The Toronto International Film Festival has announced the first batch of films that will screen this year. Although the opening night gala has not yet been disclosed, the closing night film will be Alan Rickman’s A Little Chaos, starring Kate Winslet. Other films announced included several by Canadian directors, such as David Cronenberg for Maps to the Stars, Philippe Falardeau for The Good Lie and Jean-Marc Vallée for Wild. The latter two both star Reese Witherspoon, who is sure to make an appearance in Toronto to promote the films. The full slate of Canadian films will be revealed early next month.
Other high profile actors with movies bound for Toronto include Tobey Maguire, who stars as chess player Bobby Fischer alongside Liev Schreiber as Boris Spassky in Pawn Sacrifice; Denzel Washington, who stars in the action flick The Equalizer; Kevin Costner and Octavia Spencer, who team up in Black and White; Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler and Steve Carell, Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo in director Bennett Miller‘s Foxcatcher. The Toronto International Film Festival will run from September 4 to 14, 2014.
In an exhibition hall covering 600 square meters, more than 100 corruption stories involving all ranks of cadres in the past five years were told in text and photos.
Unlike neighboring Nepal, the other approach to Everest, China has no age limit for climbers. Jordan registered with Chinese officials in April, said Zhang Mingxing, secretary general of China Tibet Mountaineering Association.
The Ministry of Public Security’s “Babies Looking for Home” Website is part of a nationwide crackdown on widespread trafficking of women and children. Police have made hundreds of rescues and arrests since the campaign began in April, but at least 60 children have yet to be reunited with their families.