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+# coding: utf-8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from .brightcove import BrightcoveLegacyIE
+from ..compat import compat_parse_qs
+
+
+class TheStarIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?thestar\.com/(?:[^/]+/)*(?P<id>.+)\.html'
+    _TEST = {
+        'url': 'http://www.thestar.com/life/2016/02/01/mankind-why-this-woman-started-a-men-s-skincare-line.html',
+        'md5': '2c62dd4db2027e35579fefb97a8b6554',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '4732393888001',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'Mankind: Why this woman started a men\'s skin care line',
+            'description': 'Robert Cribb talks to Young Lee, the founder of Uncle Peter\'s MAN.',
+            'uploader_id': '794267642001',
+            'timestamp': 1454353482,
+            'upload_date': '20160201',
+        }
+    }
+    BRIGHTCOVE_URL_TEMPLATE = 'http://players.brightcove.net/794267642001/default_default/index.html?videoId=%s'
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        display_id = self._match_id(url)
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, display_id)
+        brightcove_legacy_url = BrightcoveLegacyIE._extract_brightcove_url(webpage)
+        brightcove_id = compat_parse_qs(brightcove_legacy_url)['@videoPlayer'][0]
+        return self.url_result(self.BRIGHTCOVE_URL_TEMPLATE % brightcove_id, 'BrightcoveNew', brightcove_id)