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More than three million take part in French unity rallies –
Huge crowds have taken part in a rally in Paris to commemorate the 17 people who died in gun attacks in the city in 3 days of attacks earlier in the week. More than 40 world leaders joined the start of the unity march, linking arms in an act of solidarity and an estimated 1.6 million marched in the capital. The rally was led by relatives of the victims of last week’s attacks and began at the Place de la Republique. The French government said the rally turnout was the highest on record.
Boyhood wins Golden Globe Awards –
At the Golden Globe ceremony “Boyhood” won best drama movie with Patricia Arquette getting best supporting actress in the film.
Winners of all categories at the bottom of the post.
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Patricia Arquette
Actress Anita Ekberg dies –
The actress Anita Ekberg,has died aged 83. A former Miss Sweden, she was branded a “sex goddess” for her performance in Federico Fellini’s 1960 movie La Dolce Vita. The scene where Ekberg walks through the waters of Rome’s Trevi Fountain in a black strapless dress is considered one of cinema’s most iconic scenes. A quote attibuted to her in her later years is: “I don’t know if paradise or hell exist, but I’m sure hell is more groovy.”
First woman president in Croatia –
In elections in Croatia, opposition challenger Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic has become the first female president of the country. The voting was extremely close with Grabar-Kitarovic receiving more than 50% of the vote for her Croatian Democratic Union party, with more than 49% for Ivo Josipovic who had been president since 2010.
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic
Video of the Day –
Boyhood Trailer
List of the day –
Golden Globe Awards 2015 winners –
Film Awards-
Best motion picture – drama
Winner: Boyhood
Best motion picture – musical or comedy
Winner: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best director
Winner: Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Best actor – drama
Winner: Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
Best actor – musical or comedy
Winner: Michael Keaton, Birdman
Best actress – drama
Winner: Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Best actress – musical or comedy
Winner: Amy Adams, Big Eyes
Best supporting actor
Winner: JK Simmons, Whiplash
Best supporting actress
Winner: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Best screenplay
Winner: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris and Armando Bo, Birdman
Best original score
Winner: Alexandre Desplat, The Imitation Game
Best original song
Winner: Glory, Selma – John Legend, Common
Best foreign language film
Winner: Leviathan (Russia)
Best animated feature
Winner: How to Train Your Dragon 2
Television Awards –
Best TV series – drama
Winner: The Affair
Best TV series – comedy or musical
Winner: Transparent
Best mini-series or motion picture made for TV
Winner: Fargo
Best actor – drama
Winner: Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
Best actress – drama
Winner: Ruth Wilson, The Affair
Best actor – comedy or musical
Winner: Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
Best actress – comedy or musical
Winner: Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin
Best actor – mini-series or motion picture made for TV
Winner: Billy Bob Thornton, Fargo
Best actress – mini-series or motion picture made for TV
Winner: Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Honourable Woman
Best supporting actor – series, mini-series or motion picture made for TV
Winner: Matt Bomer, The Normal Heart
Best supporting actress – series, mini-series or motion picture made for TV
Winner: Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey
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Other News Stories –
- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Charlie Hebdo shooting
- Thousands of police and military personnel prepare to secure a Paris unity rally with up to a million people expected to attend. (Daily Mail)
- An arson attack on the German newspaper Hamburger Morgenpost, which published cartoons from Charlie Hebdo, causes no injuries but leads to two arrests. (Reuters via DNA)
- Boko Haram
- More female suicide bombers, this time two, and again each believed to be around 10 years old, kill themselves and three others at a market in the northeastern city of Potiskum, Nigeria. (Reuters via News24)
- Disasters and accidents
- Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501
- Divers retrieve the flight data recorder from the crashed jet. (AP)
- The death toll from the Karachi traffic accident rises to 62. (Indian Express)
- Politics and elections
- Croatian presidential election, 2014–15
- Former diplomat and foreign minister Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović from the Croatian Democratic Union narrowly defeats incumbent president Ivo Josipović and will become the first female president of Croatia on February 18, 2015. (BBC)
- Sri Lankan presidential election, 2015
- The new Sri Lankan government announces that it will investigate allegations of a coup attempt by Mahinda Rajapaksa, in a bid to retain power after being defeated at the polls. (Deutsche Welle)
- Science and technology
- Public photographs become available of SpaceX‘s Falcon 9 rocket after the experimental recovery attempt of the first stage fails and crash-lands on a floating platform in the SpaceX CRS-5 resupply mission. (Space Flight Now)
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