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Did Priyanka Chopra ignore fans at Red Sea Film Festival, leaving them upset? Netizens defend her after viral tweet

Global icon and our very own desi girl Priyanka Chopra Jonas turned heads last night when she walked the red carpet of the 2024 Red Sea Film Festival. Dressed in a stunning Oscar de la Renta origami rose bugle bead gown, the actor received the Red Sea Honoree Award at the closing ceremony of the film festival. Priyanka Chopra and …

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2 weeks ago

Golden Globes 2025: Who’s nominated, hosting, ceremony honorees, what they’ll eat and more

Associated Press

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — The Golden Globes will return in January with major star appeal thanks to a slew of big name nominees, including Zendaya, Timothée Chalamet, Angelina Jolie, Daniel Craig, Denzel Washington, Ariana Grande and more. Gomez is up for both best performance by a female actor in a supporting role for “Emilia Pérez” and best performance by a …

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3 weeks ago

Ted Danson to be honored with Carol Burnett Award at the Golden Globes

Associated Press

NEW YORK — The Golden Globes are raising a glass to former “Cheers” star Ted Danson by naming him the Carol Burnett Award honoree for 2025. Danson, a three-time Globes winner, has been a fixture on TV since he broke out as Boston bartender Sam Malone on NBC’s comedy “Cheers.” His other credits include “The Good Place,” “Mr. The Carol …

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1 month ago

Golden Globes name Viola Davis next recipient of Cecil B. DeMille Award

LA Times

EGOT winner Viola Davis has been selected as the Golden Globes’ 2025 Cecil B. DeMille Award honoree, a career award that will be handed out at a gala dinner at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Jan. 3. Davis won an Oscar in 2017 for playing the long-suffering wife opposite Denzel Washington in the film adaptation of August Wilson’s “Fences.” She …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Jim Donovan, 68, longtime Cleveland Browns broadcaster, dies after cancer battle

New York Times

Jim Donovan, the Cleveland Browns’ longtime radio play-by-play man, died Saturday after a prolonged battle with cancer. “This will require me to devote everything I have in me to continue the fight and my family and I are committed to doing that.” GO DEEPER Voice of the Browns Jim Donovan discusses his dream job, getting tips from Bobby Orr and …

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2 months ago

Samuel L. Jackson's Family and Friends Celebrate His Storied Career at MoMA Film Benefit

Associated Press

The Museum of Modern Art hosted a star-studded film benefit in honor of Samuel L. Jackson. Jackson, known for his infamous F-bombs, delivered a sentimental speech while his friends and family honored him with some of his choicer one liners. The evening featured clips from Jackson's illustrious career, along with a tribute from his wife, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, and other …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Honoree calls table tennis glory 'an inheritance'

China Daily

Zhang Xielin In the late 1940s, next to a dimly lit clock shop on Shanghai's Xinzha Road, it was a common sight to see several young students practicing table tennis on a chalk-outlined rectangle on the sidewalk at night. He later rose to become a player and then a coach of China's national team, witnessing generations of players contribute to …

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

Elderly honoree aged 94 challenges students to surpass his achievements

China Daily

Zhang Jinfan Zhang Jinfan, who reads and writes every day even at the age of 94, has not yet retired from teaching Chinese legal history. As the founder of Chinese legal history studies, he has built a bridge between China's past and future with his academic research and helped introduce the country's development of its rule of law to the …

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

Elderly honoree aged 94 challenges students to surpass his achievements

China Daily

Zhang Jinfan Zhang Jinfan, who reads and writes every day even at the age of 94, has not yet retired from teaching Chinese legal history. As the founder of Chinese legal history studies, he has built a bridge between China's past and future with his academic research and helped introduce the country's development of its rule of law to the …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Olympic champion Brianna Decker headlines the US Hockey Hall of Fame class of 2024

Associated Press

Olympic champion Brianna Decker, former NHL players Kevin Stevens and Matt Cullen, late Chicago Blackhawks founder Frederic McLaughlin and the 2002 Paralympic gold medal-winning sled hockey team are being inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame. “The impact of the Class of 2024 spans across the sport, and each honoree is reflective of the extraordinary contributions necessary to earn …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

For the Olympics, USA men’s basketball has a sizable fix to fight a bully problem

New York Times

Follow our Olympics coverage in the lead-up to the Paris Games. Coach Steve Kerr and assistant coach Tyronn Lue told the Olympians assembled in the room that last summer’s World Cup team was “bullied” during that tournament, especially as play inched close to the basket. “We feel like size, physicality, rebounding ability — we feel like we’ve addressed that,” said …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

Jane Fonda, Alan Cumming, Prince to receive stars on Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2025

The Hindu

The Hollywood Walk of Fame is set to honour the star-studded class of 2025. The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced next year’s selections to receive a star on Hollywood Boulevard’s storied walk, reported Deadline. Jane Fonda, Fran Drescher, Alan Cumming and the late Prince are among the ones to receive the star in 2025. The other 2025 motion picture honorees …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

WWII Veteran Dies At 102 While Traveling To D-Day Event In France

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING A 102-year-old American World War II veteran died while traveling to Normandy, France, last week to attend a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day, a veterans organization announced. Navy veteran Robert “Al” Persichitti, of Rochester, New York, was aboard a ship heading to the coast of Normandy from Germany on Friday when he experienced a medical …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Hammer Museum pays tribute to departing Director Ann Philbin at star-packed gala

LA Times

DJ D-Nice takes a photo with honoree Ann Philbin at the 19th Hammer Museum Gala in the Garden. Als launched into a tender speech, delivered like a poem, beginning with, “I’m very nervous because I really love Annie and I don’t want to mess up.” Multiple speakers noted that the institution, once called the Armand Hammer Museum, had morphed from …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Nicole Kidman, Who 'Makes Movies Better,' Honored With AFI Life Achievement Award

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING LOS ANGELES — Morgan Freeman spoke the words, but pretty much everyone who took the stage at the presentation of the AFI Life Achievement Award agreed: “ Nicole Kidman. It got huge laughs from the crowd of multigenerational A-listers there to honor the 40-year career of the 56-year-old Australian that has included roles in “Moulin Rouge,” “Eyes …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

The Academy Awards should honor stunts with their own category

LA Times

The 1927 film “Wings,” which was the top honoree at the first Academy Awards ceremony, relied heavily on stunts. It’s especially noteworthy that there’s still no Oscar category for stunt coordinator because at the first Academy Awards, the movie that earned best picture did so by showcasing breathtaking stunt work. The 1927 film “Wings” was nominated in only one other …

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10 months ago

SAG honoree Barbra Streisand on acting, Oscar snubs and singing with Bob Dylan

LA Times

“It was when I first saw Marlon Brando when I was 13. Barbra Streisand’s 970-page memoir, “My Name Is Barbra,” took her 10 years to complete. People were asking the same question this year about Greta Gerwig and “Barbie.” Do you think the directors’ branch of the academy is still a bit of a boys’ club? “I was going to …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Shania Twain, 58, tips her cowboy hat as she models an eye-popping gold getup at Clive Davis' Pre-Grammy Gala

Daily Mail

Shania Twain turned heads upon her arrival at Clive Davis' iconic Pre-Grammy Gala in Los Angeles on Saturday night. Shania Twain turned heads upon her arrival at Clive Davis ' iconic Pre-Grammy Gala in Los Angeles on Saturday night The duo shared a warm hug and a few laugh in front of the cameras before heading inside the star-studded venue. …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

New Jersey comes West to kick off Grammy weekend with native sons Jon Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — New Jersey came to the West Coast to kick off Grammy Awards weekend, with native sons Jon Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen teaming up. Bon Jovi hailed Springsteen as “my hero, my friend, my mentor” to a crowd of 2,000 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. With the crowd on its feet for a standing ovation, they …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Katharine McPhee, 39, looks VERY glam in a busty jeweled dress next to husband David Foster, 74, as they support rocker Jon Bon Jovi at 2024 MusiCares Person Of The Year Gala

Daily Mail

There was plenty of star power at the 33rd annual MusicCares Person Of The Year Benefit Gala at the Convention Center in Los Angeles on Friday night. Katharine McPhee, 39, and husband David Foster, 74, lent their support to the MusiCares Person Of The Year Gala at the Convention Center in Los Angeles on Friday The former Waitress star, 39, …

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11 months ago

From 'gender apartheid' to 'climate mobility,' here are buzzwords to watch this year

NPR

From 'gender apartheid' to 'climate mobility,' here are buzzwords to watch this year Enlarge this image Leif Parsons for NPR Leif Parsons for NPR Nobel peace prize honoree Malala Yousafzai is calling for an end to "gender apartheid." Secretary General Antonio Guterres said last year, referring to the situation in Afghanistan: "Unprecedented, systemic attacks on women's and girls' rights and …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Daniel Day-Lewis breaks from retirement to fete Martin Scorsese at National Board of Review Awards

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Daniel Day-Lewis took a break from retirement to present Martin Scorsese the award for best director at the National Board of Review Awards in midtown Manhattan on Thursday night. He illuminated the vast beautiful landscape of what is possible in film and he clarified for me what it is that one must ask of one self to …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Angela Bassett did the thing. Finally an Oscar honoree, kissing Regina King

LA Times

Somebody get Ariana DeBose, because Angela Bassett finally did the thing: She won an Oscar. The “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” and “What’s Love Got to Do With It” star received her first career Academy Award at the 2024 Governors Awards Tuesday evening. “This trophy represents my contributions to this medium of film, all that I’ve given of my mind and …

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1 year ago

Barbie, Oppenheimer, Succession are among AFI Award recipients

Firstpost

The organization is recognizing a wide swath of the year’s best films, with blockbusters, an animated film, indies and movies released by both streamers and traditional studios Barbenheimer is continuing into awards season. Both “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” are among the 10 films that will receive an AFI Award in January, the American Film Institute said Thursday. Honorees include Martin Scorsese’s …

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Did Priyanka Chopra ignore fans at Red Sea Film Festival, leaving them upset? Netizens defend her after viral tweet

Golden Globes 2025: Who’s nominated, hosting, ceremony honorees, what they’ll eat and more

Ted Danson to be honored with Carol Burnett Award at the Golden Globes

Golden Globes name Viola Davis next recipient of Cecil B. DeMille Award

Jim Donovan, 68, longtime Cleveland Browns broadcaster, dies after cancer battle

Samuel L. Jackson's Family and Friends Celebrate His Storied Career at MoMA Film Benefit

Honoree calls table tennis glory 'an inheritance'

Elderly honoree aged 94 challenges students to surpass his achievements

Elderly honoree aged 94 challenges students to surpass his achievements

Olympic champion Brianna Decker headlines the US Hockey Hall of Fame class of 2024

For the Olympics, USA men’s basketball has a sizable fix to fight a bully problem

Jane Fonda, Alan Cumming, Prince to receive stars on Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2025

WWII Veteran Dies At 102 While Traveling To D-Day Event In France

Hammer Museum pays tribute to departing Director Ann Philbin at star-packed gala

Nicole Kidman, Who 'Makes Movies Better,' Honored With AFI Life Achievement Award

The Academy Awards should honor stunts with their own category

SAG honoree Barbra Streisand on acting, Oscar snubs and singing with Bob Dylan

Shania Twain, 58, tips her cowboy hat as she models an eye-popping gold getup at Clive Davis' Pre-Grammy Gala

New Jersey comes West to kick off Grammy weekend with native sons Jon Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen

Katharine McPhee, 39, looks VERY glam in a busty jeweled dress next to husband David Foster, 74, as they support rocker Jon Bon Jovi at 2024 MusiCares Person Of The Year Gala

From 'gender apartheid' to 'climate mobility,' here are buzzwords to watch this year

Daniel Day-Lewis breaks from retirement to fete Martin Scorsese at National Board of Review Awards

Angela Bassett did the thing. Finally an Oscar honoree, kissing Regina King

Barbie, Oppenheimer, Succession are among AFI Award recipients