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APA Hails Supreme Court Ruling Upholding Race-Conscious College Admissions (American Psychological Association)

Edit Public Technologies 25 Jun 2016
American Psychological Association). WASHINGTON - The American Psychological Association welcomed the U.S ... The University of Texas at Austin ... 'Research clearly demonstrates that exposure to diversity enhances critical thinking and problem-solving ability,' McDaniel added ... The American Psychological Association, in Washington, D.C., is the largest scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States....

Zack Snyder to change tone of Justice League after Batman v Superman reviews

Edit NME 25 Jun 2016
Zack Snyder is reportedly changing the tone of the forthcoming Justice League after the criticisms Batman v Superman received. Batman v Superman – which came out in March – has now grossed over $870 million (£595 million) at the global box office despite a generally negative response from critics....

New Movies 'Independence Day: Resurgence', 'The Shallows', 'Free State of Jones'

Edit The Examiner 25 Jun 2016
This weeks batch of new movies is filled with films that could have tried harder ... The film most guilty of this is "Independence Day ... Matthew McConaughey's Civil War rebellion picture, "Free State of Jones", left critics disappointed over its cliche storytelling and less than dynamic acting....

‘Cinema powerful weapon to convey social message’

Edit The Hindu 25 Jun 2016
In a step towards educating youngsters through a series of short films and documentaries, Mr ... “Packing dramatic elements and a message to deliver, the new concept aims at reaching out to young minds, encouraging them to enhance their emotional intelligence and confidence level,” shares the director who won Nandi award for his critically acclaimed biopic Komaram Bheem ....

Priyanka Chopra: Showing the world what Bollywood can do

Edit BBC News 25 Jun 2016
Priyanka Chopra is tipped to pick up the Best Supporting Actress gong at this weekend's International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards, but she currently hasn't signed any more Hindi films ... She has starred in more than 50 Indian films since being crowned Miss World in 2000 ... Nonetheless, some critics fear that Hollywood's growing presence in South Asia could be detrimental for the existing film industry....

Video shows Austin police union president punching man during arrest

Edit Austin American Statesman 25 Jun 2016
Austin police are investigating an incident in which the police union’s president Ken Casaday punched a man on Sixth Street after the man touched a police horse last week ... Officers were urging people to leave Sixth Street so it could be re-opened to vehicle traffic when, in the video, 23-year-old Andrew Garcia is seen reaching toward one of the horses that Austin police use to clear out the crowds....

Art Fix Friday: June 24, 2016 (National Museum of Women in the Arts)

Edit Public Technologies 25 Jun 2016
(Source ... Front-Page Femmes ... Five of the six artists on the shortlist for the Jarman film-art prize award are women ... Related ... However, only two films were directed by women ... Films featuring female protagonists have made strides at the box office. The New York Times film critics ask, 'Has feminism conquered Hollywood? Has Hollywood co-opted feminism?' Movies featuring women are becoming popular and sexist films are called out. Critic A.O....

Shelf Life- Raja Rao: Archive

Edit Indian Express 25 Jun 2016
Raja Rao’s most significant works were reissued in a beautifully designed collection by Penguin India in 2014 ... Now, the University of Texas at Austin, where Rao taught from 1966 to 1980, has acquired his archive ... Share This Article. Related Article ... Four-day NFAI fest begins in Pune, to screen films adapted from Shakespearean plays A story retold ... 6, slideMargin. 3 }); });. Watch Video ... ....

Preserving past to conserve future (Vandenberg Air Force Base)

Edit Public Technologies 25 Jun 2016
While archiving a plethora of base information, Reim had the opportunity to preserve forgotten film, which was in danger of perishing forever. 'The other thing we did was gather old film we had stored here, over one thousand pieces of film,' said Reim. 'This environment is not conducive to storage and the film was starting to degrade....

Cogill: "I Expected More From 'Free State of Jones'"

Edit NBC News 25 Jun 2016
NBC 5 movie critic Gary Cogill says "Free State of Jones," starring Matthew McConaughey, is a terrific history lesson, that will make you want to learn more, but it's an uneven film that may have been better... Photo Credit. STX Entertainment ... ....

Celebrating Mrinalini Sarabhai

Edit The Hindu 25 Jun 2016
Celebrating Life, an evening of talks, documentary clips and live performance, calls on a diverse selection of Mrinalini’s associates in the arts to offer glimpses of the person she was through their personal narratives. The format of the show has its genesis in a film made in 2012, when the Public Service Broadcasting Trust commissioned Yadavan Chandran to make Mrinalini Sarabhai....

Bollywood Retrospect: 'Yeh Mera Dil' from 'Don' and other gems by the underrated Kalyanji–Anandji

Edit DNA India 25 Jun 2016
The length of their career more or less matched Laxmikant-Pyarelal’s but in that time they made music for only half as many films as LP ... Possibly because the film had Raj Kapoor in a lead role and given their admiration for Shankar–Jaikishan’s music, the duo composed the kind of folksy, simple tunes that had come to be associated with Raj Kapoor’s collaborations with Shankar-Jaikishan....

Facing the camera didn’t feel alien to Zoya Akhtar

Edit Indian Express 25 Jun 2016
Zoya Akhtar said that getting in front of the camera was not at all a harrowing experience for her, but an easy task ... Share This Article ... Talking abour her association, she said ... I watch one movie at least once a week, so I can understand people who like watching films and I am talking to them.” ... The channel is slated to be launched with the premiere of Oscar-winning film Spotlight in July. ....
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