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by Frankie TAGGART Agence France-Presse HOLLYWOOD, United States (AFP) — Buddy cop comedy “Zootopia” bagged the Oscar for best animated feature film on Sunday, crowning what turned into a record 2016 for Disney. The movie centers on the intrepid rabbit police officer Judy Hopps who, along with a fox, solves a crime in a metropolis inhabited by a diverse population of animals. “Zootopia,” the clear frontrunner going into the Academy Awards, bested another Disney film, […]
HOLLYWOOD, United States (AFP) — Viola Davis won an Oscar on her third try on Sunday, for her acclaimed supporting role in Denzel Washington’s big screen adaptation of August Wilson’s searing play “Fences.” The 51-year-old, a nominee in 2009 and 2012, bested a field that included two past Oscar winners — Nicole Kidman (“Lion”) and Octavia Spencer (“Hidden Figures”) — as well as Michelle Williams (“Manchester by the Sea”) and Naomie Harris (“Moonlight”). “O captain! […]
(Reuters) — Denzel Washington is excited. Not so much because he is an Oscar front-runner for his role in “Fences,” but because bringing the award-winning stage play about blue collar African-Americans to the big screen has been a long-held dream. “It’s brilliant. It’s like, why would they make ‘Hamlet’ a movie? Why would they make ‘Death of a Salesman” a movie? Because it is some of the greatest writing in the 20th century,” the actor […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Late night television presenter Jimmy Kimmel on Monday ended months of speculation over who would host the 89th Oscars in February — announcing that he has been tapped to front the glitzy ceremony. It will be the first time for the comedian, who has hosted Jimmy Kimmel Live! on ABC since it launched in 2003 and garnered praise for his work as host of this year’s Emmys television awards. […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — “Pulp Fiction” star Samuel L. Jackson is to join the cast of Oscar-winning actress Brie Larson’s directorial debut “Unicorn Store,” producer Rhea Films announced on Monday. Jackson, nominated for an Academy Award and four Golden Globes over a 44-year acting career, will play opposite Joan Cusack (“Working Girl,” “School of Rock”) and Bradley Whitford, star of Amazon’s “Transparent.” Based on an original script by Samantha McIntyre, “Unicorn Store” centers on […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Oscar-winner Leonardo DiCaprio was due at the White House Monday to discuss climate change with President Barack Obama before the screening of the actor’s new documentary on the devastating effects of global warming. DiCaprio, who won the 2016 best actor Academy Award for “The Revenant,” has been an environmental activist for years. He will meet with Obama and scientist Katharine Hayhoe, an atmospheric science professor at Texas Tech University. Obama […]
LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) — Martial arts expert and actor Jackie Chan will receive a lifetime achievement Oscar. The announcement came from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Thursday (September 1). Chan, 62, the Hong Kong-born star of Hollywood movies such as “Kung Fu Panda,” “The Karate Kid” and the “Rush Hour” franchise, will join documentary maker Frederick Wiseman, British film editor Anne V. Coates and casting director Lynn Stalmaster as recipients […]
UNITED NATION, United States (AFP) — Oscar winner Anne Hathaway has been named a goodwill ambassador for UN Women to help shine a spotlight on the unequal burden shouldered by working mothers, the UN said Wednesday. “The ‘motherhood penalty’ — which means that when they become mothers, women’s pay and opportunities at work suffer — is a particularly insidious demonstration of gender inequality in the workplace,” said the director of UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka. “For […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Composer John Williams will be honored by Hollywood Thursday for a glittering career spanning seven decades of classic film scores, including his most famous work on “Star Wars” and “Jaws.” Steven Spielberg will present the 84-year-old Oscar-winner with the American Film Institute (AFI) Award — billed “America’s highest honor for a career in film” — at a gala event at the Dolby Theater. He will be the first composer […]
Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck and the creative team behind the annual Governors Ball unveiled menu items, floral arrangements and signature cocktails on Wednesday (February 4). This year’s menu for the official Oscar after party features some signature items, such as Puck’s chicken pot pie with black truffles and smoked salmon Oscar but also features new items to help accommodate all attending guests. “When we decide on the menu we always try to make a good […]
The Swiss surrealist HR Giger has died at the age of 74. Among many other achievements, he won an Oscar for the monster he created for Ridley Scott’s “Alien.” Hans Rudolf Giger died in hospital from injuries sustained in a fall, the Swiss public broadcaster SRF reported Tuesday, citing sources close to his family. His death occurred the previous day. Born in 1940 in the small eastern Swiss town of Chur, Giger moved to Zurich […]
