New Delhi (dpa) – Indian actor Om Puri who starred in acclaimed Indian and foreign productions, died early Friday aged 66. Puri suffered a heart attack at his residence in Mumbai, his estranged wife, Nandita, told the News18 network. The veteran actor played many memorable roles in arthouse and mainstream films in a career spanning
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International, Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBuenos Aires (dpa) – Argentine novelist and short story writer Ricardo Piglia died on Friday at the age of 75, his publisher Anagrama confirmed. Piglia, one of the most important Argentine writers of the past 50 years, had been suffering for several years from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a progressive neurodegenerative disease. He published his first
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — MAGEVET, Yale University’s A Cappella Jewish Choir, gave a wonderful concert last Wednesday evening at the Lawrence Family JCC’s Garfield Theatre. Even though the shell was not utilized, the fourteen unamplified voices projected with poignant sweetness. Unaccompanied, they created beautiful harmonies and well-graded dynamics, singing an hour and a
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsOn September 14, 2016, days before the premiere of Oliver Stone’s hagiographic movie Snowden, Human Rights Watch, the American Civil Liberties Union and Amnesty International launched a well-funded campaign, with full-page ads in The New York Times, imploring President Barack Obama to pardon Edward Snowden, a former contract worker at the National Security Agency, for
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By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Joshua Harmon’s Bad Jews is coming to the Cygnet Theatre in Old Town, Jan 12-Feb 12, 2017. It’s not a diatribe against us. It’s about us, about the tensions and divisions within the tribe that pit us against each other. I sat down and spoke with the director, Rob
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Eric George Tauber, Theatre, Film & BroadcastThere’s no requirement for a movie to be unique or groundbreaking in order to succeed. “Hidden Figures” tells a singular story in textbook fashion, creating a conventional, feel-good, part-fictional history lesson that would fit in any high school. Adapted from Margot Lee Shetterly’s nonfiction bestseller, this is a rare glimpse at black women making crucial
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAMass murderer Charles Manson was taken from a Central Valley prison in California to a hospital for an undisclosed medical issue, two sources familiar with the situation said. One of the sources said Manson was seriously ill but could not provide specific information. Officials with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation declined to comment, citing
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USASales of a new, special edition of Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” are skyrocketing since a German publisher brought it to market last year. “Mein Kampf,” which translates in English to “my struggle,” is an autobiographical depiction of Hitler’s ideology that served as the bedrock for Nazism. It laid out his hatred for the Jewish faith
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish HistoryNews anchor Megyn Kelly is leaving Fox News to join NBC, where she will have a wide-ranging role. The move was announced Tuesday by NBC News chairman Andy Lack, who personally handled the negotiation to lure Kelly away from the cable channel that has been her professional home for 12 years. “Megyn is an exceptional
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USASaudi Arabian pop star Majed Al-Esa shook her country’s deep-seated patriarchy with the lyrics and video of her new feminist song, “Hwages” or in English, “Concerns.” Posted on YouTube Dec. 23, the video now has almost 2.5 million hits. The women in the music video sing phrases that roughly translate to “If only God would
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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsAs names, including Elton John and Celine Dion, have reportedly turned down the opportunity to perform at U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony, an unlikely name has revealed she is up for the gig—under one condition. U.K. singer Rebecca Ferguson, who appeared on the 2010 season of singing competition The X Factor, tweeted Monday she
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International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USABy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson JERUSALEM — Once a year Israel’s classical ballet comany puts on a performance of a traditional ballet. This is intended mainly for the entertainment of children during the Chanukah/Christmas holiday season. For me, however, this is a golden opportunity to enjoy a very special aesthetic and artistic treat. When I was growing
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East, Theatre, Film & BroadcastThe thick, colorful book titled, “Europa: An Illustrated Introduction to Europe for Migrants and Refugees,” aims to broaden the perspectives of Europe’s newest immigrants, with plenty of historical photos, maps and individual accounts and factual information. That’s according to Alia Malek, a Syrian-American journalist who was one of the book’s editors. Overall, the guidebook tries
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, InternationalPASADENA, Calif. — William Christopher, best known as the calm-voiced Father Francis Mulcahy on “M.A.S.H.,” has died. He was 84. His son, John Christopher, told KABC his father died of non-lung small cell carcinoma. RELATED: On New Year’s Eve, someone from Mariah Carey’s team asked an embarrassingly obvious question William Christopher played the role of
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