Anthony Powell, Oscar-Winning Costume Designer, Dies at 85

Aisling Bea couldn’t be more proud of her sister, Sinéad Kidao, ahead of the premiere of period drama, The Pursuit of Love. The talented costume designer was the woman behind the beautiful outfits on the show and nobody is prouder than her sister.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorWhen costume designer Lizz Wolf was tasked with creating the superhero outfits for the new series “Jupiter’s Legacy,” based on the comic books by Mark Millar and Frank Quitely, she understood the Herculean task that lay ahead of her. What she didn’t realize was how sneaker technology would be integral to her work.Flying onto Netflix May 7, the series follows two generations of superheroes as the first passes the torch to the next.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorThere’s a change this year for FX’s trailblazing “Pose,” set in the New York drag ballroom culture scene of the late ’80s. The third and final season begins in 1994, where the ballroom is all but a distant memory and AIDS is the leading cause of death for many.Yet costume designer Analucia McGorty confesses an upcoming episode that takes place a decade earlier than the original timeline is one of her favorites.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorThe producers of this year’s International Feature Film Oscar winner “Another Round” and Berlin Silver Bear winner “Natural Light” have been selected for European Film Promotion’s Producers on the Move program, which promotes promising producers and fosters international co-productions. The 20 participants for the program, which runs online from May 17-21, will be presenting their latest projects in speed meetings and during roundtable sessions.

She is lauded as one of the most stylish villainesses of all time and even from the 60 second trailer it was clear to see that Disney’s origin story of Cruella de Vil is absolutely bursting at the seams with wicked glamour.

Moonstruck - was "at peace" after suffering ill health, her brother wrote in a statement. "After many months of failing health she is finally at peace and with her [husband] Louis," brother Apollo wrote on Facebook.

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New York City on Saturday morning.  Her cause of death has not been revealed.

MAPLEWOOD, N.J. -- Olympia Dukakis, the veteran stage and screen actress whose flair for maternal roles helped her win an Oscar as Cher’s mother in the romantic comedy “Moonstruck,” has died.

Carmel Dagan Staff WriterOlympia Dukakis, a character actress best known for her Oscar-winning supporting turn in Norman Jewison’s “Moonstruck” and for her role as the wealthy widow in “Steel Magnolias,” has died. She was 89.Dukakis’ brother, Apollo Dukakis, confirmed her death in a Facebook post, writing: “My beloved sister, Olympia Dukakis, passed away this morning in New York City.

Olympia Dukakis, who won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 1988 for Moonstruck, has died at the age of 89. She had been in ill health for some time.

The Silence of the Lambs,” is 83 years and 115 days old on the day of the Oscars; the previous oldest acting winner was Christopher Plummer at 82 years and 75 days for his role in “Beginners.”Hopkins was nominated in the category alongside Riz Ahmed (“Sound of Metal“), Gary Oldman (“Mank“), Chadwick Boseman (“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom“) and Steven Yeun (“Minari“).“The Father” was directed by Florian Zeller and follows a man (Hopkins) who refuses assistance from his daughter as he ages, but soon

Despite previous outrage that streaming service Netflix could have films nominated for Oscar Awards, this year the site has proven once again that its movies can play with the big boys.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched the second season finale of “For All Mankind,” streaming now on Apple TV Plus.The biggest difference between the two seasons of Apple TV Plus’ series “For All Mankind” was that the storyline orbited more strongly around the moon in the second season. For costume designer Jill M.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Composer, pianist and educator Wayne Peterson, who won a Pulitzer Prize for music that was hotly contested because judges had chosen another composer, has died. He was 93.Peterson died on April 7 at his San Francisco home, his son Grant Peterson told the San Francisco Chronicle.Peterson taught music at San Francisco State University.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorAnthony Powell, the three-time Oscar-winning costume designer known for helping shape the looks of Harrison Ford’s Indiana Jones and Glenn Close as Cruella de Vil, has died. He was 85.The Costume Designers Guild confirmed Powell’s death on Monday night on Facebook, writing: “Legendary English costume designer Anthony Powell passed away last weekend.

Anthony Powell, a three-time Oscar winner whose costume designs helped bring Indiana Jones to rugged life and Broadway’s Norma Desmond to extravagant excess, died Sunday. He was 85.

In preparation for Autumn de Wilde’s Emma, costume designer Alexandra Byrne spent her time researching her favorite time period for clothing. “The reason I like this period is that it’s the beginning of fashion plates being published for women,” Byrne says.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorSebastian Stan is best known as his superhero persona, the Winter Soldier. Clad in a leather jacket and reinforced combat pants and boots, he’s ready for battle across the Marvel Cinematic Universe.But in IFC’s April 16 release “Monday,” in which he plays a club DJ living in the hip Athens neighborhood of Kypseli, his bohemian-casual wardrobe made for a total contrast.