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5 days, 15 hours ago

Steve McQueen back in the awards race

LA Times

British filmmaker Steve McQueen, highly honored at home, is back in the Hollywood awards picture with his World War II drama “Blitz,” in which a young boy tries to make his way home through the perils of wartime to his single mother after they are separated. 1 McQueen won a best picture Academy Award for the searing 2013 drama “12 …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Steve McQueen's Blitz, starring Saoirse Ronan, brings the untold stories of WWII London to life

ABC

Fast facts about Blitz What: A nine-year-old boy struggles to find his way home as London is hit by German air strikes during World War II. It might be one of the most dramatised periods in 20th century history, but for Oscar-winning British filmmaker Steve McQueen, there are stories that remain untold amid the chaos and rubble of World War …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Steve McQueen’s ‘Blitz’ Is Apple TV+’s Newest War Drama

Huff Post

Sir Steve McQueen attends the BAFTA Film Preview of "Blitz" on Oct. 28, 2024, in London. “Therefore, I wanted to find out who he was and I just projected a story onto him, who he was and how I could put on an act, how I could actually work with that image to tell a narrative.” That photo became his …

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1 month ago

The 2025 Oscars BuzzMeter: What’s getting the buzz so far?

LA Times

The Buzz is back! Mike Leigh — “Hard Truths” “Because of the scale and scope of ‘The Brutalist,’ Venice best director winner Brady Corbet could beat out Sean Baker and Jacques Audiard, but it’s a close race. Marianne Jean-Baptiste — “Hard Truths” “It’s ‘Anora’ vs. ‘Emilia Pérez’ again as Mikey Madison and Karla Sofía Gascón battle. Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor — “Nickel …

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Sir Steve McQueen is 'lined up for a role in future James Bond film' after producers got a 'positive response' from 12 Years A Slave director

Daily Mail

Sir Steve McQueen is possibly up for a new role involving the iconic spy legend that is James Bond. Given his stellar reputation in the movie-making business, it is believed that the curators are hoping he would be up for sharing some of his production talents in any upcoming films One A-lister who was bombarded with rumours was Edris Elba …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Ready for a pulpy papal potboiler?

LA Times

It’s Kong vs. Godzilla, Dodgers vs. Yankees, the first time these two iconic franchises have met in the World Series since 1981, when a 20-year-old rookie phenom, pitching on three days rest, brought the Dodgers back from the brink, propelling them to a world championship. It’s a thriller about petty men undone by aspiration: mostly silly, sure, but also at …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Steve McQueen on making WWII personal with ‘Blitz’: ‘It’s about us fighting ourselves’

LA Times

“I’m not going to go down the easy path,” says director Steve McQueen. “We could have that,” the filmmaker says, sitting in a quiet room in London’s Soho Hotel during a long day of press ahead of BFI London Film Festival. But I know it’s interesting when you’re working in a way which is confrontational.” “War is bad enough, but …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Karate Kid Actor Chad McQueen, Son of Steve McQueen, Passes Away at 63

News 18

Chad McQueen, an actor known for his performances in the “Karate Kid” movies and the son of the late actor and race car driver Steve McQueen, has died. His wife Jeanie and his children Chase and Madison shared a statement on Instagram Thursday afternoon from McQueen’s verified account, announcing the news of his death with “a heavy heart.” “His remarkable …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Actor Chad McQueen, son of Steve McQueen, dies at 63

Associated Press

Chad McQueen, an actor known for his performances in the “Karate Kid” movies and the son of the late actor and race car driver Steve McQueen, has died. His wife Jeanie and his children Chase and Madison shared a statement on Instagram Thursday afternoon from McQueen’s verified account, announcing the news of his death with “a heavy heart.” “His remarkable …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Chad McQueen, ‘Karate Kid’ actor and son of legend Steve McQueen, dies at 63

LA Times

Actor and racer Chad McQueen, a producer on the film “Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans,” poses in front of photographers at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, where that movie screened. Chad McQueen, an actor and racing aficionado known for his performances in the “Karate Kid” movies of the 1980s and as the son of the late actor and …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Chad McQueen, The Karate Kid actor and son of Steve McQueen, dies at 63

India Today

Chad McQueen, an actor known for his performances in the Karate Kid films and the son of the late actor and race car driver Steve McQueen, has died. His wife Jeanie and his children Chase and Madison shared a statement on Instagram Thursday afternoon from McQueen’s verified account, announcing the news of his death with “a heavy heart.” “His remarkable …

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1 year ago

Steve McQueen: Occupied City, a Nazi-era documentary that connects the past to the present

BBC

Steve McQueen: Occupied City, a Nazi-era documentary that connects the past to the present Getty Images In his new documentary Occupied City, the acclaimed director Steve McQueen brings Amsterdam's Nazi-era history out of the shadows – and connects the past with the present. Oscar-winning British filmmaker Steve McQueen's mammoth documentary Occupied City arrives in US cinemas on Christmas Day, presenting …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Column: It’s hard to watch a 4-hour documentary on Nazi-occupied Amsterdam. That’s the point

LA Times

An image from Steve McQueen’s “Occupied City,” adapted from the book by his wife, Bianca Stigter. British director Steve McQueen knows his documentary “Occupied City,” which premiered on the first day of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, may not be what people expect. This is to remind people of that.” McQueen and his crew shot for three years, amassing 36 …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Steve McQueen’s Ferrari 275 GTB is heading to auction

The Independent

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1 year, 8 months ago

Grenfell, Steve McQueen, Serpentine Gallery review: a haunting monument to tragedy, hypnotising in its horror

The Independent

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1 year, 9 months ago

The 75 best movies by Black directors—and where they’re streaming.

Slate

Seven years ago—when #OscarsSoWhite was a hot topic and Obama was still president—Slate published the Black Film Canon, a list of 50 of the best and most culturally significant films by Black directors. “Dash insisted on making a migration film that would rely on the vibrancy of images, the richness of Gullah cultural rituals and its African rooted ancestral signification, …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Olivia Wilde, Hailey Bieber and honoree Julia Roberts lead stars at Academy Museum Gala

Daily Mail

Olivia Wilde, Hailey Bieber and Julia Roberts led a cavalcade of celebrities at the second annual Academy Museum Gala when it was thrown in Los Angeles this Saturday. Hello, gorgeous: While most of the dress was black, the fabric above the decolletage was white and adorned with frills, bringing back memories of men's tops from the 19th century Performer: Diana …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Movies, celebs and Royals that add most value to cars revealed including Princess Di and Tupac

Daily Mail

While most sectors have been battered by two years of a global pandemic and the resulting economic hardship, one that has boomed in the face of an impending recession is the classic and collectible car market. Jay Kay: 11% delta Source: Hagerty Power List 2022 Note: The Top 10 only includes those with eight or more sales of cars associated …

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3 years, 3 months ago

‘How far have we bloody come?’ Inside Steve McQueen’s 40-year Black history project

LA Times

London’s West Indian community and the Black British experience are at the heart of three new documentaries from Oscar-winning director Steve McQueen. Despite the acclaim, “Small Axe” won’t be winning any Emmys during Sunday’s ceremony: The anthology, which won the Los Angeles Film Critics award for best picture late last year, was eligible for TV’s top prize rather than the …

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3 years, 6 months ago

How Colin Firth inspired ‘Bridgerton’ and other surprising stories from 6 top TV bosses

LA Times

Early this month before the confusion of the CDC’s notice that masks are no longer necessary, COVID and its devastating intrusions into life — and television productions — was top of mind for the six storytellers gathered remotely, some from as far away as Amsterdam, for The Envelope’s annual Showrunner Roundtable. “When I see someone even going for a handshake …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Triumph launches Street Scrambler 900 Sandstorm, Scrambler 1200 Steve McQueen Edition

India Today

Triumph pulled the wraps off a new limited-run edition of the Street Scrambler called the Sandstorm edition, and Triumph Scrambler 1200 Steve McQueen Edition last month, and today, the UK-owned motorcycle manufacturer launched both the special editions here in India at Rs 9.65 lakh and Rs 13.75 lakh respectively. Limited to only 775 units across the world, the Triumph Street …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Steve McQueen finds the heroes next door in ‘Small Axe’ anthology

LA Times

Director Steve McQueen prepares so well before shooting that he says of filming in the moment, “We know what’s going to happen. The New York Post ran a story about him with the headline: “Steve McQueen knows he’s not very friendly.” McQueen doesn’t dispute it even though he possesses a generosity of spirit and a love for people that can …

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3 years, 7 months ago

BAFTA TV Awards 2021: Steve McQueen's Small Axe, Netflix's The Crown, I May Destroy You lead nominations

Firstpost

Small Axe received 15 nominations, including the best director nod for Steve McQueen and acting nods for John Boyega and Letitia Wright, among others. Small Axe, a series of dramas exploring the experiences of London’s West Indian community from the 1960s to the 1980s, received 15 nominations on Wednesday for the British Academy Television Awards. Academy Award-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Triumph Scrambler 1200 Steve McQueen Edition limited to 1000 units only

India Today

Triumph has revealed the 2021 edition of the Scrambler XE and XC. To his name comes the Triumph Scrambler 1200 Steve McQueen Edition. Inspired by the original competition-spec Triumph TR6, made famous by the legendary barbed wire jump in the iconic 1963 Second World War classic “The Great Escape”, the Scrambler 1200 Steve McQueen Edition has been developed in partnership …

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Steve McQueen back in the awards race

Steve McQueen's Blitz, starring Saoirse Ronan, brings the untold stories of WWII London to life

Steve McQueen’s ‘Blitz’ Is Apple TV+’s Newest War Drama

The 2025 Oscars BuzzMeter: What’s getting the buzz so far?

Sir Steve McQueen is 'lined up for a role in future James Bond film' after producers got a 'positive response' from 12 Years A Slave director

Ready for a pulpy papal potboiler?

Steve McQueen on making WWII personal with ‘Blitz’: ‘It’s about us fighting ourselves’

Karate Kid Actor Chad McQueen, Son of Steve McQueen, Passes Away at 63

Actor Chad McQueen, son of Steve McQueen, dies at 63

Chad McQueen, ‘Karate Kid’ actor and son of legend Steve McQueen, dies at 63

Chad McQueen, The Karate Kid actor and son of Steve McQueen, dies at 63

Steve McQueen: Occupied City, a Nazi-era documentary that connects the past to the present

Column: It’s hard to watch a 4-hour documentary on Nazi-occupied Amsterdam. That’s the point

Steve McQueen’s Ferrari 275 GTB is heading to auction

Grenfell, Steve McQueen, Serpentine Gallery review: a haunting monument to tragedy, hypnotising in its horror

The 75 best movies by Black directors—and where they’re streaming.

Olivia Wilde, Hailey Bieber and honoree Julia Roberts lead stars at Academy Museum Gala

Movies, celebs and Royals that add most value to cars revealed including Princess Di and Tupac

‘How far have we bloody come?’ Inside Steve McQueen’s 40-year Black history project

How Colin Firth inspired ‘Bridgerton’ and other surprising stories from 6 top TV bosses

Triumph launches Street Scrambler 900 Sandstorm, Scrambler 1200 Steve McQueen Edition

Steve McQueen finds the heroes next door in ‘Small Axe’ anthology

BAFTA TV Awards 2021: Steve McQueen's Small Axe, Netflix's The Crown, I May Destroy You lead nominations

Triumph Scrambler 1200 Steve McQueen Edition limited to 1000 units only