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Week in Review - 11/12/2014

This week in the celebrity spotlight: Nominations for the Golden Globes, SAG and Grammys are announced, stars rock around the Christmas tree and the Hobbit invades Hollywood. Welcome to the Getty Images Week in Review. Here’s what’s been happening with your favorite celebs this week. Ansel Elgort & Eva Longoria were up early to kick off award season with the announcement of the Screen Actor Guild Awards nominations. ‘Birdman’ led the way with four nods including ones for Michael Keaton, Edward Norton & Emma Stone. Following close behind, ‘Boyhood’, ‘The Imitation Game’ & ‘The Theory of Everything’ with three nominations each. Jennifer Aniston & Reese Witherspoon each received recognition along with Benedict Cumberbatch who was a double nominee for TV’s ‘Sherlock: His Last Vow’ and for ‘The Imitation Game’. On the small screen, ‘Modern Family’ garnered four nods with ‘Boardwalk Empire,’ ‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘Homeland’ & ‘House of Cards’ following with three apiece. The awards will be handed out January 25th. Award season continues to take shape with the announcement of the 2015 Golden Globe nominations. Kate Beckinsale, Peter Krause, Paula Patton & Jeremy Piven took turns reading the nominees. ‘Birdman’ leads with seven nods including Best Actor for Dec 12, 2014
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Celebrity News - 10/12/2014

HOLLYWOOD Ansel Elgort & Eva Longoria were up early to kick off award season with the announcement of the Screen Actor Guild Awards nominations. ‘Birdman’ led the way with four nods including ones for Michael Keaton, Edward Norton & Emma Stone. Following close behind, ‘Boyhood’, ‘The Imitation Game’ & ‘The Theory of Everything’ with three nominations each. Jennifer Aniston & Reese Witherspoon each received recognition along with Benedict Cumberbatch who was a double nominee for TV’s ‘Sherlock: His Last Vow’ and for ‘The Imitation Game’. On the small screen, ‘Modern Family’ garnered four nods with ‘Boardwalk Empire,’ ‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘Homeland’ & ‘House of Cards’ following with three apiece. The awards will be handed out January 25th. Middle Earth has come to Hollywood with the premiere of ‘The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies’, the final chapter in the saga. Director Peter Jackson led his cast down the darken, red carpet, which included stars Orlando Bloom, Elijah Wood, Evangeline Lilly, Andy Serkis, Lee Pace & Richard Armitage. LONDON In London, Professor Stephen Hawking attended the premiere of his autobiographical-love story 'The Theory Of Everything'. Eddie Redmayne, who plays the famed theoretical-physicist, attended the screening along Dec 11, 2014
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Search for missing Indians in war torn Iraq still on, will leave no stones unturned: Sushma Swaraj

New Delhi, Dec 06 (ANI): Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said that search for missing Indian workers in war-torn Iraq was still on, and also assured families of victims that India will leave no stone unturned to find their loved ones. Swaraj had told parliament on November 28 that 39 abducted construction workers in Iraq were alive, on the basis of information from six of the sources, thus contradicting eyewitness' account which said that they were shot dead. Most of the abducted workers belong to Punjab. Dec 6, 2014
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Police rescue bonded labourers from brick kiln in Mirzapur

Gaya, Dec 05 (ANI): Nearly 149 bonded labourers, including women and children, rescued from a brick kiln in Uttar Pradesh, were brought to their home district in Bihar. Police rescued them from a brick kiln in Mirzapur district and were brought to Gaya district by the Bihar government. They would be sent to their native villages. The government assured that action would be taken against those involved in the crime. More than 12 million children below the age of 14 are working as domestic servants or other jobs such as in stone quarries, embroidery units, mining, carpet-weaving, tea stalls, restaurants and hotels, according to the government data. Dec 5, 2014