Zurich: Juliette Binoche to Receive Golden Icon Award

Nomadland, Chloé Zhao's look at America's van-dwelling community, starring Frances McDormand, has won the Golden Lion for best film at the 77th Venice International Film Festival. McDormand plays a widow from a collapsed Nevada mining town who finds new life on the road in Zhao's film, based on Jessica Bruder's 2017 nonfiction book, Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century.

Guy Lodge Film CriticOne day after premiering and receiving the most rapturous reviews of any film in competition, U.S.-based Chinese director Chloé Zhao has won the Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival for her film “Nomadland,” a documentary-influenced road movie starring Frances McDormand as an itinerant widow traveling across America.

Selena Gomez will receive the Arts Award during the 33rd Hispanic Heritage Awards which will air on PBS October 6. The awards were created by the White House in 1987 and commemorate the establishment of Hispanic Heritage Month in the U.S.

The Zurich International Film Festival has unveiled its gala program for its 2020 edition, and it includes some of the buzziest titles of this year's unique awards season.

Actress Juliette Binoche and fellow French environmentalists received encouragement from Pope Francis at a private Vatican meeting Thursday, where the pontiff confessed he did not understand more than a decade ago his fellow churchmens’ worries about the Amazon.

Director Maïmouna Doucouré experienced intense backlash over Netflix’s promotional campaign for “Cuties”, but she learned about the artwork at the same time as the public.

“ filmmaker Maïmouna Doucouré. The film, her debut feature that was an award winner at Sundance earlier this year, was released in French cinemas on August 19 to positive reviews and strong word-of-mouth from the public who were willing to don their masks and venture out to the theater.But then there was that Netflix poster.Released by the streamer at the same time as the French theatrical rollout in a bid to begin promoting the movie ahead of its U.S.

Actress Juliette Binoche and fellow French environmentalists have received encouragement from Pope Francis at a private Vatican meeting where he told them people should not lose hope even when the condition of the planet can appear “catastrophic”.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterThe last fortnight has been a period of contrasting emotions for Cuties filmmaker Maïmouna Doucouré.

environmentalists received encouragement from Pope Francis at a private Vatican meeting Thursday where he told them people shouldn't lose hope even when the condition of the planet can appear “catastrophic.”The urgency for such commitment was made plain by the COVID-19 pandemic, Francis said.“We understand to what point we are tied one to the other, inserted in a world whose future we share, and that maltreating it can’t help but bring grave consequences, not only environmental, but social and

TheMTV Video Music Awards marked a night of firsts for Lady Gaga as she made her debut televised performance of "Rain on Me" alongside Ariana Grande and became the first recipient of the show's TRICON award. Prior to joining the stage with Grande, Gaga opened the performance by being in a living room setting with a mask on as she watched a trailer for a retro VMAs in which acts like *NSYNC and Britney Spears were set to perform.

Wout van Aert admitted that he was "too scared to sprint" on roads made slippery by rain at the finish of stage 1 of the Tour de France on Saturday.

Katy Perry is set to be honored with the Gracies Impact Award in recognition of her powerful pop anthems.The Roar star, who is due to give birth to her first child imminently, will be feted virtually at the annual Gracie Awards on 10 September (2020), organized by officials at the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (AWMF).The prize is presented to an artist who has made a positive impact on society through her music, and was previously awarded to Fight Song hitmaker Rachel Platten in 2017,

Naman Ramachandran This week, French actor Juliette Binoche wins Zurich’s Icon Award, Grasshopper takes “The American Sector” for North America, “Killing Eve” writer Rob Williams creates “Screw” for the U.K.’s Channel 4, and the World Economic Forum at Davos is postponed.The 16th annual Zurich Film Festival, running from Sept. 24 to Oct.