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There is nothing more feminine than a woman dressed in a tux. The attitude? Cavalier.

The HFPA family lost a long standing member and a cherished friend this week. Ahmed Lateef was originally from India, he moved to the U.

Longtime HFPA member Ahmed Lateef has died after suffering a stroke. Ahmed, a member since 1973 , was regarded as a pioneer who paved the way for other Indian filmmakers who followed in his footsteps.

The HFPA’s resident musical historian Phil Berk uncovers a “lost” Fox gem scored by Kurt Weill As an avid collector of Broadway musical LPs, in 1955 I happened upon a rare recording of songs written by Kurt Weill for a long forgotten 20th Century Fox musical called Where Do we Go From Here? The recording boasted one unforgettable number entitled The Nina, the Pinta, the Santa Maria. Not only were the lyrics (by Ira Gershwin) nimble and witty, but the melodies were instantly hummable.

The HFPA’s Jack Tewksbury compiles some of the choicest quotes from classic stars. New Quotes Daily!.

D23 is Disney’s response to Comic-Con, a “fan fest” designed to foster maximum engagement and excitement for the studio projects, memorabilia and that elusive (and lucrative) concept: Disney culture. So on the weekend of August 14-15, when temperatures soared over 100 degrees throughout Southern California, the studio gathered fans and media at the Anaheim Convention Center for the fourth D23 Expo – the bi-annual celebration of all things Disney.

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Tom Cruise was still king of the markets this week as Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation managed to gather an extra $46 million out of 62 territories, for a worldwide gross of $373 million. Mission’s 5th installment was number one in France and in Brazil, where it celebrated its debut with $7 and $3.

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