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Tahar Rahim is currently earning raves for his role in “The Mauritanian”, but his next project will see the actor become Asia’s most notorious serial killer.

Jodie Foster has shot down suggestions she played matchmaker to newly-engaged Shailene Woodley and Aaron Rodgers after thanking the American football star in her Golden Globe acceptance speech. Weeks after the Green Bay Packers quarterback thanked the Oscar winner in his National Football League Most Valuable Player speech, Foster had the sportsman on her mind on Sunday night as she collected her latest accolade for her new film The Mauritanian.

Nomadland win best drama and Borat Subsequent Moviefilm win best musical or comedy.Like many, Foster appeared at the broadcast virtually, with her camera capturing a wonderfully domestic scene as she was announced to have won Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for her role in The Mauritanian, about a man who was held at Guantanamo Bay for 14 years without charge.“Oh my God, are you kidding me?” Foster asked, after kissing Hedison. “I think you made a mistake.

Jodie Foster made a very special shout-out during her Golden Globes acceptance speech Sunday.

There has been a big rumor over the past few months that Jodie Foster set up Aaron Rodgers and Shailene Woodley, who are now engaged.

Playing matchmaker? Jodie Foster, a devoted Green Bay Packers fan, was asked about whether she played a part in getting her Mauritanian costar Shailene Woodley and team quarterback Aaron Rodgers together.

The Mauritanian, a drama based on true events at the Guantanamo Bay prison. In her acceptance speech, Foster said, “Are you kidding me? I think you made a mistake.

Jodie Foster had her biggest supporters by her side as she celebrated her win at the 2021 Golden Globes.The 58-year-old actress, who won the Best Supporting Actress prize for her role in The Mauritanian, appeared on screen for the virtual ceremony with her wife Alexandra Hedison and their dog, Ziggy.MORE: Jennifer Aniston's sneaky appearance at 2021 Golden Globes revealedJodie, who had coordinated with her pet by wearing pyjamas that matched Ziggy's necktie, appeared stunned as her name was

Jodie Foster was absolutely delighted with her Golden Globe win but it wouldn’t have been half as special without her wife Alexandra Hedison by her side.

No, Jodie Foster did not play a hand in introducing her The Mauritanian co-star, Shailene Woodley, to the actress’s now-fiance, Aaron Rodgers. In fact, Jodie has never even MET Aaron in person.

Naman Ramachandran Eros STX and Amazon Prime Video have signed a multi-year first window output deal for the Nordics, effective immediately.The deal will see Prime subscribers in the Nordics get exclusive access to STX International’s slate, including “The Mauritanian,” for which Jodie Foster won a Golden Globe, and which also stars Tahar Rahim and Benedict Cumberbatch.

The Golden Globe Awards looked a little different this year, with COVID-19 forcing the ceremony to go online for the first time in its 77-year history. And while the glitz and glamour of the red carpet may have gone, the ceremony itself was not short of its fair share of touching moments.Most notably, was the acceptance speech from openly lesbian actress Jodie Foster, who picked up her fourth gong, this time for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for her role in The Mauritanian directed

Jodie Foster was so elated with her Golden Globes win she turned to her wife and kissed her seconds after the result was announced.

Jodie Foster celebrates her 2021 Golden Globes win with a kiss from wife Alexandra Hedison!

Gallery: 10 movie stars who were awarded posthumously (BANG Showbiz) “I don’t have his words but we have to take all the moment to celebrate all we love, so thank you, HFPA, for this opportunity to do exactly that. Chadwick scooped the accolade ahead of Sir Anthony Hopkins for 'The Father', Riz Ahmed for 'The Sound of Metal', Gary Oldman for 'Mank', and Tahar Rahim for 'The Mauritanian'.

Returning the favor! Jodie Foster thanked Aaron Rodgers in her Golden Globes 2021 acceptance speech three weeks after the professional football player mentioned her in his engagement announcement.

The Mauritanian. It was a major upset, as pundits widely thought the winner would either be Glenn Close for Hillbilly Elegy, Amanda Seyfried for Mank, or Olivia Colman for The Father.

Jodie Foster is adding another Golden Globe statuette to her collection. The actress nabbed her third Golden Globe win for Best Supporting Actress In A Motion Picture for her performance in the legal drama, The Mauritanian at tonight’s ceremony. “I think you made a mistake. I’m a little speechless. I just never expected to ever be here again,” Foster remarked before thanking her “amazing filmmakers.”

being nominated for his first Golden Globe on Sunday for his role in. ET's Kevin Frazier spoke to the French actor virtually about how he's celebrating from Paris, France.Rahim is nominated for Best Actor in a Drama Motion Picture for his role as Mohamedou Ould Salahi, who was held for 14 years without charge in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.

Hey! It’s time for another Good in the ‘Wood Wednesday! Shailene Woodley was on Monday night’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to promote her new upcoming movie release, The Mauritanian. The actor also confirmed that she is indeed engaged to NFL player Aaron Rodgers.

Sometimes, you watch a trailer and you don’t even need to see more than 15 seconds and understand that it’s tailor-made for Oscar voting. That’s the case with the upcoming political/courtroom drama, “The Mauritanian.” With its cast of big names and a timely story involving a relatively recent political controversy, “The Mauritanian” is exactly the type of film that fits that “Oscar Bait” category.

Angelique Jackson Entertainment studio Topic Studios and New York-based production company Loveless have entered into an all-media first-look deal, partnering to develop scripted and unscripted projects across TV, film and podcasts.Topic Studios, the entertainment studio from First Look Media, which recently produced the Golden Globe-nominated legal thriller “The Mauritanian,” and Loveless, the production company founded by Emmy-nominees Carly Hugo and Matt Parker, have come together for the

Shailene Woodley confirmed this evening that she’s engaged and we also got our first look at her massive engagement ring!

Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards, Features EditorYou can now read the screenplay for “The Mauritanian,” based on Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s 2015 memoir “Guantanamo Diary,” here.The script, from M.B. Travern and Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani, was directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin MacDonald and stars Tahar Rahim as Slahi and Jodie Foster as Nancy Hollander, the attorney who took on his case.

The mystery continues. Jodie Foster is a big fan of the Green Bay Packers, but she has no idea why Aaron Rodgers thanked her while announcing his engagement to Shailene Woodley.

Mamoudou Athie, star of breakout feature film Patti Cake$, is to star in and produce a feature film set in the Sahara Desert.

The Oscar-nominated prison thriller A Prophet first threw the international spotlight on Tahar Rahim in 2009 when the film premiered in Cannes. Now another film involving incarceration is drawing fresh praise for the French actor.

As the specialty box office space continues to navigate the digital VOD and day and date waters, numbers are trickling in but, again, they don’t necessarily give a solid reflection of a film’s box office performance as they did in the before-times (aka pre-Covid). On this President’s Day holiday weekend, award season faves like A24’s Minari dropped in approximately 61 markets before heading to PVOD on February 26 while Sony Pictures’ French Exit had a very limited theatrical run.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticWith the Super Bowl behind us and the Oscars looming (and a pandemic-dampened Valentine’s Day as a marketing peg), American distributors are releasing their most robust slate of new releases in months this weekend.Awards contenders “Judas and the Black Messiah” (about the FBI-sanctioned murder of Fred Hampton) and “Land” (starring and directed by Robin Wright) arrive in theaters, hot off their premieres at this year’s virtual Sundance Film Festival.