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Dove Cameron | Versace ensemble | AFI Awards | 2022

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Devery Jacobs wearing embroidered suit by Helen Anthony

At the AFI Awards 2022.

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Happy 87th Birthday to Morgan Freeman

Born | June 1, 1937 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Throughout a career spanning five decades and multiple film genres, American actor, producer, and narrator Morgan Freeman has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, as well as a nomination for a Tony Award. He has also been awarded the Kennedy Centre Honor in 2008, an AFI Life Achievement Award in 2011, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2012, and Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2018.

Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Freeman was raised in Mississippi, where he began acting in school plays. He studied theatre arts in Los Angeles and appeared in stage productions in his early career. He rose to fame in the 1970s for his role in the children's television series The Electric Company. Freeman then appeared in the Shakespearean plays Coriolanus and Julius Caesar, the former of which earned him an Obie Award. In 1978, he received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his role as Zeke in the Richard Wesley play The Mighty Gents.

Freeman received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Clint Eastwood's sports drama Million Dollar Baby (2004). His other Oscar-nominated roles are in Street Smart (1987), Driving Miss Daisy (1989), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), and Invictus (2009). Other notable roles include Glory (1989), Lean on Me (1989), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), Unforgiven (1992), Se7en (1995), Amistad (1997), Gone Baby Gone (2007), and The Bucket List (2007). He also portrayed Lucius Fox in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005–2012) and starred in the action films Wanted (2008), Red (2010), Oblivion (2013), Now You See Me (2013), and Lucy (2014).

Known for his distinctive voice, he has narrated numerous documentary projects including The Long Way Home (1997), March of the Penguins (2005), Through the Wormhole (2010–2017), The Story of God with Morgan Freeman (2016–2019), Our Universe (2022) and Life on Our Planet (2023). He made his directorial debut with the drama Bopha! (1993). He founded film production company Revelations Entertainment with business partner Lori McCreary in 1996 where he produced numerous projects including CBS political drama Madam Secretary from 2014 to 2019.

Photo | Morgan Freeman, Beverly Hills, California, 2017 Photo © Smallz & Raskind

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DAME JULIE ANDREWS // ACTRESS

“She is an English actress, singer, and author. She has garnered numerous accolades throughout her career spanning over eight decades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, two Emmy Awards, three Grammy Awards, and six Golden Globe Awards as well as nominations for three Tony Awards. One of the biggest box office draws of the 1960s, Andrews has been honoured with the Kennedy Center Honors in 2001, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2007, and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2022. She was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in 2000.”

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Without John Williams, bikes don't fly and neither do brooms in Quidditch matches nor do men in red capes. There is no Force, dinosaurs do not walk the earth. We do not wonder, we do not weep, we do not believe.

- Steven Spielberg, AFI Lifetime Achievement Award speech for John Williams

The collaboration between John Williams and Steven Spielberg is probably the longest and most successful artistic relationship between a director and a composer in the history of cinema. The duo is synonymous of what means having a fruitful, honest and profound association between two people making films together. Calendar year 2022 marks the 50th anniversary of the very first encounter between Spielberg and Williams, which happened when the director was in preparation of his first feature film, The Sugarland Express; after being impressed by Williams’ work for such films as The Reivers and The Cowboys, the director decided he was the type of composer he was looking for. The rest, as the saying goes, is history.

Their roster includes some of the most successful and everlasting movies in the history of cinema: Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Jurassic Park, but also such highly acclaimed dramas as Schindler’s List, Saving Private Ryan, Munich and Lincoln, and most recently The Fablemans. The variety and diversity of their collaboration is balanced by a unified artistic vision that always celebrates humanity, finding the perfect synergy and constant inspiration in the work of each other and letting each other to be part of their own respective worlds. “John is my musical rewrite artist,” said Steven Spielberg, while Williams spoke of Spielberg as someone who “loves music, it is such a pleasure working with him. He comes in and I play him a theme, he is always very positive and enjoys it.”

Photo: Steven Spielberg and John Williams in the late 1970s.

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Gwen Stefani's most show-stopping looks from the 90s to now Part 1

1. The Tonight Show, 2022

2. 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards, 2020

This has to be one of the most breathtaking gowns we have ever seen, making it by far one of Gwen Stefani's best-ever looks. Vintage-inspired and adorned with sacred hearts, it is timelessly gorgeous - and can even rival some of the best Met Gala looks of all time.

3. 48th AFI Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute, 2022

4. Hollywood Walk of Fame, 2023

5. Live 105's Not So Silent Night, 1995

6. The Voice - Season 22, 2022

7. Met Gala, 2022

8. Met Gala, 2019

9. MTV Video Music Awards, 1998

10. The Holiday Light Show, 2017

11. 66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, 2014

12. Vanity Fair Oscar Party, 2016

Pictured with her husband Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani is a vision in red. This gown is certainly daring but one that she pulls off effortlessly. From the petal details to her old Hollywood glam red lip and bob, it is an unforgettable style moment.

13. Vogue Fashion Awards, 2001

14. The Voice - Season 19, 2020

15. Visit to Hallmark Channel's "Home & Family", 2020

16. The Voice - Season 19, 2020

17. The 45th Annual GRAMMY Awards, 2003

18. LA Orpheum, 2015

19. Los Angeles Premiere of "The Aviator", 2004

20. Vogue Fashion Fund Event, 2012

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Cholame, CA

James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955) was an American actor with a career that lasted five years. He is regarded as a cultural icon of teenage disillusionment and social estrangement, as expressed in the title of his most celebrated film Rebel Without a Cause (1955), in which he starred as troubled teenager Jim Stark. The other two roles that defined his stardom were loner Cal Trask in East of Eden (1955) and surly ranch hand Jett Rink in Giant (1956).

Dean died in a car crash in 1955 and became the first actor to receive a posthumous Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his role in East of Eden. He received a second nomination for his role in Giant the following year, making him the only actor to have had two posthumous acting nominations. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked him the 18th best male movie star of Golden Age Hollywood in AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars list.

On September 30, as the group [James Dean,  Bill Hickman,  Sanford Roth and Rolf Wütherich] was driving westbound on U.S. Route 466 (currently SR 46) near Cholame, California, at approximately 5:45 p.m., a 1950 Ford Tudor, driven by 23-year-old California Polytechnic State University student Donald Turnupseed, was travelling east. Turnupseed made a left turn onto Highway 41 headed north, toward Fresno ahead of the oncoming Porsche. Dean, unable to stop in time, slammed into the passenger side of the Ford, resulting in Dean's car bouncing across the pavement onto the side of the highway. Dean's passenger, Wütherich, was thrown from the Porsche, while Dean was trapped in the car and sustained numerous fatal injuries, including a broken neck. Turnupseed exited his damaged vehicle with minor injuries.

An inquest placed fault for the accident entirely with Dean. There is a James Dean monument, financed by a Japanese businessman, in front of the former Cholame post office (which closed in 1994) and a restaurant (until its closure in 2022), one half-mile from the site of the accident.

Source: Wikipedia

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Dame Julie Andrews DBE (born Julia Elizabeth Wells; 1 October 1935) is an English actress, singer, and author.

She has garnered numerous accolades throughout her career spanning over seven decades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, two Emmy Awards, three Grammy Awards, and six Golden Globe Awards as well as nominations for three Tony Awards.

She has been honoured with the Kennedy Center Honors in 2001, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2007, and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2022.

She was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in 2000.

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Paulina Alexis wearing Rainbow Cloud print dress by Bella Freud, SS22

At the AFI Awards 2022

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Awards Season 2024-25: AFI Top 10

This week’s Weekly Gravy probably won’t be ready until tonight, so here’s a bit of awards news to tide you over. The American Film Institute’s Top 10 list usually matches the Oscar list 7 or 8/10. Last year the AFI had May December and Across the Spider-Verse; in 2022 they had Nope, She Said, and The Woman King; in 2021 they had Tick, Tick…Boom! and The Tragedy of Macbeth. Here’s their top 10…

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Happy 89th Birthday to Dame Julie Andrews.

Born | October 1, 1935 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UK.

English actress, singer, and author Dame Julie Andrews DBE has garnered numerous accolades throughout her career spanning over eight decades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, two Emmy Awards, three Grammy Awards, and six Golden Globe Awards as well as nominations for three Tony Awards.

One of the biggest box office draws of the 1960s, Andrews has been honoured with the Kennedy Center Honors in 2001, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2007, and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2022. She was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in 2000.

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What happened to Miss May? Ishtar (1987), where it all comes to an end (4/4)

“Ishtar shall rise again!”

Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman trying to tame their blind camel

After Mikey and Nicky, it took Elaine May a decade to be allowed to make another movie, and it only happened because she was backed by the successful movie star, producer, and director Warren Beatty. She had worked with him on the screenplays of Heaven Can Wait (1978) and Reds (1981). Dustin Hoffman also knew Elaine May, as she had worked as a script doctor on Tootsie (1982). Consequently, Columbia – owned at the time by Coca Cola – agreed to finance May’s new project about a duo of untalented singers (Dustin Hoffman and Warren Beatty) who go to Morocco, convinced that they will find success there when a mysterious woman (Isabelle Adjani) involves them in a geopolitical spiral.

Lyle Rogers (Warren Beatty) and Chuck Clarke (Dustin Hoffman) with their agent

The movie was to be a comedy starring two Oscar-winning serious actors. May cast against type, giving Hoffman the part of the womanizer and Beatty the role of the socially awkward singer. May was inspired by “Road” movies from the forties featuring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, where they embarked on comedic adventures in foreign lands. Once again, May gave the audience a killer opening scene, for which she is the best in the game. The first twenty minutes of Ishtar are incredibly funny (one can only wish it maintained this brilliance throughout), showing the duo as Simon and Garfunkel-esque aspirating songwriters trying to find inspiration in New York. This hilarious part is enhanced by absurdly great songs written by Paul Williams for the film.

Studios thought Ishtar would be an epic picture; instead they got a movie about two losers going to the Middle East and ending up battling against the CIA and USA’s imperialism to put a left-wing government in power, all set to deceptive songs for the audience. Needless to say, May’s humor was not widely understood. Shooting in the Sahara was a difficult operation. Ishtar became synonymous with fiasco in the ‘80s and was known as one of the greatest bombs in Hollywood history. Overall, Columbia lost $60 million (which may raise even more respect for May).

Hoffman, Adjani, and Beatty on set in Morocco

Starting to become a cult classic, Ishtar is often compared to Michael Cimino’s Heaven’s Gate (1980) but it has still not been reappraised by critics. The VHS edition went out of print, and there has been no DVD edition. “Ishtar shall rise again!” is what Dustin Hoffman shouted when coming onstage at the AFI Life Achievement Award to honor Warren Beatty’s career, reclaiming the film’s legacy thirty-two years later.

Both because studios would not give her investments and because she felt done with Hollywood, May focused on other works. She turned to Broadway stages with The Waverly Gallery, for which she won a Tony Award, appeared as an actress in Woody Allen’s Crisis in Six Scenes (2016), and gave occasional hilarious speeches at events honoring Mike Nichols, for whom she continued to co-write screenplays.

Eventually, in 2022, May received an Honorary Academy Award. At 92, Elaine May is said to have a project for a new movie called Crackpot starring Dakota Johnson. Let’s hope it gets made.

Long live Miss May!

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Mike Myers Looks Like a Totally New Person in This Ultra-Rare Red Carpet Appearance [ Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery ]

Mike Myers Looks Like a Totally New Person in This Ultra-Rare Red Carpet Appearance [News Summary] Despite Mike Myers being everywhere for the past few decades, he has been quite MIA from the public eye. His last credits were in 2022, and… “Austin Powers” star Mike Myers made a rare public appearance Saturday at the 49th AFI Life Achievement Award Gala. A world-famous actor looked looked worlds…

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HEADING SOUTH | 雁南飛 - short film from Yuan Yuan on Vimeo.

8 years old girl Chasuna travels from her home on grassland to visit her father who lives in the big city.

Written & Directed by: Yuan Yuan

25th DGA Student Film Award - Grand Prize of Best Student Film Hong Kong International Film Festival - Firebird Award Jury Prize Cannes Lions Young Director Award - Gold Screen Short Film, and Student Film Palm Springs ShortFest 2020 - Best Student U.S. Film Aspen ShortsFest 2020 - Best Student Film Rhode Island International Film Festival - International Vision Award Hamptons International Film Festival - Student Film Award Winner Filmschoolfest Munich, Germany - Best Screenplay The 1.4 Longlist, France - Short Film Gold Award …

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AFI Fest 2020, USA Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Switzerland OFF Odense International Film Festival, Denmark Drama International Short Film Festival, Greece Denver Film Festival 2020, USA Show Me Shorts Film Festival, New Zealand Nashville Film Festival 2020, USA San Diego Asian Film Festival, USA Urbanworld Film Festival 2020, USA Bengaluru International Short Film Festival, India Indy Shorts Film Festival 2020, USA Diaspora Film Festival 2020, Korea First Run Film Festival 2020, USA Chinese American Film Festival, USA Blue Danube Film Festival, Austria Youth Image Film Festival, China Lille International Short Film Festival, France ALTER-NATIVE Film Festival, Romania Best Of International Short Films Festival, France Golden Harvest Awards, Taiwan Ciné Festival en Pays de Fayence, France Mosaic World Film Festival, USA Lublin Film Festival, Poland Bosphorus Intl' FF, Turkey 16 rue du Général-Dufour, Switzerland festival Ciné-Jeune de l'Aisne, France Corti a Ponte festival, Italy Film Leben Festival 2022, Germany Seattle Asian American Film Festival, USA FlickerFest 2021, Australia Cinequest Film Festival, USA Atlanta Film Festival, USA IFVA Awards (Hong Kong Arts Centre), HK Golden Lotus Award, China Brussels Short Film Festival, Belgium Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival, USA The Meihodo International Film Festival, Japan BUFF Malmö Film Festival, Sweden Athena Film Festival, USA Singapore Chinese Film Festival, Singapore Cleveland International Film Festival, USA Festival Internacional de Cine para Niños, Mexico Lake Travis Film Festival, USA Cinekid Festival, Netherlands Seoul Yeongdeungpo SESIFF, Korea Côte Bleue Short Films Festival, France 20minmax International Short Film Festival, Germany International Bosphorus Film Festival, Turkey NOWNESS New Talent Awards, China Festival Tous Courts of Aix-en-Provence, France Regensburg film festival, Germany Festival Court en Scène, France ……

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Lesley Lokko - the 2024 RIBA Royal Gold Medal Recipient

© Murdo McLeod. Image Courtesy of La Biennale Architettura 2021

Professor Lesley Lokko OBE is a renowned Ghanaian-Scottish architect, educator, and best-selling novelist. She is the Founder and Director of the African Futures Institute (AFI) in Accra, Ghana, which is an independent postgraduate school of architecture and public events platform. In December 2021, she was appointed as the Curator of the 18th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia. In December 2022, she was awarded an OBE in the first New Year's Honors List by King Charles III, for her exceptional contributions to architecture and education. As an author, she has published 13 bestsellers.

She is the recipient of the 2020 RIBA Annie Spink Award and currently serves as a Visiting Professor at The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, and a Visiting Full Professor at the School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy, University College Dublin. She is also a Trustee of the London-based Architecture Foundation and a Founding Member of the Council on Urban Initiatives, co-founded by LSE Cities, UN-Habitat, and UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose.

On the 18th of January 2024, the Royal Institute of British Architects announced that Professor Lesley Lokko had become the first African female to receive the prestigious Royal Gold Medal, which was established in 1848. She joins the ranks of Zaha Hadid and Yasmeen Lari, as the only women to have been awarded the medal since its inception.

 “I hope that this award will also make it clear that the divisions that we inherit, that we construct, that we put upon ourselves between different aspects of our lives not that they don't matter but perhaps they're not the first place that we should be looking when we're thinking about change and about moving forward.  So, I very much hope that this medal demonstrates that it's worth it to think differently. It’s worth it to go off piste or to go off the beaten track”. - Prof. Lesley

We at the AFA network hope that her final submission in the announcement video will inspire you on your path towards architecture.

Article written by Otie Pokua Yankyera on 23 January 2024.