Robert Cummings ("The Bob Cummings Show") and John Williams (Midnight Lace) also star.

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It is four minutes till midnight on a cool evening on Star Island off Miami, and outside a mansion-turned-nightclub the press pit is getting cranky.

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The author, who was knighted in June last year, became a literary star overnight at 34 with Midnight's Children.

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The annual summer movie onslaught will only build upon previous releases heavy on digital enhancements, such as Lord of the Rings and Pearl Harbor, while the latest Star Wars release, which hits screens at midnight, is nudging the entire film industry toward taking traditional film out of the movie-making process entirely and replacing it with digital formats.

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At his home in Woodstock, New York, he regularly hosted the Midnight Ramble, weekly concerts that attracted sell-out crowds and all-star support from the likes of Emmylou Harris, Kris Kristofferson and Steely Dan's Donald Fagen.

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For example, let's say a star salesperson is running roughshod over co-workers by communicating curtly, expecting them to stay until midnight to finish tasks that could wait until the next day, etc.

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