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Eli Wallach was an American original and, some would say a national treasure. Born in Brooklyn and with a college degree in education, Wallach came into serious acting relatively late, after serving in World War 2, studying at the Actor’s studio with a generation of great American actors including Marlon Brando and Paul Newman.

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Tyrant, a new dramatic series premiering on FX is a reworking of an Israeli format (the country which has already brought us In Treatment and Homeland). A group of HFPA journalists recently traveled to Israel to visit with the production of the show.

Laughter rang louder than music as Think Like a Man Too finished first ahead of Clint Eastwood’s adaptation of Broadways’ hit Jersey Boys to take this weekend’s top domestic honors with a $30 million close. The sequel from director Tim Story, based on Steve Harvey’s life-coaching book for women, Act like A Lady, Think Like a Man, finished just below the original’s $33.

Two champions divided the spoils over the weekend as How to Train Your Dragon 2 and 22 Jump Street managed to hit their respective target demographics with aplomb, and avoided stepping on each others tails. Both films did exceptionally well given their budgets and ambition but with its $60 million domestic haul 22 Jump Street was, in the end, the stronger contender.

Ale Abreu’s The Boy and the World won the top awards at the 38th Annecy International Animation Film Festival that concluded Sunday in France. Considered the Cannes of the Animation Industry the two awards bestowed upon the Brazilian toon only underlines the strength of that country’s animation industry.

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It’s hard to believe Australian actor Heath Ledger has been gone six years but his legacy lives on with scholarship in his name that is given annually by Australians in Film. The sixth annual Australians in Film Heath Ledger Scholarship was awarded June 12th to Cody Fern.

Well the World Cup is finally under way in Brazil and with it the world’s biggest sports tournament. An estimated 2.

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