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OSCAR AWARD 2020 Winners

Awards Season is always an exciting time for the film world, as the last year’s most acclaimed work is recognized by the film academy. And after the Golden Globes, SAG Awards, and BAFTAs it all comes down to the Academy Awards. Many filmmakers hope to one day get an Oscar of their own.

The 2020 award winners list

1. Best picture : Parasite
2. Best actress : Renée Zellweger, Judy
3. Best actor : Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
4. Best director : Bong Joon-ho, Parasite
5. Best Music (original song) : “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” from Rocketman
6. Best Music (original score) : Joker
7. Best International feature film : South Korea, Parasite
8. Best Makeup and hair-styling : Bombshell
9. Best Visual effects :1917
10. Best film editing :Ford v Ferrari
11. Best cinematography : Roger Deakins, 1917
12. Best sound mixing : 1917
13. Best sound editing : Ford v Ferrari
14. Best supporting actress : Laura Dern, Marriage Story
15. Best Documentary short feature : Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl)
16. Best Documentary feature : American Factory
17. Best costume design : Jacqueline Durran, Little Women
18. Best production design : Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
19. Best Live-action short film : The Neighbors’ Window
20. Best adapted screenplay : Taika Waititi, Jojo Rabbit
21. Best original screenplay : Bong Joon-ho, Parasite
22. Best Animated short film : Hair Love
23. Best Animated feature film : Toy Story 4
24. Best supporting actor : Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood

Parasite emerge as the biggest winner with 4 awards.

Robert Evans, ‘Chinatown’ and ‘Godfather’ producer, dead at 89

Robert Evans, whose charisma rivaled some of the actors who appeared in the hit films he produced, died Saturday, according to his publicist Monique Evans.

He was 89.
As a studio head, Evans helped resurrect Paramount Pictures in the 1960s and 1970s by bringing such projects as “Chinatown,” “The Godfather” and “Rosemary’s Baby” to the big screen.
Evans seemed to epitomize Hollywood excesses with his seven marriages, outspoken nature and freewheeling lifestyle that he documented in his 1994 memoir, “The Kid Stays in the Picture.” (The book was developed into a 2002 documentary film.)
“There are three sides to every story: my side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying,” Evans once famously said. “Memories shared serve each one differently.”
Born in New York City to a dentist and his wife, Evans was a child actor on radio and in the early years of television.
When stardom eluded him, Evans took a job promoting sales for Evan-Picone, a clothing company co-owned by his brother, Charles.
He was working that gig when actress Norma Shearer spotted the good-looking Evans at the Beverly Hills Hotel pool.
She successfully lobbied for Evans to portray her late husband, MGM producer Irving Thalberg, in “Man of a Thousand Faces,” a 1957 film about Lon Chaney.
He also caught the eye of producer Darryl F. Zanuck, who cast the young actor as the matador Pedro Romero in “The Sun Also Rises,” based on the classic Ernest Hemingway novel.
Evans wrote in his memoir that Hemingway and the cast’s attempt to get him thrown off the picture led to the line he used to title his biography after producer Zanuck declared, “The kid stays in the picture.”
A few unsatisfying and unsatisfactory supporting roles would end his acting career and Evans turned to producing.
In 1976, he told The New York Times that his time as an actor led to him being the butt of many jokes when he first went to work for Paramount in 1966.
“People said, ‘That B‐actor is suddenly becoming an executive,'” Evens told the publication. “When I came into Paramount, they thought I’d last six months.”
Instead, he went on to turn the studio around thanks to his deft hand at acquiring and producing hits.
One film he produced, “Love Story,” starred Ali MacGraw, one of his seven wives.
Evans was also married to actress Sharon Hugueny, actress Camilla Sparv, former Miss America Phyllis George, former Versace model Leslie Ann Woodward, “Dynasty” actress Catherine Oxenberg and socialite Victoria White O’Gara.
But his greatest love may have been the movies.
He served as production chief at Paramount for eight years.
Evans told The New York Times he “was a bad executive” partially because he “would get very involved with just a few pictures, and I let a lot of other things pass.”
“I was lucky, because at least the pictures that I got involved with ended up being successful. But I realized in the last couple of years that my interest was not in sitting down with agents or packagers all day and making deals,” Evans said. “I wanted to be in the cutting room, working on the scoring; I wanted to be more fully involved with the making of the film.”
He did just that as an independent producer, working on films including “Marathon Man,” “Urban Cowboy” and “The Cotton Club.”
That last film found Evans embroiled in a scandal due to the murder-for-hire killing of a theatrical producer who had been involved with “The Cotton Club” project, Roy Radin.
Evans’ tumultuous life also included pleading guilty to cocaine possession in 1980, after his brother and another man were arrested in a scheme that involved buying $19,000 of cocaine from a federal narcotics agent posing as a dealer.
He described himself as a “hermit” in a 2017 interview with Vanity Fair, preferring to live quietly in a property once owned by Greta Garbo.
Evans also recalled with horror a 2013 fire that destroyed his projection room containing many of his precious Hollywood memories.
“I’d give the rest of the house to have it back,” he said. “It’s awful. Every director, writer, producer, young actor — I’d get together with them here five times a week to see movies. It was a very sad day. It’s one of the worst things that’s ever happened to me.”

Sulli, 25-year-old K-pop star, found dead

K-pop star Sulli, formerly of the band f(x), has been found dead at her home.

The 25-year-old singer and actress was found dead by her manager on Monday afternoon local time, police told CNN.
“So far, it seems she killed herself, but we will leave all possibilities open and investigate,” a police official said.
Sulli’s manager spoke to her on Sunday evening and went to check on her when he was unable to reach her on Monday.
The singer, whose real name is Choi Jin-ri, was found on the second floor of her house in Sujeong-gu, Seongnam, south of the capital city, Seoul.
Police said they found a note at the scene but have yet to analyze its content. Investigations are ongoing.
Sulli was a child actor before making her singing debut with the girl group f(x) in 2009.
She left the group in 2015 to concentrate on acting before returning to the music scene as a solo artist, releasing a single, “Goblin,” in June 2019.
Sulli also appeared on a TV show in which K-pop stars talked about receiving negative online comments, Reuters reports.
Korean pop music — or K-pop — is one of the country’s biggest exports in the past decade.
Many of its stars — known as idols — train for years, honing their singing, dancing and acting skills, while also learning other Asian languages, before they are even allowed to debut their first song.
Stars of the genre are subject to intense pressure, which has been linked to a mental health crisis in the industry.
K-pop megastar Jonghyun, whose real name was Kim Jong-hyun, ended his own life in Seoul in December 2017.
And singer and actress Goo Hara, formerly part of girl band Kara, apologized to fans after being found unconscious at home in May 2019.
The singer had posted the word “Goodbye,” to her Instagram account, prompting a rush of comments from concerned fans.

Robert Forster: Jackie Brown star dies aged 78

Actor Robert Forster, who was nominated for an Oscar for his role in Quentin Tarantino’s Jackie Brown, has died in Los Angeles aged 78.

The actor, born in Rochester, New York state, died on Friday of brain cancer.

It happened on the same day that El Camino, a film in which he had a role and which is based on the TV series Breaking Bad was broadcast on Netflix.

Forster also appeared in the Breaking Bad TV series as well as David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive and Twin Peaks.

Starring alongside Samuel L Jackson, Pam Grier and Robert De Niro, his performance was nominated for a best supporting actor Oscar.

The award eventually went to Robin Williams for his role in Good Will Hunting.

Forster is survived by his partner Denise Grayson. children Bobby, Elizabeth, Kate and Maeghen and four grandchildren.

Jackie Brown co-stars Samuel L Jackson and Pam Grier were among those to pay tribute.

DAY 3: Corby Big Films Week 3.

SUNDAY 20th October:  An evening at the SAVOY Cinema with live appearance of BAFTA-winner Virginia McKenna. 
 
Virginia Anne McKenna, is a British stage and screen actress, author and wildlife campaigner. She is best known for the films A Town Like Alice, Carve Her Name with Pride, Born Free, and Ring of Bright Water, as well as her work with The Born Free Foundation.
 
6.30-9pm – ‘Born Free’ screening +  Virginia will take questions after the film and will give a short presentation with her son  Will Travers about their work with the Born Free Foundation
 
‘Born Free’ –  the highly acclaimed, academy award-winning film tells the remarkable story of Joy and George Adamson (Virginia McKenna and Bill  Travers) who raised Elsa the Lioness, an orphaned lion cub, and released her into the wilderness of Kenya.
 
FREE EVENT – just turn up on the night or to guarantee a seat click here to reserve a place. There will be a collection for the Born Free Foundation at the end of the evening – no obligation. Be there

DAY 4: Corby Big Films Week 3.

MONDAY 21st October

An evening at the SAVOY with BAFTA-winning ‘Blue Planet’, cameraman, Doug Alla

Douglas “Doug” Allan, FRSGS, is a Scottish wildlife cameraman and photographer best known for his work in polar regions and underwater. Allan is one of twin brothers born in Dunfermline in Scotland, the son of a photographer and photojournalist who ran his own photography shop in the town.

7-9pm ‘Frozen Seas’ – the final film of the festival celebrates the team behind David Attenborough with special guest, BAFTA-winning ‘Blue Planet’ Cameraman, Doug Allan taking your questions after the screening. Doug will also be selling and signing copies of his remarkable book ‘Freeze Frame – a wildlife cameraman’s adventure on ice’.

DAY 2: Corby Big Films Week 3.

SATURDAY 19th October                                                                                                    Environmental Films Day at The Core at Corby Cube

2–5pm  – ‘A Breath of Fresh Air’ – 12 video shorts / workshops – features a message from David Attenborough, ‘Tori the Eco Warrior’, a re-recording of Joni Mitchell’s ‘Big Yellow Taxi’ and live Q&A with the BAFTA nominated producer and director. 

FREE EVENT – just turn up or to guarantee a seat 

7.30–9.30                                                                                                                          More details and tickets for ‘Wilderland’ available from  www.thecorecorby.com – or call 01536 470470

COST £15/£13 Concessions.

Day 1: Corby Big Films Week 3

FRIDAY 18th October
First day of the festival.
DAYTIME: SAVOY cinema – join 4 x Oscar-winners Aardman Animations – MORNING and AFTERNOON Sessions:
9.30am–12.15pm Premier Screening of ‘Farmageddon’.
1.15–3.35pm 4 x ‘Shaun the Sheep’ films Screening.
 
After both sessions join one of the Aardman animators to make your own ‘Shaun’ in modelling clay.
COST £3.50 to cover the cost of the Clay.

EVENING: In association with The Core at Corby Cube, HD Media are pleased to present an evening with mountaineer Simon Yates.

7-8pm ‘My Mountain Life’ an Illustrated talk.

8-9pm ‘Beyond The Void’ Documentary Film

More details and tickets for this event availble from  – or call 01536 470470

COST £15/£13 Concessions.

 

Corby Big Film Week 3

HD Presents HD Mediacic Big Film Week 3.

This is a celebration of Cinema. To be held on the Friday 18th October to Monday 21st October 2019. Its is going to be a 4 days film, focusing on environment of the United Kingdom. .
It is going to be a special event and the four days will involve film screening in two sessions, morning and evening.

CEO of Special Movie Awards (SMA) Award Mr. Wilfred U. Adams is an invited guest of the event and he will be in attendance.

Jessye Norman dies at 74

A statement released to The Associated Press on Monday said Norman died at 7:54 a.m. EDT from septic shock and multi-organ failure secondary to complications of a spinal cord injury she sustained in 2015. She died at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s Hospital in New York, and was surrounded by loved ones.

“We are so proud of Jessye’s musical achievements and the inspiration that she provided to audiences around the world that will continue to be a source of joy. We are equally proud of her humanitarian endeavors addressing matters such as hunger, homelessness, youth development, and arts and culture education,” the family statement read.

She is a native of Augusta, Georgia, Norman was one of the rare black singers to reach fame in the opera world. She established herself in Europe in the 1970s and made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in 1983.

 

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