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☆ How an Army combat medic pivoted to filmmaking, thanks in part to a Sundance program that fostered directors like Ryan Coogler and Chloe Zhao
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The Directors Lab, which goes back 40 years and claims graduates from Quentin Tarantino and Gina Prince-Bythewood to Ryan Coogler to Chloe Zhao, is a supercharged accelerator for new filmmakers. Rashad Frett, right, a member of the 2023 Directors Lab, speaks with Michelle Satter, founding director of the Sundance Institute's Feature Film Program. It's a 20-minute short that screened at the Sundance Film Festival in January; Fretts' time at the Directors Lab was devoted to developing it into a feature, filming multiple scenes. But it took a few tries before his application to join the Directors Lab was successful, he said. Rashad Frett works on his short film "Ricky" during this year's Directors Lab, conducted by the Sundance Institute.

Persons: Rashad Frett, Frett, Quentin Tarantino, Gina Prince, Bythewood, Ryan Coogler, Chloe Zhao, Michelle Satter, who's, Sciences Jean Hersholt, Angela Bassett, Mel Brooks, Carol Littleton, Satter, —, Jonathan Hickerson, he'd, Spike Lee, Ricky, Lin Que Ayoung, It's, Fretts, Sam Emenogu, Joan Darling, Joan Tewkesbury, it's, he's, Reed Alexander Organizations: Army, Sundance, Labs, Hollywood, of Motion Picture Arts, Sciences, New York University, NYU, Sundance Film, Lab, Sundance Institute Locations: New York, Sundance, Utah, New, Hollywood

☆ Angela Bassett and Mel Brooks Are Among Those to Receive Honorary Oscars
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Kyle Buchanan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Just a few months after Angela Bassett came close to clinching a supporting-actress Oscar for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” she’ll become one of four Hollywood figures to receive an honorary Oscar at this year’s Governors Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced. Also getting honorary Oscars will be the director Mel Brooks and the editor Carol Littleton, while the Sundance Institute’s Michelle Satter will be presented with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. The awards “honor four trailblazers who have transformed the film industry and inspired generations of filmmakers and movie fans,” the academy president Janet Yang said in a statement. Bassett, 64, was first nominated for playing Tina Turner in the biopic “What’s Love Got to Do With It,” and also starred in films like “How Stella Got Her Groove Back,” “Malcolm X” and “Boyz N the Hood.” Her awards-season run for Wakanda Forever” earlier this year netted her a Golden Globe, and though she lost the Oscar to “Everything Everywhere All at Once” supporting actress Jamie Lee Curtis, Bassett is still one of only four Black actresses to have received more than one Oscar nomination for acting.

Persons: Angela Bassett, Oscar, “, she’ll, Mel Brooks, Carol Littleton, Michelle Satter, Jean Hersholt, ”, Janet Yang, Bassett, Tina Turner, Stella, ” “ Malcolm X ”, Jamie Lee Curtis Organizations: Academy of Motion Picture Arts, Sciences, Sundance, Globe

☆ Angela Bassett, Mel Brooks to get honorary Oscars
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, June 27 (Reuters - Actor Angela Bassett and veteran filmmaker Mel Brooks will receive Academy Honorary Awards this year in honour of their careers and contribution to cinema, Hollywood's Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has said. The Academy announced it had voted to present the awards to two-time Oscar nominee Bassett and "The Producers" writer Brooks, as well as to editor Carol Littleton at its Governor Awards in November. "Across her decades-long career, Angela Bassett has continued to deliver transcendent performances that set new standards in acting. Mel Brooks lights up our hearts with his humor, and his legacy has made a lasting impact on every facet of entertainment," Yang added. Writer, director, actor and producer Brooks, who turns 98 on Wednesday, began his career writing comedy routines for Sid Caesar's TV shows.

Persons: Angela Bassett, Mel Brooks, Bassett, Brooks, Carol Littleton, Michelle Satter, Jean Hersholt, Janet Yang, Yang, Carol Littleton’s, Tina Turner, Exhale, Ramonda, Sid Caesar's, Oscar, Robin Hood, Littleton, Satter, Marie, Louise Gumuchian, Ed Osmond Organizations: Hollywood's Academy, Motion Picture Arts, Sciences, The Academy, Sundance, Jean, Governors, Sundance Institute, Academy, Thomson

☆ Harry Belafonte, calypso star and civil rights champion, dies at 96
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Alex Johnson | Diana Dasrath | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Singer Harry Belafonte speaks during a press junket at The Bing Decision Maker Series with the Sing Your Song Cast and Filmmakers on January 22, 2011 in Park City, Utah. American singer Harry Belafonte performing in a recording studio, circa 1957. By the early 1960s, Belafonte had become a force in the civil rights movement. A crowd of over 10,000 civil rights marchers gathers in the Manhattan Garment Center as Harry Belafonte sings at spiritual at a civil rights rally. A capacity audience of civil rights advocates turned out to watch a glittering array of theater personalities perform.

☆ Actor Michael J. Fox accepts honorary Oscar for Parkinson's advocacy
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( Lisa Richwine | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] Actor Michael J. Fox accepts the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 13th Governors Awards in Los Angeles, California, U.S., November 19, 2022. REUTERS/Mario AnzuoniLOS ANGELES, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Actor Michael J. He later curtailed his acting career and founded the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research to help fund the search for a cure in 2000.

☆ Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd reunion delights ‘Back to the Future’ fans
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Toyin Owoseje | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd delighted “Back to the Future” fans when they were reunited at the weekend, 37 years after the release of the sci-fi comedy. “Michael J Fox and Christopher Lloyd reunited at Comic Con is all the wholesome content you need on a Sunday,” one person tweeted. Another wrote: “If you were a teenager in 1985, then Michael J. The 61-year-old star, who was diagnosed with the disease in 1991 at the age of 29, founded the Michael J.

☆ Oscar 2021. "Nomadland", desemnat cel mai bun film. Lista completă a câștigătorilor
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-26 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +9 min

Anul acesta, ceremonia de decernare a premiilor Oscar a fost transmisă live din două locaţii, ambele în Los Angeles: Dolby Theatre şi Union Station. Frances McDormand a câştigat premiul pentru cea mai bună actriţă în rol principalFrances McDormand a câştigat premiul Oscar pentru cea mai bună actriţă în rol principal graţie interpretării sale din filmul "Nomadland". "Nomadland", desemnat cel mai bun filmLungmetrajul "Nomadland" a câştigat premiul Oscar pentru cel mai bun film. Cineasta chineză Chloe Zhao a câştigat premiul Oscar pentru cea mai bună regie cu filmul "Nomadland". Filmul danez "Another Round", regizat de Thomas Vinterberg, a câştigat premiul Oscar pentru cel mai bun lungmetraj internaţional.

Persons: Anthony Hopkins, Frances McDormand, Zhao, Daniel Kaluuya, Jung, Jean Hersholt, Tyler Perry, Ahmed, Chadwick, Gary Oldman, Steven Yeun, Davis, Andra Day, Billie, Vanessa Kirby, Carey, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Zhao . McDormand, . Ea, Chloe Zhao, David Strathairn, Linda May ., Jessica Bruder, Jung Youn, Glenn Close, Olivia Colman, Amanda Seyfried, Lee Isaac Chung, îşi, Shaun, Thomas Vinterberg, David Fincher, Emerald, Baron Cohen, Leslie Odom Jr, Paul, Aida, Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller, Borat Organizations: Dolby, Union Station, Oscar, Fund, Academiei, Arts, United States, BAFTA, Film Sundance, The Locations: Los Angeles, britanică, Paris, România, Danemarca, Sciences, Missouri, Mississippi, Chicago, Arkansas, Miami, Kong, Tunisia, Bosnia

☆ Câștigătorii Premiilor Oscar 2021; Printre ei Anthony Hopkins
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-26 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: Anthony Hopkins pentru rolul interpretat în filmul “The Father”/ Credit foto: ProfimediaCâștigătorii Premiilor Oscar 2021; Printre ei Anthony HopkinsFilmul „Nomadland” a luat marele premiu Oscar 2021 în cadrul galei Acadmiei Americane de Film. Premiile au fost decernate duminică, 25 aprilie, într-o ceremonie live care a avut loc la Los Angeles. Organizatorii celei de-a 93-a gale a Premiilor Oscar, organizată la Teatrul Dolby din Hollywood, Los Angeles, au permis prezenţa fizică a actorilor la eveniment. Marea gală din acest an a Acadmiei Americane de Film a fost cel mai divers Oscar premiat din istorie. • Cel mai bun lungmetraj internaţional: „Another Round” (Denemarca)• Cel mai bun lungmetraj de animaţie: Câștigător:”Soul”• Cel mai bun scenariu adaptat.

Persons: Anthony Hopkins, Frances McDormand, Zhao, Tyler Perry Tyler Perry, Jean Hersholt, jung, Daniel Kaluuya Organizations: Film, Mediafax Locations: Los Angeles, Hollywood, Statele Unite, Paris, Londra

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