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ART & CULTURE<br />
THUrSDAy,<br />
jAnUAry <strong>31</strong>, 2<strong>01</strong>9<br />
8<br />
The Book Thief<br />
While subjected to the horrors of World<br />
War II Germany, young Liesel finds solace<br />
by stealing books and sharing them<br />
with others. In the basement of her<br />
home, a Jewish refugee is being protected<br />
by her adoptive parents.<br />
Genre<br />
Directed By<br />
Written By<br />
Cast<br />
: Drama<br />
: Brian Percival<br />
: Michael Petroni<br />
: Sophie Nélisse,<br />
Geoffrey Rush,<br />
Emily Watson<br />
In Theaters : Nov 8, 2<strong>01</strong>3<br />
Limited<br />
On Disc/ : Mar 11, 2<strong>01</strong>4<br />
Streaming<br />
Runtime : 130 minutes<br />
Studio : 20th Century Fox<br />
STorylInE :<br />
Based on the beloved<br />
international bestselling<br />
book, The Book Thief<br />
tells the story of an<br />
extraordinary, spirited<br />
young girl sent to live<br />
with a foster family in<br />
WWII Germany.<br />
Intrigued by the only<br />
book she brought with<br />
her, she begins collecting<br />
books as she finds them.<br />
With the help of her new<br />
parents and a secret<br />
guest under the stairs,<br />
she learns to read and<br />
creates a magical world<br />
that inspires them all.<br />
Princess Diaries<br />
3 is coming<br />
After 15 long years Mia<br />
Thermopolis may actually<br />
be coming back into our<br />
lives, as per confirmation<br />
from the woman herself -<br />
Anne Hathaway. Appearing<br />
on an episode of Watch<br />
What Happens Live,<br />
Hathaway was asked about<br />
a potential third installment<br />
of everyone's<br />
favourite royal-inspired<br />
film.<br />
"There is a script for the<br />
third movie," the 36-yearold<br />
confirmed. "There is a<br />
script. I want to do it, Julie<br />
wants to do it, Debra<br />
Martin Chase, our producer,<br />
wants to do it. We all<br />
really want it to happen.<br />
It's just, we don't want to<br />
do it unless it's perfect,<br />
because we love it just as<br />
much as you guys love it."<br />
Hathaway went on to<br />
explain that a third film is<br />
H o roSCoPE<br />
ArIES<br />
(March 21 - April 20) : Separating<br />
work and rest is essential now, and<br />
also very successful! You'll find that<br />
you bring a refreshed and perhaps inspired<br />
"you" to your responsibilities and that you'll<br />
feel far more entitled to enjoy your downtime<br />
with a job well done.<br />
TAUrUS<br />
(April 21 - May 21) : You appreciate the<br />
practical thinking of Saturn's transit,<br />
but its relationship with Neptune helps<br />
soften things just enough that you're not too hard<br />
on yourself and that you're sensitive to your spiritual<br />
needs. The formation of long-term friendships<br />
through your studies, travels.<br />
GEMInI<br />
(May 22 - June 21) : Career matters may<br />
not clarify this year, but you have more<br />
faith that you're heading in the right direction.<br />
Perhaps most importantly, your expectations even<br />
out. You'll be seeing definite improvements to your life<br />
as you let go of unhealthy expectations and pressures.<br />
CAnCEr<br />
(June 22 - July 23) : There is a nice,<br />
creative focus on your intimate or<br />
financial life today, dear Cancer, and<br />
these energies are both logical and innovative. A<br />
connection between your intimacy and career<br />
sectors supports building exciting strategies for<br />
your work.<br />
lEo<br />
(July 24 - Aug. 23) : Where you've<br />
been too hard on yourself, you're<br />
now allowing some leeway. This<br />
aspect is useful for bringing more balance into<br />
your life, and it will be in effect until<br />
November. This can be an excellent time to<br />
make changes to your current lifestyle that<br />
will benefit you for years to come.<br />
VIrGo<br />
(Aug. 24 - Sept. 23) : You're less likely to let<br />
your relationship goals interfere with your<br />
seeking of fulfillment in other areas of life.<br />
In fact, relationship goals may very well inspire you to<br />
better yourself. You're committed to making the most<br />
of your talents, enjoying more self-discipline reflects<br />
well on you, your relationships as you feel stronger.<br />
not a project they take<br />
lightly - hence the 15-year<br />
delay on it happening. "It's<br />
just as important to us as it<br />
is to you," she added. "And<br />
we don't want to deliver<br />
anything until it's ready,<br />
but we're working on it."<br />
The Princess Diaries was<br />
of course Hathaway's big<br />
break - she was 18 when<br />
she starred in the first film<br />
back in 20<strong>01</strong>. The movie,<br />
which also stars Julie<br />
Andrews, was based on the<br />
2000 young adult novel of<br />
the same name, by author<br />
Meg Cabot.<br />
In 2004 we were blessed<br />
with the sequel, The<br />
Princess Diaries 2: Royal<br />
Engagement, which was<br />
arguably just as good as<br />
the original film thanks to<br />
the stellar screenplay written<br />
by Shonda Rhimes.<br />
Since then, we've all kept<br />
our eyes wide open looking<br />
for any potential third<br />
installment. We had confirmation<br />
back in 2<strong>01</strong>6 that it<br />
was definitely; maybe happening<br />
when director<br />
Garry Marshall told People<br />
that a third film would<br />
happen after Hathaway<br />
gave birth to her first child.<br />
"I was with Anne<br />
Hathaway a couple weeks<br />
ago, it looks like we want<br />
to do Princess Diaries 3 in<br />
Manhattan," Marshall told<br />
People. "Anne Hathaway is<br />
very pregnant, so we have<br />
to wait until she has the<br />
baby and then I think we're<br />
going to do it."<br />
Almost three years later,<br />
it seems we're all but ready<br />
to go with a reboot. Watch<br />
this space! But until then,<br />
enjoy the confirmation<br />
below.<br />
-Vogue<br />
lIBrA<br />
(Sept. 24 - Oct. 23) : While Saturn's<br />
transit of your solar fourth house continues<br />
to impart essential life lessons,<br />
rules, or restrictions related to your home, family,<br />
and personal life this year, you're finding wonderful<br />
outlets for releasing related stress or tension or<br />
coming to a better sense of balance now.<br />
SCorPIo<br />
(Oct. 24 - Nov. 22) : Your judgment is quite<br />
good for making long-term plans, and a<br />
romance or creative endeavor can be<br />
both inspiring and practical. Making a dream work<br />
in the real world can be satisfying. It's an excellent<br />
time for developing skills that will benefit you<br />
greatly as you enter the next phase of your life.<br />
SAGITTArIUS<br />
(Nov. 23 - Dec. 21): You're sure to discover<br />
that focusing on making improvements<br />
to your money can boost your home life<br />
tremendously now and in the months ahead, helping<br />
direct and discipline you across the board. This aspect<br />
helps balance you out in key ways.<br />
CAPrICorn<br />
(Dec. 22 - Jan. 20) : You might<br />
improve a relationship with classmates,<br />
siblings, or even neighbors during this<br />
period. You're both practical and imaginative,<br />
celebrating both sides of your personality.<br />
Putting your ideas into practical motion is<br />
favored now.<br />
AQUArIUS<br />
(Jan. 21 - Feb. 19) : Focusing on<br />
handling outstanding or unresolved<br />
issues in your life can boost<br />
your sense of security, feelings of self-worth,<br />
and your money situation. This is an exceptional<br />
period for balancing your attention to<br />
the material world with a renewed focus on<br />
emotional renewal and spiritual fulfillment.<br />
PISCES<br />
(Feb. 20 - Mar. 20) : Where you've<br />
been a little neglectful, you'll be tightening<br />
up, and where you've been too hard on<br />
yourself, you'll loosen your grip, in other words!<br />
Certainly, there are some aspects in play this<br />
year that seem to lead to the waste of certain<br />
opportunities.<br />
Citing human rights concerns, they have<br />
signed an open letter urging the BBC to ask<br />
organisers to move the contest.<br />
"Eurovision may be light entertainment,<br />
but it is not exempt from human rights considerations,"<br />
they wrote.<br />
The annual contest is due to be held in Tel<br />
Aviv in May, following Israeli singer Netta's<br />
victory in 2<strong>01</strong>8. The winning country usually<br />
hosts the following year's competition.<br />
However, the group of cultural figures,<br />
which also includes Mike Leigh, Maxine<br />
Peake and Miriam Margolyes, said the<br />
event's "claim to celebrate diversity and<br />
inclusion must ring hollow" in light of<br />
Israel's occupation of the West Bank, East<br />
Jerusalem and the Golan Heights.<br />
"We cannot ignore Israel's systematic violation<br />
of Palestinian human rights," their<br />
Bo Peep is back in new<br />
look for Toy Story 4<br />
Bollywood actress Vidya Balan and Shraddha Srinath will be<br />
a part of Ajith's upcoming Pink remake.<br />
Actor Shraddha Srinath took to Twitter on Monday to confirm<br />
that she will be a part of Ajith's upcoming film, tentatively<br />
titled #AK59. A The film will also star Vidya Balan in a role that<br />
didn't exist in the original film starring Taapsee Pannu,<br />
Amitabh Bachchan and Kriti Kulhari. The film's producer<br />
Boney Kapoor said in a statement, "Happy to introduce Vidya<br />
Balan to Tamil audiences. She is paired with Ajith and her role<br />
is very special. Shraddha Srinath has also been roped in for a<br />
pivotal role. Rangaraj Pandey plays a very important character."<br />
Shraddha wrote on Twitter, "There were rumours and speculations<br />
on the internet that I'm part of #AK59. Glad to announce<br />
today that those rumours are actually true. I am INDEED part of<br />
this incredible project."<br />
She revealed the crew details as well and wrote, "Directed<br />
by H. Vinoth, produced by Boney Kapoor, cinematography<br />
by Nirav Shah and music by Yuvan Shankar Raja - this is a<br />
team one could only aspire to work with. Thrilled to be working<br />
with some amazing technicians."<br />
Pink started a social dialogue about consent with its focus on<br />
the film's three female protagonists and their lawyer Amitabh<br />
Bachchan. Taapsee played the role of a woman who is sexually<br />
harassed and is shamed for her lifestyle and choices; Shraddha<br />
is likely to play this role. She further tweeted, "And most importantly<br />
- this is a film and a story that everyone needs to watch.<br />
It's the need of the hour. And it's crucial that it reaches the masses.<br />
I'm so ready for this and to give it my all."<br />
-The Hindustan Times<br />
letter read.<br />
"The BBC is bound by its charter to 'champion<br />
freedom of expression'. It should act on<br />
its principles and press for Eurovision to be<br />
relocated to a country where crimes against<br />
that freedom are not being committed."<br />
The letter comes a week before Eurovision:<br />
You Decide, a live BBC TV show through<br />
which the British public will vote for the act to<br />
represent the UK.<br />
"For any artist of conscience, this would<br />
be a dubious honour," the letter said.<br />
"They and the BBC should consider that<br />
You Decide is not a principle extended to the<br />
Palestinians, who cannot 'decide' to remove<br />
Israel's military occupation and live free of<br />
apartheid."<br />
The BBC has not yet commented. Dame<br />
Vivienne Westwood, Peter Gabriel and Wolf<br />
British stars<br />
urge BBC to ask<br />
for Eurovision<br />
to be moved out<br />
Alice are among 50 artists who have called<br />
for the Eurovision Song Contest to be relocated<br />
from Israel. Many of the signatories<br />
have previously made calls for a cultural<br />
boycott of Israel, criticising artists such as<br />
Nick Cave, Radiohead and Lana Del Rey for<br />
organising concerts in the country.<br />
Their letter follows an earlier call for<br />
Eurovision to be relocated, made last<br />
September by a coalition of artists from<br />
across Europe.<br />
That letter was organised by the Boycott,<br />
Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement,<br />
which campaigns for a complete boycott<br />
of Israel over its policies towards the<br />
Palestinians.<br />
Israel says BDS opposes Israel's very existence<br />
and is motivated by anti-Semitism.<br />
-BBC<br />
Deepika Padukone the<br />
new chairperson of<br />
MAMI Film Festival<br />
Deepika Padukone has been appointed as the new chairperson<br />
of the Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. She has replaced filmmaker<br />
Kiran Rao.<br />
According to a report in Mumbai Mirror, Kiran stepped down<br />
from the role to focus on a movie project. Deepika called her<br />
appointment a huge responsibility. "It's an absolute honour and a<br />
huge responsibility. I believe in MAMI's vision and we are committed<br />
towards creating a community that cinema lovers and creators<br />
of a film passionate nation like ours truly deserve," she told the<br />
daily. Kiran also congratulated her. "I am delighted to welcome<br />
one of India's most loved film stars, Deepika Padukone as the new<br />
chairperson," she said.<br />
Twitter Ads info and privacyMAMI?festival director and film<br />
critic Anupama Chopra shared the news on Twitter. "To new<br />
beginnings! Thank you Kiran for your faith and generosity and<br />
hard work. Excited to learn from and work with our new chairperson,<br />
the amazing Deepika Padukone," she wrote in her tweet.<br />
The festival's creative director Smriti Kiran also welcomed<br />
Deepika on board. "Thank you for leading the way #Kiran! And a<br />
very warm welcome to #MAMI's new Chairperson, the incredible<br />
@deepikapadukone ! Excited and happy to work with you to keep<br />
building the Academy! #NewBeginnings #JioMAMIwithStar<br />
@MumbaiFilmFest," she wrote in her tweet.<br />
-The Hindustan Times