Hollywood

Stephen Hawking Hosts First Ever Reddit AMA.

While advances in artificial intelligence are poised to solve some of humankind’s most difficult problems, iconic theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking cautions that the...

Read More

Angelina Jolie To Direct An Unflinching Portrayal Of War Through The Eyes Of A Child.

Angelina Jolie Pitt will direct an adaptation of First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers, a harrowing and poignant memoir from Cambodian author and human...

Read More

Solo Sailor Jessica Watson Visits Syrian Refugees.

The United Nations World Food Programme’s (WFP) Youth Ambassador Jessica Watson has visited Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Jordan where she witnessed their remarkable st...

Read More

Anthony Anderson Says: Don?t Compromise Who You Are In Order To Succeed

The Emmy nominated actor talks black culture, giving back, and telling our own stories. Anthony Anderson’s ever-impressive roster of movie credits include Life (1999), w...

Read More

ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Returns In August

ALS is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Eventually, people with ALS lose the ability to initiate and control ...

Read More

Adrian Grenier And James Corden Help Entrepreneurs Bring Social Change.

The Venture, Chivas Regal’s global search for the world’s most promising social entrepreneurs, rewarded all five finalists the remaining share of the $1m fund at t...

Read More

How Two Badass Actresses Are Making Hollywood Better For Women.

It seems like every single day brings with it another depressing statistic about women in film. Like how out of the top grossing 600 films between 2007-2013, only 1.9 percent ...

Read More

Amanda Seyfried Talks About Hollywood’s Gender Pay Disparity.

Actress Amanda Seyfried says she experienced gender pay disparity in Hollywood when she was paid merely a fraction of what her co-star received for a big-budget film. “A...

Read More

Finally — A Female Hero Is Here To Shake Up Male-Centric Hollywood.

This weekend, “Ant-Man” hits the theaters. Last week, we finally got a trailer for a Superman facing off against a Batman, and the “Avengers” sequel re...

Read More

Emma Thompson Says 'Sexism' In Showbiz 'At Worse' For Women.

The 56-year-old Oscar-winner has joined other female stars including Maggie Gyllenhaal and Helen Mirren in criticising sexism in showbiz and said that the world was in a worse...

Read More

THOUGHT FACTORY: CELEBRITIES AND RIGHT TO PRIVACY

From Mystique to Masses: How Modern Media Transformed Stardom into Spectacle. Monojit La...

November 26 2024

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