Red Crown Productions has set Idris Elba to star and Cary Fukunaga to direct Beasts of No Nation, an adaptation of Uzodinma Iweala’s bestselling novel. The story follows the journey of a young boy, Agu, who, when civil war engulfs his West African country is forced to join a unit of mercenary fighters. Not only […]
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge approved a request from California and federal officials on Monday to force-feed inmates if necessary as a statewide prison hunger strike entered its seventh week. Officials say they fear for the welfare of nearly 70 inmates who have refused all prison-issued meals since the strike began July 8 […]
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Lee Thompson Young — who played the main character on Disney’s “The Famous Jett Jackson” — has committed suicide he was 29. Young’s body was discovered inside his North Hollywood home Monday with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to sources. Lee’s publicist said, “It is with great sadness that I announce that Lee Thompson Young […]
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