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What impressed Gyllenhaal about Riz Ahmed?

November 4, 2014 0

New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) Hollywood actor Jake Gyllenhaal, who worked with British actor Riz Ahmed in “Nightcrawler”, says his performance in Mira Nair’s “The Reluctant Fundamentalist” left him mighty “impressed”.

Disney cloud movie service adds Google Play purchases

November 4, 2014 0
The Walt Disney headquarters in Burbank

REUTERS – Walt Disney Co said its cloud-based movie service will expand to include purchases made through the Google Play online store, the latest in a string of moves by Hollywood studios to encourage digital ownership. Disney launched the service called Disney Movies Anywhere in February, initially allowing users to buy Disney, Pixar and Marvel films through the service’s app or website, or through Apple Inc’s iTunes store. …

Tutu and Jolie back UN drive to end statelessness in a decade

November 4, 2014 0
Desmond Tutu, retired South African Anglican archbishop, talks about his book "Forlatelse", or "The Book of Forgiving", written in collaboration with his daughter Mpho Tutu, at a book fair in Goteborg

By Emma Batha LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Nobel Peace Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie backed an ambitious global campaign on Tuesday to end the plight of at least 10 million stateless people with no country to call home. A child is born stateless every 10 minutes, the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) said as it kicked off the “I Belong” campaign. “Statelessness makes people feel like their very existence is a crime,” UNHCR head António Guterres said. “We have a historic opportunity to end the scourge of statelessness within 10 years, and give back hope to millions of people.” Stateless people are denied the rights and benefits most people take for granted.