#77th Emmy Awards

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The Television Academy today announced rules changes for the 77th Emmy Awards in 2025, which redefines eligibility for Guest Performers to exclude those who already have been nominated for the role in the lead or supporting categories.

There is also an expanded eligibility in the Directing category as well as tweaks in eligibility for Casting and Main Title Theme Music submissions.

The linked article includes all the rules changes.

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'Doctor Who star and unflinching LGBTQ+ ally David Tennant will be hosting the 2024 BAFTAs, and he’ll undoubtedly bring his “warmth, charm and mischievous wit” to the British film awards.

The actor – known for his amazing work on Good Omens, Broadchurch, Jessica Jones and Final Space – will take centre stage at London’s Royal Festival Hall for the ceremony on 18 February.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts film awards, commonly known as the BAFTAs, have been hosted by a variety of presenters over the years, including Rebel Wilson, Richard E Grant and Graham Norton.

Tennant said he was “delighted” to have been asked to host the BAFTAs and “help celebrate the very best of this year’s films and the many brilliant people who help bring them to life”.

BAFTA chief executive Jane Millichip said the organisation was “over the moon” that Tennant would be hosting the prestigious event, promising it’ll be a “must-watch show”.

“He is deservedly beloved by British and international audiences alike,” Millichip said. “His warmth, charm and mischievous wit will make it a must-watch show.”

Tennant is, of course, renowned worldwide for his immense acting talents, winning several TV Choice Awards, BAFTAs and an Emmy over his storied career. He’s also a stalwart LGBTQ+ and trans ally.

The Doctor Who legend has worn t-shirts that proudly declared his support for trans kids, included trans and non-binary pin badges in his wardrobe during public appearances and proudly stood up in the fight for LGBTQ+ rights. He’s just been an all-round amazing supporter.

The nominations for the 77th annual awards will be announced on 18 January by Naomi Ackie, who played Whitney Houston in the biopic film I Wanna Dance With Somebody, and Barbie actor Kingsley Ben-Adir.

David Tennant will kick off the 2024 BAFTAs ceremony on Sunday 18 February, and the awards will be broadcast on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.'

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Happy 77th Birthday to Danny Glover.

Born July 22, 1946, He is an actor and film director. He is widely known for his lead role as Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon film series. He also had leading roles in his films included The Color Purple, To Sleep with Anger, Predator 2, Angels in the Outfield, and Operation Dumbo Drop.

Glover has prominent supporting roles in Silverado, Witness, A Rage in Harlem, Dreamgirls, Shooter, Death at a Funeral, Beyond the Lights, Sorry to Bother You, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, The Dead Don't Die, Lonesome Dove and Jumanji: The Next Level.

An Actor with a Cause

Daniel Lebern “Danny” Glover is an African American actor, film director and political activist. Glover is well known for his roles as Detective Sergeant Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon film series and Mr. Albert Johnson in The Color Purple. A versatile actor on screen, stage and television, Danny Glover has also become known for his community activism and philanthropic work. In March 1998 he was appointed a United Nations goodwill ambassador. For more than 30 years, Glover has been trying to make a biopic about Toussaint Louverture, who led a successful rebellion in the 18th century.

Glover was born on July 22, 1946 in San Francisco, California, to Carrie (Hunley) and James Glover. His parents were postal workers, active in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). He attended George Washington High School in San Francisco, and the San Francisco State University (SFSU) in the late 1960s, without graduating. SFSU later awarded him an honorary degree. While attending SFSU, Glover was a member of the Black Students Union, which, along with the Third World Liberation Front and the American Federation of Teachers, collaborated in a five-month student-led strike to establish a Department of Black Studies. The strike was the longest student walkout in U.S. history. It helped create not only the first Department of Black Studies but also the first School of Ethnic Studies in the United States.

Glover trained at the Black Actors’ Workshop of the American Conservatory Theater. He made his Broadway debut in Athol Fugard’s production Master Harold…and the Boys, which led to his first leading role in the 1984 film Places in the Heart, which was nominated for the Best Picture Oscar. The following year, Glover starred in two more Best Picture nominees: Peter Weir’s Witnessand Steven Spielberg’s The Color Purple. In 1987, Glover partnered with Mel Gibson in the first Lethal Weaponfilm and went on to star in three hugely successfulLethal Weapon sequels.

In 1994 he made his directorial debut with the Showtime channel short film Override. Also in 1994, Glover and actor Ben Guillory formed the Robey Theatre Company in Los Angeles, focusing on theatre by and about Black people. During his career, he has made several cameos, appearing, for example, in the Michael Jackson video “Liberian Girl” of 1987. Glover earned top billing for the first time in Predator 2, the sequel to the sci-fi action film Predator. That same year he starred in Charles Burnett’s To Sleep with Anger, for which which he executive produced and for which he won an Independent Spirit Award for Best Actor. On the small screen, Glover won an Image Award and a Cable ACE Award and earned an Emmy nomination for his performance in the title role of the HBO movie Mandela. He has also received Emmy nominations for his work in the acclaimed miniseries Lonesome Dove and the telefilm Freedom Song. As a director, he earned a Daytime Emmy nomination for Showtime’s Just a Dream.

Glover has had a variety of film, stage, and television roles, but as also gained respect for his wide-reaching community activism and philanthropic efforts, with a particular emphasis on advocacy for economic justice, and access to health care and education programs in the United States and Africa. For these efforts, Glover received a 2006 DGA Honor. Internationally, Glover has served as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Development Program from 1998-2004, focusing on issues of poverty, disease, and economic development in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean, and serves as UNICEF Ambassador.

In 2005, Glover co-founded Louverture Films dedicated to the development and production of films of historical relevance, social purpose, commercial value and artistic integrity. For more than 30 years, Glover has been trying to make a film biography of Toussaint Louverture for his directorial debut. According to Glover, the film lacked ‘whyte heroes’, and hence whyte producers refuse to financially support the project unless the lead is surrounded by fictionalized historically inaccurate whyte heroes. In May 2006, the film had included cast members Wesley Snipes, Angela Bassett, Don Cheadle, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Roger Guenveur Smith, Mos Def, Isaach de Bankolé, and Richard Bohringer. Production, estimated to cost $30 million, was planned to begin in Poland, filming from late 2006 into early 2007. In May 2007, President of Venezuela Hugo Chávez contributed $18 million to fund the production of Toussaint for Glover, who is a prominent U.S. supporter of Chávez. The contribution annoyed some Venezuelan filmmakers, who said the money could have funded other homegrown films and that Glover’s film was not even about Venezuela. In April 2008, the Venezuelan National Assembly authorized an additional $9,840,505 for Glover’s film, which is still in planning.

On April 6, 2009, Glover was given a chieftaincy title in Imo State, Nigeria. Glover was given the title Enyioma of Nkwerre, which means A Good Friend in the language of the Igbo people of Eastern Nigeria.

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Taylor and Joe schedules  Joe is bold and Taylor in bullet points

JANUARY 2020

January 5 ~ 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles

January 7 ~ Tom Ford Beauty ‘Beau de Jour’ Fragrance Launch in London

FEBRUARY 2020

February 2 ~ 73rd British Academy Film Awards in London

February 7 ~ Tom Ford AW20 Show in Los Angeles

SEPTEMBER 2020

September 18 to 26 ~ San Sebastian International Film Festival in San Sebastian, Spain

DECEMBER 2021

63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards, March 14, 2021

Global Icon during The BRIT Awards, May 11, 2021

36th Annual Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony, October 30, 2021

“All Too Well: The Short Film” premiere, November 12, 2021

“All Too Well (10 minute version)” SNL, November 12, 2021

December 4 ~ Festival Internacional de Cine de Panamá

Dec 13th Taylor had a bday party. 

MAY 2022

May 5: Conversations with Friends press, screening and Q&A in London, England

May 7: The Graham Norton Radio Show in London, England

May 8: British Academy Television Awards in London, England

May 9: BBC The One Show in London, England

May 11: Conversations with Friends Ireland premiere

May 14: BBC Radio 4 interview

May 17: The Kelly Clarkson Show taping in Los Angeles, CA (airs May 19)

May 17: Conversations with Friends Emmys FYC Event in Los Angeles, CA

May 18: Elle Hollywood Rising Party in Los Angeles, CA

New York University, May 18, 2022

May 22: BFI & Radio Times Television Festival in London, England

May 25: Stars at Noon premiere at Cannes Film Festival

May 26: Stars at Noon press conference and photocall at Cannes Film Festival

May 28: Fastnet Film Festival in Schull, Ireland

JUNE 2022

June 5: Hay Festival in Hay-on-Wye, Wales

Tribeca Film Festival, June 11, 2022

Video Music Awards, August 28, 2022

SEPTEMBER 2022

Toronto International Film Festival, September 09, 2022

September 11: Catherine Called Birdy premiere at TIFF

September 12: Catherine Called Birdy screening and press at TIFF

September 15: Catherine Called Birdy screening for Directors Guild of America (DGA) in New York

September 20: Catherine Called Birdy UK premiere in London

NSAI Awards, September 20, 2022

September 21: Catherine Called Birdy press in London

OCTOBER 2022

October 2: Stars at Noon NYFF Screening and Q&A

October 25: TIME100 Next Gala in New York City

NOVEMBER 2022

November 16: Catherine Called Birdy Q&A in Los Angeles

November 19: 13th Annual Governors Awards in Los Angeles

MTV Europe Music Awards, November 13th, 2022

AMAs, November 20, 2022

2023

Feb 5th, 2023 Grammy Awards 

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Paul N. J. Ottosson

is a Swedish sound designer. The recipient of numerous accolades, including three Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award, he has worked on more than 130 films since 1995.

Wins：82nd Academy Awards, 2009

Best Sound Editing — The Hurt Locker

Best Sound Mixing — The Hurt Locker (shared with Ray Beckett)

85th Academy Awards, 2012

Best Sound Editing — Zero Dark Thirty

Nominations：77th Academy Awards, 2004

Best Sound Editing — Spider-Man 2

82nd Academy Awards, 2009

Best Sound Editing — The Hurt Locker

Best Sound Mixing — The Hurt Locker (shared with Ray Beckett)

85th Academy Awards, 2012

Best Sound Editing — Zero Dark Thirty

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Happy 77th Birthday to Academy Award Winning, Emmy Winning, Grammy Winning, Tony Winning actress, singer, dancer Liza Minnelli! ^__^

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Today in Fandom History: January 29

Fandom: Actors

January 29, 1945, Tom Selleck was born. Film producer and actor in both television and movies, Selleck has made his name in a variety of genres, most notably westerns, crime, and comedy. The first time I ever saw Selleck was actually during his run on Friends as Dr. Richard Burke, which was fantastic, so I searched out some more of his work. He’s starred in the classic 80′s comedy Three Men and a Baby and its sequel, Three Men and a Little Lady, Runaway, Twelve Mile Road, The Shadow Riders, Her Alibi, Crossfire Trail, Mr. Baseball, and the Jesse Stone movie series.

Selleck’s won one Primetime Emmy, was nominated for six others, won two Golden Apples for Male Star of the Year, one Golden Globe, was nominated for six others, and won five People’s Choice Awards. He also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. I’m still educating myself on his filmography, but if I could only recommend one of his works to you, it would be Three Men and a Baby, simply because it is an 80′s classic and is hilarious. Actor, producer, spokesman for the NRA, and philanthropist, Selleck has made a big mark in movie history and is fairly well known in pop culture as well.

Happy 77th Tom Selleck!

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[Joker] took home two statuettes, the most of any comic book movie in Globes history. Joaquin Phoenix won for best performance by actor in a motion picture - drama, acknowledging he was a "pain in the ass" for filmmaker Todd Phillips as he brought to life the troubled character of Arthur Fleck, while composer Hildur Gudnadóttir received the Globe for best original score - motion picture, making her the first woman to win the award solo, 19 years after Gladiator's Lisa Gerrard shared the honor alongside Hans Zimmer. — The Hollywood Reporter

With two wins, ��Joker” is now the most awarded comic book film in Golden Globes history. Joaquin Phoenix’s acting win is the second time a performer has won a Globe for playing the Joker. Heath Ledger won the supporting actor prize in 2009 for his turn as the Joker in Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight.” [...] Hildur Guðnadóttir’s Best Original Score win is even more historic for the Golden Globes, making the Icelandic composer the first solo woman to win the music category prize. Lisa Gerrard shared the Globe for Best Original Score with Hans Zimmer nearly two decades ago for their work on “Gladiator.” Guðnadóttir’s historic Globes victory raises her visibility in the Oscar race for Best Original Score. [...] Guðnadóttir won an Emmy last year for her work on “Chernobyl,” so her profile is certainly on the rise ahead of Oscar nominations later this month. — IndieWire

Congratulations to Hildur Guðnadóttir on winning Best Original Score and Joaquin Phoenix on winning Best Actor (Drama) at the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards!

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Kate McKinnon

Kathryn McKinnon Berthold is notable as an American entertainer, comic, and essayist who is known for her character work and big name impressions. 

Individual Life 

Kate McKinnon Berthold was brought into the world on January 6, 1984, in Sea Cliff, New York as an offspring of Laura Campbell and Michael Berthold. McKinnon's mom, Laura, was a parent teacher, and her dad, Thomas Berthold, was a designer. As a kin, she has a delightful more youthful sister Emily Lynne, a Comedian who went through their adolescence with so much fun and love. She had likewise worked with her sister in the Podcast arrangement "Heads Will Roll" and the advanced arrangement "Legal official Publix." 

At the point when she was 18 years of age, her dad was kicked the bucket, which turned into the most exceedingly terrible day of their life. Afterward, she uncovered that she is a lesbian. She likewise got the feline Nino Positano, which is the pizza station's name where she had found. She used to call her feline her child, where her affection for feline makes her discover more ideas to her working profession. 

Identity and Physical Stats 

Kate McKinnon holds the American ethnicity, where she has a German and Scottish plunge. She is presently 36 years of age as a fruitful lady. She is 5 feet 4 inches (1.61m) tall, and her weight is 50 kg. Her body estimation is 34-26-35 inches and had a light hair tone with blue eye tone. She was brought into the world on January sixth, so her zodiac sign is Capricorn. 

Relationship 

Kate McKinnon expressed that she was a lesbian, and previously, she was involved with a picture taker and known as an entertainer Jackie Abbott. She had likewise communicated her sentiments about being a person, and she additionally expressed gratitude toward Ellen DeGeneres for her help, which made her simple to acknowledge reality and her sexual direction at the 77th Golden Globe Award, which was in 2020. Being a lesbian isn't simple, she needed to support her sentiments to her folks and society, however she could do that. Afterward, she was involved with Bari Weiss, and now she was involved with Jackie Abbott. 

Early Life and Education 

Kate McKinnon used to play the instruments in her youth, and she likewise began to play the piano when she just five years of age. At the point when it transformed into 12 years, he played the cello and figured out how to play the guitar when she was 15 years of age. At the point when she was in her fifth grade, she took an interest in the tryout to turn into the perusing week's sovereign, where she utilized English pronunciations. Afterward, she talked with "Drifter," where she expressed that she began her existence with a grin, which is consistently a direct result of doing the British articulations. 

In 2002, Kate McKinnon moved on from the North Shore High School. Afterward, in 2006, she moved on from Columbia University with a degree in the theater. She had likewise helped to establish the Tea Party parody gathering, which centers around the melodic comedy satire. She had additionally found the opportunity to participate in three Varsity shows like "V109 Dial D for Deadline", "V110 Off-Broadway", "V111 The sound of Muses". Around then, she was likewise used to be important for Prangstgrup, a parody gathering. 

Profession 

Kate McKinnon was cast to Logo TV's in 2007 to "The Big Gay Sketch Show" where she worked for three seasons. Afterward, she routinely played out the live sketch satire in the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in New York City. From that point onward, she was likewise considered attempting to be a voice-over entertainer where she gave her voice in the arrangement like The Venture Bros, Lobotomy, and Ugly Americans. 

She was additionally found in the Kennedy Center Honors to be the piece of an accolade for Lily Tomlin in 2014, who is an entertainer, artist, humorist, essayist, and maker. At that point, she was found in the reboot "Ghostbusters "in 2016, and in 2017 she was seen in Amblin Entertainment's Lunch Witch, a novel variation of youthful grown-up illustrations by Deb Lucke. 

From that point onward, Kate McKinnon gave her voice in the few arrangement which incorporates "The Simpsons" as a Hettie, "Family Guy" as Karen or Heavy stream, and furthermore in the films like "Discovering Dory" in the part of Stan's fish spouse, "The Angry Birds Movie," in the function of Stella or Eva the Birthday Mom and the film "Ferdinand" as a Lupe. She additionally gave her voice to Mrs. Frizzle's function in the energized youngsters arrangement "Wizardry School Bus" and in PBS Kids TV arrangement Nature Cat as a Squeeks. 

Kate McKinnon was broadly notable for her character work and turned into the VIP impressions of the pop artist Justin Bieber, Ellen DeGeneres, Hillary Clinton, Rudy Ginsburg, and some more. 

Saturday Night Live 

On April 7, 2012, Kate McKinnon went to the cast of Saturday Night Live, and on March 28, 2012, she was employed then elevated to the repertory status in season 39 of every 2013. She got loads of grants for her remarkable execution and contemplations, which were her best minutes for her profession. Moreover, she had been found in the arrangement "2016 official political decision" as a Hillary Clinton, where she had assumed the lead job. 

At the point when the genuine Clinton was found in the show's season 41 debut, McKinnon communicated about Hillary Clinton, where she portrayed that Clinton has a profound reverence. There is no uncertainty that she needed to win the political decision. In any case, on November 12, 2016, Clinton couldn't win. Afterward, she rehashed her function to begin the show just wilt an independent presentation, which was known as "Glory be." 

Work as Creator 

McKinnon has additionally functioned as co-made and co-stars with her sister in the web arrangement "Legal official Publix." They have likewise made the dream parody Audible sound arrangement "Head Will Roll" and debuted in May 2019. 

Other Work 

She has additionally found in a few ads for the Ford Focus in 2015 and co-facilitated the 31st Independent Spirit Awards with Kumail Nanjiani in 2016, where she was likewise found in the supporting part in the film "Yesterday" in 2019. 

Accomplishment 

Kate McKinnon was assigned for seven Primetime Emmy Awards, which additionally comprises of six for the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, and one was for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics, which was won by her in 2016 and 2017. Likewise, in the time of 2013, she was named for an Emmy Award, which is for the best-supporting entertainer, Comedy and she had the option to win the American Comedy Award for best-supporting Actress in 2014 where she was additionally named for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. In the exact year, she was likewise assigned for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics. 

What's more, for the subsequent time, Kate McKinnon was selected for the Emmy, which for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2015. She was likewise ready to turn into the principal entertainer to win the honor since it was in 1993 Dana Carvey was granted. 

Total assets 

The assessed total assets of Kate McKinnon is $8 million.

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British Women in Animation

Sarah Kennedy is doing a documentary on female animators. I am doing some research and finding it so interesting. Back in the day, women weren’t really valued. They weren’t even classed as artists, they were degraded and looked down upon. They rarely even got credited for the work they did. It appals me to think that this was acceptable. 

In this blog I will research British female animators.

Suzanah (Suzie) Clare Templeton (born 1967 in Hampshire, England) is an award-winning British animator. Her film Peter and the Wolf has won several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2008.

Stanley (1999) is the winner of the 2001 Golden Sun Award, the 2000 Best College Student Animation Award of the Nashville Independent Film Festival, the 2000 Best Animation Award for the International Short Film Festival of Berlin, and many others.

Dog (2001) is the winner of the 2002 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) in Short Animation and many others.

Peter and the Wolf (2006) is the winner of the 2008 Academy Award for Best Short Film, the 2006 British Animation Award for Best TV Special, the 2007 Pulcinella Ward for Best European Programme, the 2007 Grand Prix and Audience Award Annecy at the French Animation Festival, the 2007 Golden Rose for Performing Arts at the Rose D'or Festival in Switzerland, the 2007 Special Prize at the Ukraine Animated Film Festival, and the 2008 Special Jury Award of the Lucca Animation Festival in Italy.

Joy Batchelor (12 May 1914 – 14 May 1991) was an English animator, director, screenwriter, and producer. She married John Halas in 1940 and subsequently co-established Halas and Batchelor cartoons, whose best known production is the animated feature film Animal Farm (1954), which made her the first woman director of an animated feature since Lotte Reiniger. Together they created over 2000 shorts/films, and produced roughly 70 propaganda pieces during World War II for the British government. She helped co-write, write, animate, produce, and direct many of their productions.

One of her projects as an art director was Cinerama Holiday (1955). Joy directed and wrote Ruddigore (1967), a television-film adaptation of W.S. Gilbert's opera of the same name, which became the first opera to be adapted into an animated film. She later worked in television, directing series, including animated shows like The Jackson 5ive (1971). Batchelor died on 14 May 1991, just two days after her 77th birthday.

Between 1975 and 1980, Sheila Graber created a selection of animated shorts which were shown worldwide. One animation, Mondrian, about the Dutch painter Piet Mondrian was screened at the Tate Gallery, Mondrian’s own house in the Netherlands, the Open University and British Broadcasting Corporation's children's television series Blue Peter.[2]

By 1975, Graber was working for Filmfair, and created the animation for Paddington Bear and Mr and Mrs Brown for the television series Paddington.[1] She also animated the 1983 BBC series Just So Stories, adapted from a collection of children's stories of the same name, written by Rudyard Kipling.[3]

In 1980, newly divorced, Sheila left her role as head of Creative Studies at a large comprehensive school to begin teaching animation classes in Tunisia and Caracas, and pursue a career as a full-time professional artist and animator.

I love the fact that Sheila became an animation teacher. That is amazing!

Joanna Quinn was born in Birmingham, England in 1962 and grew up in North London. Quinn's first film Girls Night Out was completed in 1987 and won three awards at the Annecy Film Festival. Quinn has won over 90 international awards, including 2 Emmy awards, 4 Bafta awards and Jury prizes at all the major animation festivals. One of her films, Famous Fred (1997), received an Academy Award nomination. Quinn was awarded the Leonardo da Vinci International Art Award in 1996. In 2006 her film Dreams and Desires won Grand Prix at World Festival of Animated Film

Alison de Vere (16 September 1927 – 2 January 2001), while married also known as Alison Weschke, was a British animator, known for her animated short films The Black Dog and Psyche and Eros. Born in Peshawar into a British military family, de Vere studied art in Brighton and at the Royal Academy. She worked as a background designer at Halas and Batchelor studio beginning in 1951, at a time when women were unheard of in creative leadership roles in British animation. Nonetheless she took the leadership of the animation unit of Guild Television Services in 1957. During the 1960s, she worked as a freelancer, but joined TVC in 1967 to work as design director on the Beatles film Yellow Submarine, in which she had a cameo.

Jackie Cockle, born 1950 in Portsmouth, is a British stop frame animation specialist. She is the creator and creative producer of the pre-school animation Timmy Time, creative producer of Bob the Builder and Brambly Hedge, director of The Wind in the Willows and more. Cockle, a graduate of the Manchester College of Art and Design, has won 3 Bafta awards: one in the best animation category for Bob the Builder 30 minute special (2002) and two in the pre-school animation for Timmy Time (2010, 2013) - a production of the Bristol-based Aardman Animations.

Eunice Macaulay (nee Eunice Bagley) (1923 – 2013) was a British-born Academy Award–winning animator whose credits range from animation to writing, directing, and producing. She shifted into animation when a Christmas card she had designed got her a job with Gaumont British Animation (later part of the Rank Organisation) in 1948. Starting out as a tracer, she went on to hold nearly every position in animation, including background artist, ink and paint supervisor, rendering supervisor, writer, animator, producer, and director.

Dianne Jackson (July 28, 1941 – December 31, 1992) was an English animation director, best known for The Snowman, made in 1982 and subsequently repeated every Christmas on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom.

She had a long career as an animator, and her earliest credit was for The Beatles' Yellow Submarine in 1968. She is particularly noted for recreating the style of the original artists in her animations, for example of Raymond Briggs's picture book, The Snowman.

She also directed Granpa by John Burningham in 1989 and was due to direct Raymond Briggs' Father Christmas in 1991, having completed storyboarding for the film, although due to her illness this was directed by Dave Unwin. She also planned the first series of animated adaptations of the tales of Beatrix Potter as The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends. However, she died of cancer on New Year's Eve 1992 at the age of 51. The series episode "The Tailor of Gloucester" is dedicated to her memory

Jodie Mack (born 1983 in London, England) is an English-born American experimental filmmaker and animator. She attended the University of Florida and earned her MFA in film, video, and new media at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and teaches at Dartmouth College. Mack's works have screened at the Viennale, the New York Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival, and the Locarno Festival. Mack is currently a 2017–2018 Radcliffe-Harvard Film Study Center Fellow/David and Roberta Logie Fellow. Mack primarily produces her films using a 16 millimeter Bolex camera. Mack stated in an interview that "[She] chose to work in film because the material renders color and texture in a way that resonates with a lot of [her] work”.

Many of Jodie Mack's films are stop motion animations that feature everyday fabrics and textiles or recycled materials like magazine clippings or newspaper scraps.

Alison Snowden (born 4 April 1958) is an English animator, voice actress, producer, and screenwriter best known for Bob and Margaret alongside her Oscar-winning short Bob's Birthday which was also co-directed by her partner David Fine. Bob's Birthday serves as the pilot for the Alison Snowden and David Fine's animated TV show Bob and Margaret.

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Christopher Julius Rock (born February 7, 1965) is a comedian, actor, writer, producer, and director. After working as a stand-up comedian and appearing in supporting film roles, he came to wider prominence as a cast member of Saturday Night Live in the early 1990s. He went on to more prominent film appearances, with starring roles in Down to Earth (2001), Head of State (2003), The Longest Yard (2005), the Madagascar film series (2005–2012), Grown Ups (2010), its sequel Grown Ups 2 (2013), Top Five (2014), and a series of acclaimed stand-up specials for HBO. He developed, wrote, and narrated the sitcom Everybody Hates Chris (2005–2009), which was based on his early life. He hosted the 77th Academy Awards in 2005 and the 88th in 2016. He has won four Emmy Awards and three Grammy Awards. He was voted the fifth-greatest stand-up comedian in a poll conducted by Comedy Central. He was voted in the UK as the ninth greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups in 2007, and again in the updated 2010 list as the eighth-greatest stand-up comic. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence https://www.instagram.com/p/CZrS1MuryEpFaEdAZz2RexG6wxlQ-oRYYL723w0/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Duos Who Have Appeared Together In More Than Three Movies

It often happens in Hollywood that actors take a role based on their co-stars. While some actors become so close and successful together that the audience will see them inseparable. Whether it is dramatic Oscar-nominated stars, action heroes, or comedy actors, there are so many duos whose careers go hand in hand.

Ryan Gosling And Emma Stone

Crazy, Stupid, Love is the first movie in which Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone appeared together. John Requa and Glenn Ficarra directed the American romantic comedy movie. It follows a recently divorced man who is rediscovering his manhood and is taught how to pick up women at bars.

The film collected $145 million against a budget of $50 million. The audience and critics fairly receive Crazy, Stupid, Love. It got a 79% approval rating based on 235 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes with an average rating of 6.92/10. And the duo of Gosling and Stone was widely appreciated for their performance.

Ryan Thomas Gosling is a Canadian musician and actor who began his career as a child star in The Mickey Mouse Club on the Disney Channel. The actor was nominated for the Academy Award in the category of Best Actor for playing a drug-addicted teacher in the film Half Nelson. The charming actor was paired with Emma Stone, who is one of the highest-paid actresses in 2017. Stone has received many prestigious awards including, a Golden Globe Award, an Academy Award, and a British Academy Film Award. Stone also started her career as a child artist and made her debut In Search of the New Partridge Family.

After the 2011 collaboration, both the actors later featured together in some big successful movies, the Oscar-nominated La La Land and the tepidly received Gangster Squad. La La Land was a huge commercial success and collected $446 million against a budget of $30 million. It also won the Best Film Award at the 70th British Academy Film Awards.

Al Pacino And Robert De Niro

When great actors like Al Pacino And Robert De Niro star together in a movie, it is always exciting. The duo appeared together on the big screen in Michael Mann’s heist movie Heat. The movie was a commercial hit and collected a gross of $187 million against a budget of $67 million. The two incredible actors Niro and Pacino, also received huge appreciation for their performance in the movie. Heat got an approval rating of 86% on Rotten Tomatoes with an average rating of 7.81.

Both the actors in the film are brilliant. Alfredo James Pacino has nine Oscar nominations (won one out of them), two Primetime Emmy Awards, five BAFTA nominations (won one), and 18 Golden Globe nominations (won four of them). The award-winning actor gained popularity with his first lead role as a heroin addict in The Panic in Needle Park. And Pacino’s great friend and co-star Robert Anthony De Niro particularly known for featuring in Martin Scorsese’s films.

De Niro was also awarded many accolades including, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, two Academy Awards, and the Cecil B. DeMille Award.

After collaborating in Heat, the two legendary actors featured in Scorsese’s magnum opus, The Irishman, Jon Avnet’s Righteous Kill, and Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather Part II where these two never actually shared screen.

The Irishman was a hit film that has collected a gross of 250 million against a budget of $8 million. The film got many awards nominations at the 77th Golden Globe Awards, the 92nd Academy Awards, and the 73rd British Academy Film Awards.

Martin Freeman And Benedict Cumberbatch

After the fantastic bromance in BBC’s series Sherlock, Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch have become an inevitable duo while playing the characters of Holmes and Watson.

Martin Freeman is an English actor who has won several awards, including a BAFTA Award, an Emmy Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. The amazing actor is known for his brilliant performance in the projects like the mockumentary series The Office, drama series Sherlock, the horror-comedy Shaun of the Dead, the action-comedy Hot Fuzz, and many more. On the other hand, Benedict Cumberbatch is known for his projects like Silent Witness, The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses, television film Hawking, etc. The actor was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in The Imitation.

The actor featured against each other in the Hobbit trilogy. The franchise is a massive success with a gross collection of $2.9 billion against the budget of $745 million. The film received three Academy Award nominations from the Visual Effects Society.

The two later appeared in Marvel Cinematic Universe; however, they did not have any scenes together in it.

The above are a few duo actors who have appeared together in many films.

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Happy 77th Birthday to 3x Academy Award Winning, 2x BAFTA Winning, 12x Emmy Winning, 7x Golden Globe winning filmmaker and producer Steven Spielberg! ^__^

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Eddie Murphy & Kerry Washington Win Their FIRST EMMY Awards! + Ron Cephas Jones & Jasmine Become First Father-Daughter EMMY Winners!

It was a virtual night of Creative Arts EMMY firsts for Eddie Murphy, Kerry Washington, Ron Cephas Jones and his daughter Jasmine Cephas Jones. Celebrate their wins inside…

  Before tonight's Primetime Emmys, the 2020 Creative Arts EMMYs went down virtually where several YBF celebs copped an award for the first time. This year, the Creative Arts EMMYs hosted five ceremonies over several nights and last night’s virtual show was the final one with statuettes handed out in 29 categories.

Comedian/actor Eddie Murphy was an early Primetime EMMY winner. After landing five nominations throughout his career, the famed comedian finally nabbed his first ever Primetime EMMY award for hosting Saturday Night Live in the Gust Actor Comedy Series category.

And just like that, Eddie Murphy is an #Emmy winner! He just earned his first statuette for Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series for hosting @nbcsnl. pic.twitter.com/5NzN63jTxL

— Television Academy (@TelevisionAcad) September 20, 2020

Eddie’s return to SNL after 35 years was epic and it resulted in huge ratings for the network. He brought the homies Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle and Tracey Morgan along (and cast member Kenan Thompson). He also reprised several of his famed SNL characters such as Gumby, Buckwheat, Mr. Robinson, and more.

Peep his acceptance speech below:

Check out Eddie Murphy's #Emmy acceptance speech for Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series for @nbcsnl. Congrats again, Eddie! pic.twitter.com/o2Tuptr8HV

— Television Academy (@TelevisionAcad) September 20, 2020

“Thank you to everybody at the Emmys,” Eddie said. “Thank you so much for giving me an Emmy. I don’t have an Emmy. This is 40 years since I started Saturday Night Live, this is my first Emmy, so thank you so much. I want to thank Lorne Michaels for putting this whole thing together, and making this happen. And I want to thank, the cast, the writers and the crew at SNL. This was a very, very special thing for me to come back and have the show turn out the way it did. I’m still floating from it. And thank you to everybody for giving me an Emmy.”

After nabbing his first EMMY, Eddie appeared in the Creative Arts Emmy virtual backstage where he talked about why he pumped the breaks on his return to stand-up comedy.

“These are really serious times, no times for joking,” he said, answering a question about the importance of comedic commentary today.

“I don’t know right now if there should be any comedic commentary. We’re still right in the middle of everything,” he explained.

With everything going on right now (Coronavirus, #BlackLivesMatter movement and the upcoming presidential election), he said he’s holding off on making jokes until next year.

“In a year or so, we’ll be need comedic commentary and some laughs, but now we’re right in this,” he added. “As soon as it’s clear to go back out there, that was the plan, that is the plan.”

Fellow comedian Dave Chappelle nabbed a few Creative Arts EMMY awards for his Sticks & Stones Netflix stand-up comedy special and Eddie addressed the way Dave went about hosting it.

“There was very little joking. He was doing stand-up, but it was, like, serious.”

Facts.

As for another first time winner…

It’s been a long time coming. Finally, Kerry Washington is an EMMY winner.

On Tuesday (Sept. 15th), the “Scandal” actress copped a Creative Arts EMMY Award for her work as an executive producer on ABC’s Live In Front Of A Studio Audience: "All In The Family" And "Good Times."

The special won the award for Outstanding Variety Special (Live) after beating out the 73rd Annual Tony Awards, the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards, the Oscars and the Super Bowl LIV Halftime Show starring Jennifer Lopez and Shakira. The special was a tribute to classic ’70s sitcoms “All in the Family” and “Good Times.”

“Thank you for this amazing creative family. It’s such a brilliant team,” Kerry said during the virtual ceremony on Tuesday alongside co-producers Justin Theroux, James Burrows and the legendary Norman Lear.

Later, she hopped on social media to express her excitement:

Still beaming!!!! So proud of @SimpsonStreet and the ENTIRE cast and crew who came together to re-make this magic. #LiveInFrontOfAStudioAudience https://t.co/GzntkkLkYC

— kerry washington (@kerrywashington) September 16, 2020

"Still beaming!!!!,” Kerry captioned a photo of the show’s cast and crew before shouting out her production company. “So proud of @SimpsonStreet and the ENTIRE cast and crew who came together to re-make this magic. #LiveInFrontOfAStudioAudience”

By the way, the esteemed actress was also nominated for Outstanding Variety Special, nominated as an executive producer on American Son and Little Fires Everywhere. American Son was nominated in the Outstanding Television Movie category while Little Fires Everywhere was up for Outstanding Limited Series.

Congrats!

Also...

”This Is Us” actor Ron Cephas Jones and his daughter/”#FreeRayshawn” actress Jasmine Cephas Jones made EMMY history as the first father-daughter duo to win EMMY awards in the same year! Sweet. Ron copped the Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his role on NBC's "This Is Us."

The winner for Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series is Ron Cephas Jones! This #Emmy win is his second for his role on @NBCThisisUs! pic.twitter.com/LhX54jUxRM

— Television Academy (@TelevisionAcad) September 20, 2020

There was a bit of a mix up when his award was announced. The broadcast voiceover announced “The Outsider’s” Jason Bateman as the winner. However, Ron was the actual winner. After the mixup, the Creative Arts Emmy press room announced an incorrect winner was announced, saying, “the right winner and the right slate, but the voiceover was incorrect."

Meanwhile, Jasmine won the award for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series for her work on Quibi’s “#FreeRayshawn.”

“As a parent that’s the most fulfilling that I could ever feel at the moment,” Ron said during an interview in the virtual backstage press room. “Winning another Emmy is the icing on the cake, but to see my daughter progress and move into this place where she’s earned an Emmy is beyond words and I tear up every time I think about it to be honest with you. To see my daughter become healthy and happy, that’s a parent’s dream.”

He added, “We always focused on the work ever since she was a little girl, and coming from the theater it’s always been about trying to do good work…when you do what you want to do and you’re happy and you’re healthy that’s the win in itself… When we found out she was nominated, I was expressing to her that’s the win in itself when your work gets acknowledged and the win itself is the icing on the cake that keeps you humble and keeps you hungry.”

Aww! Congrats to the father-daughter duo!

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A Conversation with Ellen DeGeneres at Hard Rock Live, Hollywood FL  Feb 1st.

Comedian and talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres brings “A Conversation with Ellen” to Hard Rock Live on Saturday, Feb. 1, at 3 p.m. This special event will give fans a rare opportunity to hear from Ellen about her life in an intimate setting during a live Q&A session.

As a beloved television icon and entertainment pioneer, DeGeneres’ distinctive comedic voice has resonated with audiences from her first stand-up comedy appearance through her work today on television, in film and in the literary world. DeGeneres has made a home for herself in daytime with her hit syndicated talk show, “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” and recently announced the show’s renewal through the 2021-2022 season. Currently, in its 17th season, the show has earned a total of 63 Daytime Emmy Awards, including 11 for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show crowning it the record holder in the category. In addition, DeGeneres has won 12 Teen Choice Awards, and she is a 23-time People’s Choice Awards winner, making her the most decorated individual in the 45-year history of the franchise. Most recently, DeGeneres won her fourth Kids’ Choice Award for Favorite TV Host for “Ellen’s Game of Games.” In November 2016, DeGeneres was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The prestigious award is the nation’s highest civilian honor. The award was bestowed on DeGeneres by President Obama for her extraordinary contributions to notable change and progress in the United States. Most recently, DeGeneres has been tapped to receive the Carol Burnett Award at the 77th Golden Globe Awards in 2020, the second recipient to be honored with the accolade following its namesake, Carol Burnett. She was also presented with the 15th Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in October 2012. DeGeneres had the honor of hosting the highly rated 79th Annual Academy Awards in 2007 and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in the Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program category. In 2014, DeGeneres hosted the 86th Annual Academy Awards, drawing the telecast’s largest audience in 14 years and most famously broke the Internet with her star-studded selfie. DeGeneres also received critical success for her HBO stand-up specials: “The Beginning” earning two Primetime Emmy nominations in 2001 and “Here and Now” nominated for two Primetime Emmys in 2003. In 2018, DeGeneres returned to her stand-up comedy roots after a 15-year hiatus with a critically acclaimed Netflix comedy special, “Relatable,” which secured her a Grammy nomination in 2020.