Syd Field, whose books on screenwriting became set texts for many aspiring film writers, has died at the age of 77

Famous for outlining the “three act” structure used by many screenplays, the author and lecturer died of haemolytic anaemia at his Beverly Hills home.

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‘Loss and damage’ : Highlight of the Warsaw climate talks

A day prior to the the formal inauguration of the U.N. climate negotiations, delegates from over 190 countries started informal parleys for setting up common positions and ...

Ranbir Kapoor inaugurates International Children's Film Fest in Hyderabad

Bollywood heartthrob Ranbir Kapoor was seen at the inaugural ceremony of the 18th International Children’s Film Festival, India (ICFFI) held in Hyderabad on yesterday...

Ram Leela Review: A depraved fantasy

Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Ram Leela is yet another testament to Bollywood’s perversion of
Shakespearean formulas. The film hides behind a tasteful aesthetic,...

Garlic Tales

The day shimmered in the April heat. Vehicles of all shapes and sizes whizzed or trundled past, making the service road shudder at regular intervals. This made for a slight...

Revisiting Television

News about Poonam Dhillon coming back to television with a daily fiction show on Sony TV will give Sony TV a nudge in the right direction, which it sorely needs. Who can fo...

Pentavalent vaccine gets clean chit, set for national scale-up

The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) has recommended scale-up of the pentavalent vaccine across the country, along with activities to monitor poten...

UN Environment Programme states an increase in global green house gas emissions by 2020 (Emissions Gap report 2013)

The United Nations says it is “less and less likely” that global greenhouse gas emissions will be low enough by 2020 to stop the atmosphere warming beyond the i...

Clinton Starting New Project to Empower Women

Hillary Rodham Clinton announced a new initiative Friday called “No Ceilings” to empower women and children around the globe. The project could serve as the bas...