The British actor Sir John hurt, double-nominated for an Oscar for his interpretations from 'Midnight Express' (1978), in a secondary role and 'The Elephant Man' (1980), main role, died at the age of 77 years, after a long battle with a pancreatic cancer, transmitted on January 28 the international press agencies. Hurt, who, along a career of six decades starred in more than … [Read more...]
‘I don’t feel at home in this world anymore’, the winner of the Sundance Film Festival
The International Independent Film Festival Sundance, held in the mountains of Utah and created by Robert Redford designed its 33rd edition's winners. The film 'I don't feel at home in this world anymore', directed by Macon Blair with Melanie Lynskey and Elijah Wood in the main roles, obtained the main prize in an atmosphere characterized of recommendations for action in … [Read more...]
Paul McCartney fights forthe rights of some Beatles songs
Sir Paul McCartney filed a lawsuit on Wednesday, in New York, against the company Sony ATV Music Publishing in order to ensure the copyrights of some songs of the Beatles, a fight in justice which could have serious implications for the music industry, notes the AFP. According to the legislation in the USA on the protection of the copyrights, from 1976, the Copyright Law, the … [Read more...]
The United Nations is looking into the problem Killer Robots
The United Nations decided that starting with 2017 will analyze, inside an intergovernmental working group, the problematic concerning the independent robots as lethal guns, writes recode.net. On the occasion of the International Convention regarding the conventional weapons, held in Geneva, the representatives of the 123 participating members voted for lodging in 2017 of the … [Read more...]
The inventor of the Kinder egg, William Salice, dies at 83 years
William Salice, the inventor of the Kinder egg, died on Thursday evening at the age of 83 years, at Pavia, in the North of Italy, announced the 'Color your life' Foundation which he set up to support the young people, reports the AFP. An employee at the company Ferrero in 1960, William Salice has become the right hand of the visionary owner Michele Ferrero, the father of the … [Read more...]
Natalie Portman speaks out about the genre discrimination in Hollywood
A new wave of discontent regarding the discrimination of the actresses, which are paid less than the actors for a similar work, has occurred in Hollywood. The actress Natalie Portman, who won an Oscar, said that this discrimination is 'insane' and stated that, beyond the glamour of the actresses on the red carpet, they are even more discriminated than the women who work in … [Read more...]
‘The Founder’, a movie about McDonald’s restaurants, becomes a global success
The actor Michael Keaton presented in Los Angeles his new film 'The Founder', in which he plays the role of Ray Kroc, a bankrupt entrepreneur who made from a modest McDonald's local, one of the largest chains of fast food in the world, according to the EFE. Directed by John Lee Hancock ('Saving Mr. Banks'), the film shows how Kroc, 52 years old, meets in the '50s, the Mac and … [Read more...]
The televisions were the stars of the CES tech show in Las Vegas
Screens as smooth as a poster in the case of LG or vibrating to transmit the sound instead of the speakers from Sony, the great giants of the electronics industry have attracted the people with their TVs at CES 2017 in Las Vegas, the largest market of electronic equipment in the world, informs the AFP. The South Korean group LG Electronics has presented a flat-screen TV called … [Read more...]
Charlie Sheen said he wanted to eat a bullet when he found out he has HIV Positive
The actor Charlie Sheen detailed, at the Good Morning America show, some aspects of his fight with the HIV virus, writes UPI. 'The day I was diagnosed, I immediately wanted to eat a bullet. But my mom was there, I wouldn't do that in front of her, or let her find me to clean up that mess', said the actor in the Michael Strahan's show about the moment when he found out that he … [Read more...]
A transsexual model will appear in premiere at an Indian fashion parade
A transsexual model will appear on the catwalk for the first time in February, at one of the top events of the Indian fashion, as a sign of an opening of this country in front of a community which continues to be ostracized despite the laws issued in the last period of time in order to ensure such persons a better protection and more chances, informs Reuters. Anjali Blade, … [Read more...]