Article: BUENOS AIRES IS BECOMING A SOUTH AMERICAN HOLLYWOOD.(ARTS)

Byline: CRAIG FAGAN Associated Press

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- In sync with cranking 1970s funk, a black Cockney cab blows past a cafe full of well-heeled Londoners, leaving them choking on billows of smoke.

While the blazing red telephone booth and signs reading ``Thurpton and Book Streets'' may look like England, London is far away.

Argentina's pink presidential palace is only around the corner.

And the scene is from a television commercial.

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