Angelina Jolie is set to receive the TIFF Tribute Award in Impact Media at the upcoming Toronto Film Festival. The Oscar-winning actress will be honored on Sept. 8 at the TIFF fundraiser, while also bringing her latest film, Without Blood, to Toronto for a world premiere. Written, directed and produced by Jolie, Without Blood is …
The European Film Academy is honoring German filmmaker Wim Wenders with the European Lifetime Achievement Award. Wenders, who has been nominated for three Oscars and a Grammy, is known for works such as the Road Movie trilogy (1974-1976), Paris, Texas (1984), and Wings of Desire (1987). “With this award, we celebrate Wim Wenders’ outstanding body …
Alfonso Cuarón, the Oscar-winning Mexican filmmaker known for the likes of Gravity, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Roma, will receive a lifetime achievement award at the 77th edition of the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland. He will receive the honor, a tribute to “film personalities with extraordinary careers,” on Sunday, Aug. 11 …
Greta Gerwig has been tapped to receive this year’s Pioneer of the Year Award. She’s only the second female director to receive the prestigious honor after Elizabeth Banks. She’ll be feted at the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation’s annual dinner on Sept. 25 at The Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. All three of the …
The American Cinematheque is set to give Jessica Chastain its top prize. Chastain will be honored with the American Cinematheque Award on Dec. 6 during a ceremony in Beverly Hills that will also see Oppenheimer producer Charles Roven receive the Power of Cinema Award. “She (Chastain) is a fierce advocate for social causes and an …
Prince Harry accepted the Pat Tillman Award at Thursday’s ESPYs ceremony following controversy regarding the foundation’s choice to honor him. The prince received the award in recognition of the 10th anniversary of his Invictus Games. “I stand here not as Prince Harry, Pat Tillman Award recipient, but rather a voice on behalf of the Invictus …
Sharon Stone will receive a lifetime achievement honor on the closing night of the 70th edition of the Taormina Film Festival next month. The fest will present her with the Cariddi d’oro alla carriera (Golden Cariddi for Lifetime Achievement), which has previously been awarded to the likes of Jessica Lange, Robert De Niro, Tom Cruise, …
ESPN is giving an award to Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex. Harry will receive the 2024 Pat Tillman Award for Service at this year’s ESPY Awards, which will be held July 11 on ABC, and be hosted by tennis legend Serena Williams. The Tillman award is “given to a person with a strong connection …
Czech actor Ivan Trojan doesn’t need much introduction in his home country. But organizers of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) helped foreigners who may not have immediately recognized his name when recently unveiling that the star would receive the President’s Award for Outstanding Contribution to Czech Cinema at the closing ceremony of this …