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The film echoes parts of Miyazaki's life story
Hayao Miyazaki wins Golden Globe for The Boy and the Heron
TOKYO — Japanese animation legend Hayao Miyazaki has won his first Golden Globe Award at the age of 82 for The Boy and the Heron.This marks the first Golden Globe win for a non-English animated feature.Billed as Miyazaki's final feature, it was up against Disney productions such as Wish and Elemental in the animated feature category.The film centres on a young boy who meets a mysterious speaking heron after losing his mother during World War Two.It echoes parts of Miyazaki's life story. Like the boy, his own family was evacuated to the countryside during the war. Miyazaki also had a deep bond with his own mother, who was said to have had a large influence on his work and the strong female characters in his films.The Golden Globes have traditionally been seen as a bellwether for...
January 08, 2024

Hayao Miyazaki wins Golden Globe for The Boy and the Heron

Barbie director Greta Gerwig and actress Margot Robbie accepted the box office achievement award
Oppenheimer and Succession sweep 2024 Golden Globes
LOS ANGELES — Oppenheimer was the big winner at the Golden Globe Awards, taking home five awards including the top prize.Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr were both recognized for their acting performances, while Christopher Nolan won best director.Succession scored the most wins in the TV categories following its acclaimed fourth and final season.Meanwhile, Barbie won the inaugural box office achievement award, after grossing $1.4bn (£1.13bn) worldwide.There were two wins each for Anatomy of a Fall, The Holdovers and Poor Things, and one for Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon.The latter film's star Lily Gladstone was named best drama actress, making her the first indigenous person to win the award, something she described as "historic".Oppenheimer star...
January 08, 2024

Oppenheimer and Succession sweep 2024 Golden Globes

A picture of Mickey Mouse in the 1928 short film Steamboat Willie
Disney's earliest Mickey and Minnie Mouse enter public domain as US copyright expires
LONDON — It was the animation that launched the House of Mouse.Steamboat Willie, a 1928 short film featuring early non-speaking versions of Mickey and Minnie, is widely seen as the moment that transformed Disney's fortunes and made cinema history.Their images are now available to the public in the US, after Disney's copyright expired.It means creatives like cartoonists can now rework and use the earliest versions of Mickey and Minnie.In fact, anyone can use those versions without permission or cost.But Disney warned that more modern versions of Mickey are still covered by copyright."We will, of course, continue to protect our rights in the more modern versions of Mickey Mouse and other works that remain subject to copyright," the company said.US copyright law says the...
January 01, 2024

Disney's earliest Mickey and Minnie Mouse enter public domain as US copyright expires

Vin Diesel
Film star Vin Diesel accused of sexual battery by ex-aide
LOS ANGELES — US actor Vin Diesel's former personal assistant is suing the Fast & Furious star, accusing him of sexual assault during the 2010 filming of Fast Five.A lawyer for the actor, real name Mark Sinclair, said his client "denies this claim in its entirety".Asta Jonasson claims in the lawsuit that the actor pinned her to a wall as he performed a sex act on himself.She is further suing for wrongful termination, claiming his company fired her hours after the alleged attack.Ms Jonasson's lawsuit, which was filed in Los Angeles on Thursday, alleges that the sexual battery took place in Atlanta's St Regis hotel during the filming of Fast Five.She says in the lawsuit that Sinclair, 56, physically overpowered her in his hotel suite and "ignored Ms...
December 22, 2023

Film star Vin Diesel accused of sexual battery by ex-aide

Andre Braugher was known for his roles in Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Homicide
Andre Braugher diagnosed with lung cancer months before death
WASHINGTON — Emmy-winning actor Andre Braugher, who died earlier this week at age 61, had been diagnosed with lung cancer a few months prior to his death, his publicist Jennifer Allen told CNN on Thursday.The news was first reported by the New York Times.Allen stated at the time Braugher’s death was announced on Monday that he had suffered a “brief illness” and specified on Thursday it was lung cancer.Known for his Emmy-winning role on “Homicide: Life on the Street” and for his comedic chops in NBC’s “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” Braugher was a beloved actor known to many.Following his stunning debut as a soldier in the 1989 war-era film “Glory,” Braugher amassed dozens of film and TV credits throughout his career.Braugher earned a second Emmy in 2006 for the FX miniseries...
December 15, 2023

Andre Braugher diagnosed with lung cancer months before death

Barry Humphries
Barry Humphries: Entertainer's life celebrated at Sydney Opera House state memorial
SYDNEY — Hundreds of people have gathered to celebrate the life of Barry Humphries — the man behind Dame Edna Everage — at a Sydney Opera House state memorial.The 89-year-old died in April of complications from hip surgery.Over seven decades, the Australian entertainer built a global reputation as one of the greatest raconteurs and comedians of his age.Among those who sent tributes were King Charles, Sir Elton John and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.In a message read out at the extravagant service, the King said "no-one was safe" from the wit of Humphries, who elicited both "fear and fun" in his subjects."Barry Humphries, through his creations, poked and prodded us, exposed pretensions, punctured pomposity, surfaced insecurities, but most of all,...
December 15, 2023

Barry Humphries: Entertainer's life celebrated at Sydney Opera House state memorial

Andre Braugher
Andre Braugher: Brooklyn Nine-Nine's Captain Raymond Holt dies aged 61
LOS ANGELES — Andre Braugher, the star of Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Homicide: Life on the Street has died aged 61 following a brief illness.Braugher often portrayed a police officer during his career, performing both in dramatic and comedic roles.He won an Emmy in 2006 for his role in Thief, in which he played the leader of a heist crew.Terry Crews, who played Terry Jeffords in Brooklyn Nine-Nine, paid tribute to Braugher's "irreplaceable talent"."I'm honored to have known you, laughed with you, worked with you and shared eight glorious years watching your irreplaceable talent," Crews posted on Instagram."This hurts. You left us too soon. You taught me so much. I will be forever grateful for the experience of knowing you. Thank you for your wisdom, your...
December 13, 2023

Andre Braugher: Brooklyn Nine-Nine's Captain Raymond Holt dies aged 61

Zahara had a huge fan base across Africa
South African music icon Zahara dies aged 35
PRETORIA — Award-winning South African Afro-pop singer Bulelwa Mkutukana, popularly known as Zahara, has died, the country's culture minister announced.She had been in hospital, reportedly with liver complications, and the government had been assisting the family "for some time", Sports, Arts and Culture Minister Zizi Kodwa said.The songstress won fame in 2011 with her album Loliwe, loved across Africa.In 2019, Zahara opened about up her battle with alcohol addiction.Last month, the family confirmed she had been admitted to hospital and called on South Africans to keep the musician in their prayers.She passed away on Monday night in a Johannesburg hospital, state-run SABC news website reports.While her family is yet to release an official statement, fans have been grieving...
December 12, 2023

South African music icon Zahara dies aged 35

Benjamin Zephaniah, pictured in 2021, often discussed his childhood experiences growing up in Handsworth in Birmingham, and the civil disturbances that spread through English cities in the mid-80s
British poet and author Benjamin Zephaniah dies aged 65
LONDON — British poet and author Benjamin Zephaniah has died after a short illness, according to a post from his family on his official X account.The statement said the 65-year-old was diagnosed with a brain tumor only eight weeks ago.Zephaniah was born and raised in Handsworth, Birmingham, the son of a Barbadian postman and a Jamaican nurse. He was dyslexic and left school aged 13, unable to read or write.Zephaniah came to prominence as a poet and author of the Black experience in Britain, breaking into the mainstream in the 1980s through his “dub poetry” – verse set to reggae music.His work often discussed his childhood experiences growing up in Handsworth in Birmingham, and the civil disturbances that spread through English cities in the mid-80s.As Zephaniah's profile grew,...
December 07, 2023

British poet and author Benjamin Zephaniah dies aged 65

The Oxford-born, Berlin-based artist Jesse Darling has been awarded this year’s Turner Prize
Artist Jesse Darling wins the prestigious 2023 Turner Prize
LONDON — Artist Jesse Darling is the latest recipient of the Turner Prize, the UK’s top award for artists that grants £25,000 ($31,500) annually. The announcement was made on Tuesday at an evening ceremony in Eastbourne, southeast England.Darling is a 41-year-old Oxford-born, Berlin-based multidisciplinary artist working across sculpture, video, drawing and performance; he also released a collection of poetry, “Virgins,” last year. His Turner Prize-winning exhibition is an installation that places viewers in a custom-built environment evoking chaotic city streets and industrial barriers.Barbed wire frames the entryway to a gallery space where anthropromophized crowd-control fences stampede across the floor and climb the walls. Tattered patchwork Union Jack flags hang from bent and...
December 06, 2023

Artist Jesse Darling wins the prestigious 2023 Turner Prize

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