Mira Nair Declines Invite to Haifa Film Festival, Cites Israeli Policies
Filmmaker Mira Nair tweeted today that she will not be traveling to Israel to attend the Haifa Film Festival, which will take place from September … Read more
Filmmaker Mira Nair tweeted today that she will not be traveling to Israel to attend the Haifa Film Festival, which will take place from September … Read more
Late Saturday night, a Florida jury found George Zimmerman not guilty of all charges related to the death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin. As Twitter … Read more
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5X70VyjU0g Nine months after she was shot in the head by the Taliban on her way to school, Pakistani high schooler Malala Yousafzai celebrated her … Read more
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__uqOq5wzkw Director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra knew he wanted to make a biographical film based on the life of Indian sprinter Milkha Singh when he stumbled … Read more
Writer Joyce Carol Oates ignited a Twitter controversy on Friday when she wrote a series of tweets linking Islam to the prevalence of sexual assaults in Egypt. … Read more
Queens 8th grader Arvind Mahankali won the 86th Scripps National Spelling Bee Thursday night after correctly spelling the word “knaidel.” A veteran speller, the 13-year-old Mahankali … Read more
Singer Abi Sampa wowed the judges on the UK version of “The Voice” when she sang her version of Oasis hit “Stop Crying Your Heart … Read more
The premise of Amrit Singh’s short documentary “Dosa Hunt” is simple. Singh, the executive editor of Stereogum, rounded up some of his musician friends (Das … Read more
In his short film “Khaana,” director Cary Rajinder Sawhney follows a young pregnant Muslim woman with a voracious appetite for food and life. Sawhney was … Read more
The Netflix series “House of Cards” became an instant hit when it debuted in February. Actress Sakina Jaffrey plays White House Chief of Staff Linda Vasquez … Read more
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