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  • Viola Davis and Walter Murch Receive Honorary Doctorate Degrees at AFI Conservatory Commencement

    Honorary Degree Recipients Viola Davis and Walter Murch attend AFI's Conservatory Commencement
    Honorary Degree Recipients Viola Davis and Walter Murch (Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images for AFI)

    Actress and producer Viola Davis and film editor and sound designer Walter Murch received Doctorates of Fine Arts degrees, honoris causa, “for contributions of distinction to the art of the moving image” at the AFI Conservatory’s Class of 2025 commencement ceremony.

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  • Viola Davis and Walter Murch to Receive Honorary Doctorate Degrees at AFI Conservatory’s Commencement

    Viola Davis and Walter Murch to Receive Honorary Doctorate Degrees at AFI Conservatory’s Commencement
    Viola Davis and Walter Murch (courtesy AFI)

    The American Film Institute (AFI) will confer a Doctorate of Fine Arts degree honoris causa for contributions of distinction to the art of the moving image upon actress and producer Viola Davis and film editor and sound designer Walter Murch at the AFI Conservatory’s commencement ceremony celebrating the Class of 2025.

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  • Debbie Allen, Tom Cruise, Dolly Parton and Wynn Thomas to Receive Honorary Oscars

    Debbie Allen, Tom Cruise, Dolly Parton and Wynn Thomas to receive Honorary Oscars
    Debbie Allen (Marvin Joseph at Washington Post), Tom Cruise (credit Jeff Spicer Getty Images), Dolly Parton and Wynn Thomas | courtesy AMPAS

    The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has voted to present Academy Honorary Awards to Debbie Allen, Tom Cruise and Wynn Thomas, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Dolly Parton. The four Oscar® statuettes will be presented at the Academy’s 16th Governors Awards on November 16, 2025.

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  • RIP. Tsotsi Star, South African Actor Presley Chweneyagae Dies at 40

    Presley Chweneyagae in Tsotsi
    Presley Chweneyagae in Tsotsi (Miramax Films)

    Presley Chweneyagae, the South African actor known for starring in Tsotsi, which won the Academy Award for Foreign Language Film at the 78th Academy Awards has died. He was 40 years old.

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  • Francis Ford Coppola Receives 50th AFI Life Achievement Award with Steven Spielberg, George Lucas,Robert De Niro, Spike Lee | Photos

    Steven Spielberg, Bob Gazzale, CEO, American Film Institute, Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas 50th AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute To Francis Ford Coppola
    Steven Spielberg, Bob Gazzale, CEO, American Film Institute, Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas (Photo by Anna Webber/Getty Images for AFI)

    Steven Spielberg and George Lucas presented Francis Ford Coppola with the American Film Institute (AFI) 50th AFI Life Achievement Award on Saturday at a Gala Tribute at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

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  • RIP. Former Academy President Richard Kahn Has Died at 95

    Richard Kahn
    Richard Kahn (Credit – Courtesy of the Academy)

    Former Academy President Richard Kahn passed away Saturday, April 5, in Los Angeles, the Academy has announced in statement. He was 95.

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  • Daniel Battsek Named President of Film at Lincoln Center

    Daniel Battsek
    Daniel Battsek (courtesy FLC)

    Daniel Battsek has been appointed President of Film at Lincoln Center (FLC), the NYC organization dedicated to the art of cinema and home to the New York Film Festival. He assumes his new role starting May 1, 2025.

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  • RIP. Val Kilmer – Star of ‘Top Gun’, ‘Batman Forever’, ‘The Doors’ Dead at 65

    Val Kilmer
    Val Kilmer (Tom Sandler/Everett Collection | dp)

    ​Val Kilmer, the actor known for roles in films such as Top Gun, Batman Forever, The Doors, and the documentary Val passed away on April 1, 2025, at the age of 65.

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  • Actor Jason Isaacs to Receive the Precious Gem Award at Miami Film Festival

    Jason Isaacs
    Jason Isaacs (Jean Nelson | dp)

    The White Lotus actor Jason Isaacs will receive the Precious Gem Award at the Miami Dade College’s (MDC) Miami Film Festival (MFF) taking place from April 3-13, 2025.

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  • Tom Cruise Honored with BFI Fellowship

    Tom Cruise
    Tom Cruise (Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency)

    Tom Cruise is being honored by the BFI with its highest honor, a BFI Fellowship, for his achievements as an “extraordinary, versatile” actor and his contribution to the UK film industry.

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  • Actor Gene Hackman, 95, Wife Betsy Arakawa and Dog Found Dead in Santa Fe Home

    Gene Hackman in Welcome to Mooseport
    Gene Hackman in Welcome to Mooseport ( Intermedia Films / 20th Century Fox)

    Legendary actor Gene Hackman, 95, and his wife Betsy Arakawa, 64, were discovered dead at their residence in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call at approximately 1:45 p.m., arriving at the couple’s home on Old Sunset Trail in Hyde Park, where they found both Hackman and Arakawa, along with their dog, dead at the scene.

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  • Former Vice President Kamala Harris to Receive the Chairman’s Award at NAACP Image Awards

    Former Vice President Kamala Harris
    Former Vice President Kamala Harris (courtesy NAACP Image Awards)

    Former Vice President Kamala Harris will be honored with the Chairman’s Award at the “56th NAACP Image Awards” airing live from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on Saturday, February 22, on BET and CBS.

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