways had been turned into giant car parks, with moving traffic reduced to a single lane on some highways.

Many convenience stores in downtown Bangkok were sold out of water and instant noodles and appeals were made for supplies from medicine and food to diapers and slippers.

Some workers stayed home to fortify their houses and banks and shops in Bangkok's business districts were piling up sandbags in case canals burst.

DAMAGE, DISRUPTION

"If the floodwater reaches Bangkok... the damage would be immeasurable because of the disruption to people's lives," Bangkok Bank's executive vice-president, Bhakorn Vanuptikul, told Reuters outside his bank's fortified headquarters.

Water now covers a third of Thailand's provinces, some four million acres (1.6 million hectares) in the north, northeast and center of the country, and a seventh big industrial estate was overwhelmed late on Thursday when flood barriers at the Bang Kadi park in Pathum Thani were breached.

The government's effort to steer the water around the east and west of the capital has had some success, the crisis center said, but people in the northern Don Muang and Lak Si districts were told to be on the alert and ready to move.

Viphavadi-Rangsit, a main road from the north into the heart of the city, is the biggest concern, with fears that canals could overflow and swamp it, said Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra.

The start of the new term for 116 schools, scheduled for November 1, would be delayed indefinitely, Sukhumbhand added.

The weather was expected to clear Friday and similar conditions forecast for on Saturday, but light rain was expected Sunday and thunderstorms in the days after, according to the Meteorological Department.

The central bank has put the damage to industry at more than 100 billion baht ($3.3 billion) on Thursday and said 2011 economic growth could be closer to 3 percent than the 4.1 percent it forecast. Finance Minister Thirachai Phuvanatnaranubala said growth might be barely 2 percent.

The Commerce Ministry said exports might fall 13 percent in the fourth quarter compared with 2010.

Thailand is a big regional hub for the world's car makers and most are suffering disruption, either because their plants are flooded or, more often, because parts makers have had to close and the supply chain has been disrupted.

The output of Japanese car makers has fallen by about 6,000 units a day because of the flooding. Germany's Daimler AG said late on Thursday it had halted car production because of the threat of flooding.

Thailand is the world's top rice exporter. Traders and analysts said it was too early to assess the damage, but estimated about 2 million tonnes of milled rice may have been ruined, with delays to the loading of 100,000 tonnes of rice.

(Additional reporting by Aung Hla Tun in Yangon, Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat in Bangkok and; Angie Teo and Sinthana Kosolpradit in Nonthaburi; Writing by Martin Petty; Editing by Nick Macfie)

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