Piya Sinha-Roy
By Piya Sinha-Roy
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Fast Forward Meryl Streep Pays Tribute to Carrie Fisher at Golden Globes — Lashes Out at Trump
Actress Meryl Streep turned a Golden Globe acceptance speech into a scathing attack on U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, saying she had been heartbroken by his imitation of a disabled reporter during his campaign. “There was one performance this year that stunned me,” Streep, 67, said as she was honored with the Cecil B. DeMille lifetime…
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Fast Forward Jury Rules Led Zeppelin Didn’t Steal ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Riff From Jewish Guitarist
The guitar riff Led Zeppelin used in the 1971 classic “Stairway to Heaven” differed substantially from one the English band was accused of stealing from the U.S. group Spirit, a jury found on Thursday in a copyright infringement trial in Los Angeles. The decision was a victory for Led Zeppelin, one of the top selling…
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The Schmooze Carrie Fisher’s Iconic Princess Leia Bikini Goes on Block for $100K
While most “Star Wars” fans are clamoring to get their hands on the newest franchise droid BB-8, deep-pocketed collectors will have a chance to buy original movie memorabilia such as Princess Leia’s iconic slave costume in an upcoming auction. More than 50 lots of “Star Wars” props and items owned by those involved with the…
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The Schmooze Daniel Radcliffe On Life Post-‘Harry Potter’
Getty Images (Reuters) — From boy wizard Harry Potter to Beat poet Allen Ginsberg, actor Daniel Radcliffe has taken on a wide range of fantasy and period roles, but he finally steps into the real world with his latest film. In the romantic comedy “What If,” out in U.S. theaters on Friday, Radcliffe plays Wallace, a…
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The Schmooze Aaron Swartz Story Comes to Sundance
(Reuters) — A year after Internet activist Aaron Swartz committed suicide, a new documentary brings to light the young computer prodigy’s earnest battle to bring online freedom of access to information for everyone. “The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on Monday and director Brian Knappenberger was…
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