Nancy Meyers To Receive USC’s Oakie Award For Exceptional Achievements in Film And Television Comedy

Jennifer Hudson, who portrayed Aretha Franklin in the biopic “Respect” earlier this year, will be the recipient of the Chairman’s Award at this year’s Palm Springs International Film Festival.

Halle Berry is set to be honoured with The People’s Icon award at the 2021 People’s Choice Awards. The former Bond girl will be handed the accolade from rap superstar Cardi B for her outstanding contributions to TV and film, as well as her philanthropic efforts, at the awards ceremony on December 7.

Jennifer Hudson was discovered on “American Idol,” she won an Oscar in her very first film role in “Dreamgirls,” she’s a Tony away from EGOT status, and she landed a role of a lifetime as Aretha Franklin in “Respect,” a part hand-picked for her by the Queen of Soul herself. So where does she want to take her career next? With any luck, she really wants to direct.

Jessica Chastain has been selected as this year’s recipient of the Desert Palm Achievement Award for an actress from the Palm Springs International Film Awards and Film Festival.“The Eyes of Tammy Faye” star will be honored at a gala ceremony at the festival, which is returning as an in-person event next year at the Palm Springs Convention Center. The gala ceremony will take place on Jan.

Jennifer Yuma editorJessica Chastain will receive the Desert Palm Achievement award for her performance in “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” at the Palm Springs International Film Awards on Jan. 6.“The Eyes of Tammy Faye” details the rise, fall and redemption of Jim (Andrew Garfield) and Tammy Faye Bakker (Chastain) during the 1970s and ‘80s.

Tonight at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Black Widow‘s Scarlett Johansson became the 35th recipient of the American Cinematheque Award.

Queen Elizabeth II in “The Queen.” Mirren will be adding this latest honor to a robust collection of awards including an Oscar, a Tony, and multiple SAG, Emmy and BAFTA Awards.“I am honored to have been chosen to receive the SAG Life Achievement Award,” Mirren said in a statement.

Jane Campion is the recipient of the Palm Springs International Film Awards’ Director of the Year Award for her 2021 film “The Power of the Dog.”Campion will receive the honor at the Film Awards, which will take place in person on Jan. 6, 2022, at the Palm Springs Convention Center as part of the Palm Springs International Film Festival running through Jan.

Elvis Presley was welcomed home extravagantly. The King co-starred in 1960 TV special The Frank Sinatra Timex Show: Welcome Home Elvis.

We must exorcise him from our nation, or perish. pic.twitter.com/JYL0neSkV6Others questioned Flynn’s own religion, along with his allegiances, and noted that the very idea of having one religion in the country flies directly in the face of the first amendment, protecting peoples’ right to freedom of religion.“I’m Catholic and do we really want government to force everyone to go to confession?” Ted Lieu tweeted.

Damon Albarn delivered a live performance of ‘Darkness To Light’ on US TV last night – you can watch the video below.The Blur and Gorillaz frontman appeared as the musical guest on yesterday’s episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (November 12) in support of his new solo album, ‘The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows’.Filmed in black-and-white, the moody clip sees Albarn perform under a spotlight in a large studio space alongside his band.

A.D. Amorosi If the team of Ghanaian-American playwright Jocelyn Bioh (“School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play”) and Kenyan-born director Saheem Ali brings nothing else to the stages of New York City, they are, most certainly, providers of both laugh-lines, and real and powerful exaltation.

Zendaya can do no wrong when it comes to fashion.The 25-year-old actress made quite the fabulous statement as she arrived at the 2021 CFDA Fashion Awards at The Pool + The Grill in New York City's landmark Seagram Building on Wednesday. The star, styled and accompanied by her esteemed stylish Law Roach, told ET's Nischelle Turner while on the red carpet that receiving the night's Fashion Icon Award was «a dream.»«It's kind of a dream and beyond my imagination,» she expressed.

Angelique Jackson Ava DuVernay and Will Smith are among the final slate of honorees for the Critics Choice Association’s fourth annual Celebration of Black Cinema & Television.DuVernay will honored with the first-ever Melvin Van Peebles Trailblazer Award in celebration of her achievements as an award-winning writer, director producer and film distributor.“We are truly honored to name our prestigious Trailblazer Award after Melvin Van Peebles. Van Peebles inspired a generation of filmmakers.

Dascha Polanco, will turn your college dreams into reality.“Education for me has always been important, and culturally in the Latino community, it is instilled in us from a very young age,” Polanco told HOLA! USA.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called for investigations into Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) after he posted an altered anime video in which he is depicted killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and threatening President Joe Biden with swords.

currently accused of sexually assaulting a minor.

“Spencer” star Kristin Stewart will receive the Spotlight Award, Actress at the 2022 Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards, PSIFF organizers announced on Friday.She becomes the first honoree to be announced by the annual awards gala, which will take place on Jan. 6, 2022, at the Palm Springs Convention Center.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorTo the uninitiated, Princess Diana biopic “Spencer” might appear like the quintessential British film, albeit with a Chilean director and an American star. But it is, in fact, German, Simone Baumann, managing director of German Films, says.