Critic’s Choice Association Names Celebration of Latino Cinema Honorees and Presenters

Halle Berry made her feature directing debut with Netflix’s Bruised this year, and now she is set to receive the SeeHer Award at the Critics Choice Awards next month.

West Lothian Council has asked the Boundary Commission to redraw Westminster constituencies to respect historic links in West Lothian towns.

BEST PICTUREBelfastCODADon’t Look UpDuneKing RichardLicorice PizzaNightmare AlleyThe Power of the Dogtick, tick…Boom!West Side StoryBEST ACTORNicolas Cage – PigBenedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the DogPeter Dinklage – CyranoAndrew Garfield – tick, tick…Boom!Will Smith – King RichardDenzel Washington – The Tragedy of MacbethBEST ACTRESSJessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy FayeOlivia Colman – The Lost DaughterLady Gaga – House of GucciAlana Haim – Licorice PizzaNicole Kidman – Being the

Lithuanian documentary director Giedrė Žickytė was in Los Angeles a few years ago when a friend said to her, "Have you heard about the guy who jumped from a Soviet ship to an American ship?"The friend was referring to a Lithuanian sailor named Simas Kudirka who defected from the Soviet Union by jumping off a Soviet vessel and on board a U.S. Coast Guard cutter ship in November of 1970.

trailer for “The Jump” shows President Nixon likewise being asked about the Lithuanian defector. “Simas Kudirka is the kind of risk-taker our viewers will immediately be fascinated by,” Ryan Chanatry, general manager, Topic, said in a statement. “His story, told beautifully be Giedre, is a compelling reflection on the sacrifices we make to better our lives and the hold that our historic roots have on us.”Giedrė Žickytė directed “The Jump,” which was produced by Uldis Cekulis.

Rebecca Davis editorThree-time Olympian tennis player Peng Shuai is one of China’s best-known and beloved sports figures.

The National Board of Review is traditionally the first “awards group” (we use that term lightly with them) to announce their honorees for the season. This year, the organization somewhat surprised by selecting Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Licorice Pizza” for Best Film and Best Director.

The stars are set for the Critics Choice Association’s inaugural Celebration of Latino Cinema. The group said today that Clifton Collins Jr, Natalie Morales, Eugenio Derbez, Reinaldo Marcus Green, Olga Merediz and the creative team behind Vivo — including Lin-Manuel Miranda and Gloria Estefan — are among the honorees.

Guy Lodge Film CriticHowever much you think you know about modern Lithuanian history, you’re almost certain to leave wiser after digesting all 248 minutes of “Mr. Landsbergis,” an exhaustively detailed but engrossing documentary study of the Baltic republic’s hard-won battle for independence from 1988 to 1991.

Marta Balaga Detailing Lithuania’s attempts to break away from the Soviet Union, from protests in 1989 to Vilnius’ Bloody Sunday in 1991, when Soviet troops attempted to stage a coup, Sergei Loznitsa became interested in the man in the midst of it all: Vytautas Landsbergis, the first Head of Parliament of Lithuania after its independence declaration.“I started this project with a simple question: ‘Why nobody in Lithuania filmed him before?’ He is such a great man, great storyteller,” says the

official notice uploaded by the association, the blacklist was created to “strengthen industry self-discipline.”The notice also mentions the need to prevent “celebrities who violated the law or ethical standards from rebranding themselves on other platforms” and to “purify the environment of the online entertainment industry,” per RADII.This list includes singer Kris Wu, who was previously a member of South Korean boyband EXO.

She may be the Queen of Christmas, but Mariah Carey is first and foremost the Queen of Shade!

Nobody is off limits to Mariah Carey‘s shade — not even her ex-husband, Nick Cannon. Mariah, 52, had her latest epic shade moment during an interview with Entertainment Tonight about her upcoming Christmas plans, when host Kevin Frazier broached the subject of Nick’s five children that he shares with three different women, in addition to his and Mariah’s 10-year-old twins, Monroe and Moroccan.

China’s Foreign Ministry on Friday stuck to its line that it wasn’t aware of the controversy surrounding tennis professional Peng Shuai, who disappeared after accusing a former top official of sexually assaulting her.

Serena Williams issued a heartfelt statement on Thursday evening calling for an investigation into the disappearance of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai.MORE: Serena and Venus Williams reveal bittersweet reaction to family biopic King RichardThe Wimbledon champ took to Twitter to urge people "not to stay silent" after she discovered Peng has not been heard from since she made sexual assault allegations against a leading Chinese government official two weeks ago.

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