Oscar winner Brie Larson to play U.S. 1st female presidential candidateMarch 23, 2017 - 10:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Brie Larson has landed a true-story project for Amazon. The Oscar-winning actress is expected to headline a biopic about Victoria Woodhull, the first female presidential candidate in the U.S. history, AceShowbiz reports. Woodhull is a suffragist advocating women's rights including to vote and have the freedom to marry, divorce, and bear children without government interference. She ran for President of the United States in 1872. Along with her sister, the activist became the first woman to operate a brokerage firm on Wall Street. They were also the first females to found a newspaper, Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly, which began publication in 1870. Brie Larson became a critic darling for her role in "Room". She has just released a new movie "Kong: Skull Island". Her next movies include Marvel's first female superhero flick "Captain Marvel". Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. |