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Revamped Los Angeles Film Festival Opens With An Aim To 'Bring Diversity To The Mainstream'

When the Los Angeles Film Festival announced plans to move from its hub in Westwood to downtown L.A. six years ago, the news was met with skepticism. Would industry types deig...

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Bengaluru Theatre Groups Go For Trailers To Attract Tech-Savvy Audience

Unless one is a regular theatre goer, chances are that one does not know which play to watch. Information available is usually about the cast or a brief plot summary. Theatre ...

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Beti Bachao: Raveena Tandon Hails Girl Power.

Actress Raveena Tandon, who along with her craft is also known for backing social causes, joined the celebration of two years of the Narendra Modi government here on Saturday,...

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Why It Matters When Hollywood Actresses Talk About Pay Equality

This week everyone was talking about “House of Cards” — not because Netflix just dropped a new season on us, but because a star of the series, Robin Wright, ...

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The Invention That Stops Girls Missing School Every Month

In Malawi a packet of sanitary towels can cost a whole day's pay, and girls often miss school because the cotton strips they use instead are inadequate. Charlotte Ashton met a...

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FilmOut, San Diego’s LGBT Film Festival, Kicks Off Friday

San Diego’s LGBT Film Festival, FilmOut, kicks off its 18th year Friday at the Observatory in North Park. This year, FilmOut had nearly 900 film submissions that had to ...

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Ontario Place To Host Arts And World Music Festival In September

For the first time since 2012, Toronto's Ontario Place will be fully open to the public later this year for the staging of an arts and world music festival.Ontario Place will ...

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Bollywood Actress Jacqueline Supports UN Campaign Against Illegal Wildlife Trade.

United Nations: Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez, Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen among others are lending their support to a global campaign launched by the United...

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Usher Joins Sugar Ray Leonard At Star-Studded Big Fighters, Big Cause Charity Boxing Night

The B. Riley & Co. 7th Annual “Big Fighters, Big Cause” Charity Boxing Night returned to The Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland on Wednesday, May 2...

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World No-Tobacco Day: Rules Are In Place But No Enforcement?

Every day, we witness some 10-15 cancer cases which are tobacco related, says Dr C. Ramesh. The Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology sees over 2,840 tobacco-related cancer ca...

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POWERFUL PEOPLE: 55 YEARS ON, MERE APNE’S RELEVANCE

Khalid Mohamed in conversation with the indefatigable poet, lyricist, story-script-write...

January 20 2026

KALEIDOSCOPE: LUCKNOW BETWEEN PAST AND NOW

Cultures are never frozen in time, they keep moving, keep evolving.Filmmaker and writer ...

January 19 2026

HEALTH: WHEN CANCER GETS PERSONAL

As cancer treatment continues to rely on averages and probabilities, a breakthrough appr...

January 18 2026