‘Nomadland’ Takes Top Prizes at Toronto Critics’ Awards, Riz Ahmed Wins Best Actor

French actor Gerard Depardieu was charged with rape and sexual assault in December from a 2018 case that was revived by authorities.  The Paris prosecutor’s office told The Associated Press on Tuesday that Depardieu was not detained when he was handed the preliminary charges on Dec. 16.

The Paris prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday that French actor Gerard Depardieu was charged in December with rape and sexual assault after authorities revived a 2018 investigation that was initially dropped.

The Paris prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday that French actor Gerard Depardieu was charged in December with rape and sexual assault after authorities revived a 2018 investigation that was initially dropped.

After 28 years of dancefloor-filling hits, this week Daft Punk sadly announced their split.

The Vancouver Film Critics Circle has named Chloé Zhao's Nomadland as its best international feature of 2020 as the American road movie continued its run as an early award season contender. Zhao also picked up the best director honor, while Frances McDormand earned the best actress trophy for her role in Nomadland.The late Chadwick Boseman was voted best actor for his star turn in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.

Popular electronic music pioneers Daft Punk announced they're breaking up after 28 years together.  The French duo, comprised of Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, shared the news on Monday in an 8-minute video titled "Epilogue." Kathryn Frazier, the band's longtime publicist, confirmed the break up for The Associated Press as well.

Paris Hilton is “sliving” her best life after boyfriend Carter Reum got down on one knee on Feb. 13 and presented her with the ultimate token of his love — a massive diamond engagement ring. The emerald-cut sparkler was designed by jeweler Jean Dousset — the great-great-grandson of famed French jeweler Louis Cartier.

Netflix has taken the global rights to Canadian director Ricardo Trogi's Le Guide de la famille parfaite (The Guide to the Perfect Family). The French language dramedy about an over-parenting society will get a theatrical release in Quebec via Les Films Opale and a simultaneous release in the rest of the world on Netflix in 2021.

Top Chef” Quickfire Challenge was about to start filming, and Padma Lakshmi — the Bravo show’s longtime host, judge and executive producer — was being fussed over by people wearing masks and face shields.“This is a lot of copy to get through,” said Lakshmi, who would soon have to describe a complicated “Black Box” challenge — one imported from “Top Chef: France” — to the show’s five remaining contestants on this Sunday afternoon in mid-October.

For Nomadland, writer-director Chloé Zhao adapted Jessica Bruder’s 2017 book Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century into a screenplay, got Frances McDormand to star in the movie, and hasn’t looked back since.

The Toronto Film Critics Association named Chloe Zhao's Nomadland as its best picture of 2020 as the American road movie continued its run as an early award season contender. On Sunday, Zhao picked up the best director honor for Nomadland, which also earned Frances McDormand the best actress trophy for her role in the film, while Riz Ahmed earned a win for best actor for his performances in Sound of Metal.

Nomadland has been named film of the year at the 41st London Critics' Circle Film Awards, adding to a growing array of honors the movie has amassed since it premiered at the Venice Film Festival. Chloe Zhao's American road movie also earned an actress of the year win for Frances McDormand and screenwriter of the year win for writer-director Zhao at the virtual ceremony on Sunday night.

Earlier today, the London Critics Circle Film Awards were handed out, with Chloé Zhao’s movie Nomadland again doing quite well with a precursor. It took Film of the Year, Screenwriter of the Year for Zhao, as well as Actress of the Year for Frances McDormand.

Chloé Zhao’s road movie Nomadland won three honors, including Film of the Year, at the 41st London Critics‘ Circle Film Awards, which were held in a virtual ceremony on Sunday night.

Naman Ramachandran “Nomadland” and “Saint Maud” took top honors at the 41st London Critics’ Circle Film Awards, with three wins each, while the late Chadwick Boseman won actor of the year for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.”American road movie “Nomadland” won film of the year, while lead Frances McDormand was named actress of the year, and writer-director Chloé Zhao won screenwriter of the year.British horror film “Saint Maud” won British/Irish film of the year, British/Irish actress of the year