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On the road to find the world’s funniest person

October 19, 2014 0

LOS ANGELES (AP) — It was last summer and Israeli-Palestinian tensions were at the highest they’d been in some time when Jamie Masada hit on a formula for world peace: Forget about guns and bombs, and just tell jokes to each other.

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MFF brings ‘The Good Lie’ – touching tale of human emotions

October 19, 2014 0

Mumbai, Oct 19 (IANS) Emotions are the same everywhere and Canadian director Philippe Falardeau’s “The Good Lie” (‘Fandango’) is the story about how people from two continents, with different cultural, social and economic backgrounds connect on an emotional level.

Interview – Inarritu leaps off the ledge with ‘Birdman’

October 19, 2014 0
Director Alejandro Inarritu poses during the photo call for the movie "Birdman or (The unexpected virtue of ignorance)" at the 71st Venice Film Festival

By Michael O’Boyle MORELIA Mexico (Reuters) – As Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu neared his 50th birthday, he took stock of his string of acclaimed, dark films, and decided to do something really scary: confront his own struggle with being an egomaniacal filmmaker, in a comedy, in a single shot. “Fear of the unknown is a great creative partner,” Inarritu told Reuters at the Morelia International Film Festival. “It makes you more aware and open to circumstances that you haven’t planned for. It lets you make advantages from your limitations. …