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‘The devil wants this pattern of mass death repeated’: Actors Guild of Nigeria calls for better regulation after two actors die

TheWorldsNewsApril 22, 2025

by TheWorldsNewsApril 22, 20250

After two actors died in Owerri, Imo State, AGN head Emeka Rollas drew comparisons to events last year, when popular Nollywood actor Junior Pope drowned...

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Ted Kotcheff, director of First Blood, Weekend at Bernie’s and Wake in Fright, dies aged 94

TheWorldsNewsApril 12, 2025

by TheWorldsNewsApril 12, 20250

Prolific Canadian director also made one of the country’s first internationally successful films, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, starring Richard Dreyfuss Ted Kotcheff, the prolific...

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Demon-child movie wows China – and smashes global box office records

TheWorldsNewsMarch 16, 2025

by TheWorldsNewsMarch 16, 20250

Virtually unknown in the west, Ne Zha 2 is the world’s highest-grossing animation at £1.6bn – outdoing Inside Out 2 – just weeks after its...

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Jubilant Brazilians hail I’m Still Here’s Oscar as landmark in fight for justice

TheWorldsNewsMarch 3, 2025

by TheWorldsNewsMarch 3, 20250

Walter Salles’s dictatorship-era movie turns focus on dark time in country’s history and more recent coup attempt Ahead of the Oscars ceremony, Brazil’s Fernanda Torres...

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I’m Still Here wins Oscar for best international film, becoming first Brazilian film to do so

TheWorldsNewsMarch 3, 2025

by TheWorldsNewsMarch 3, 20250

Brazil’s official entry beats beleaguered French favourite Emilia Pérez to the podium Anora dominates the Oscars — here’s the complete list of winners I’m Still...

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Silvia Pinal, star of Mexico’s Golden Age of film, dies aged 93

TheWorldsNewsNovember 29, 2024

by TheWorldsNewsNovember 29, 20240

Over a career that spanned seven decades, Pinal was a muse to director Luis Buñuel, appearing in 60s classics such as Viridiana Silvia Pinal, an...

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Netflix adapts Pedro Páramo, the great Mexican novel that inspired Márquez

TheWorldsNewsNovember 5, 2024

by TheWorldsNewsNovember 5, 20240

New film of Juan Rulfo’s revered novel, considered founding text of magic realism, is first film adaptation in half a century “I came to Comala...

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Corey Yuen, martial arts director and Jet Li collaborator, died in 2022, Hong Kong film federation confirms

TheWorldsNewsAugust 13, 2024

by TheWorldsNewsAugust 13, 20240

Film-maker who directed films starring Li, Jackie Chan and Michelle Yeoh and later worked as a Hollywood fight coordinator, died during the Covid pandemic two...

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Nigerian singer, actor and activist Onyeka Onwenu dies aged 72

TheWorldsNewsAugust 1, 2024

by TheWorldsNewsAugust 1, 20240

Nicknamed the ‘Elegant Stallion’, the revered star died after performing at a private party in Lagos Onyeka Onwenu, the singer, actor, broadcaster and activist whose...

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Donald Sutherland, Don’t Look Now and Hunger Games actor, dies aged 88

TheWorldsNewsJune 21, 2024

by TheWorldsNewsJune 21, 20240

The prolific actor appeared in more than 190 films and TV shows and was a vocal anti-war activist Donald Sutherland was an irreplaceable aristocrat of...

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‘The devil wants this pattern of mass death repeated’: Actors Guild of Nigeria calls for better regulation after two actors die

Ted Kotcheff, director of First Blood, Weekend at Bernie’s and Wake in Fright, dies aged 94

Demon-child movie wows China – and smashes global box office records

Jubilant Brazilians hail I’m Still Here’s Oscar as landmark in fight for justice

I’m Still Here wins Oscar for best international film, becoming first Brazilian film to do so

Silvia Pinal, star of Mexico’s Golden Age of film, dies aged 93

Netflix adapts Pedro Páramo, the great Mexican novel that inspired Márquez

Corey Yuen, martial arts director and Jet Li collaborator, died in 2022, Hong Kong film federation confirms

Nigerian singer, actor and activist Onyeka Onwenu dies aged 72

Donald Sutherland, Don’t Look Now and Hunger Games actor, dies aged 88

Xi announces plan for Chinese economy to counter impact of US trade war

Trump administration investigating California university over foreign gifts

Trump is jailing immigrant families again. A mother, father and teen tell of ‘anguish on a daily basis’

Brazil’s former president arrested and ordered to begin prison sentence

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Russia claims it will begin talks with US...

Thousands protest against Brazil’s ‘death combo’ of anti-environment...

Green cards, cannabis and a strip club: JCB...

Libyan presidential vote will not go ahead on...

China accuses Australia of ‘violent’ interference in Five...

Xi announces plan for Chinese economy to counter impact of US trade war

Trump administration investigating California university over foreign gifts

Trump is jailing immigrant families again. A mother, father and teen tell of ‘anguish on a daily basis’

UK conference hopes to map ‘pathway to end suffering’ in Sudan

Homeland security apparently used British man’s tattoo to identify alleged gang members

UK adventurer apologises for record trek claim after Inuit backlash

Trump administration investigating California university over foreign gifts

Trump is jailing immigrant families again. A mother, father and teen tell of ‘anguish on a daily basis’

Green groups decry plan to list world’s biggest meatpacking company on NYSE

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