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Filipino Auteur Brillante Mendoza To Receive Tribute At Sarajevo Film Festival

The Sarajevo Film Festival is set to pay tribute to Filipino auteur Brillante Mendoza, who won the director prize at Cannes with his ultra-violent “The Execution of P...

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Festivals

Filmmaker Survey: Here's How To Get The Most Out Of Film Festivals

If things go your way, you could be hitting the festival circuit for the first time come fall. But what then? The experts weigh in with smart advice. It’s summertime ...

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Hollywood

Emma Watson Feted For Gender Equality Campaign

HARRY POTTER actress EMMA WATSON has been honored with a special award for her work campaigning for gender equality. The British star launched the United Nations’ HeF...

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Gender

Santa Cruz Shakespeare Launches Its Season Of Gender Equity

In the 400 years the English-speaking world has been performing the plays of William Shakespeare, what’s happening this summer in Santa Cruz may very well be a first....

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Gender

Dear Vogue, ‘Gay’ Is Not A Phase.

Thirteen thousand people want the magazine to apologize after the author of a Cara Delevingne profile suggests her being gay is just a ‘phase.’ Some 13,000 peop...

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Health

MD/Phd Student Expanding Research And Advocacy For Health Care In India

UMass Medical School students are working in Gujarat, India, this summer to improve health care in the mostly low-income rural region. They are conducting health disparitie...

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Bollywood

Soha Ali, Rituparna Walk For Street Children Charity.

As Bollywood star Soha Ali Khan joined the Kolkata celebrity brigade to sashay down the ramp in chunky jewellery and gorgeous traditional Indian outfits like saree on a rai...

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Hollywood

Akon To Launch First Solar Academy In Africa

Akon and Akon Lighting Africa initiative have just announced the creation of a “Solar Academy” to develop skills and expertise in sustainable energy in Africa. ...

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Hollywood

Edie Falco Voices Orca Mother In PETA Campaign

PETA has officially kicked off the cross-country tour of its new state-of-the-art “I, Orca” empathy project, which uses wireless Google virtual reality (VR) gog...

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Festivals

2015 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Unveils 50th Lineup

Sean Baker’s “Tangerine” will get its European premiere at the festival in July. The Czech-based Karlovy Vary International Film Festival has just announc...

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