Carey Mulligan, Gary Oldman and Chloé Zhao to Be Honored at Palm Springs International Film Awards

Palm Springs International Film Awards will honor a who's who of major awards season contenders: The acting honorees include Riz Ahmed, Viola Davis, Andra Day, Daniel Kaluuya, Carey Mulligan, Leslie Odom, Jr., Gary Oldman and Yuh-Jung Youn, with an ensemble award for, directing award for Chloé Zhao and career achievement for Anthony Hopkins.The festival and film awards gala will not take place as an in-person event this year due to the ongoing pandemic, but ET will be exclusively sitting down

review from writer Dennis Harvey, which was written at Sundance in 2020, had sparked online backlash and a rebuke from Mulligan herself, who said in a recent interview that the review was “basically saying that I wasn’t hot enough to pull off this kind of ruse.” It led Variety to amend the review with an editors note and apology.“Variety sincerely apologizes to Carey Mulligan and regrets the insensitive language and insinuation in our review of “Promising Young Woman” that minimized her daring

Chloé Zhao has made three feature films to date, each of them blending narrative storytelling with non-fiction. Her debut, Songs My Brothers Taught Me, told the story of Native American siblings struggling to find their place in a changing world.

Palm Springs International Film Awards. The 55-year-old actress is the recipient of the Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress for her role in .“Viola Davis is one of the most celebrated actors of her generation from her powerful roles on stage and screen including and ," said Festival Chairman Harold Matzner. «In her latest film,, Davis fully embodies the famous blues singer Ma Rainey in an explosive and memorable performance, which is sure to receive an Academy Award nomination.

Andra Day is being honored at this year's Palm Springs International Film Awards. The singer and actress will be the recipient of the Breakthrough Performance Award for, the festival announced on Friday.«Few jazz vocalists are more beloved than Billie Holiday, and Andra Day brings Holiday and her iconic voice back to life through a sympathetic and nuanced portrayal that sheds new light on the U.S.

The Palm Springs International Film Awards will honor “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” star Andra Day with the 2021 Breakthrough Performance Award, the festival’s organizers announced on Friday.Day will receive the award for her performance as Holiday in the Lee Daniels film about the iconic but tortured jazz singer, who was relentlessly pursued by the FBI while fighting drug addiction in the 1940s and ’50s.

In 2018, Gary Oldman nabbed his first Golden Globe award for his performance and transformation as Winston Churchill in Joe Wright’s Darkest Hour. Three years later and Oldman’s in the Golden Globes’ best actor in a drama race for his unveiled performance as Citizen Kane co-scribe Herman J. Mankiewicz in David Fincher’s Mank.

Also Read: 'One Night in Miami' Film Review: Regina King Goes the Distance in Impressive Feature Directorial Debut“Leslie Odom Jr. is a truly talented performer,” PSIFF Chairman Harold Matzner said in a statement.

original Variety review of Promising Young Woman wrote, which attracted a host of criticism on social media.Variety subsequently added an editor’s note at the top of the review, which reads: “Variety sincerely apologises to Carey Mulligan and regrets the insensitive language and insinuation in our review of Promising Young Woman that minimised her daring performance.”Mulligan then responded to Variety’s “sexist” review and subsequent apology in a new interview with Zendaya.

Carey Mulligan has been earning rave reviews for her performance as a woman seeking revenge against sexual predators in “Promising Young Woman”, but one film critic’s take had her calling out Variety for a “tone-deaf” review — though its author disagrees.

Natalie Oganesyan editor“The Trial of the Chicago 7″ director Aaron Sorkin and the film’s cast will receive the Vanguard Award from the Palm Springs International Film Awards.“‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ is a thrilling court-room drama that chronicles the highlights of the historic trial that sought to punish activists for inciting riots outside of the 1968 Democratic National Convention,” Harold Matzner, the festival chairman, said.

Is the opioid crisis finally getting a movie and perhaps getting the “Traffic” treatment from multiple perspectives on the cause and effect? That seems to be the case with Nicholas Jarecki’s upcoming dramatic-thriller “Crisis” starring Academy Award-winner Gary Oldman (“Darkest Hour,” “Mank“) and Golden Globe-nominees Armie Hammer (“Call Me By Your Name,” “The Social Network“) and Evangeline Lilly (“Antman and The Wasp,” “The Hurt Locker“), to name just a few in a big ensemble cast.

Antonio Ferme authorThe first trailer for the upcoming thriller “Crisis” has been released.Set against the backdrop of the opioid epidemic, “Crisis” features three interwoven stories that highlight the greed, violence and tragedy of the drug war. An agent named Jake Kelly (Armie Hammer) is tracking down a drug trafficker that arranged a multi-cartel Fentanyl smuggling operation between Canada and the U.S.

Palm Springs International Film Awards.The organization announced on Wednesday that the 38-year-old actor will receive this year's Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor. «Riz Ahmed delivers one of the most complex and moving on-screen performances of the year,» Festival Chairman Harold Matzner said in a statement. «In Sound of Metal, the film tells the emotional journey of Ruben, a musician who learns he is losing his hearing and must deal with this new reality.

Carey Mulligan has responded after Variety apologised for its 'insensitive language' in a controversial review about her new film Promising Young Woman in which it suggested Margot Robbie would've been a better lead actress. In the film Mulligan portrays Cassie who seeks to avenge her best friend Nina after she is raped.

Variety for their “sexist” review of her new film Promising Young Woman.In a new interview with Zendaya for the publication’s Actors on Actors series, Mulligan addressed Variety‘s apology after she called out the language of the review in a New York Times profile last year.“It made me concerned that in such a big publication, an actress’ appearance could be criticised and that could be accepted as completely reasonable criticism,” Mulligan told Zendaya.“It stuck with me, because I think it’s

Also Read: 'Nomadland' Film Review: Frances McDormand Hits the Road in Quiet, Lyrical Drama“Nomadland” is currently considered a frontrunner at the Oscars, having received the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and the audience award at the Toronto International Film Festival, as well as a slew of honors from film critics associations across the country.