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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RIP. Morgan Spurlock, Super Size Me Director Dead at 53
Morgan Spurlock in “Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!”
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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.
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RIP. Jim Brown, NFL Legend, Actor Dead at 87
Jim Brown (LBJ Presidential Library) Jim Brown, the NFL Hall of Famer who went on to become an actor and civil rights advocate has died. He was 87.
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Viola Davis to Receive 48th Chaplin Award
Viola Davis (Credit: AB+DM) Film at Lincoln Center announced Viola Davis as the recipient of the 48th Chaplin Award. The award will be presented at a gala evening in Davis’s honor on April 24 at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall in New York City. The evening encompasses a joyful celebration of the actor and producer’s incredible body of work featuring notable speakers and film clips, culminating in the presentation of the Chaplin Award.
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Sally Field to Receive SAG Life Achievement Award
Sally Field in Spoiler Alert (Focus Features) Sally Field will be honored with the SAG Life Achievement Award, recognizing her career achievement and humanitarian accomplishment at the 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony
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RIP. Fashion Designer Vivienne Westwood Dead at 81
Vivienne Westwood at the Art Of Elysium’s 9th Annual Heaven Gala held at the 3LABS in Culver City, USA on January 9, 2016. Fashion designer Dame Vivienne Westwood and subject of the documentary Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist, died in Clapham, South London, on Thursday at the age of 81.
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RIP: Brazilian Soccer Superstar Pelé Dead at 82
Pelé (Netflix | screenshot via Youtube) Pelé, regarded as the greatest soccer player of all-time, and the subject of the documentary Pelé, died on Thursday in São Paulo, Brazil. He was 82.
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