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Comedy lampooning the rich the highest-grossing film in Mexican cinema history
How the mighty have fallen in Mexico — at least on movie screens and in social media. A comedy lampooning the rich has become the highest-grossing film in Mexican cinema history, with five million moviegoers laughing at the story of a construction tycoon fooling his spoilt children into a life…
Oscar-winning Ang Lee to direct first TV series, ‘Tyrant’
Oscar-winning Taiwanese-American director Ang Lee said Thursday he is excited to be working on his first TV project “Tyrant”, but dismissed reports he would stay away from movies to focus on television. “‘Tyrant’ is Middle East intrigue. The subject matter is touchy and pretty scary. I like scary, to scare…
Italian fashion knitwear legend Ottavio Missoni dead at 92
Italian knitwear impresario Ottavio “Tai” Missoni, whose distinctive colourful zigzag dresses became a global fashion empire, died on Thursday at his home in northern Italy at 92, his family said. Missoni co-founded the fashion brand in 1953 with his wife Rosita Jelmini and their designs have graced the rich and…
‘The Great Gatsby’ gets glittery 3D reboot from Leonardo DiCaprio and Baz Luhrmann
“The Great Gatsby” is an American classic. But that hasn’t stopped Australian director Baz Luhrmann from bringing his trademark style to the tale, set to a provocatively modern soundtrack. With Leonardo DiCaprio in the title role, the movie depicts the wild glamour and energy of Roaring Twenties America, while also…
Hollywood special effects master Ray Harryhausen dies at 92
US-born “king of stop-motion animation” and special effects pioneer Ray Harryhausen died aged 92 in London on Tuesday, his family announced. Hollywood tributes flooded in for Oscar-winner Harryhausen, who is best known for his work on “Jason and the Argonauts” and “Clash of the Titans”. “Ray has been a great…
Fox News chief ordered Geraldo Rivera’s mic cut for defending Obama on Benghazi: report
A new report says that Fox News President Roger Ailes ordered the Fox News control room to cut host Geraldo Rivera’s mic just two days before November’s election because he was defending President Barack Obama against the network’s “misinformation” about terrorist attacks in Benghazi. The New York Times reported on…
Aerosmith cancels Jakarta concert because of safety concerns
US rock band Aerosmith has cancelled a concert scheduled this week in Jakarta on safety concerns, a concert promoter said Sunday, following threats to bomb the Myanmar embassy in the Indonesian capital. “We received the official confirmation yesterday from the Aerosmith management cancelling the May 11 concert in Jakarta over…
Harper Lee sues agent over ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ copyright
Author of best-selling book alleges Samuel Pinkus took advantage of her failing hearing and eyesight to transfer rights Harper Lee, the author of To Kill A Mockingbird, has sued her literary agent for allegedly duping her into assigning him the copyright on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. In the lawsuit filed…
Author Murakami sends message of hope to Boston
Japanese author and keen runner Haruki Murakami sent a “personal message” to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing and said he also felt wounded by the attack on his favourite race. “So, even from far away, I can imagine how devastated and discouraged the people of Boston feel about…
Navajo actors audition for the first major Hollywood film to be dubbed into Dine: ‘Star Wars’
Members of the Navajo tribe in the southwestern United States are hoping the force will be with them as they dub “Star Wars” into their native Dine language. Two days of auditions began Friday at the Navajo Nation Museum in Window Rock, Arizona for Navajo wishing to lend their voices…
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