One of the top contenders for Best Documentary at the Oscars this year ranges from the skies above Delhi, India to a basement below the city’s north end.
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Clayton Davis Reputations go a long way in Hollywood, and when you’re seeking Oscar attention, a good one provides a significant edge against the competition. While more than a few contenders in this year’s mix have had previous run-ins with colleagues and journalists, those without that baggage have social media, and the industry, rooting for them. At the top of the list is Brendan Fraser, one of the best comeback stories in years. In Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale” (Aronofsky and Fraser are both on the cover of this week’s New York issue of Variety) where he plays a 600-pound man looking to reconnect with his daughter, he delivers an astounding performance. The adaptation of Samuel D. Hunter’s play may face an uphill battle in other major categories, based on reactions so far. However, the star of “The Mummy” (1999) and “Encino Man” (1992) has been able to rise above any criticism, especially after Variety posted a viral video of him getting emotional during the film’s standing ovation at Venice.
Tom Hanks, “America’s Dad” for decades, has received six Oscar nominations and scored back-to-back wins for “Philadelphia” (1993) and “Forrest Gump” (1994). Although his interpretation of Col. Tom Parker, the music-manager weasel with a weird accent in Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis,” received a mixed reception from critics, there’s nothing the Academy likes to do more than to prove the public wrong, especially when one of its darlings is involved. With a huge box office for “Elvis” and a starring role in “A Man Called Otto,” the English-language remake of the Oscar-nominated Swedish film “A Man Called Ove” (2015), he could be part of the race in either the lead or the supporting category. With grace, respect and charming humor,
One of the top contenders for Best Documentary at the Oscars this year ranges from the skies above Delhi, India to a basement below the city’s north end.
new head of creative for the WWE, Triple H already had a career worthy of the WWE’s Hall of Fame. And yet, at the present, he’s only inducted as a member of D-Generation X. While other members of the faction like Shawn Michaels and Kevin Nash have separate entries as individual performers, he does not, and Nash recently revealed on his podcast that he doesn't see it happening.
Clayton Davis Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan are splitting up, at least in terms of their Oscar campaign. “She Said,” which premiered at the New York Film Festival, and then one day later at the Middleburg Film Festival in Virginia, will be campaigned by Universal Pictures in the highly competitive best actress category for Kazan while Mulligan will seek attention in the wide-open supporting actress race. Directed by Maria Schrader, “She Said” tells the story of New York Times reporters Megan Twohey (Mulligan) and Jodi Kantor (Kazan), who helped launched the #MeToo movement by exposing the silence surrounding sexual assault in Hollywood, and particularly Harvey Weinstein.
The Nakia Creek Fire in Washington state rapidly grew to 2,000 acres in size on Sunday, prompting authorities to order over 2,900 homes to evacuate immediately. The fire, which is threatening tens of thousands of Clark County residents, began on October 9 in the Larch Block of the Yacolt Burn State Forest.The blaze was recorded at 156 acres on October 12 but has exploded in size since. The wind-fueled wildfire was only 5% contained on Sunday night, according to Clark Regional Emergency Services Agency.The public safety agency said in a statement that the fire is burning on "extremely steep" ground.
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Naman Ramachandran After 22 weeks in cinemas across Ireland and the U.K., writer-director Colm Bairéad’s “An Cailín Ciúin” (“The Quiet Girl”) has crossed €1 million ($971,000) at the box office. The film is Ireland’s entry in the Oscars’ international feature category. Based on Irish author Claire Keegan’s story “Foster,” the coming-of-age film, set in rural Ireland in 1981, follows Cáit (Catherine Clinch) as she is sent from her overcrowded, dysfunctional household to live with distant relatives for the summer. It has been an unstoppable force on the festival and awards circuit, winning top prizes at the Berlin, Dublin and Taipei film festivals and sweeping the Irish Film and Television Awards. Produced by Cleona Ní Chrualaoi for Inscéal, the film is distributed by Break Out Pictures and Curzon.
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Manchester United made history against Omonia Nicosia in the Europa League on Thursday night.
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