Olivier Awards 2020: the winners in full
After Covid-19 delayed the 2020 Olivier Awards by more than six months, this year’s winners have been revealed. Musicals Dear Evan Hansen and & Juliet and new play Emilia each … Continue reading
STR 2020 Theatre Book Prize Winner announced – Society for Theatre Research
[18th June 2020] Dark Star: A Biography of Vivien Leigh by Alan Strachan has been awarded the Society for Theatre Research Theatre Book Prize (for books published in 2019). The announcement was made … Continue reading
Revivals of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman and Henrik Ibsen’s Rosmersholm pick up 5 Oliviers
Revivals of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman and Henrik Ibsen’s Rosmersholm picked up five [Olivier Award] nominations each, including best actor for Wendell Pierce as Miller’s Willy Loman and … Continue reading
Olivier Awards 2018: the winners in full
This year’s Olivier Awards saw Hamilton take home seven prizes, the most of any show, including two performance accolades and best new musical. Its seven awards mean it now shares … Continue reading
The Latest: Stars mingle and dance at SAG Awards after-party
Sam Rockwell, from left, Frances McDormand and Woody Harrelson, nominees for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture for “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” introduce a clip from … Continue reading
Caryl Churchill honoured for outstanding contribution to writing | The Stage
Playwright Caryl Churchill has been honoured for her outstanding contribution to writing at the 2018 Writers’ Guild awards. Fellow playwright Lucy Kirkwood presented Churchill with the award at a London … Continue reading
Natalie Portman Calls Out Lack of Women Directing Nominees at Golden Globes
Despite the rapidly growing awareness of women’s issues in Hollywood and high-profile films from female directors in the past year, not a single woman was nominated for best director award … Continue reading
Billy Connolly leads the way in Queen’s birthday honours list | UK news | The Guardian
Actor knighted in recognition of services to entertainment and charity, and is joined by Paul McCartney, JK Rowling and Delia Smith on the list Source: Billy Connolly leads the way … Continue reading
“I’ve never received a nomination for an Academy Award – and that after I went to the trouble of learning two more facial expressions.” – Art of Quotation
“I’ve never received a nomination for an Academy Award – and that after I went to the trouble of learning two more facial expressions.” — Roger Moore, 1927-2017, English, ac… … Continue reading
James Nesbitt gives passionate speech supporting equal pay for actresses at BAFTA TV Awards
James Nesbitt showing his support for equal pay in the industry. Source: James Nesbitt gives passionate speech supporting equal pay for actresses at BAFTA TV Awards
Olivier Awards 2017: Winners in full – BBC News
The full list of winners and nominees for this year’s Olivier Awards which took place at the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday 9 April. Source: Olivier Awards 2017: Winners in … Continue reading
13 Oscar Records That Could Be Shattered This Sunday
Damien Chazelle, Ryan Gosling and Lin-Manuel Miranda are among the folks who could make history on Sunday Source: 13 Oscar Records That Could Be Shattered This Sunday
I’m an Arab actor who’s been asked to audition for the role of terrorist more than 30 times. If La La Land cleans up at the Oscars, I’m done | The Independent
I’ve worked as a professional performer in the UK since the age of 12 – and my Arab heritage has pitted me against some pretty awful racial profiling in the … Continue reading
Mel Brooks: ‘Donald Trump doesn’t scare me. He’s a song-and-dance man’ | Film | The Guardian
One of America’s great comics for the past 60 years, the maker of films Blazing Saddles and The Producers talks about why he can’t take the president seriously – and … Continue reading
Thoughts: Oscar Nominations and Predictions for the 89th Academy Awards – MovieBabble
Early Tuesday, the Academy released their nominations for the Oscars that will air on February 26th, 2017 on ABC. With the release of the nominations comes predictions for what the … Continue reading
“take your broken heart, make it into art.” – Art of Quotation
“As my friend, the dear departed Princess Leia, said to me once, take your broken heart, make it into art.” — Meryl Streep, actress, from her 2017 Golden Globes acceptance … Continue reading
The Golden Globes: No Longer Just Respectable, They Now Have Taste | Variety
A lot of people still like to talk about the Golden Globes as if they were the less-serious, more-fun, loose-cannon, everyone-in-the-room-is-relaxed-because-they’ve-had-a-few-drinks alternative to the Academy Awards. Okay, that is what … Continue reading
New Year’s Honours for Shakespeare | The Shakespeare blog
At the beginning of 2017 the New Year’s Honours List was published in which the great and the good were recognised for their services. Following the successful 2016 Rio Olympics … Continue reading
I, Daniel Blake sweeps Evening Standard film awards | Film | The Guardian
Ken Loach’s drama wins best British film, best actress and most powerful scene, while Hugh Grant and Kate Beckinsale take acting honours Source: I, Daniel Blake sweeps Evening Standard film … Continue reading
Dave Johns lands his first acting award : News 2016 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide
Comedian Dave Johns has won his first major acting award. The veteran stand-up scooped best actor at the British Independent Film Awards for his role in the Ken Loach film … Continue reading
2016 Emmy Awards Complete Winners List – DPNews
Outstanding Drama Series Game of Thrones (HBO) The Americans (FX) House of Cards (Netflix) Downton Abbey (PBS) Better Call Saul (AMC) Mr. Robot (USA) Homeland (Showtime)… Source: 2016 Emmy Awards … Continue reading
A Single Man (dir. Tom Ford) 2009 | reviewdonkey
A Single Man is a day in the life of George Falconer, who is grieving over the sudden death of his partner, 8 months prior. It is set in California … Continue reading
Black and White Portraits from Cannes Festival 2016 | Seroword
Using black and white to capture Cannes 2016 of actors, directors and other filmmaking elites, Desailly finds the perfect light and poses to give 2016 a ‘Golden Age’ feel. Source: … Continue reading
Loach film on shame of poverty in Britain moves Cannes to tears
Director Ken Loach denounced the British government’s “conscious cruelty” towards the poor Friday after his film about the poverty and humiliation inflicted upon them by welfare cuts had critics at … Continue reading
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Did You Know…? REFUSING HONOURS • 2004
‘I’m putting the phone down now, goodbye,’ said Alan Bennett when, following the leaked document that revealed last month that many notable people in various fields had turned down honours … Continue reading
Taxi Driver: Insights into Martin Scorsese’s Early Masterpiece | Seroword
On the 21 April, the cast of Taxi Driver will reunite for its 40th anniversary with a screening and panel at the Tribeca Film Festival. This week however, the then-rising … Continue reading
The French Connection wins the Academy Award | If It Happened Yesterday, It’s History
April 10th 1972 The French Connection wins the Academy Award for best picture of 1971. The Library of Congress wasn’t wrong to include The French Connection into its registry as … Continue reading
Olivier Awards: Record eighth win for Judi Dench – BBC News
Dame Judi Dench wins a record eighth Olivier Award, this time for best actress in a supporting role… Source: Olivier Awards: Record eighth win for Judi Dench – BBC News
During WWII, the Only Men Getting Plastered for Oscar Night Were the Statuettes | Atlas Obscura
“Boy, it’s heavy!” Those were the opening words of Faye Dunaway’s acceptance speech when she won the Best Actress Oscar for Network in 1977. Estelle Parsons expressed the same sentiment at the beginning … Continue reading
Oscars 2016: Winners Announced at 88th Academy Awards | Variety
In an upset victory, newspaper drama “Spotlight” won best picture at the 88th Academy Awards over heavily favored survival epic “The Revenant.” The drama about the Boston Globe’s investigation into … Continue reading
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