Month: September 2014

Amal Alamuddin earns high-fashion accolades as Clooney’s bride

September 30, 2014 0
U.S. actor George Clooney and his wife Amal Alamuddin leave Venice city hall after a civil ceremony to formalize their wedding in Venice

By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – With the help of Oscar de la Renta, Stella McCartney, Giambattista Valli and Dolce & Gabbana, human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin vaulted into the top echelons of Hollywood fashion with her stylish Italian wedding to actor George Clooney. Alamuddin, 36, showcased several outfits during her whirlwind wedding weekend in Venice, picking British, American and Italian designers and channeling golden age Hollywood glamour. …

Divided Chinese eye Hong Kong protests with admiration, anger

September 30, 2014 0
A man takes picture of a bus covered with messages of support at Mongkok shopping district after thousand of protesters blocked the road in Hong Kong

By Donny Kwok and Yimou Lee HONG KONG (Reuters) – For some mainland Chinese in Hong Kong, the sight of thousands of people on the streets protesting for greater democracy is an alien one that has prompted comparisons with the relative lack of political freedom back home. Others are less impressed, and see the mass show of defiance as a dangerous tactic that has shut down large parts of the city and raised the risk of serious confrontation with Hong Kong police. “For the first time in my life I feel close to politics,” said a Chinese tourist from Beijing who gave only her surname, Yu. …

Review: Moving story, simply told, in ‘Good Lie’

September 30, 2014 0
In this image released by Warner Bros. Pictures, Reese Witherspoon, left, and Ger Duany appear in a scene from "The Good Lie." (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures, Bob Mahoney)

The movie poster for “The Good Lie” features a smiling Reese Witherspoon, front and center. But, truth be told, neither Witherspoon nor her character is the film’s star — not in the essential sense. The real stars are the Sudanese children at the bottom of the poster, their backs to us, trudging across an empty, sun-scorched expanse.

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From queens to superheroes, film costumes find Hollywood home

September 30, 2014 0

By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Dorothy’s famous ruby red slippers from “The Wizard of Oz” have found their way home again as one of the highlights in a new Hollywood exhibition that showcases iconic costumes in film. The Hollywood Costume exhibit, opening Thursday in Los Angeles and curated by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences and London’s Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A), will house more than 150 costumes spanning decades of cinema. …

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Congress, SP find nothing new in Obama-PM Modi joint editorial

September 30, 2014 0

New Delhi/Lucknow, Sept.30 (ANI): The Congress and the Samajwadi Party (SP) on Tuesday appeared to indicate that they did not find anything new in the joint editorial penned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama which has been published by the Washington Post.

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After India-US summit on Mars, we are meeting on earth: Modi

September 30, 2014 0

Washington, Sep 30 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday termed it a “happy coincidence” that his summit meeting with US President Barack Obama took place days after “India-US summit” between the two countries’ orbiters over Mars.