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Making its world premiere at the ongoing Sundance Film Festival, here's your first official clip from George Tillman Jr.'s The Inevitable Defeat Of Mister And Pete, which stars Jennifer Hudson, Skylan Brooks, Anthony Mackie, Jordin Sparks, Jeffrey Wright, and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, in a drama that sees Jennifer Hudson as a drug addict mother whose arrest forces her son and his best friend to fend for themselves. The script was penned by Michael Starrbury, and by co-produced by Alicia Keys. Here's how Sundance describes the Brooklyn-shot film: During a sweltering summer in New York City,...
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The National Democratic Congress has described the petition challenging the results of the December 7, 2012 presidential elections as an afterthought and in bad faith.
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The Progressive People's Party (PPP) wishes to ask the general public to ignore the story put out Monday by the New Crusading Guide.
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Renaissance man Gbenga Akinnagbe is attached in some capacity to two feature film projects making their debuts in Park City over the weekend (acting in Neil Drumming's feature film directorial debut titled Big Words - at Slamdance; and producing Shaka King's Newlyweeds - at Sundance). He'll now be heading *home* to Nigeria to wear both hats - starring in and producing a crime drama titled Render to Caesar, which THR says is currently in production, with financial backing from former banker Desmond Ovbiagele, although no word on exact budget yet. A brief description of the project, which is being directed by Onyekachi...
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Which Aston Villa is going to turn up tonight? The one that knocked out Manchester City, won 4-1 a Norwich and 3-1 at Anfield? Or the one that couldn't score against Southampton or Wigan at home and capitulated in the first leg at Valley Parade.
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Ethiopia's wily head coach Sewnet Bishaw turned this game with a substitution on 64′, bringing on Addis Hintsa in central midfield. It was Hintsa's through-ball that opened up the Zambian defence, which four minutes earlier had been reduced to three players when Herve Renard went for more goals and swapped full-back Musonda for striker Jacob [...]
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International development committee urges UK prime minister to spell out 'clear and consistent' definition of signature phrase
The international development committee (IDC) has called on David Cameron, the UK prime minister, to give a "clear and consistent" definition of what he means by the "golden thread" of development as he seeks to influence global policy on poverty reduction.
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Israelis aren't rejecting the peace process this election season. They're acknowledging that a solution is impossible without a credible Palestinian partner.
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Central Bank of The Gambia (CBG) has on Monday 21st January 2013 closed down Prime Bank (Gambia) Limited. The closure comes as a result of the bank's failure to meet the minimum capital of D200 million for commercial banks in The Gambia. The CBG has increased the minimum capital for commercial banks in The Gambia from [...]
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Central Bank of The Gambia (CBG) has on Monday 21st January 2013 closed down Prime Bank (Gambia) Limited. The closure comes as a result of the bank's failure to meet the minimum capital of D200 million for commercial banks in The Gambia. The CBG has increased the minimum capital for commercial banks in The Gambia from [...]
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Ethiopia's wily head coach Sewnet Bishaw turned this game with a substitution on 64′, bringing on Addis Hintsa in central midfield. It was Hintsa's through-ball that opened up the Zambian defence, which four minutes earlier had been reduced to three players when Herve Renard went for more goals and swapped full-back Musonda for striker Jacob [...]
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Traveling 'off the beaten path' in Africa seems to have become the next 'big thing' for recent graduates looking to set themselves apart from their peers. And what better way to promote yourself (and fund your trip through crowd funding) by combining the demand for reality TV and social media; film your trip and post [...]
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This statement in a BBC report raised my eyebrows when I saw it: The 100 richest people in the world earned enough last year to end extreme poverty suffered by the poorest on the planet four times over, Oxfam has said. Duncan Green explains how Oxfam got to the figure here. It makes a lot more sense now. Because, as he says, the stat may be around for a while, it's probably worth knowing
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