Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi wins Nobel Peace Prize. 1.Women's rights campaigner serving 12 years' jail 2 Norwegian Nobel committee lauds Iranian protesters 3.Prize likely to anger Islamic Republic's government 4.Iranian news agency notes 'prize from Westerners' OSLO, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Imprisoned Iranian women's rights advocate Narges Mohammadi won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in a rebuke to Tehran's theocratic leaders and boost for anti-government protesters. The award-making committee said the prize honoured those behind recent unprecedented demonstrations in Iran and called for the release of Mohammadi, 51, who has campaigned for three decades for women's rights and abolition of the death penalty. We hope to send the message to women all around the world that are living in conditions where they are systematically discriminated: 'Have the courage, keep on going'," Berit Reiss-Andersen, head of the Norwegian Nobel Co...
The Exorcist: Believer’ Delivers $2.9M in Box Office Previews. Summary : "Blumhouse and Universal's The Exorcist: Believer has started off its box office run with $2.85 million in Thursday previews at the domestic box office . The David Gordon Green-directed horror pic opened exactly 50 years after the first Exorcist hit theaters. The movie opens 50 years after the first 'Exorcist' pic terrified audiences around the world." Blumhouse and Universal ‘s The Exorcist: Believer has started off its box office run with $2.85 million in Thursday previews at the domestic box office. The David Gordon Green-directed horror pic opened exactly 50 years after the first Exorcist hit theaters. Green and Blumhouse are hoping they can reinvent the Exorcist brand much as they did with the Halloween franchise. There’s plenty at stake considering Universal reportedly paid a huge $400 million for the rights to the fran...
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