Artists angered by a spotlight on Israeli films at the Toronto International Film Festival insisted Monday they are not calling for a boycott as they continued to draw the ire of a growing list of celebrity critics.

Artists angered by a spotlight on Israeli films at the Toronto International Film Festival insisted they are not calling for a boycott as they continued to draw the ire of a growing list of celebrity critics.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Sept. 14, 2009) - Organizers of the Toronto Declaration will be holding a press conference today, Monday, September 14, 2009 at 5pm. Several of the key signatories, including filmmakers John Greyson and Elia Sulieman, will be available for interviews. Following the press conference, there will be a free public event: "Celebrating Solidarity- A Different Kind of ...

Matt Damon stars as Mark Whitacre in Warner Bros. Pictures' offbeat comedy "The Informant!." (Warner Bros. Pictures)

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Israel: Billionaire with settlement links targeted in divestment campaign (AKI) - Fifty-nine clients from a US-based financial services and retirement firm have called for it to divest from a company involved in the construction of Israeli settlements and owned by Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev. The move came just over a week after the Norwegian government decided to withdraw all its investments ...

In reply to Danby Laments Loss Of Control Over The Message : larrystillman, thanks for the link to your blog. It’s well worth reading. I think you make a very important point re: the lack of general courtesy online which at its worst degenerates into vicious verbal abuse, and which can be found on all sites, regarding all topics, to varying degrees. It is a reflection of the lack of courtesy in ...

Author, historian and activist Howard Zinn will speak at 2 p.m. Sunday at Wellfleet Public Library. Zinn, best known for his “A People’s History of the United States,” will discuss “The Myth of the Good War.

Last week’s column, “Anarchy in the U.P.,” by Giles Howard includes some laughable moments of sensationalism and misconstrued relays.