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Eighth Nepal Int’l Indigenous Film Festival from June 12

[caption id="attachment_1050" align="alignright" width="300"] Eighth Nepal Int’l Indigenous Film Festival from June 12[/caption] This year’s edition of the eighth Nepal International Indige-nous Film Festival (NIIFF) 2071, organised by the Indigenous Film Archive is going to be held in the City...

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Climber captures his near-death experience on film

[caption id="attachment_565" align="alignright" width="400"] Dr John All was collecting snow samples on 23,379ft Mount Himlung, close to Everest in the Nepal Himalaya, when he fell into a deep crevasse which had been hidden by recent heavy snow[/caption] An American academic...

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Keira Knightley to play Kiwi widow in Everest movie

Keira Knightley will join the star-studded cast of the movie about a tragic expedition to Mt Everest that killed Kiwi climbers Rob Hall and Andy Harris. Everest will feature Hollywood stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Brolin, and Sam Worthington, and it...

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Jill, Michelle and Amy Duggar make news this week on ’19 Kids and Counting’

Jill Duggar, cousin Amy, and mom Michelle Duggar all make news this week on TLC’s “19 Kids and Counting, but for very different reasons. Amy Duggar is busy preparing for her new TV special called “A Duggar Leaves Home.” Jill...

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Ashutosh begins shooting his serial Everest

[caption id="attachment_550" align="alignright" width="300"] Ashutosh Gowarikar[/caption] National Award winning film director Ashutosh Gowarikar is back again on the small screen with a serial titled Everest. Written by known actor-scriptwriter Preeti Mamgain, the serial traces the story of a young girl...

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S. Korean broadcasting crew arrested in Nepal for illegal filming

[caption id="attachment_541" align="alignright" width="350"] S. Korean broadcasting crew arrested in Nepal for illegal filming[/caption] KATHMANDU, March 20 -- Four South Korean nationals, including a broadcasting crew, have been arrested by Nepalese authorities on charges of illegally filming a Hindu temple...

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Director taking figurine star to Oscar festivities

The star of one Oscar-nominated foreign film won't be taking a limo to the ceremony. He'll be arriving inside his director's pocket. Rithy Panh, the filmmaker behind the Cambodian entry "The Missing Picture," revealed that he's bringing the clay figurine...

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Leonardo DiCaprio says ‘Titanic’ allowed him to take control of his career

[caption id="attachment_1114" align="alignnone" width="3500"] Cast member Leonardo DiCaprio arrives for the premiere of the film The Wolf of Wall Street in New York[/caption] The “Titanic” star who will turn 40 next year says he is really proud of the 1997...

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Standen: Filming Everest is tough

[caption id="attachment_1111" align="alignnone" width="960"] Film director Phedon Papamichael gives a hug to Felix van Groeningen, a Flemish film director of Oscar-nominated foreign language film "The Broken Circle Breakdown," at 86th Academy Awards - Foreign Language Film Award Reception, on Thursday,...

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Everest Starts Filming in Nepal, First Photo Released

Universal Pictures, Walden Media and Cross Creek Pictures announced the start of principal photography on the Working Title Films production of Everest. Universal Pictures will release Everest in North American theaters in 3D and IMAX 3D on February 27, 2015....

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