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MARRAKESH, Morocco — Exiled Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani has condemned what she called a "massacre" in her homeland, which has been rocked by a wave of deadly protests.Farahani, Iran's first actress to star in a Hollywood film since the 1979 revolution, said in an interview that the Iranian people were "suffering economically, politically and democratically."The United States said on Thursday that Iranian authorities may have killed more than 1,000 people in a crackdown on demonstrations, after the government abruptly hiked fuel prices.According to London-based human rights group Amnesty International, at least 208 people died in the protests that erupted on Nov. 15."It's a massacre, with hundreds of people dead," Farahani said on the...
December 06, 2019
Exiled actress Farahani decries 'massacre' in Iran
December 04, 2019
Di Caprio among celebrities backing new climate initiative
December 04, 2019
First glimpse of latest Bond film goes online
VERONA, Italy — Actresses Claire Foy, Emma Watson and Yara Shahidi are the faces of Juliet in the 2020 Pirelli calendar, giving a nod to Shakespeare for the just-released 47th edition.Photographed by Italian photographer Paolo Roversi, the "Looking for Juliet" calendar published by the Italian tire manufacturer also features Mia Goth, Kirsten Stewart, Whoopi Goldberg and others, including Roversi's daughter Stella.Verona, the setting of "Rome and Juliet", is the backdrop for Roversi's images in color and black and white, showing the actresses interpreting Juliet in period costume. Other images were shot in Paris, with the models posing as themselves in modern dress.Goldberg, 64, said she was thrilled to take part."When they said they wanted me to be in...
December 04, 2019
Claire Foy among faces of 'Juliet' in Pirelli's 2020 calendar
December 04, 2019
UK art prize winners launch attack on British government
MARRAKESH, Morocco — Movie tough guy Harvey Keitel, who plays a mobster in Martin Scorsese's Netflix gangster epic "The Irishman", has some advice for Hollywood: get back in touch with your creative side.In the era of global blockbusters, he argued, studios should refocus on making movies that are less commercialized and more authentic.Keitel, who has just turned 80, recalled that Scorsese had said he "could not have gotten 'The Irishman' made but for the good graces of Netflix — no studio wanted to do it, nobody wanted to do it"."This is a very good example of what is happening with Netflix," he said."The fact that we're losing cinemas we are all a bit sad about. But for me personally, I always think, well, that's what changes as...
December 03, 2019
Hollywood 'needs to be reformed', says Harvey Keitel
December 03, 2019
Bottega Veneta big winner at Fashion Awards in London
December 03, 2019
Sudan cinema flickers back to life after Bashir ouster
November 29, 2019
K-pop star jailed for 6 years for gang rape, spy-cam crimes
MUMBAI — A year after Bollywood followed Hollywood by naming male predators accused of sexual harassment, many women say they have suffered while alleged perpetrators are back in the limelight.In the US, #MeToo triggered the downfall of powerbrokers including Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, and Brett Ratner. Victims were hailed as trailblazers for speaking out, and millions of dollars were raised to support their cases.In Bollywood, women have faced a backlash, campaigners say.When singer Sona Mohapatra accused composer Anu Malik of sexual misconduct she was told to vacate her judge's seat on TV talent show, "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa"."I was marked as a troublemaker and asked to leave. Overnight," Mohapatra said last month. Program producers Zee TV denied her claims,...
November 29, 2019
No industry for women: Bollywood #MeToo accused back at work
