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Buchwald v. Paramount (1990), 1990 Cal. App. LEXIS 634, was a breach of contract lawsuit filed and decided in California in which humorist and writer Art Buchwald alleged that Paramount Pictures stole his script idea and turned it into the 1988 movie Coming to America. Buchwald won the lawsuit and was awarded damages, and then accepted a ...
The Sack of Kilwa (Portuguese: Saque de Quiloa) was a military campaign carried out by the Portuguese on 24 July 1505, led by Dom Francisco de Almeida, against the city-state of the Kilwa Sultanate. The operation resulted in a decisive Portuguese victory and the sacking of Kilwa, a prominent trading hub along the Swahili Coast .
To the north, Kilwa's power was checked by the independent Somali city-state of Mogadishu (the once-dominant city, Kilwa's main rival) and the Adal Sultanate (the muslim Sultanate located in the Horn of Africa.). To the south, Kilwa's reach extended as far as Cape Correntes, below which merchant ships did not usually dare sail. [7]
Selma premiered at the American Film Institute Festival on November 11, 2014, began a limited US release on December 25, and expanded into wide theatrical release on January 9, 2015, two months before the 50th anniversary of the march. The film was re-released on March 20, 2015, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the historical march.
African-American Film Critics Association: 4 4 Alliance of Women Film Journalists: 1 3 American Film Institute: 1 1 BET Awards: 2 2 Black Reel Awards: 8 10 Casting Society of America: 0 1 Costume Designers Guild: 0 1 Critics' Choice Movie Awards: 1 5 Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association: 1 2 Dorian Awards: 1 1 Golden Globe Awards: 1 4 ...
As putative overlord of the Swahili Coast, Kilwa could probably close down all the Portuguese staging points in East Africa, including the all-important Mozambique Island (the critical stop after the Cape crossing) and the attractive port of Sofala (the entrepot of the Monomatapa gold trade, which the Portuguese were trying to tap into).
Kilwa had about 4000 inhabitants but its economic fortunes were on the decline. [1] Like most polities on the east African coast, Kilwa was an Islamic sultanate and the Portuguese were poorly received by the local elites. In 1502, the Portuguese reduced Kilwa to the status of tributary vassal.
The American Film Institute and the National Board of Review included Nightcrawler in their lists of top ten films of the year. Gyllenhaal was nominated for the BAFTA Award , Screen Actors Guild Award , Golden Globe Award and Critics' Choice Movie Award , surprisingly missing in the Best Actor Oscar category.