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Holland & Halifax

Renowned director pleased to bring Oscar-worthy, metro-shot film to festival Halifax’s hopes for an Academy Award were dashed when The Shipping News failed to make a critical impact this year, but we’ve got another good shot with acclaimed director Agnieszka Holland’s new film, Julie Walking Home. Australian actress Miranda Otto gives a truly Oscar-worthy performance

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Poet Will Take Over Presidency of Guggenheim Foundation

Edward Hirsch, an award-winning poet, was named today to be the next president of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. In January he will succeed Joel Conarroe, who has been president for 17 years. In making the announcement, Mr. Conarroe praised Mr. Hirsch as “an articulate champion of what the Guggenheim stands for” and “an

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