A date has been set for the re-opening of a grade II listed mansion in Salford which has been closed for more than 20 years.
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Jeff Bridges will receive the 2024 Chaplin Award from Film at Lincoln Center — and, well, you know, that’s not just like, uh, our opinion, man.
The Crazy Heart Oscar winner and seven-time nominee’s career will be celebrated April 29 during a gala fund-raiser at the complex on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The tribute will feature excerpts from his sprawling body of work and appearances by co-stars, friends and colleagues.
Since launching his screen career as a child actor in late-1950s/early ’60s TV, Bridges has made more than 70 movies. His credits range from The Last Picture Show, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot and 1978’s King Kong to Tron, Starman and The Fabulous Baker Boys to the more recent Iron Man, True Grit and Hell or High Water. And, of course, The Big Lebowski.
Suffice it to say, he’s a good actor, and thorough.
His most recent gig was an Emmy-nominated lead role in the FX drama series The Old Man.
“Jeff Bridges is one of our most distinguished and beloved actors whose body of work, commitment to his art, and lifetime of career achievements demonstrate a significant contribution to the art of film,” said Dan Stern, Chairman of the Board of Film at Lincoln Center. Added its president, Lesli Klainberg: “One of America’s greatest actors, Jeff Bridges is an artist and creative soul who naturally brings compassion and depth to every role he inhabits. … The Chaplin Award is meant to recognize the work of artists who believe in cinema.”
Along with his Academy Award for Scoot Cooper’s 2010 musical drama Crazy Heart, Bridges has amassed Oscar noms for Hell or High Water (2016), the Coen brothers’ True Grit (2010), playing the U.S. president in The Contender (2000), John Carpenter’s Starman (1984), opposite Clint
A date has been set for the re-opening of a grade II listed mansion in Salford which has been closed for more than 20 years.
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Showbiz 411, the E-street band leader, 74, was allegedly hired by “Black Mass” director Scott Cooper, who is also known for his 2009 film “Crazy Heart” starring Jeff Bridges. Springsteen’s sixth studio album was lauded as an introspective turn for the “Born To Run” belter, turning a bout of depression into artistic inspiration.As the story goes, the New Jersey-born musician intended to rerecord the raw, emotional demo tracks that would comprise the forthcoming “Nebraska,” but eventually decided to release the songs as they were. The stripped-down album is also said to have given rise to Springsteen’s 1984 hit, “Born in the USA.”Little is known about the upcoming film aside from the fact that Cooper, 53, is slated to direct.
Bruce Springsteen is reportedly working on a film adaptation of the making of his beloved 1982 studio album ‘Nebraska’.As noted by Showbiz 411, the Boss is said to be consulting about the possible film alongside director Scott Cooper, who is known for his films including Out of the Furnace, Black Mass and, most appropriately, Crazy Heart, about a washed-up country singer played by Jeff Bridges.‘Nebraska’ was Springsteen’s sixth album, and it stands out in his catalogue due to the stripped back nature of the recordings. He was going through a dark psychological period, and had recorded a batch of songs as demos on a 4-track recorder, intending to re-record them with the E Street Band.