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  31 Oct 2013 18:10 Africa/Lagos THE TWILIGHT FOREVER FAN EXPERIENCE CELEBRATING TWILIGHT'S 5TH ANNIVERSARY & THE BLU-RAY/DVD LAUNCH OF TWILIGHT FOREVER: THE COMPLETE SAGA WILL FEATURE APPEARANCES BY TWILIGHT SAGA CAST MEMBERS PETER FACINELLI, NIKKI REED AND JACKSON RATHBONE Exclusive New York Event Will Also Include Musical Performances, Fan Contests, Exclusive Prizes & Memorabilia Giveaways Planet Hollywood Times Square's Twilight Forever Fan Experience Exhibit Will Remain on Display Through End of the Year SANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct. 31, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Entertainment, a LIONSGATE® (NYSE: LGF) company, and Planet Hollywood International revealed details today for the Twilight Forever Fan Experience taking place in New York on November 3 rd and 4th commemorating the fifth anniversary of The Twilight Saga's original theatrical debut and the eagerly anticipated November 5 th Blu-ray and DVD launch of Twilight Forever: The Complete Saga ...

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29 Oct 2013 13:00 Africa/Lagos Can you Recognize the Celebrity Zombie? A New update for PuzzleFace App Arrives to the Apple AppStore Just in Time For Halloween! NEW YORK, Oct. 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Oh no! Miley Cyrus, Simon Cowell, Barack Obama and Albert Einstein have suddenly all been turned into zombies….just in time for Halloween! A new category in Puzzleface, the App that challenges you to recognize your favorite celebs before your opponent beats you to it, The Halloween Zombie-face update is here now! (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20131029/NY05872 ) Available as a free download at The AppStore (http://tinyurl.com/k4atygk), the game pits two or more players in successive matches that challenge them to recognize the celebrity being unveiled piece-by-piece right before their eyes! There are ghoulish twists and turns in every round, as the pictures slowly become more and visible. The winner of the round is whoever guesses the celebrity in the least amount...

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File:Lee Harvey Oswald being shot by Jack Ruby as Oswald is being moved by police. 28 Oct 2013 15:56 Africa/Lagos Military Channel's CAPTURING OSWALD Provides New Insight Into JFK's Assassination from the Men Responsible for Capturing Lee Harvey Oswald, Including Jim Leavelle - a.k.a. "The Man in the White Stetson" -- Co-Produced by Alan Martin and Kate Griendling, Granddaughter of Jim Leavelle, CAPTURING OSWALD Premieres on the Military Channel on Tuesday, November 12 at 10/9c - - SILVER SPRING, Md., Oct. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- To mark the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination, retired homicide detectives and officers from the Dallas Police Department (DPD) break their silence about the events of November 22, 1963, in the Military Channel's all-new documentary CAPTURING OSWALD . Many of them haven't spoken publicly in years about the tragic events which unfolded on that fateful day but now, for the first time ever, they c...

Neill Blomkamp. 28 Oct 2013 19:00 Africa/Lagos Sony Pictures Entertainment And MRC Announce Start Of Production On Chappie THE NEXT FILM FROM WRITER, DIRECTOR NEILL BLOMKAMP CULVER CITY, Calif., Oct. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Pictures Entertainment and MRC have begun production in Johannesburg, South Africa on Chappie, the next film from writer-director Neill Blomkamp, it was announced today by Doug Belgrad, president of Columbia Pictures and Hannah Minghella, president of Production for the studio, and MRC. Chappie is co-produced and co-financed by Sony Pictures and MRC; the film will be marketed and distributed worldwide by Sony Pictures. Blomkamp will direct Chappie from a screenplay he has written with Terri Tatchell. He will also produce the film with Simon Kinberg. Blomkamp's latest film with MRC and Sony Pictures, Elysium, starring Matt Damon and Jodie Foster, which Blomkamp wrote and directed and also produced with Bill Block and Simon Kinberg, has grossed a...

Greece's Mystery Girl's Mother Found . 25 Oct 2013 15:00 Africa/Lagos Statement By Ernie Allen On The Global Effort To Identify "Maria," The Young Child Found Living In The Roma Camp In Greece Why Her Story Has Become So Important ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Ernie Allen, President and CEO of the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children issues the following statement. "The publicity surrounding the discovery of the little blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl called "Maria" in the Roma camp in Greece has brought hope to tens of thousands of parents around the world who have children that are still missing. However, her story is about more than one child. Little Maria has become a symbol of a larger problem – the well being of millions of children. Maria was found resulting from the quick actions of law enforcement in Greece. Her extraordinary story has prompted a worldwide effort to determine who sh...

Bombay Sapphire Gin Announces Four Winners Of The Imagination Series: Film Competition; Public To Vote For A Fifth Winner Four filmmakers have won the chance to have their imagination made into a film The public gets the chance to vote for a fifth film by visiting www.imaginationseries.com/vote LONDON, October 24, 2013, PRNewswire – BOMBAY SAPPHIRE®, the world’s fastest-growing major gin brand by volume and value1, in association with Tribeca Film Festival®, today announced the four winners of the Bombay Sapphire Imagination Series: Film competition. The competition offers budding filmmakers the chance to realise their own short film, using their imagination to interpret a short film script created by Academy Award® winner Geoffrey Fletcher. Now in its second year, Bombay Sapphire and Geoffrey Fletcher assembled a cross section of imaginative heavy weights from the world of film to judge the entries, which featured Academy Award® winning actor, Adrien Brody; screenwriter and ...

17 Oct 2013 16:45 Africa/Lagos "American Hustle," by David O. Russell, to be honored with the "Hollywood Costume and Production Design Awards" HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Oct. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- "American Hustle," the new film directed by David O. Russell, will be honored with the Hollywood Costume and Production Design Awards, it was announced today by Carlos de Abreu, founder and executive producer of the 17th Annual Hollywood Film Awards. The honor will be bestowed to Michael Wilkinson and Judy Becker, costume designer and production designer of the film, respectively, at the Hollywood Film Awards Gala Ceremony on Monday evening, October 21, 2013, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. Commenting on the announcement, de Abreu said, "As David O. Russell does so well, 'American Hustle' focuses on the emotional lives of characters who are conning each other, but also conning themselves as they remake themselves in classic Americ...

18 Oct 2013 20:04 Africa/Lagos Award-Winning Documentary 'Call Me Kuchu' Spotlights LGBT Activism amid Brutal Persecution in Uganda at Upcoming Screening in West Hollywood Filmmakers Malika Zouhali-Worrall and Katherine Fairfax Wright to join celebrated Ugandan LGBT activist Frank Mugisha for panel discussion and reception after the film WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Oct. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The David Kato Vision & Voice Award has partnered with AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA), the Global Forum on MSM & HIV (MSMGF), and the City of West Hollywood to co-sponsor an upcoming screening of the critically acclaimed film, "Call Me Kuchu." The screening will be followed by a panel discussion and reception with filmmakers Malika Zouhali-Worrall and Katherine Fairfax Wright, as well as celebrated Ugandan LGBT activist Frank Mugisha, recipient of the prestigious Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award, who is featured in the documentary. (Photo: http:/...

‘There are many African filmmakers, but there no African cinemas’ The need for an independent net of distribution and for an alternative funding, key aspects of the first FCAT Espacio Professional Córdoba, 15th October 2013. FCAT Espacio Profesional, a spaced conceived for the critical debate on African cinemas, has started today at the African Film Festival of Cordoba. The activity has consisted of a twofold panel – on the one hand, the presentation of the book Les cinémas d'Afrique dans les années 2000 by the expert on African Film Criticism, Olivier Barlet; and a round table with African filmmakers and Barlet himself revolving around the present of African cinemas. Olivier Barlet, has been accompanied by Carlos Domínguez, director of FCAT Espacio Profesional, eager to prompt the translation and publication of this book, into Spanish, firstly and secondly, in English; María Sylveyro, Head of the Editorial Ocho y Medio in Spain, who has stated that the idea of Ocho y Medio ...

Sudan and Spain together for the creation of the first image for the FCAT A Spanish production company captures the process of creation of the FCAT poster made by the Sudanese painter Dar Al Naim Mubarak Carmona. Dar Al Naim Mubarak Carmona. Cordoba, 4th October 2013. The Sudanese-Spanish artist Dar Al Naim Mubarak Carmona has featured the first image of the tenth anniversary of the African Film Festival of Cordoba, contributing with her painting to the creation of the poster. Dar Al Naim Mubarak Carmona and Mane Cisneros (FCAT Director). The 10th African Film Festival of Cordoba will start in a week with over 66 screenings, filmmakers and producers invited for round tables, conferences and the FCAT Espacio Profesional, as well as an exhibition that has travelled from Malaga to Gorée Island and now, to Cordoba, and a wide range of parallel activities. From the 11th to the 19th of October, Cordoba will travel to our neighbouring continent, and even to the Middle East, throug...

Michelle Bello's much loved exciting romantic comedy Flower Girl opens in the UK from October 4th, 2013 at the following popular cinemas: VENUES: Odeon Greenwich Odeon Surrey Quays Odeon Streatham VUE Stratford Cineworld Enfield Cineworld Wood Green TICKETS: from Adults £9, Students £8, Child £7, Family £25. The U.S. Premiere of "Flower Girl" is on Thursday October 3 at the Hollywood Black Film Festival in Los Angeles. Kemi (DAMILOLA ADEGBITE) is dying to get married. Umar (CHRIS ATTOH) is dying to get ahead in his career. When their relationship hits troubled waters, Kemi seeks the help of movie superstar Tunde (CHUKS CHUKWUJEKWU) and they hatch a plan to get Kemi what she wants - but the plan doesn’t quite work out as they anticipate and soon they realize why people say "Love Is A Funny Thing". "Flower Girl" is a movie for lovers, couples, family and everyone who appreciates the beauty of love and life. Tweet

2 Oct 2013 14:51 Africa/Lagos Hollywood Heavyweights Robert De Niro, Michael Douglas, Morgan Freeman And Kevin Kline Grace The Cover Of AARP The Magazine And Talk About Friendships, Fatherhood, Aging In The Spotlight And More Tweet It: Cast of @CBSFilms #LastVegas talk about aging gracefully in latest issue of @AARPMag. Read more here http://ow.ly/poORk WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Robert DeNiro, Michael Douglas, Morgan Freeman, and Kevin Kline had never worked together before their upcoming movie Last Vegas, but they still seem like the closest of friends. With a total of six Academy Awards and countless iconic films between them, the quartet speak candidly in the October/November issue of AARP The Magazine about their lives as grown men who still embrace everything life throws at them. "When you get to this stage, you celebrate—period," said Freeman. And that is definitely what these men are doing. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20...