Dionne Warwick and Danis Goulet to Receive TIFF Tribute Awards

am a gangsta,” she said, clearly delighted by the concept. In the documentary, she declares that she’s the person who finally got Ronald Reagan to say the word AIDS out loud at a news conference.

Dionne Warwick has some exciting music projects on the way.

The first standing ovation Dionne Warwick ever received was as a 6-year-old, when her reverend grandfather brought her up to the pulpit of the St.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterThe 2021 crop of the Toronto Film Festival’s Tribute Awards honorees gathered on Saturday to discuss their cinematic achievements and indulge in some responsible human contact.This year’s recipients — including Jessica Chastain, Benedict Cumberbatch, Denis Villeneuve, Alanis Obomsawin, Ari Wegner, Danis Goulet and Dionne Warwick — sat for a press conference moderated by Variety at premiere festival venue Roy Thomson Hall.Chastain, who took the TIFF Tribute Actor

Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over is an apt title for a documentary by David Heilbroner and Dave Wooley on the life of iconic singer and legend Dionne Warwick. She stands out from the other singing divas because her catalog is the most diverse.

Twitter, then it will have done its job, but even lifelong fans are likely to come away from “Don’t Make Me Over” with new information about, or at least deeper respect for, her career.She recounts her own life story, from growing up in New Jersey, singing publicly for the first time at the age of six (in her grandfather’s church) and watching her aunt Cissy Houston — who lived with the Warwicks; Dionne describes her as being more of a big sister — achieve success with the gospel combo the

TIFF Ebert Director AwardDenis VilleneuveFilmmakerWhen French-Canadian filmmaker Villeneuve made his breakthrough — 2010’s film, “Incendies,” which was nominated for a foreign-language Oscar — the world took notice.“‘Incendies’ was the first film where I was finally able to make cinema the way I had always dreamt of,” he says, “That is when I was truly born as a filmmaker.”His latest, “Dune,” bowed in Venice and screens at the Toronto festival. It his theaters Oct.

Better Call Saul star Bob Odenkirk is back at the office, less than two months after suffering a heart attack on the set of the AMC series.

Mum-of-three Tova Leigh doesn’t feel “brave” for wearing a bikini or “embarrassed” about being caught having sex on a balcony. And she thinks the best way to banish shame is to tell our awkward and uncomfortable stories out loud.

Tim Tebow was announced today by ESPN as one of the initial debate partners on Stephen A. Smith’s First Take.

Michael Irvin and Tim Tebow will be among the guest rotation on “First Take” that appear opposite its now solo star Stephen A. Smith.Irvin will join the show on Mondays during the NFL season, while Tebow (who was attempting an NFL comeback as tight end with the Jacksonville Jaguars) will bookend each week on Fridays.

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich’s sons have formed a new two-piece band named Taipei Houston.The band – consisting of Layne Ulrich on bass and vocals, and Myles on drums – took to Instagram yesterday (September 1) to share a snippet of a new song entitled ‘Respecter’.‘Respecter’ features reverberating vocals sandwiched between heavily distorted bass and tight, snappy drumming reminiscent of Lars’ early days in Metallica.

Love Island's Paige Turley has revealed she won't be getting a tattoo tribute to her boyfriend Finn Tapp as she's a "wuss".The 24 year old, who recently celebrated her birthday with a party organised by her other half, spoke out about the possibility during an exclusive interview with OK! Online after her boyfriend got her name inked on his arm in cursive writing.TV personality Paige confessed that while she thought it was very sweet of him, she simply couldn't handle the pain of getting

Rebecca Davis editorTaiwanese auteur Tsai Ming-liang’s short “The Moon and the Tree” will world premiere at the upcoming Taipei Film Festival. The 23rd iteration will be held in-person from Sept.

Alexander Durie After a stellar year picking up awards at Berlin, South by Southwest, Edinburgh and Melbourne, “Ninjababy” continued its prize-winning streak at Norway’s top plaudits for national movies, the Amanda Awards.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorThe Directors Guild of America has announced the key dates and timeline for the 2022 Directors Guild of America Awards, with the 74th Annual DGA Awards set for March 12.The date falls two weeks ahead of the Oscars ceremony on March 27.Theatrical Feature Film and First-Time Feature Film nominees will be announced on Thursday, January 27, 2022 and Television, Commercial, and Documentary nominees will be announced on Wednesday, January 26, 2022.DGA members will be able

Nolan Gould just took his first pole dancing class and he’s sharing a video of his moves!

Christopher Vourlias Describing its world premiere on the opening night of the Sarajevo Film Festival as “magic,” Oscar-winning Bosnian director Danis Tanović (“No Man’s Land”) called his latest feature “a love letter to our city,” offering it as a beacon of hope in troubled times to the people of Sarajevo.Speaking to Variety the day after the premiere, Tanović described an emotional night as his feel-good film “Not So Friendly Neighborhood Affair” opened the festival’s 27th edition.“For me,