Mira Sorvino

2.4 Million People Are Victims Of Human Trafficking

AP | EDITH M. LEDERER | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime, Yuri Fedotov, United Nations, Michelle Bachelet, Sexual Exploitation, Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, Mira Sorvino, Sexual Slavery, Human Trafficking, Video, Slaves, M. Cherif Bassiouni, Sex Slaves, Ban Ki-Moon, World News

UNITED NATIONS -- The U.N. crime-fighting office said Tuesday that 2.4 million people across the globe are victims of human trafficking at any one tim...

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Conversations With Christopher Bessette and Dermot Mulroney on Trade of Innocents

Nicki Richesin | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Trade of Innocents, Dermot Mulroney, Human Rights, Yale Law School, Slavery, Ngos, Trieu Tran, Yale University, Film, Christopher Bessette, Mira Sorvino, Bangkok, Human Trafficking, Yale, Entertainment News

The problem of human trafficking is all over the world. Slavery is alive and well in the 21st century; it's time we as a people put an end to it. It's definitely time modern day abolitionists made it known we are not going to turn away from it anymore.

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What Could Be Coming To CBS This Fall

Garrett Greer | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: The CW, Abc, Cbs, Fox, Nbc, Nick Pileggi, Fall Tv 2012 CBS, Elementary, Larry Dorf, Jonny Lee Miller, Baby Big Shot, Ayelet Waldman, Sherlock Holmes Show CBS, Dennis Quaid, The Widow Detective, Melissa Mccarthy, Lucy Liu, Ben Falcone, Ralph Lamb, Mira Sorvino, Louis C.K., Trooper, Fall TV 2012, Super Fun Night, The Mommy-Track Mysteries, Carrie Anne Moss, Rebel Wilson, Golden Boy, John Corbett, Spike Feresten, Michael Chiklis, Applebaum, TV News

CBS's programming is easy-to-digest and relies heavily on legal and law enforcement procedurals. What sort of material does CBS have to fill the soon-to-be-empty slots? More of the same.

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Brett Butler's TV Comeback Plans

Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Justified, Fx, The Big Bang Theory, Brett Butler Anger Management, Trooper, TV Spoilers, Mira Sorvino, Reality-Free, Anger Management, TV Canada, Video, Adam Arkin, Tv Casting, Casting, Ashley Greene, Abc, Brett Butler, Leonard Nimoy, TV News

Brett Butler is entering "Anger Management." According to The Hollywood Reporter, the "Grace Under Fire" star will recur on Charlie Sheen's new sitcom...

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Dennis Quaid Is A CBS Cowboy

Posted 02.24.2012

Read More: TV Canada, Rachel Dratch, Video, Tv Casting, Malibu Country, Lily Tomlin, Trooper, Cbs, TV Spoilers, Mira Sorvino, Michael Chiklis, Reality-Free, Scott Foley, Ralph Lamb, Dennis Quaid, TV News

It's official: Dennis Quaid and Michael Chiklis are bringing the Western back. According to EW, Chiklis and Quaid will star in CBS's new '60s-set dram...

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WATCH: New Documentary Captures Woody Allen Like Never Before

Posted 11.16.2011

In Woody Allen's films, introspection and autobiographical elements are practically assured. But an upcoming documentary directed by Robert Weide will...

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PHOTOS: "Romy And Michelle" Reunion

Entertainment Weekly | Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, Post-It Dress, Lisa Kudrow, Mira Sorvino, Entertainment News

We know you loved seeing Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion co-stars Lisa Kudrow and Mira Sorvino together again in EW’s Reunions Issue (on st...

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Tribeca Film Festival Exclusive Interview: Thomas Dekker Rises to the Angel's Crest with Cinema Vérité

Cynthia Ellis | Posted 07.04.2011

Read More: Mira Sorvino, Dick Cavett, Cinema Verite, Elizabeth Mcgovern, Angel's Crest, Alberta Canada, Thomas Dekker, Tim Robbins, River Phoenix, Hbo, Anna Paquin, Neil Patrick Harris, Out Magazine, Seinfeld, Lance Loud, Jeremy Piven, Entertainment News

Thomas Dekker is almost offensively photogenic. But what makes Dekker fascinating is his complete transformative power as an actor.

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A Conversation With the Naked Anthropologist About Sex Trafficking

David Henry Sterry | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mira Sorvino, Prostitution, Sex at the Margins, Trafficking, Laura Agustin, Bbc, Slavery, Immigration, Prostitutes, World News

When I first met Laura Agustín at a conference in Brussels, I immediately noticed how different she was from most people I met at sex worker conferences. For one, she had a sense of humor.

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Like Dandelion Dust Is a Minor Movie Worthy of Major Respect

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Spousal Abuse, Adoption, Mira Sorvino, Karen Kingsbury, Barry Pepper, Movie Review, Film, Movies, Entertainment News

Audiences can identify with the parents who gave up their child as well as with the adoptive parents who have raised the boy all his life. Both sets of parents love him but only one set can have him.

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Like Dandelion Dust

Mark Joseph | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Like Dandelion Dust, Eric Roberts, Mira Sorvino, Karen Kinbsbury, Bobby Downes, Entertainment News

I know almost nothing about author Karen Kingsbury, but apparently she's a New York Times bestselling author with a huge following. But I have seen a ...

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'Get Low' Premiere: Sissy Spacek, Robert Duvall, Mira Sorvino & More (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Get Low, Christopher Backus, Sissy Spacek, Celebrity Kids, Mira Sorvino, Luciana Pedraza, Robert Duvall, Entertainment News

'Get Low' had its Los Angeles premiere Tuesday night. Star Sissy Spacek brought daughter Madison Fisk as her date, while Robert Duvall had his Argent...

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PHOTOS:HuffPost Hosts Screening of 'Multiple Sarcasms'

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Mario Van Peebles, Multiple Sarcasms Screening, Timothy Hutton, Mira Sorvino, Multiple Sarcasms, Brooks Branch, Los Angeles News

Last night, the Huffington Post and Mac Releasing hosted a screening of Brooks Branch's Multiple Sarcasms and celebrated a number of milestones - the ...

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The NERDIEST Celebrities Part II (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mira Sorvino, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Nerdy Celebrities, James Franco, Most Intelligent Celebrities, Brian May, Jennifer Beals, Tommy Lee Jones, Jennifer Connelly, Bill Cosby, Slidepollajax, Elisabeth Shue, Ashley Judd, Pete Seeger, The Nerdiest Celebrities, College News

We were bowled over with responses to our first slideshow of nerdy celebrities ... so we created another one based solely on YOUR submissions. What do...

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CRAZIEST Celebrity Senior Theses (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Natalie Portman, John Krasinski, The South, Donald Rumsfeld, The West, The Northeast, Mira Sorvino, Conan O'Brien, Wentworth Miller, Brooke SHields, Greg Graffin, College, The Midwest, Brian May, Slidepollajax, Hillary Clinton, James Franco, College News

Stars (and politicians), they're just like US! They write senior theses -- and very, very obscure ones. See if you can guess who wrote a thesis on ra...

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Mira Sorvino: Speak Openly About Domestic Abuse

Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Allstate, Mira Sorvino, Tell a P.a.L., Domestic Abuse, Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Domestic Violence, Video, Impact News

As part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, The Allstate Foundation and actress Mira Sorvino are encouraging American women to begin a discussion of...

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Hollywood Cougars: Who Looks Best With Her Younger Partner? (PHOTOS, POLL)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Courteney Cox plays a newly single 40-ish mother on 'Cougar Town,' which premieres Wendnesday at 9:30 EST on ABC. Cox is married to a younger man in r...

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Mira Sorvino Has 'Miracle Baby' Third Child

people.com | Julie Jordan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Holden Paul Terry Backus, Celebrity Kids, Christopher Backus, Mira Sorvino, Entertainment News

Mira Sorvino and husband Christopher Backus are parents to their third child, Holden Paul Terry Backus, following a difficult pregnancy and a long lab...

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