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'Walt Before Mickey' is an inspiring tale but rushes through without the emotion

Edit The Examiner 22 Apr 2016
When thinking of Walt people immediately think of the empire of theme parks and animated films which, as Disney himself often recalled, “It was all started by a mouse.” With his success and failures, trials and tribulations, and aid in the advancement of entertainment and society, Walter Elias Disney lived enough for a hundred lifetimes ... The film also guest stars Jodie Sweetin from “Fuller House” and David Henrie from “Little Boy”....

Romantic thriller bridges cultures, worlds

Edit China Daily 22 Apr 2016
The independent film Pali Road, scheduled for theatrical release in the United States next week, aims at bridging Chinese and American cultures and shattering stereotypes with its multinational casting. The film tells a story of the search for true love between two worlds ... "I wanted to make a film that could be appreciated, enjoyed by audiences all over the world," director Jonathan Lim told China Daily....

A Prince on screen, from 'Purple Rain' to 'Graffiti Bridge'

Edit Business Insider 22 Apr 2016
Prince, who died unexpectedly Thursday at age 57, won an Academy Award for his original songs in 1984's "Purple Rain," the film that introduced him to the movie-going masses ... The film amplified Prince's sex-symbol status and popularity in real life ... The film received mixed reviews, but Roger Ebert gave it a thumbs-up, calling it "one of the best combinations I've seen of music and drama."...

Appeal for information after carjacking and assault - Auburn (NSW Police Force)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Apr 2016
About 10.20pm (Thursday 21 April 2016), a 32-year-old man was approached by two men while parking a car in a parking lot on the corner of Rawson Street and St Hilliers Road ... While the car was being towed, police have been told the 32-year-old man filmed the incident on his mobile phone when one of the men punched him and smashed his phone....

Formula E comes to Paris, irking conservationists

Edit The Times of India 22 Apr 2016
The event is being lauded by Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo as a vehicle to promote the use of electric cars ... But not everyone is enamoured with the prospect of 18 cars hurtling around the streets of Paris at over 200 kilometres an hour. "This event absolutely does not promote alternative cars, it's advertising speed," said David Belliard, co-president of the Environmental Group of Paris (GEP)....

Last exam over, teen called dad to celebrate, found dead hours later

Edit Indian Express 22 Apr 2016
Hours later, the Patels found their son and driver dead, their car having fallen into the shaft of their multi-storey building’s car lift ... Mumbai car lift shaft accident ... Hafeez and Javed Ahmed (26), the Patels’ driver, died after the sedan they were in fell into the shaft of the car lift of the 15-storey Iqbal Heights building in Madanpura ... Teen, driver die as car falls off building’s lift shaft....

'Miles Ahead' is a free-form take on life of jazz great Miles Davis: 2.5 stars

Edit The Oklahoman 22 Apr 2016
Cheadle, who directed and co-wrote the screenplay, stars as Davis, and Cheadle dominates a film that takes great liberties with the truth in portraying Davis as the eccentric, temperamental genius he truly was ... But instead of a formal film biography that renders a sugar-coated portrait of its hallowed subject, Cheadle imposes a narrative of his own and a fictional one at that....

Elizabeth at 90 – A Family Tribute review – so much for one to learn about one’s monarch

Edit The Guardian 22 Apr 2016
To mark the occasion she’s sharing some old home cine films – shot by herself (not a bad camerama’am), her husband and her parents ... They have always enjoyed playing, with cars, balls, rolling and sliding down things ... Their toy cars are beautiful replica sit-in ones, motorised, too, and they have long drives to drive them along ... Twitter ... It made me regret my own family didn’t film me and my siblings playing in the garden of our castle ... ....

After fatal crash, changes coming to San Francisco’s Twin Peaks

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 22 Apr 2016
Others, including representatives of bicycling and hiking advocacy groups, praised the plan, saying it would not only improve safety but open a wider expanse of Twin Peaks to visitors who might be too timid to stroll along the road alongside moving cars and buses. Representatives of the tour bus and film industry expressed concerns about the plan restricting their access to the popular vista point....

'It's my dream': achievement of scientist's solar cell goal opens up potentially huge new markets

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 22 Apr 2016
A team led by Hao Xiaojing, a senior lecturer at the Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics, has produced thin-film solar cells made of copper, zinc, tin and sulphur (CZTS) that are able to convert light to electricity at a rate of 7.6 per cent in one-square centimetre cells....

Royal Documentary Shows Prince Charles As He ‘Walks Like George,’ William And Harry Love It!

Edit Inquisitr 22 Apr 2016
Prince Charles was the primary narrator of the documentary but many family members were filmed watching the clips ... William and Harry enjoyed watching the old films, many of which they said they hadn’t seen before ... As well as sweet films of a young Prince Charles with Queen Elizabeth and his little sister Princess Anne, the BBC also included wonderful black and white clips of the early life of Elizabeth and her parents....

Nawazuddin Siddiqui happy over Cannes screening

Edit Indian Express 22 Apr 2016
“I am very happy that another film if mine, ‘Raman Raghav 2.0’ is premiering at Cannes,” Nawazuddin Siddiqui said. Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui is elated that his film “Raman Raghav 2.0” will be premiering at the upcoming 69th Cannes International Film Festival, as he says it is a sign that he is on the right path in his career ... Nawaz is a regular at the prestigious film festival....

Four-day NFAI fest begins in Pune, to screen films adapted from Shakespearean plays

Edit Indian Express 22 Apr 2016
The festival ‘Shakespeare on Screen’ will feature nine films, adapted from Shakespearean plays, which will be screened at the NFAI auditorium from April 23 to April 25. Now, one can watch films based on the works of author and playwright William Shakespeare at a four-day film festival which will commence in the city on Friday ... These films will be screened over four days....
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