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Capping a very busy year of performances, the British actor David Oyelowo plays what he considers the role of a lifetime: the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in “Selma.”
The private equity firm Westbrook Partners has thrown in the towel and says it will sell the New Era Estate, a London housing block whose tenants protested its plans to raise rents.
The attack has disrupted the web of executive, business and talent relationships that stitches together Sony’s core moviemaking operation.
A venerable figure to generations of Cubans is fading from daily conversation as his more pragmatic brother, Raúl, reshapes the nation.
A flourishing industry pairs plaintiffs’ lawyers with attorneys general to sue companies, setting off a furious competition among trial lawyers and lobbyists to influence these officials.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 17, 2014, covering December 19, 2014.
Taylor Swift
Pentatonix
AC/DC
Sam Smith
One Direction
2014S. Balasubramanian, Indian journalist and director (born 1936)[†]
S. Balasubramanian, better known as S. S. Balan, was an Indian journalist, filmmaker, political analyst, and media executive. He was also involved in aviculture and agriculture.
2014Philip Bradbourn, English lawyer and politician (born 1951)[†]
Philip Charles Bradbourn, was a British Conservative Party politician. He served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the West Midlands from 1999 to 2014.
2014Arthur Gardner, American actor and producer (born 1910)[†]
Arthur Gardner was an American actor and film producer. He was known for his television western, The Rifleman. He was a voting member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
2014Igor Rodionov, Russian general and politician, 3rd Russian Minister of Defence (born 1936)[†]
Igor Nikolayevich Rodionov was a Russian general and Duma deputy. He is best known as a hardline politician, and for his service heading the Defence Ministry of the Russian Federation.
2014Dick Thornton, American-Canadian football player and coach (born 1939)[†]
Richard Quincy "Tricky Dick" Thornton was an American professional football player who played in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a defensive back and wide receiver for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Toronto Argonauts from 1961 to 1972.
2014Roberta Leigh (Rita Shulman Lewin), British writer, artist and TV producer (born 1926).[†]
Roberta Leigh was an assumed name for Rita Lewin who was a British author, artist, composer and television producer. She wrote romance fiction and children's stories under the pseudonyms Roberta Leigh, Rachel Lindsay, Janey Scott and Rozella Lake.
In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[†]