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 …
Dr. Curtis at your service. Academy Award winner Jamie Lee Curtis, who just snagged an Emmy nomination for her critically-acclaimed turn on The Bear, is poised to receive another accolade. The American Film Institute announced today that it will present a doctorate of fine arts degree honoris causa to Curtis in honor of “contributions of …
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 …
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 …
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, …
Indian superstar Shah Rukh Khan will be honored with the lifetime achievement award, the Pardo alla Carriera, or career leopard, at the 2024 Locarno Film Festival. The Panthaan, Don 2 and Om Shanti Om star, known to his fans as “King Khan,” will receive the prize at Locarno’s iconic Piazza Grande on Aug. 10. As …
Acting icon Sigourney Weaver will be honored with the Golden Lion for lifetime achievement at the 81st Venice International Film Festival. Inarguably one of the most acclaimed and versatile actors of her generation, Weaver, a triple-Oscar nominee, has moved easily across budgets and genres, from big-budget action franchises (Aliens, Avatar), comedy (Ghostbusters, Galaxy Quest), biopics …