George Lucas, Meg Tilly, Kirk Douglas: Governors Awards 2009
Academy Award-nominated actresses Jennifer Tilly (as best supporting actress, for Bullets Over Broadway) and Meg Tilly (also in the best supporting actress category, for Agnes of God), arrive at the 2009 Governors Awards ceremony held at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland on Saturday, November 14.
Previous Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award recipient and two-time best director Academy Award nominee George Lucas with investor/TV show hostess Mellody Hobson
Three-time Academy Award nominee Kirk Douglas pays tribute to Lauren Bacall, his co-star in both Young Man with a Horn (1950) and Diamonds (1999)
Photos: Michael Yada (Jennifer and Meg Tilly, Lucas), Richard Harbaugh (Douglas) / ©A.M.P.A.S.
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by Joan Lister | November 15, 2009
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Tags: 2010 Oscar, Academy Awards, Film Awards, George Lucas, Governors Awards, Honorary Oscar, Jennifer Tilly, Kirk Douglas, Meg Tilly, Mellody Hobson, Photos
Jack Lemmon, Ruby Dee, Sidney Poitier on TCM
Ruby Dee, Sidney Poitier in A Raisin in the Sun
Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award winners Stan Laurel, Jack Lemmon, Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, and Kirk Douglas will be celebrated by Turner Classic Movies with a four-film presentation beginning at 8 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 22, the night before TCM’s sister networks TNT and TBS present a live simulcast of the 2010 Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Of the four films — the short Tit for Tat, and the features The Out-of-Towners, A Raisin in the Sun, and Last Train from Gun Hill — I’ve only seen the moderately entertaining John Sturges Western Last Train from Gun Hill, whose most memorable feature is Carolyn Jones as the female lead [...]
by Andre Soares | November 11, 2009
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Tags: A Raisin in the Sun, Betty White, Classic Movies, Jack Lemmon, John Sturges, Kirk Douglas, Last Train from Gun Hill, Ruby Dee, Sidney Poitier, The Out-of-Towners, Tit for Tat, Turner Classic Movies
Oscar 2010: Anjelica Huston, Jonathan Demme, Kirk Douglas to Present Honorary Oscars
Lauren Bacall
Oscar winners Anjelica Huston, Jonathan Demme, and Quentin Tarantino, and Honorary Award recipient Kirk Douglas will be some of the presenters at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ first Governors Awards event on November 14 at Hollywood & Highland Center’s Grand Ballroom.
The evening will feature presentations of the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to producer-executive John Calley, and Honorary Awards to actress Lauren Bacall, producer-director Roger Corman and cinematographer Gordon Willis.
The black-tie dinner event for more than 600 guests will feature film clips as well as statements from the honorees, and tributes from their colleagues and admirers.
The Honorary Award, an Oscar statuette, is given to an individual [...]
by Anna Robinson | October 29, 2009
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Tags: 2010 Oscar, Academy Awards, Anjelica Huston, Gordon Willis, Honorary Oscar, Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, John Calley, Jonathan Demme, Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Quentin Tarantino, Roger Corman