though an Oscar boycott by the Iranian government meant that his film was not submitted for consideration. Awarded a Special Jury Prize in Venice, the latest from the now-imprisoned auteur is another slice of piercing meta-fiction in which he finds a version...
to become a repeat winner in the best-actor category. march’s win was one of eight oscars awarded to the william wyler-directed film about wwii vets trying to adjust to life after the war. ray milland (1945) image credit: rex/shutterstock “the lost weekend” hollywood had been portra...
After attending Portora Royal School in Enniskillen (1864–71), Wilde went, on successive scholarships, to Trinity College Dublin (1871–74) and Magdalen College, Oxford (1874–78), which awarded him a degree with honors. During these four years, he distinguished himself not only as a Classica...
In 1978, Voight portrayed the paraplegic Vietnam veteran Luke Martin in Hal Ashby’s film Coming Home, and was awarded Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival, for his portrait of a cynical, yet noble paraplegic, reportedly based on real-life Vietnam veteran-turned-antiwar-activist Ron Kovic,...
on the closing night of the Frank Sinatra Desert Classic golf tournament.[338] Esquire reported of the show that Sinatra was “clear, tough, on the money” and “in absolute control”.[339] Sinatra was awarded the Legend Award at the 1994 Grammy Awards, where he was introduced by Bono, ...