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TheWrap Screening: ‘Selma’ Tackles ‘Timely’ Race Issues Say Cast, Director (Video)
Director Ava DuVernay and stars Common, Carmen Ejogo and Henry G. Sanders reveal why now is the perfect time to tell the story of Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr
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Oprah Winfrey Warns Against ‘Harsh Judgment’ of Sony Hack Victims (Video)
“There are things you say in your private conversations with your friends and your colleagues that you would not want to be broadcast on CNN,” says the “Selma” producer
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‘Birdman,’ ‘Grand Budapest Hotel’ and ‘Boyhood’ Lead Critics’ Choice Movie Award Nominations
Best Picture nominees also include “Selma,” “Gone Girl,” “Nightcrawler,” “The Imitation Game,” “The Theory of Everything,” “Unbroken” and “Whiplash”
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‘Selma’ Team Reacts to Historic Golden Globe Nomination: ‘This Movie Has Something to Say’
Ava DuVernay credits David Oyelowo’s commitment, while producers Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner single out Brad Pitt for sticking with the project
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‘Selma’ Screenplay Controversy: Why Director Ava DuVernay Was Denied Credit
Original writer Paul Webb’s contract allowed him to keep sole credit despite DuVernay’s considerable contributions
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‘Boyhood,’ ‘Birdman,’ ‘Unbroken’ and ‘Selma’ Make AFI’s Top 11 List
For the first time, AFI expands its Top 10 list by one
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Best Picture Oscar Hopefuls Lack Box-Office Muscle of Past Years
“Interstellar” and “Gone Girl” could be the only two to make $100 million domestically
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David Oyelowo Named Breakthrough Actor by Palm Springs Film Festival
“Selma” star joins Rosamund Pike, Julianne Moore, Eddie Redmayne and others as PSIFF honorees
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‘Selma,’ ‘Theory of Everything’ Ineligible for Writers Guild Awards
“Mr. Turner,” “How to Train Your Dragon” among other films that don’t qualify under WGA rules
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How #BlackoutBlackFriday Boycott Fared on Social Media During Black Friday
The campaign protesting shopping on Black Friday inspired by “Fruitvale Station” Director Ryan Coogler draws close to 80,000 mentions on Twitter
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Ferguson Officer Darren Wilson Resigns From Police Department Following Grand Jury Decision
“I have been told that my continued employment may put the residents and police officers of the City of Ferguson at risk, which is a circumstance that I cannot allow,” Wilson says
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Hollywood-Backed #BlackOutBlackFriday Boycott Floods Social Media, Takes to the Streets
The Ferguson protest is felt both online and on the streets nationwide
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NFL Star Benjamin Watson’s Emotional Ferguson Response Goes Viral
“I’m angry because the stories of injustice that have been passed down for generations seem to be continuing before our very eyes,” the New Orleans Saints tight end writes on Facebook
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Why ‘Selma’ Director Ava DuVernay Joined #BlackFridayBlackout Over Ferguson
“We are in a sad, distorted continuum. It’s time to really look in that mirror,” DuVernay tells TheWrap
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Hollywood Fights Ferguson Decision: Michael B. Jordan, Ryan Coogler, Kat Graham, Ava DuVernay Launch #BlackoutBlackFriday Boycott
“Fruitvale Station” director Coogler is leading a movement to boycott retailers in protest of decision not to indict officer Darren Wilson
