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David Seidler won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for The King's Speech in 2011
David Seidler: Oscar-winning King's Speech screenwriter dies
LOS ANGELES — David Seidler, best known for writing the Oscar-winning film The King's Speech, has died aged 86.The London-born screenwriter, who had a stammer, brought the true story of how King George VI overcame his speech impediment to the big screen.The 2010 film starred Colin Firth, who also won the best actor Bafta and Oscar for his depiction of the king.Seidler was also behind the stage adaptation of the film, which opened in the West End in 2012.He dedicated his 2011 Oscar to "all the stutterers around the world" — and at the time thanked the Queen for "not putting me in the Tower for using the F word".Seidler's manager Jeff Aghassi confirmed to the BBC he passed away on Saturday."David was in the place he loved most in the world — New Zealand...
March 18, 2024

David Seidler: Oscar-winning King's Speech screenwriter dies

The 83-year-old also won the Golden Globe for the same film last January
Japan's Hayao Miyazaki wins award for The Boy and The Heron
LOS ANGELES — More than two decades after winning his first Oscar, Japan's revered animator Hayao Miyazaki has done it again.The Boy and the Heron beat Disney's Elemental and Spider-Man Across the Spider-verse to win the Best Animated Feature Film prize.The 83-year-old also won the Golden Globe for the same film last January.Set during World War Two, the semi-autobiographical film is about a boy who meets a mysterious speaking heron after losing his mother.Miyazaki's family was displaced by the war, like Mahito's. His mother was also a strong influence on his work, as seen in the strong female characters in his films.The co-founder of Japanese animation house Studio Ghibli won his first Oscar in 2003 for Spirited Away, about a girl who tries to save her parents who are...
March 11, 2024

Japan's Hayao Miyazaki wins award for The Boy and The Heron

Ukrainian filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov ccepting the award for best documentary feature for '20 Days in Mariupol.'
Winners, stars tout peace over politics at this year’s Academy Awards
LOS ANGELES — There was little mention of politics at Sunday’s Oscars ceremony, but there were multiple calls for global peace.Upon winning the Academy Award for best international feature for the Auschwitz-set drama “The Zone of Interest,” filmmaker Jonathan Glazer said in his acceptance speech, “Our film shows where dehumanization leads, at its worst.”Shortly after, Glazer made reference to the ongoing conflict in Gaza, saying, “Right now, we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict for so many innocent people.”“Whether the victims of October 7 in Israel, or the ongoing attack on Gaza, all the victims of this dehumanization, how do we resist?” he asked.“The Zone of Interest” tells the...
March 11, 2024

Winners, stars tout peace over politics at this year’s Academy Awards

Oppenheimer win big at this year's Oscars.  (from left) Cillian Murphy, Christopher Nolan, Rqobert Downey Jr
Oppenheimer sweeps awards with best picture and actor wins
LOS ANGELES — Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster biopic Oppenheimer is the big winner of the 96th Oscars after scooping seven awards including best picture and best actor for Cillian Murphy.The film, which had 13 nominations, also wins best supporting actor for Robert Downey Jr, as well as best director for Christopher Nolan, plus film editing, cinematography and original scoreThe drama, telling the story of the “father of the atomic bomb”, lost the box office battle to Barbie during last summer’s Barbenheimer showdown but has now won the awards war with Greta Gerwig’s Mattel comedy winning just one Oscar for the best original song.Emma Stone was awarded best actress for her role in Poor Things, which also wins best production design, make-up and costume design.Host Jimmy Kimmel...
March 11, 2024

Oppenheimer sweeps awards with best picture and actor wins

Blanchett co-produced the film alongside her husband Andrew Upton (right)
The New Boy: Cate Blanchett film tackles faith and colonialism in Australia
SYDNEY — It would take a remarkable child acting performance to rival Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett on screen. But that's exactly what untried prodigy Aswan Reid has done in her latest movie, critics say. Barely 11 years old when The New Boy was shot in the dusty South Australian outback in 2022, Reid's audition was the very first tape the film's creators looked at. "He's absolutely magnetic. We were so lucky to find him," Blanchett tells the BBC's Today program. "[He's] a Kiwirrkurra boy from the border of the Northern Territory and Western Australia — who had not only never been off Country, he'd never been on a film set. But yet, he learnt more in two days about the film industry than I'd learnt in almost 30...
March 07, 2024

The New Boy: Cate Blanchett film tackles faith and colonialism in Australia

Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed found guilty over fatal shooting
‘Rust’ movie armorer found guilty of involuntary manslaughter
LOS ANGELES — A movie set weapons handler who loaded a gun for actor Alec Baldwin before it fired and killed a cinematographer has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter.Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was found not guilty of a second charge — tampering with evidence over the 2021 shooting of Halyna Hutchins on the set of Rust.The 26-year-old could now face up to 18 months in prison.Baldwin also faces a manslaughter trial over the fatality.Ms Hutchins, 42, was killed after a gun Baldwin used in a rehearsal fired a live round on the set of the Western in New Mexico.Gutierrez-Reed remained expressionless as she learned her fate.As she was led away by two officers she told her weeping mother, "It'll be OK," according to Reuters.Ms Hutchins' parents and her sister said they...
March 07, 2024

‘Rust’ movie armorer found guilty of involuntary manslaughter

The Singapore leg of the Eras tour has Swifties flying in from around the region
Taylor Swift: Singapore charges duo for sneaking fans into Eras Tour
SINGAPORE — Authorities in Singapore have charged two men with cheating for sneaking three people into a Taylor Swift concert without tickets.Yang Chenguang allegedly distracted security staff by talking to them while Li Xiao Wei held onto a turnstile to let the trio in, authorities said.The incident happened last Monday, the third of Swift's six sold-out shows in the South East Asian city-state.Tickets to the show are highly coveted as Singapore is the only stop of Swift's Eras Tour in the region.The dates had sold out months before and desperate fans from as far as China turn to resellers to secure their seats. Before Singapore, Swift played in Japan and Australia.Singapore has some of the strictest laws in the world and anyone convicted of cheating can be jailed for up to...
March 07, 2024

Taylor Swift: Singapore charges duo for sneaking fans into Eras Tour

Taylor Swift
Singapore defends Taylor Swift’s exclusive Southeast Asia stop after neighbors cry foul
SINGAPORE — Singapore is drawing fans from all over Southeast Asia and beyond to Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, much to the annoyance of the city-state’s regional neighbors.The anger is not directed at the superstar but at the Singaporean government for an exclusive deal it struck with concert organizers to make sure the city-state is the only place in Southeast Asia where she performs.Swift has brought a windfall to Singapore – as she usually does wherever she goes – as fans buy flights, accommodation and souvenirs in the city-state.But countries in the region have expressed their annoyance with Filipino lawmaker Joey Salceda saying exclusive deals aren’t “what good neighbors do.”Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong responded to the criticism on Tuesday, saying Singapore was not...
March 05, 2024

Singapore defends Taylor Swift’s exclusive Southeast Asia stop after neighbors cry foul

Taylor Swift with her father, Scott
Taylor Swift's father Scott Swift accused of assaulting photographer
SYDNEY — Australian police are investigating an allegation by a paparazzo that he was assaulted by Taylor Swift's father.Ben McDonald, 51, accused Scott Swift, 71, of striking his face on a Sydney wharf. He did not need medical help.The confrontation happened on Tuesday after Swift and the pop megastar disembarked from a yacht.A spokesperson for the singer did not address the assault claim but said two people had behaved aggressively towards them, local media reported.A video published by Australian media shows the singer, who is concealed beneath an umbrella, walking with her father and security guards along Neutral Bay Wharf about 02:30 local time (15:30 GMT Monday).Cameras flash before two voices — reported to be a photographer and a guard — accuse each other of touching...
February 27, 2024

Taylor Swift's father Scott Swift accused of assaulting photographer

Renner said the past year had been 'a heck of a journey' as he presented the first award of the ceremony
Jeremy Renner gets standing ovation at People's Choice Awards
LOS ANGELES — Actor Jeremy Renner received a rapturous reception at the People's Choice Awards, more than a year after a horrific snowplow accident.The Hawkeye star broke more than 30 bones after being accidentally run over by his own snowplow last January.Arriving on stage at Sunday's ceremony, Renner told the audience: "I've got to say, it feels good to be back."Renner's fellow Marvel star Tom Hiddleston was among the audience members to give him a standing ovation."The fans rock, I'll tell you what," Renner said, appearing visibly moved by the crowd's reaction."This year's been a heck of a journey, and I'm happy to be here with you, the fans. You guys are the best."The actor presented Billie Eilish with the TV performance...
February 20, 2024

Jeremy Renner gets standing ovation at People's Choice Awards

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