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Hollywood filmmakers Amy Berg and Nate Parker launched an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign on Wednesday seeking $25,000 for a new documentary inspired by the events in Ferguson titled American Race: A Film on the Black Male Crisis. The announcement came two days after

Pakistani Muslim Bollywood actress, Veena Malik, her actor husband, Asad Bashir Khan, the owner of the country’s largest media group plus the show’s host and two guests were all sentenced to 26 years in prison for “blasphemy.”    How was “blasphemy”

LONDON (AP) — Halloween and Mother’s Day have become staples of the U.K. shopping calendar. Now Black Friday looks as though it may be the next big retail import from the United States. Shopping on the day after Thanksgiving is

Former Environment Minister Owen Paterson has called for Britain to leave the EU and negotiate a new free trade agreement with Europe. Speaking at the Eurosceptic “Business for Britain” think tank, Mr Paterson told the audience that “As they [the

The Dutch authorities on Saturday ordered the preventative cull of 8,000 ducks amid fears that a bird flu outbreak could spread to the country’s poultry heartland. A farm at Kamperveen to the northeast of Barneveld, one of Europe’s most intensive

Soon-to-be Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell denounced President Obama’s executive action on immigration reform on Thursday, warning that when Republicans come back in 2015 they would act to block Obama’s decision. “We’re considering a variety of options, but make no

Japanese culture enjoyed unique purchase on the imaginations of children and teens in the 1990s, creating beloved franchises such as Dragon Ball and Yu-Gi-Oh! In addition to significant financial success, these brands left oversized cultural footprints, thanks to the spread

The two-state solution is, effectively, dead. It was mortally wounded long before today’s terror attack on a Jerusalem synagogue, which marks a third intifada. The final straw came with the Gaza war this past summer, when Hamas rockets and tunnels

There are at least two notable issues that emerge from this brief clip of Barack Obama’s latest remarks on the current fire storm surrounding Jonathan Gruber, ObamaCare and the White House. First, Obama describes Gruber as “some adviser who never

On Thursday evening, the South African Parliament erupted into a vicious brawl in which several members of the opposition were injured. It started when a member of the left-wing opposition called the country’s president a “thief.” When she refused to

Advocates for higher taxes in California have plans for 2016 that include a wide variety of ways to siphon funds from California voters. Tax hikers are preparing prospective initiatives that would include making Proposition 30 taxes permanent, instituting a property

Sen. Mike Crapo has a conservative voting record, but he’s no one’s idea of a bomb-thrower. The Idaho Republican toiled for years negotiating with Democrats over deficit issues with the “Gang of Six” and has a knack for bipartisan deal-making

The Duck Dynasty family is getting its own musical. According to Variety, the story of the Robertson family will serve as the inspiration for The Duck Commander Family Musical, a new theater show that will open early next year at

In an effort to aid hundreds of thousands of Christians being martyred for their faith in Iraq and Syria, producer Mark Burnett and actress Roma Downey have launched a relief fund for the cause: Cradle of Christianity. The pair has

Congressman Lacy Clay (D-MO), whose district covers both the county and city of St. Louis, told Breitbart News on Wednesday that he is not speculating about the upcoming grand jury indictment decision regarding the August police shooting death of 18-year-old

According to a Reuters report, Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) filed the lawsuit against Pine Creek High School near Colorado Springs for their ban on religious speech during recess and other “open periods.” As Breitbart News reported previously, ADF also alerted

Researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA) – famed in climate change ‘denier’ circles as the institution that brought us the Climategate email scandal – have found that climate change affects the ability of a solitary bee species to

The Colosseum, Rome’s most iconic monument, already draws hundreds of thousands of tourists each year, but recent proposals for alternative uses for the arena have sparked a debate over the best way to honor Rome’s past while projecting its future.

According to a Variety report released this week on the plunge in the number cable television viewers,  millions of Americans are going through what I call The Process. You don’t just cut your cable or satellite television cord all at

On Thursday and Friday, the socialist government of Venezuela stood before the United Nations Committee Against Torture to answer for more than 5,000 complaints of human rights violations over the last decade—3,000 of which occurred in 2014. El Universal, Venezuela’s

Angelenos who donated to the Clay Aiken For Congress campaign feel taken advantage of after hearing that the former American Idol star landed a docu-series with Esquire after he lost his bid for congress. According to Karen Ocamb from FrontiersLA, a Sept.

The Republican wave election of 2014 was the result of voter dissatisfaction on a variety of fronts. As in 2006, when voters elected Democrats on the strength of frustration with the Iraq War, foreign policy was a major part of

Groucho Marx famously said: “Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.” The quote sums up the depressing realization for Tinseltown’s progressives this morning that a conservative Republican wave

The latest video to have caught the attention of the ranks of the constantly offended is one in which a young woman is filmed walking through areas of Manhattan. The video, filmed over a ten hour period includes various examples

Jon Lovett, Hollywood screenwriter and former speechwriter for President Obama, has teamed up with Showtime for a new political drama titled Anthem revolving around the nation’s flawed political system. The contemporary series paints a picture of a country spiraling out of

One in seven young adults in Britain has “warm feelings” towards the Islamic State terror group, a new survey has revealed. According to a poll by Populus, 14 percent of under-25s in Britain view the group in a positive light,

With less than a week until the midterm elections, Republicans maintain pole-position in enough races to gain control of the Senate. They hold slim leads in a number of high-profile governor races and are within striking distance of capturing the

Memo to “The View”: America is just not that into you. ABC’s news division is taking over the failing daytime program, which is tanking in the ratings after hiring the boring, cautious, and technocratic Nicolle Wallace (does she even have

Michael Bay has his sights set on directing Paramount Pictures’ 13 Hours, which is based on Mitchell Zuckoff’s book Thirteen Hours: A Firsthand Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi. The book recounts the tragedies on Sept. 11, 2012, in which Islamic militants

A team of researchers led by Harvard University Professor James J. Collins has revealed a revolutionary way to test for Ebola using blotting paper that can freeze-dry living material for use in a diagnostic, requiring only $20 worth of material. 

Actor Woody Harrelson has lent his voice for climate change in a brand new advertisement titled “Our Fight” that calls out global warming skeptics and urges those concerned about environmental issues to head to the polls on Nov. 4. According

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) reportedly beheaded a famous female Kurdish freedom fighter known only as “Rehana.” The Women Protection Units (YPG) soldier fought against the terrorist group in Kobane, a strategically important border town in Syria near Turkey. A picture of Rehana

Stand-up comedian Andrew Lawrence has launched an attack on “political” comics who are “cracking cheap and easy gags” against UKIP. He took to Facebook to claim comedians on BBC shows like ‘Mock The Week’ were smug and overpaid. The ‘Live

The California Republican Taxpayers Association (CRTA), a group exposed by John Hrabe of the Flash Report for its campaign mail irregularities, has struck again–this time sending a mailer to Los Angeles-area voters that includes a Republican candidate who is not

Supporters of the GamerGate movement have been working tirelessly to hunt down those who would use their banner to cause personal harm–all while the media continues to claim that GamerGate members are either participating in or indifferent to the harassment