Frears will be joined by 'sure things' Martin Scorsese (The Departed) and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Babel) and most likely by Bill Condon (Dreamgirls).

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Directed by Richard Franklin, from a script by Bill Condon.

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Bill Condon was left out of there also.

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Crossbench peer Lord Condon wanted to amend the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill, saying that there were "very strong operational reasons" for putting back the elections from November 2012 to May 2013.

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News came this week that the agent for Peyton Manning, Tom Condon, drove to Indianapolis to deliver the message to Colts general manager Bill Polian that there would be no further negotiations on a new contract for Manning, whose existing contract expires after this season.

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