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NEW YORK -- "12 Years a Slave" is getting a post-Oscar bump — for the book it was based on.
The 19th-century memoir by ex-slave Solomon Northup jumped from No. 326 on Amazon.com before Sunday night's Academy Awards ceremony to No. 19 on Monday afternoon.
The film was directed by Steve McQueen and stars Chiwetel Ejiofor (CHOO'-ih-tel EHJ'-ee-oh-fohr). It was among last year's most highly praised releases and won the Oscar for best picture. It was the first film directed by a black person to win for best picture.
The book and the movie tell of how the free-born black Northup was kidnapped and forced into slavery. Thanks to the movie's success, interest in the book has been revived and public high schools are starting to add it to course lists.
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It turns out that using emergency warning tones in a TV commercial with images of the White House blowing up and the flashing words "THIS IS NOT A TEST" is frowned upon by the government. 1393886732
The Oklahoma House defeated legislation Monday that would have extended a tax credit program for the film industry after opponents argued that tax dollars that pay for the program would be better spent on core state services. 1393891712
NEW YORK -- "12 Years a Slave" is getting a post-Oscar bump — for the book it was based on.
The 19th-century memoir by ex-slave Solomon Northup jumped from No. 326 on Amazon.com before Sunday night's Academy Awards ceremony to No. 19 on Monday afternoon.
The film was directed by Steve McQueen and stars Chiwetel Ejiofor (CHOO'-ih-tel EHJ'-ee-oh-fohr). It was among last year's most highly praised releases and won the Oscar for best picture. It was the first film directed by a black person to win for best picture.
The book and the movie tell of how the free-born black Northup was kidnapped and forced into slavery. Thanks to the movie's success, interest in the book has been revived and public high schools are starting to add it to course lists.
Russia setting agenda in Ukraine crisis with combination of diplomacy and military threat 1393888051
It turns out that using emergency warning tones in a TV commercial with images of the White House blowing up and the flashing words "THIS IS NOT A TEST" is frowned upon by the government. 1393886732
The Oklahoma House defeated legislation Monday that would have extended a tax credit program for the film industry after opponents argued that tax dollars that pay for the program would be better spent on core state services. 1393891712
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