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Hollywood mogul Simon buys fur farm with animal rights activists

August 20, 2014 0

By Marty Graham SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – Hollywood mogul and co-creator of The Simpsons, Sam Simon, has bought a chinchilla farm in Southern California as part of a drive by animal rights activists to close the breeding facility. In what all parties described as a “win-win” deal, 90-year-old owner Lurlie Adams was able to offload the farm she did not want any more to Simon for $50,000. The San Diego Humane Society also received a $100,000 donation from Simon to care for the furry animals, which will be offered to new homes at a cost of $25 each. Activist group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, which helped broker Tuesday’s sale behind the scenes, hailed the closure of one of California’s largest breeders of chinchillas.

Actress Emma Stone to make Broadway debut in ‘Cabaret’

August 20, 2014 0
Cast member Emma Stone arrives with Andrew Garfield for the premiere of the Woody Allen film "Magic in the Moonlight" in New York

Actress Emma Stone will replace Michelle Williams and make her Broadway debut as singer Sally Bowles opposite Tony winner Alan Cumming in the musical “Cabaret,” producers said on Wednesday. The 25-year-old actress, who starred in Woody Allen’s “Magic in the Moonlight” and superhero action franchise “The Amazing Spider-Man,” will begin on Nov. 11 in the musical set during the rise of Nazism in Berlin. “Cabaret” is based on Christopher Isherwood’s 1939 novel “Goodbye to Berlin,” which chronicles in part the seedy cabaret nightlife of the German capital in the final years of the Weimar Republic. Williams has extended her run in the role made famous by Liza Minnelli to Nov. 9, and Cumming will continue to play the emcee at the Kit Kat Klub until March 29.

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Clooney, Alamuddin write own wedding vows

August 20, 2014 0

Los Angeles, Aug 20 (IANS) Actor George Clooney and his fiancé Amal Alamuddin have reportedly written their own wedding vows, which they will exchange in Italy next month. “This is not going to be a huge Hollywood wedding with Julia Roberts and Sandra Bullock flying in to Italy for a week,” said a source.

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Toronto film festival unveils star-studded guest list

August 19, 2014 0

The 39th Toronto International Film Festival will feature a host of Hollywood favorites when it opens next month, with actors including Robert Downey Jr. and Al Pacino expected to attend. Widely considered the kick-off to Oscar season, the festival will show 285 feature films, 143 of which will be world premieres. Downey will be on hand for the showing of David Dobkin’s “The Judge,” which will be among the films screening on opening night. Downey plays a big-city lawyer who returns home when his estranged father, a small-town judge played by Robert Duvall, is accused of murder.

India’s film censor arrested for alleged bribery

August 19, 2014 0
Commuters move past posters and hoardings of Indian films in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Aug 19, 2014. Police say they have arrested the head of India's film censorship board for allegedly taking bribes in exchange for speeding up the approval of a film.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s chief film censor was arrested Tuesday on accusations he solicited bribes to speed a film through the strict, laborious process of keeping profanity, violence and hints of sexuality from Indian cinemas.