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No Female Directors Allowed? New Summer Movie Season, Same Sad Story

Helming a summer blockbuster can do wonders for one’s career With the start of another summer movie season brimming with extravagantly budgeted tent-pole features, anoth...

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Jane Campion Near Deal to Direct Adaptation of ‘The Flamethrowers’

Jane Campion is nearing a deal to direct an adaptation of Rachel Kushner’s New York Times bestseller “The Flamethrowers,” according to The Guardian. The lege...

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David O. Russell Raises $150,000 For Children With Special Needs‏

“Silver Linings Playbook” and “American Hustle” director David O. Russell played a key role in raising $150,000 for The Glenholme School, a therapeutic...

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Beating The Odds To Become First Female Chief Nuclear Officer

There are nine men for every woman in nuclear engineering. NPR’s Rachel Martin talks to Maria Korsnick, the first female chief nuclear officer in the U.S., about her exp...

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Lights, camera, inaction: women directors cut out of British TV

New report finds that a third of popular TV shows have never hired a female director – and the total may even be falling In a recent research project, Directors UK analy...

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Bob Geldof And Kofi Annan Launch Africa Progress Report

On Thursday, May 8th 2014 at 2PM GMT, the Africa Progress Panel (APP) launched its annual Africa Progress Report during a press conference held at the Tate Museum in London, E...

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Ralph Lauren's Drive To Fight Breast Cancer

Ralph Lauren has been committed to the fight against breast cancer for more than 20 years. The Royal Marsden, one of Princess Diana’s favourite charities, is the largest...

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Rumer Willis Raises $12,000 With Charity Date Offer

Bruce Willis’ daughter Rumer Willis helped to raise $12,000 (Gbp7,500) for a gay and lesbian charity event on Sunday (11May14) by offering up a date to the highest bidde...

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Gauging the Real Effects of Media

What if we knew that the fictional rapes in HBO’s mega-hit “Game of Thrones” caused real rapes in the real world? What if we knew that the portrayals of gay ...

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Film makers throng to Jagran Film Festival 2014

14th May 2014: Hardly had Jagran Film Festival opened its call for entries, it ended up receiving hundreds ofentries in the first phase itself. The Festival to open on 10 July...

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POLITICS: A NATION AT CROSSROADS AND APATHY

India stands at a crossroads, grappling with economic disparity, political polarization,...

November 24 2024

GENDER: HOW PATRIARCHY SILENCES RESISTANCE

Patriarchy persists by co-opting privileged voices, masking systemic exploitation in ind...

November 23 2024

KALEIDOSCOPE: BRIDGING THE SACRED AND THE ARTISTIC

A spiritual and artistic celebration that brings the divine essence of Varanasi’s ...

November 22 2024