The American Film Institute (AFI) will confer Doctorate of Fine Arts degrees honoris causa upon Emmy® and Tony Award® winner Lily Tomlin and Academy Award®- and Emmy®-nominated actress Angela Bassett.
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Lily Tomlin and Angela Bassett to Receive AFI Honorary Doctorate Degrees
Lily Tomlin, Angela Bassett (AFI)
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Julie Andrews AFI Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute Gets New Date
Julie Andrews The American Film Institute (AFI) announced today that Julie Andrews will be presented with the 48th AFI Life Achievement Award, the highest honor for a career in film, at a Gala Tribute on Thursday, November 11, 2021, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, CA. The event was originally scheduled for April 25, 2020 but postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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RIP. Olympia Dukakis, Academy Award-Winning Actress Dies at 89
Olympia Dukakis rides up Market Street as one of the Celebrity Grand Marshals in the LGBT Pride Parade in San Francisco on June 26, 2011, from the film, Olympia directed by Harry Marvomichalis (credit: Harry Marvomichalis) Olympia Dukakis, winner of the Academy Award and Golden Globe for her performance in Moonstruck (1987) and the subject of the documentary about her life, titled Olympia, died today in New York City. She was 89.
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RIP: ‘Up’ Series, ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter’ Filmaker Michael Apted Dies at 79
Michael Apted at the 72nd Annual Peabody Awards Michael Apted, the British filmmaker known for directing the Up series, along with Coal Miner’s Daughter, Nell, and the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough, has died at the age of 79.
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RIP: Fashion Designer Pierre Cardin, Featured in Documentary “House of Cardin” Dies at 98
Pierre Cardin at Maxim’s de Paris, which he purchased in 1981. (Photo : still from HOUSE OF CARDIN/The Ebersole Hughes Company) (House Of Cardin, directed by P. David Ebersole and Todd Hughes) Fashion designer Pierre Cardin, profiled in the 2019 documentary House of Cardin, died on Tuesday at the American Hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine, just outside Paris. He was 98.
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Tyler Perry to Receive “The People’s Champion of 2020” Award at “E! People’s Choice Awards”
Tyler Perry Tyler Perry will be honored with “The People’s Champion of 2020” award at the “E! People’s Choice Awards.” Perry will be recognized for his trailblazing work in entertainment, unwavering commitment to support multiple charitable organizations, and inspiring empathy and progress for humankind.
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Toronto Film Festival and International Film Organizations Call for Release of Sudanese Filmmaker Hajooj Kuka
Hajooj Kuka Toronto International Film Festival and the International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk (ICFR*) and its founding institutions, the European Film Academy, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam and International Film Festival Rotterdam have issued calls for the Sudanese authorities to release filmmaker Hajooj Kuka and the four artists imprisoned with him.
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RIP Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Dies At 87
Ruth Bader Ginsburg in RBG by Betsy West and Julie Cohen Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and profiled in the 2018 award winning documentary RBG died Friday. She was 87. The Supreme Court announced her death, saying the cause was complications from metastatic cancer of the pancreas.
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European Film Academy and Berlin Film Festival Calls for Release of Iranian Nasrin Sotoudeh
Nasrin Sotoudeh The European Film Academy and the Berlin International Film Festival issued a statement calling for the immediate and unconditional release of writer, human rights lawyer, and activist Nasrin Sotoudeh.
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RIP: Jiri Menzel, Oscar-Winning Czech Director of “Closely Watched Trains” Dies at 82
Jiri Menzel Czech director Jiri Menzel, winner of the Academy Award for best foreign-language film in 1967 for “Closely Watched Trains”, died on Saturday, September 5, his wife, Olga Menzelova, announced on her Facebook page. He was 82.
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‘Black Panther’ Director Ryan Coogler Writes Moving Tribute to Chadwick Boseman
Director Ryan Coogler with actor Chadwick Boseman on the set of “Black Panther.” (Marvel Studios) “Black Panther” director Ryan Coogler today issued a moving statement to honor actor Chadwick Boseman who died on Friday.
