EXCLUSIVE: French film sales powerhouse Wild Bunch International (WBI) has unveiled a slew of deals on key titles on its 15-title Cannes 2022 slate.
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As one of its final acts, the current Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has voted honorary Oscars to directors Peter Weir and Euzhan Palcy and songwriter Diane Warren and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Michael J. Fox. They will be presented at the 13th Governors Awards on Saturday, November 19, in Los Angeles.
Weir is a six-time Oscar nominee, including four as director of Witness, Dead Poets Society, The Truman Show and Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World and is a leading voice as well in Australian cinema. Palcy made history at the 1983 Venice Film Festival when her first feature, Sugar Cane Alley took the Silver Lion, not just the first for a Black female director, but any Black director. Among other achievements she also became the first Black woman to direct a Hollywood studio film with 1989’s A Dry White Season which earned Marlon Brando a Best Supporting Actor nod, his ninth and final Oscar nomination. Warren with 13 Best Original Song nominations, most recently for last year’s “Somehow You Do” from Four Good Days, was increasingly becoming known as the Susan Lucci of the Academy Awards — always a bridesmaid and never a bride, as the old saying goes. There has been recent movement among her supporters to get her an Honorary Oscar, and for the Music branch she becomes the first songwriter to do just that. Thirteen past nominations and now an Honorary Oscar at the 13th Governors Awards proves the lucky number for the prolific artist.
Fox, a multiple Emmy winner has never received an Oscar nomination, but his work in creating the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research seemed like an obvious choice for this year’s Hersholt — and in fact long overdue
EXCLUSIVE: French film sales powerhouse Wild Bunch International (WBI) has unveiled a slew of deals on key titles on its 15-title Cannes 2022 slate.
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Michael Jackson's death. The 50-year-old King of Pop was found dead at his home in Los Angeles after suffering a cardiac arrest on June 25, 2009. While he died a single man, he was married twice before.
Michael Jackson's fans celebrated his life during the 13-year anniversary of his tragic death on June 25, 2009. The star was found at his home in Los Angeles after suffering a cardiac arrest. Although he is remembered for his wonderful talents and performances, Michael did not always have the happiest of lives.
Michael Jackson celebrated his life, 13 years after his tragic death on June 25, 2009. The star was found at his home in Los Angeles after suffering a cardiac arrest. Although he is remembered for his wonderful talents and performances, Michael did not always have the happiest of lives.
Clayton Davis Euzhan Palcy, Diane Warren and Peter Weir will receive honorary Oscars at this year’s Governor Awards ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Tuesday. In addition, actor Michael J. Fox will receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefDenise Richards will team with “The Raid 2” star Arifin Putra for “Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace.” The film, which shoots in Los Angeles in August, is a sequel to 2020 action horror film “Angels Fallen.”Ali Zamani, who directed the first film, and previously directed family comedy “C.I. Ape” and horror thriller “Incision,” will continue the franchise, typified by its metaphysical mania and muscle power. With Nicola Posener and Houston Rines in the lead roles, the first film also employed the services of veterans Michael Madsen, Eric Roberts and Nicholas Turturro.