The professional American football championship game, also known as the Super Bowl , will be played Sunday in the Midwestern city of Indianapolis, Indiana. The kickoff is scheduled for about 6:30pm EST, 2330 UTC. The nation’s biggest annual sporting event attracts die-hard fans as well as casual observers. Sunday's NFL title game features...
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Posthumous Tributes Pour In for ‘Soul Train’ Creator
Tributes are pouring in to the late U.S. television host and music promoter Don Cornelius, who was found dead of a gunshot wound to the head in his Los Angeles home Wednesday. Cornelius was the founder of the iconic Soul Train television show that helped introduce African-American music and culture to mainstream America...
Sorry, India, No Girl With the Dragon Tattoo for You
Looks like India won't be seeing a release of Girl With the Dragon Tattoo after all. Although the country had announced a Feb. 10 premiere date, turns out the U.S. remake...
Adele Continues to Top Charts With ’21′
MUSIC NEWS: British pop singer Adele continues to set records this week as her album “21” spends a 17th week atop the Billboard 200 chart. Billboard reports that she now has the longest run at Number One since the soundtrack to “The Bodyguard,” which ended its 20-week reign in May 1993. Adele also...
Documentary Highlights Burma’s Jailed Political Activists
A documentary film about Burma’s political prisoners and the underground movement to help them premiered this week in Asia, drawing attention to the plight of the country’s activists as the government releases hundreds of prisoners in an amnesty program. Director Jeanne Hallacy said former political prisoner and activist Ko Bo Kyi inspired her...
New Documentary Illustrates Plague of Leftover Landmines
Remnants of war, including unexploded ordnance and landmines, are still found in many countries around the world - even decades after conflicts have ended. Those dangers often devastate the lives of local inhabitants, who might not be aware they live in the middle of a minefield. An international organization that helps clear and...
‘Red Tails’ Tells Story of Black WW II Pilots
The true story of black American fighter pilots in World War II inspired the new action film Red Tails , produced by George Lucas of Star Wars fame. "We have a right to fight for our country, the same as every other American." Among the millions of Americans who joined up in World...
New Film Explores Life in Modern Tehran
"A Separation" by Iranian director Asghar Farhadi pulls the curtain back on life in modern Tehran. The story is about an unhappy marriage, the lack of support in caring for the elderly and a cumbersome bureaucracy wedged between religious custom and legal parameters. The film has been nominated for a Golden Globe in...
Paris-Based Slate Afrique Celebrates 1st Anniversary
One of the youngest pan-Africa publications is celebrating its one-year anniversary. A French-language spinoff of popular Internet magazine Slate.com, Slate Afrique aims to bring quality news to African and foreign readers. Our reporter visited the publication's Paris-based headquarters. Pierre Cherruau is on the phone, speaking to a foreign journalist about the future of...
Hollywood Films Focus on Women Abused in Bosnian War
Angelina Jolie makes her directing debut with a powerful drama set amid the "ethnic cleansing" of the Bosnian War. The drama, and another film on the atrocities in Bosnia, are drawn from true stories of brutality toward women in that 1990's conflict. "Who were you …before the war?" asks Serbian commander Danijel of...