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Ben Kingsley

Sir Ben Kingsley

Arts, Culture & Media

When the movie Gandhi swept the Oscars 25 years ago, Ben Kingsley went from an unknown theater actor to an international movie star. Since then he’s played everyone from Moses to an Iranian Army colonel, to Lenin, even the Devil. Now, in the new film You Kill Me Kingsley plays an alcoholic hitman trying to […]

Sir Richard Attenborough

Director and actor Richard Attenborough saw film as a powerful vehicle for change

Culture
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