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With a lineup of over 30 films, the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles is once again showcasing a selection from one of the world’s vital cinema traditions. Now in its 12th year, the festival founded by Christina Marouda has become an important window on Indian cinema, particularly on the burgeoning independent scene emerging on the Subcontinent.

“Our mission is to make music that doesn’t *@!&k suck”, that matter of fact assessment delivered to a group of HFPA journalists by Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington, might well be considered the understatement of the year by the band’s legion of fans. Linkin Park, one of contemporary Rock’s most successful bands by any measure, is about to release its sixth album The Hunting Party (due out in June) and is gearing up for a summer U.

Denzel, is one of those actors whose last name is almost an afterthought in Hollywood. It’s Washington, of course, but is that really even worth mentioning? He's known as Denzel, period.

He's one of the best-known self-taught Hollywood filmmakers, a master at repurposing B-movies aesthetics into thoroughly original contemporary genre classics, while pushing the envelope of film making, and while he’s at it, resuscitating more than a few acting careers! Quentin Tarantino has been nominated six times to the Golden Globes. From his debut with Reservoir Dogs at the Sundance Film Festival in 1992 and his sophomore Pulp Fiction (1994), to the most recent Inglorious Basterds and Django Unchained, Tarantino has been a force to reckon with in American cinema.

Famous for both his shyness and the incredible intensity he brings to his roles, Daniel Day-Lewis (56) is a complex actor, who takes long breaks, sometimes of several years, between the parts for which he goes to extraordinary lengths to prepare. The three-time Oscar winner is the son of the British poet laureate Cecil Day-Lewis, with whom he had a complicated relationship.

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Uncle Sam is grinning ear to ear. Last weekend’s patriotic thriller Captain America: The Winter Soldier surpassed expectations to set a record breaking April release of $96.

Issur Danielovitch was born in Amsterdam, New York, on December 9, 1916, to Russian Jewish immigrant parents, the only boy in a poor family of six sisters. He grew up as Izzy Demsky and received a loan to attend St.

In honor of Earth Day we’re highlighting some Golden Globes nominated and/or winners that are either about the environment or have the word “earth” in the title. Earth Day is an annual event, celebrated on April 22, on which events are held worldwide to demonstrate support for environmental protection.