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Ecuador campaign urges Brad Pitt not to make oil movie

Activists have launched a campaign urging Hollywood heartthrob Brad Pitt not to make a movie based on what they call a biased account of Ecuador’s battle with oil giant Chevron over environmental damage in the Amazon. The campaign was launched after Pitt’s production company, Plan B, bought the rights to a book called “Law of the Jungle” that chronicles the legal battle by the indigenous people of Ecuador’s Lago Agrio

Raydara revving up for Guineas

The Aga Khan’s Raydara remains on course for the Irish 1,000 Guineas at the Curragh on May 24 after skipping the English equivalent earlier this month as connections felt the Newmarket feature came a little too soon.