Another awards announcement, another morning where women have been completely shut out of the Best Director race. The BAFTA Awards are facing backlash for nominating only male filmmakers for the fifth year in a row. The last woman to be nominated for the BAFTA Best Director prize was Kathryn Bigelow for “Zero Dark Thirty” back in 2013. This year’s BAFTA nominees are Denis Villeneuve (“Blade Runner 2049”), Luca Guadagnino (“Call Me by Your Name”), Christopher Nolan (“Dunkirk”), Guillermo del Toro (“The Shape of Water”), and Martin McDonagh (“Three Billboards”).
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The BAFTA Awards often favor homegrown talent, as IndieWire’s awards editor Anne Thompson noted in her analysis report, which means female-directed films such as “Wonder Woman” and “Mudbound” were always going to be a tough sell to the voting body. However, Greta Gerwig was not included in the...
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The BAFTA Awards often favor homegrown talent, as IndieWire’s awards editor Anne Thompson noted in her analysis report, which means female-directed films such as “Wonder Woman” and “Mudbound” were always going to be a tough sell to the voting body. However, Greta Gerwig was not included in the...
- 1/9/2018
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
What had ETonline readers buzzing this week?
1. Beyoncé Slapped on the Tush by Fan, Reacts Fiercely
Beyoncé's alter ego, Sasha Fierce, jolted out of her this weekend when she received some unwelcomed touching from a fan.
As she performed Monday at the Forum Copenhagen in Copenhagen, Denmark, the 31-year-old singer was slapped on the derrière by a male fan, which evoked a fiery reaction from her.
"I will have you escorted out right now, alright?" Beyonce responded after the man spanked her.
The incident occurred while she was playfully interacting with fans in the front row as she performed her No. 1 single Irreplaceable. The fan then overstepped the boundaries and slapped her on the behind as she walked away.
As you can see for yourself in the video, the wife of rapper Jay-z and mother of their 17-month-old daughter Blue Ivy wasn't too keen on the boundary-crossing slap.
Beyonce was performing in Denmark as part of...
1. Beyoncé Slapped on the Tush by Fan, Reacts Fiercely
Beyoncé's alter ego, Sasha Fierce, jolted out of her this weekend when she received some unwelcomed touching from a fan.
As she performed Monday at the Forum Copenhagen in Copenhagen, Denmark, the 31-year-old singer was slapped on the derrière by a male fan, which evoked a fiery reaction from her.
"I will have you escorted out right now, alright?" Beyonce responded after the man spanked her.
The incident occurred while she was playfully interacting with fans in the front row as she performed her No. 1 single Irreplaceable. The fan then overstepped the boundaries and slapped her on the behind as she walked away.
As you can see for yourself in the video, the wife of rapper Jay-z and mother of their 17-month-old daughter Blue Ivy wasn't too keen on the boundary-crossing slap.
Beyonce was performing in Denmark as part of...
- 6/1/2013
- Entertainment Tonight
Turns out, Bane does have a heart.
A 23-year-old British woman named Kayleigh Duff hit the telly recently to talk about the rare and aggressive form of liver cancer she suffers from which also tragically killed her father when she was just a kid (sad face).
During that discussion, though, she happened to make mention of the fact that one of her biggest wishes was to meet Tom Hardy in person, and Charlotte Riley, Hardy's wifey-to-be, got wind of Duff's story and made that happen for her.
Yep, Riley touched base with a friend of the woman and helped arrange a meet-up between Kayleigh and Tom Hardy, and she was tickled pink by the surprise.
"I nearly died when I saw him," she told the Canterbury Times. "I was shaking. I just thought we were having a day out in London."
The friend who arranged all this with Hardy's lucky...
A 23-year-old British woman named Kayleigh Duff hit the telly recently to talk about the rare and aggressive form of liver cancer she suffers from which also tragically killed her father when she was just a kid (sad face).
During that discussion, though, she happened to make mention of the fact that one of her biggest wishes was to meet Tom Hardy in person, and Charlotte Riley, Hardy's wifey-to-be, got wind of Duff's story and made that happen for her.
Yep, Riley touched base with a friend of the woman and helped arrange a meet-up between Kayleigh and Tom Hardy, and she was tickled pink by the surprise.
"I nearly died when I saw him," she told the Canterbury Times. "I was shaking. I just thought we were having a day out in London."
The friend who arranged all this with Hardy's lucky...
- 5/30/2013
- by Amanda Bell
- NextMovie
New York, May 30: Tom hardy made the dream come true of a cancer patient by spending a fun-filled day with her, on Monday.
Kayleigh Duff, 23, who opened up about her rare liver cancer on British talk show "The Morning" earlier this year, told The Canterbury Times that a date with the 35-year-old 'Dark Knight Rises' star was in her wish list, the New York Daily News reported.
Hardy's fiancee's sister, Charlotte Riley, was watching the program and helped to arrange a meeting, while Duff's pal, Katie Birch, helped set up the secret date.
The duo had tea and scones together and the actor even bought a diamond necklace for.
Kayleigh Duff, 23, who opened up about her rare liver cancer on British talk show "The Morning" earlier this year, told The Canterbury Times that a date with the 35-year-old 'Dark Knight Rises' star was in her wish list, the New York Daily News reported.
Hardy's fiancee's sister, Charlotte Riley, was watching the program and helped to arrange a meeting, while Duff's pal, Katie Birch, helped set up the secret date.
The duo had tea and scones together and the actor even bought a diamond necklace for.
- 5/30/2013
- by Lohit Reddy
- RealBollywood.com
You're not dreaming, lady! The Inception hunk is really sitting next to you. Tom Hardy turned a young mom's fantasy into reality on Tuesday. After appearing on a British talk show to speak about her rare liver cancer diagnosis, Kayleigh Duff revealed that meeting the fellow Brit was on the top of her wish list. Fortunately for the 23-year-old, the sister of Hardy's fiancée Charlotte Riley happened to catch the program that day and immediately enacted a plan to surprise the deserving mother with a dream date of a lifetime, with the aid of Duff's friend Katie Birch. Video: Tom Hardy talks about his Batman role "I nearly died when I saw him," Duff told...
- 5/29/2013
- E! Online
Kayleigh Duff dreamed of dining with actor Tom Hardy and during a break from her cancer treatment on May 27, Katie Birch helped grant her best friend's wish!
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Birch connected with Hardy after his fiancee's sister saw Duff on a British talk show talking about her wedding (another milestone she dreamed of doing after being diagnosed with the same rare and aggressive form of cancer that killed her father when she was just eight) and contacted the show to arrange the surprise meeting.
"I nearly died when I saw him," the 23-year-old Duff said. "I just thought we were having a day out in London. He was so lovely and down to earth. We had lunch and tea and scones and he bought me a diamond necklace."
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According to the paper, Duff is due to begin a more intensive form of chemotherapy when she returns...
Related - Celebrity Heroes
Birch connected with Hardy after his fiancee's sister saw Duff on a British talk show talking about her wedding (another milestone she dreamed of doing after being diagnosed with the same rare and aggressive form of cancer that killed her father when she was just eight) and contacted the show to arrange the surprise meeting.
"I nearly died when I saw him," the 23-year-old Duff said. "I just thought we were having a day out in London. He was so lovely and down to earth. We had lunch and tea and scones and he bought me a diamond necklace."
Related - Helen Mirren Grants A Dying Boy's Wish
According to the paper, Duff is due to begin a more intensive form of chemotherapy when she returns...
- 5/28/2013
- Entertainment Tonight
After she had the heart attack out in Michigan on Thanksgiving 1988, I stood by her bedside in the recovery room and she tried so hard to tell me something, but it just didn't work. I loved her so much. Did she know how much? I never told her. There are always questions you wish you'd asked after it's too late to get an answer. Sometimes years can pass before you realize they're questions.
Everyone said I "took after her," and I did. My features are more rounded than anyone else on either side of my family. Martha R. Stumm was the youngest of six surviving children of a Dutch-Irish-German couple who raised their family on a farm outside Tayorville, Illinois. Years after after her father died and her mother opened a boarding house in Urbana, enough oil was found beneath the land to make it worth drilling.
I visited the...
Everyone said I "took after her," and I did. My features are more rounded than anyone else on either side of my family. Martha R. Stumm was the youngest of six surviving children of a Dutch-Irish-German couple who raised their family on a farm outside Tayorville, Illinois. Years after after her father died and her mother opened a boarding house in Urbana, enough oil was found beneath the land to make it worth drilling.
I visited the...
- 5/14/2013
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
After she had the heart attack out in Michigan on Thanksgiving 1988, I stood by her bedside in the recovery room and she tried so hard to tell me something, but it just didn't work. I loved her so much. Did she know how much? I never told her. There are always questions you wish you'd asked after it's too late to get an answer. Sometimes years can pass before you realize they're questions.
Everyone said I "took after her," and I did. My features are more rounded than anyone else on either side of my family. Martha R. Stumm was the youngest of six surviving children of a Dutch-Irish-German couple who raised their family on a farm outside Tayorville, Illinois. Years after after her father died and her mother opened a boarding house in Urbana, enough oil was found beneath the land to make it worth drilling.
I visited the...
Everyone said I "took after her," and I did. My features are more rounded than anyone else on either side of my family. Martha R. Stumm was the youngest of six surviving children of a Dutch-Irish-German couple who raised their family on a farm outside Tayorville, Illinois. Years after after her father died and her mother opened a boarding house in Urbana, enough oil was found beneath the land to make it worth drilling.
I visited the...
- 3/11/2013
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
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