Glenn Close will receive this year’s Movies for Grownups Career Achievement Award at the annual Movies for Grownups (MFG) Awards ceremony on Saturday, January 11, 2025, in Beverly Hills, California.
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Glenn Close to Receive Career Achievement Honor at AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
Glenn Close in The Deliverance. (Aaron Ricketts/Netflix)
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Angelina Jolie to Receive Maltin Modern Master Award at Santa Barbara Film Festival
Angelina Jolie (Photo Credit: Alexei Hay) Angelina Jolie will receive the Maltin Modern Master Award at the 40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival. In her latest film, “Maria” she portrays the iconic opera singer Maria Callas.
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Isabella Rossellini to Receive European Achievement in World Cinema Honors at European Film Awards
Isabella Rosselini (Paola Kudacki – Truck Archive) In recognition of her outstanding body of work, actress and filmmaker Isabella Rossellini will be honored at this year’s 37th European Film Awards with the European Achievement in World Cinema.
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Will Ferrell to Receive Kirk Douglas Award For Excellence in Film
Will Ferrell (Credit Mary Ellen Matthews) Actor, writer, producer, and comedy legend Will Ferrell will receive the 17th annual Kirk Douglas Award For Excellence in Film at Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
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Tilda Swinton to Present Pedro Almodóvar with Donostia Award at San Sebastian Festival
Pedro Almodovar © EL DESEO DA S.L.U. – Foto Iglesias Más Director, screenwriter and producer Pedro Almodóvar will receive a Donostia Award at the 72nd San Sebastian Festival. The honorary award recognizes his extraordinary contribution to the world of cinema. The tribute ceremony will take place at the festival prior to the screening of his latest movie, The Room Next Door (La habitación de al lado), his first feature film in English, starring Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore, which will compete for the Golden Lion at the upcoming Venice Festival. Swinton will be on stage to present the award to him.
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John Carpenter Presents Jamie Lee Curtis with Honorary Degree at AFI Conservatory Commencement
(L-R) Jamie Lee Curtis and John Carpenter attend the AFI Commencement – Class of 2024 at TCL Chinese Theatre on August 10, 2024 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Michael Kovac/Getty Images for AFI) American Film Institute (AFI) conferred a Doctorate of Fine Arts degree honoris causa for contributions of distinction to the art of the moving image upon Jamie Lee Curtis during the AFI Conservatory’s Class of 2024 commencement ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
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RIP. Morgan Spurlock, Super Size Me Director Dead at 53
Morgan Spurlock in “Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!” Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock known for directing the Oscar nominated documentary Super Size Me has died from complications of cancer. He was 53.
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Nicole Kidman Receives 49th AFI Life Achievement Award with Ava DuVernay, Morgan Freeman, Meryl Streep | Photos
(Courtesy AFI / Jay Clendenin) The American Film Institute (AFI) presented the 49th AFI Life Achievement Award to Nicole Kidman on Saturday, April 27, at a Gala Tribute in Hollywood.
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Singer-songwriter Patrick Watson to Receive Inaugural Impact Award at Canadian Sync Awards
Patrick Watson (courtesy Canadian Music Week and Guild of Music Supervisors, Canada) Singer-songwriter Patrick Watson will receive the inaugural Impact Award at this year’s Canadian Sync Awards presented by Guild of Music Supervisors, Canada (GMSC) and Canadian Music Week (CMW) on June 3, 2024, at the Westin Harbour Castle in Toronto.
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RIP. Dr. Anne Innis Dagg, Subject of Documentary ‘The Woman Who Loves Giraffes’ Dies at 91
Dr. Anne Innis Dagg, The Woman Who Loves Giraffes (credit Elaisa Vargas) Dr. Anne Innis Dagg, the trailblazing scientist (born in Toronto, ON Canada and who resided most recently in Waterloo, ON Canada) spotlighted in the award-winning documentary, The Woman Who Loves Giraffes, passed away on Monday, April 1 following a short illness. She was 91.
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Jeff Bridges to Receive Film at Lincoln Center’s Chaplin Award
Jeff Bridges in Bad Times at the El Royale (Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.) Film at Lincoln Center has named Academy Award®-winning actor Jeff Bridges the recipient of the 49th Chaplin Award, and he will be honored at a gala evening at Lincoln Center on April 29, 2024.
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The Academy to Replace Hattie McDaniel’s Missing Oscar and Gift it to Howard University
Hattie Mcdaniels (The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures) The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will replace actor Hattie McDaniel’s missing Best Supporting Actress Academy Award® and gift it to the Howard University Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts. Howard University will host a ceremony titled “Hattie’s Come Home” at its Ira Aldridge Theater in Washington, D.C., on October 1, 2023.