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  1. Benedict Cumberbatch earned the year's Best Actor award for his work in "The Power of the Dog" as a rancher in 1925 Montana who menaces a mother (Kirsten Dunst) and her son (Kodi Smit-McPhee). The second-generation Brirish actor (his parents are veteran performers Timothy Carlton and Wanda Ventham) has become familiar to television viewers and moviegoers through his portrayals of Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Stephen Hawking, Alan Turing and (in the Marvel Cinematic Univerese) Dr. Stephen Strange.

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    Lady Gaga. the recording star turned screen sensation, was voted the Best Actress  award for her performance in the real-life drama "House of Gucci." The native New Yorker (born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta) portrays Patrizia Reggiani, the spurned wife of an Italian fashion heir. For her role in Sir Ridley Scott's picture, Gaga learned to speak with an Italian accent and stayed in character throughout the film's production.

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  2. The accomplished New Zealand filmmaker Jane Campion (pictured below with cinematographer Ari Wegner) earned her second directing award from the New York Film Critics Circle for her screen adaptation of "The Power of the Dog." Her first award was for the 1993 drama "The Piano." Campion also wrote the screenplay, based on the 1967 novel by Thomas Savage.

    Director of Photography Ari Wegner and director/writer/producer Jane Campion on the set of "Power of the Dog."

    The filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson, who won the NYFCC's Screenplay award in 2017 for his period drama "Phantom Thread," struck gold again in the category. He was voted the 2021 award for writing the script for the 1970s romance "Licorice Pizza."

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  3. The Japanese filmmaker Ryûsuke Hamaguchi's drama "Drive My Car" (starring actors Hidetoshi Nishijima and Toko Miura, pictured below) was named Best Picture Friday by the New York Film Critics Circle in its annual awards voting. Set in the present-day city of Hiroshima, the three-hour film is about a theater director (Nishijima) who stages an ambitious version of Chekhov’s play "Uncle Vanya." Based on the Haruki Murakami short story, the film won a screenplay award for Hamaguchi at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. It is Japan's official entry for the Academy Award for Best International Film.

    The NYFCC winners will be presented their awards at a dinner held in New York on Friday, January 10, 2022.

    Drive My Car' Review: Ryusuke Hamaguchi's Superb Murakami Adaptation -  Variety

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  4. The National Board of Review has selected "Licorice Pizza" -- director Paul Thomas Anderson's tale of first love in the 1970s -- as its Best Picture of 2021.

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    The film also received awards for Best Director and Breakthrough Performance for its stars Cooper Hoffman and Alaina Haim (pictured above). 

    Here is a list of the other winners:

    Best Actor: Will Smith, King Richard
    Best Actress: Rachel Zegler, West Side Story
    Best Supporting Actor: Ciarán Hinds, Belfast
    Best Supporting Actress: Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
    Best Original Screenplay: Asghar Farhadi, A Hero
    Best Adapted Screenplay: Joel Coen, The Tragedy of Macbeth
    Best Directorial Debut: Michael Sarnoski, Pig
    Best Animated Feature: Encanto
    Best Foreign Language Film: A Hero
    Best Documentary: Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
    Best Ensemble: The Harder They Fall
    Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography: Bruno Delbonnel, The Tragedy of Macbeth
    NBR Freedom of Expression Award: Flee

    Top Films of 2021 (in alphabetical order): Belfast, Don’t Look Up, Dune, King Richard, The Last Duel, Nightmare Alley, Red Rocket, The Tragedy of Macbeth, West Side Story

    Top 10 Independent Films of 2021 (in alphabetical order): The Card Counter, C’mon C’mon, CODA, The Green Knight, Holler,
    Jockey, Old Henry, Pig, Shiva Baby, The Souvenir Part II

    Top Five Documentaries of 2021 (in alphabetical order): Ascension, Attica, Flee, The Rescue, Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain

    Top Five Foreign Language Films of 2021 (in alphabetical order): Benedetta (France), Lamb (Iceland), Lingui, The Sacred Bonds (Chad), Titane (France-Belgium), The Worst Person in the World (Norway)

    The NBR, which was founded in 1909, is an organization of film enthusiasts, filmmakers, professionals, academics and students of varying ages and backgrounds.

    The NBR awards will be presented at a ceremony in New York City on Tuesday, January 11, 2022. The event will be hosted by Willie Geist of NBC News and MSNBC.

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  5. Denis Villeneuve's remake of "Dune" received 10 nominations Thursday from the Hollywood Critics Association - including Best Picture and Best Director.  
     
    The organization - once known  as the Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society --  will announce the winners at an event on January 8, 2022.
     
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    Based on the sci-fi novel by Frank Herbert  Villeneuve's version of "Dune" (released 37 years after one by David Lynch) features a large cast that includesTimothée Chalamet and Zendaya (pictured above), as well as Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, 
    Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård and Dave Bautista.

     
    The film also was nominated for Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Editing, Best Hair and Makeup,
    Best Production Design, Best Score, Best Stunts and Best Visual Effects.
     
    Here are the nominations: 

    Best Picture

    Being the Ricardos
    Belfast
    CODA
    Dune
    King Richard
    Last Night in Soho
    Licorice Pizza
    Spencer
    The Power of the Dog
    Tick, Tick...Boom!

    Best Actor

    Andrew Garfield, Tick, Tick...Boom!
    Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
    Nicolas Cage, Pig
    Peter Dinklage, Cyrano 
    Will Smith, King Richard.

    Best Actress

    Emilia Jones, CODA
    Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
    Kristen Stewart, Spencer
    Lady Gaga, House of Gucci
    Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos

    Best Supporting Actor

    Ciarán Hinds, Belfast 
    Jamie Dornan, Belfast
    Jason Isaacs, Mass
    Robin de Jesús, Tick, Tick...Boom!
    Troy Kotsur, CODA

    Best Supporting Actress

    Ariana DeBose,  West Side Story
    Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
    Caitriona Balfe,  Belfast
    Marlee Matlin, CODA
    Ruth Negga, Passing

    Best Adapted Screenplay

    Siân Heder, CODA
    Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter
    Revecca Hall, Passing
    Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
    Steven Levenson, Tick, Tick...Boom!

    Best Original Screenplay

    Aaron Sorkin, Being the Ricardos
    Fran Kranz, Mass
    Sir Kenneth Branagh, Belfastl 
    Zach Baylin, King Richard
    Edgar Wright and Krysty Wilson-Cairns, Last Night at Solo

    Best  Director

    Denis Villeneuve, Dune
    Guillermo del Toro, Nightmare Alley
    Jane Campion,  The Power of The Dog
    Sir Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
    Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tick, Tick...Boom!
    Pablo Larraín, Spencer
    Rebecca Hall, Passing
    Reinaldo Marcus Green, King Richard
    Siân Heder, CODA
    Steven Spielberg, West Side Story

    Best Ensemble Cast

    Belfast
    CODA
    Don't Look Up
    King Richard
    The Harder They Fall

    Best First Feature

    Rebecca Hall, Passing  
    Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tick, Tick...Boom!
    Fran Kranz, Mass
    Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter
    Michael Sarnoski, Pig

    Best Independent Film

    CODA
    Mass
    Pig
    Shiva
    Spencer

    Best Action Film

    No Time to Die
    Nobody
    The Harder They Fall
    The Suicide Squad
    Shang-Chi

    Best Animated Film

    Encanto
    Flee
    The Mitchells vs. The Machines
    Luca
    Raya and the Last Dragon

     

    Best Comedy/Musical

    Cyrano
    Free Guy
    In the Heights
    Tick, Tick... Boom!
    West Side Story

     

    Best Documentary

    Flee
    Summer of Soul (...or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
    The Rescue
    The Sparks Brothers
    Val

    Best Foreign Language Film

    A Hero (Iran)
    Drive My Car (Japan)
    Flee (Denmark)
    Titiane (France)
    The Worst Person in the World (Norway)

     

    Best Horror Film

    A Quiet Place, Part 2
    Fear Street
    Last Night in Soho
    Malignant
    The Night House

    Best Animated or VFX Performance

    Abbi Jacobson, The Mitchells vs. The Machines
    Sylvester Stallone, The Suicide Squad
    Stephanie Beatriz, Encanto
    Jacob Tremblay, Luca
    John Leguizamo, Encanto

    Best Cinematography

    Greig Fraser, Dune
    Claire Mathon, Spencer
    Andrew Droz Palermo, The Green Knight
    Ari Wegner, The Power of the Dog
    Janusz Kamiński, West Side Story

    Best Costume Design

    Jenny Beavan, Cruella
    Bob Morgan and Jacqueline West, Dune
    Janty Yates, House of Gucci
    Odile Dicks_-Mireaux, Last Night in Soho
    Jacqueline Durran,  Spencer

    Best Editing

    Andrew Weisblum  and Myron I. Kerstein, Tick, Tick...Boom!
    Joe Walker, Dune 
    Pamela Martin, King Richard
    Paul Machliss, Last Night In Soho
    Úna Ní Dhonghaíle, Belfast

    Best Hair and Makeup

    Being the Ricardos
    Cruella
    Dune
    House Of Gucci
    The Eyes Of Tammy Faye

    Best Original Song

    “Be Alive,” King Richard
    “No Time to Die,” No Time to Die
    “Beyond the Shore,” CODA
    “Down to Joy,"  Belfast
    “Every Letter," Cyrano

    Best Production Design

    Patrice Vermette, Dune
    Marcus Rowland, Last Night in Soho
    Tamara Deverell,  Nightmare Alley
    Guy Hendrix Dyas, Spencer
    Adam Stockhausen, The French Dispatch

    Best Score

    Alexandre Desplat, The French Dispatch 
    Hans Zimmer, Dune
    Jonny Greenwood,  Spencer
    Jonny Greenwood, The Power Of The Dog
    Steven Price, Last Night In Soho

    Best Short Film

    Blush
    Far from the Tree
    Nona
    Robin Robin
    Us Again

     

    Best Stunt Work

    Black Widow
    Dune
    No Time to Die
    Nobody
    Shang-Chi

    Best Visual Effects

    Dune
    Eternals
    Free Guy
    Shang-Chi
    The Suicide Squad

     

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    Box office ticket sales over the Thanksgiving holiday show that consumer confidence in moviegoing is slowly improving, but not enough to bring the struggling theater industry back to pre-pandemic levels anytime soon, if ever.
     
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  7. Actress Maggie Gyllenhaal, the daughter of a director and a screenwriter, was a big winner at Monday's 31st annual Gotham Awards, held in a ceremony in New York City. The event, designed to celebrate inexpensively made independent films, is usually the first major awards show of the year.

    "The Lost Daughter," Gyllenhaal's debut film as a producer and director, won four awards --including Best Feature, Breakthrough Director and Screenplay. In addition, Olivia Colman was voted the Outstanding Performance award for the picture. She tied the veteran actor Frankie Faison of "The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain."

    Gyllenhaal, who turned 44 on November 16, began her acting career as a teen in projects directed by her father, Stephen Gyllenhaal, and her mother, Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal. Her younger brother Jake also has had a long list of acting credits.

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    The 2021 Gotham Award winners and nominees were:

    Best Feature

    The Green Knight

    David Lowery, director; Toby Halbrooks, James M. Johnston, David Lowery, Tim Headington, Theresa Steele Page, producers (A24)

    The Lost Daughter :ph34r:

    Maggie Gyllenhaal, director; Osnat Handelsman Keren, Talia Kleinhendler, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Charles Dorfman, producers (Netflix)

    Passing

    Rebecca Hall, director; Nina Yang Bongiovi, Forest Whitaker, Margot Hand, Rebecca Hall, producers (Netflix)

    Pig

    Michael Sarnoski, director; Nicolas Cage, Steve Tisch, David Carrico, Adam Paulsen, Dori Roth, Joseph Restiano, Dimitra Tsingou, Thomas Benski, Ben Giladi, Vanessa Block, producers (NEON)

    Test Pattern

    Shatara Michelle Ford, director; Shatara Michelle Ford, Pin-Chun Liu, Yu-Hao Su, producers (Kino Lorber)

     

    Best Documentary Feature

    Ascension

    Jessica Kingdon, director; Kira Simon-Kennedy, Nathan Truesdell, Jessica Kingdon, producers (MTV Documentary Films)

    Faya Dayi

    Jessica Beshir, director and producer (Janus Films)

    Flee :ph34r:

    Jonas Poher Rasmussen, director; Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen, Charlotte De La Gournerie, producers (NEON)

    President

    Camilla Nielsson, director; Signe Byrge Sørensen, Joslyn Barnes, producers (Greenwich Entertainment)

    Summer Of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

    Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, director; Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent, David Dinerstein, producers (Searchlight Pictures, Onyx Collective, Hulu)

     

    Best International Feature

    Azor

    Andreas Fontana, director; Eugenia Mumenthaler, David Epiney, producers (MUBI)

    Drive My Car :ph34r:

    Ryusuke Hamaguchi, director; Teruhisa Yamamoto, producer (Sideshow and Janus Films)

    The Souvenir Part II

    Joanna Hogg, director; Ed Guiney, Emma Norton, Andrew Low, Joanna Hogg, Luke Schiller, producers (A24)

    Titane

    Julia Ducournau, director; Jean-Christophe Reymond, producer (NEON)

    What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?

    Alexandre Koberidze, director; Mariam Shatberashvili, producers (MUBI)

    The Worst Person In The World

    Joachim Trier, director; Thomas Robsham, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Dyveke Bjørkly Graver, producers (NEON)

     

    Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award

    Maggie Gyllenhaal for The Lost Daughter (Netflix) :ph34r:

    Edson Oda for Nine Days (Sony Pictures Classics)

    Rebecca Hall for Passing (Netflix)

    Emma Seligman for Shiva Baby (Utopia Distribution)

    Shatara Michelle Ford for Test Pattern (Kino Lorber)

     

    Best Screenplay

    The Card Counter, Paul Schrader (Focus Features)

    El Planeta, Amalia Ulman (Utopia Distribution)

    The Green Knight, David Lowery (A24)

    The Lost Daughter, Maggie Gyllenhaal (Netflix) :ph34r:

    Passing, Rebecca Hall (Netflix)

    Red Rocket, Sean Baker & Chris Bergoch (A24)

     

    Outstanding Lead Performance

    Olivia Colman in The Lost Daughter (Netflix) :ph34r:

    Frankie Faison in The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain (Gravitas Ventures) :ph34r:

    Michael Greyeyes in Wild Indian (Vertical Entertainment)

    Brittany S. Hall in Test Pattern (Kino Lorber)

    Oscar Isaac in The Card Counter (Focus Features)

    Taylour Paige in Zola (A24)

    Joaquin Phoenix in C’mon C’mon (A24)

    Simon Rex in Red Rocket (A24)

    Lili Taylor in Paper Spiders (Entertainment Squad)

    Tessa Thompson in Passing (Netflix)

     

    Outstanding Supporting Performance

    Reed Birney in Mass (Bleecker Street)

    Jessie Buckley in The Lost Daughter (Netflix)

    Colman Domingo in Zola (A24)

    Gaby Hoffmann in C’mon C’mon (A24)

    Troy Kotsur in CODA (Apple) :ph34r:

    Marlee Matlin in CODA (Apple)

    Ruth Negga in Passing (Netflix)

     

    Breakthrough Performer

    Emilia Jones in CODA (Apple) :ph34r:

    Natalie Morales in Language Lessons (Shout! Studios)

    Rachel Sennott in Shiva Baby (Utopia Distribution)

    Suzanna Son in Red Rocket (A24)

    Amalia Ulman in El Planeta (Utopia Distribution)

     

    Breakthrough Series – Long Format (over 40 minutes)

    The Good Lord Bird, Ethan Hawke, Mark Richard, creators; James McBride, Brian Taylor, Ryan Hawke, Ethan Hawke, Jason Blum, Albert Hughes, Mark Richard, Marshall Persinger, David Schiff, executive producers (Showtime)

    It’s A Sin, Russell T Davies, creator; Russell T Davies, Peter Hoar, Nicola Shindler, executive producers (HBO Max)

    Small Axe, Steve McQueen, creator; Tracey Scoffield, David Tanner, Steve McQueen, executive producers (Amazon Studios)

    Squid Game, Kim Ji-yeon, Hwang Dong-hyu, executive producers (Netflix) :ph34r:

    The Underground Railroad, Barry Jenkins, Colson Whitehead, creators; Barry Jenkins, Adele Romanski, Mark Ceryak, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Colson Whitehead, Jacqueline Hoyt, executive producers (Amazon Studios)

    The White Lotus, Mike White, creator; Mike White, David Bernad, Nick Hall, executive producers (HBO Max/HBO)

     

    Breakthrough Series – Short Format (under 40 minutes)

    Blindspotting, Rafael Casal, Daveed Diggs, creators; Rafael Casal, Daveed Diggs, Jess Wu Calder, Keith Calder, Ken Lee, Tim Palen, Emily Gerson Saines, Seith Mann, executive producers (STARZ)

    Hacks, Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, Jen Statsky, creators; Jen Statsky, Paul W. Downs, Lucia Aniello, Michael Schur, David Miner, Morgan Sackett, executive producers (HBO Max/HBO)

    Reservation Dogs, Sterlin Harjo, Taika Waititi, creators; Taika Waititi, Sterlin Harjo, Garrett Basch, executive producers (FX) :ph34r:

    Run the World, Leigh Davenport, creator; Yvette Lee Bowser, Leigh Davenport, Nastaran Dibai, executive producers (STARZ)

    We Are Lady Parts, Nida Manzoor, creator, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Surian Fletcher-Jones, Mark Freeland, executive producers (Peacock)

     

    Breakthrough Nonfiction Series

    City So Real, Jeff Skoll, Diane Weyermann, Alex Kotlowitz, Gordon Quinn, Betsy Steinberg, Jolene Pinder, executive producers (National Geographic)

    Exterminate All the Brutes, Raoul Peck, Rémi Grellety, executive producers (HBO/HBO Max)

    How To with John Wilson, John Wilson, creator; Nathan Fielder, John Wilson, Michael Koman, Clark Reinking, executive producers (HBO/HBO Max)

    Philly D.A., Ted Passon, Yoni Brook, Nicole Salazar, creators; Dawn Porter, Sally Jo Fifer, Lois Vossen, Ryan Chanatry, Gena Konstantinakos, Jeff Seelbach, Patty Quillin, executive producers (Topic, Independent Lens, PBS) :ph34r:

    Pride, Christine Vachon, Sydney Foos, Danny Gabai, Kama Kaina, Stacy Scripter, Alex Stapleton (FX)

     

    Outstanding Performance in a New Series

    Jennifer Coolidge in The White Lotus (HBO Max/HBO)

    Michael Greyeyes in Rutherford Falls (Peacock)

    Ethan Hawke in The Good Lord Bird (Showtime) :ph34r:

    Devery Jacobs in Reservation Dogs (FX)

    Lee Jung-jae in Squid Game (Netflix)

    Thuso Mbedu in The Underground Railroad (Amazon Studios) :ph34r:

    Jean Smart in Hacks (HBO Max/HBO)

    Omar Sy in Lupin (Netflix)

    IFP Gotham Ensemble Award 
    "The Harder They Fall" (Netflix)

    IFP Gotham Icon Award 
    Filmmaker Kathleen Collins (posthumously)

    Gotham Tributes (previously announced) 
    Kristen Stewartl (actress)
    Peter Dinklage (actor)

    Jane Campion (director)
    Eamonn Bowles (filmmaker)

     

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  8. She was a friend of Turner Classic Movies from Day 1. On April 14, 1994, she was present for the Times Square ceremony that began TCM's long run. Pictured below (from left to right): director Arthur Hiller, actresses Dahl, Jane Powell and Celeste Holm, TCM creator Ted Turner, actor Van Johnson and host Robert Osborne.

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  9.  David Gulpilil, the Indigenous Australian who made his film debut in Nicolas Roeg's 1971 classic "Walkabout," died Monday of lung cancer. The artist, dancer and filmmaker -- whose full name was David Gulpilil Ridjimiraril Dalaithngu -- did not know how old he was, but it is believed he was born in 1953.

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    Gulpilil was a teen tribal dancer when Roeg, the British cinematographer turned director, cast him in " Walkabout." The film starred the Primetime Emmy Award-winning British actress Jenny Agutter as a schoolgirl who -- along with her younger brother (played by Luc Roeg, son of the director) -- became stranded in the Australian Outback after the suicide of their father (John Meillon). During their attempted trek back to civilization, they encountered a young Aborigine (Gulpilil) who was on a "walkabout," a traditional journey undertaken far from towns and cities. 

    Walkabout: Cheat Sheet | Movie News | SBS Movies

    In Peter Weir's mystical drama "The Last Wave "(1977), Richard Chamberlain starred as a corporate tax attorney who defended five Indigenous Australians charged with a mysterious murder. The controversial case coincided with bizarre weather phenomena throughout Australia -- including rain that produced oil and frogs -- and troubling dreams for the attorney. Gulpilil played Chris Lee, one of the suspects scheduled to go on trial, who might have provided answers, but remained silent.

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    Gulpilil appeared opposite Dennis Quaid in "The Right Stuff," Philip Kaufman's 1983 screen adaptation of Tom Wolfe's best-selling book about the origins of America's space program. The film segment focused on Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper (Quaid) as he visited a tracking station in Western Australia before the historic orbital flight of John H. Glenn, Jr. on February 20, 1962.

    Gulpilil co-starred as Neville "Nev" Bell, the Outback friend of Paul Hogan's title character in the 1986 comedy "Crocodile Dundee." The film was an international hit and spawned two sequels. 

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    In the acclaimed 2002 Australian film "Rabbit-Proof Fence," Gulpilil played a 1930s tracker named Moodoo hired to retrieve three Indigenous girls who escaped from a Western Australian settlement in an attempt to return to their native territory. The drama was  directed and produced by Phillip Noyce based on the 1996 book "Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence" by Doris Pilkington Garimara.

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    In 2008, Gulpilil co-starred with Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman in Baz Luhrmann's World War II drama "Australia," the story of a British woman (Kidman) who inherited an Australian cattle station after the murder of her husband. The man arrested for the slaying: Gulpilil's character, a tribal elder viewed by some as a magic man.

    For his performance in the drama "Charlie's Country," Gulpilil won the Un Certain Regard Award for Best Actor at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. He played a Northern Australian man coping with the gradual disappearance of his cultural identity in the 21st century. Gulpilil co-wrote the movie's screenplay with director Rolf de Heer.

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    David Gulpilil Ridjimiraril Dalaithngu AM has gone to his ancestral homeland.
     
    An actor, dancer, artist, of the Yolngu, from Arnhem Land, across five decades he hugely shaped Australian cinema and Aboriginal representation on screen.
     
    Rest in Peace.
     
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  10. 9 hours ago, sewhite2000 said:

    Is that what Mo Rocca, formerly of The Daily Show, doing these days? Hadn't heard anything about him in 20  years. Nice to know he's still around!

    He also does a noteworthy podcast called "Mobituaries" about the lives of fascinating people. And he's an occasional panelist on NPR's long-running quiz show "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!"

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  11. 22 hours ago, Swithin said:

    Stephen Sondheim wrote the music for one of my favorite films: Warren Beatty's Reds (1981). Although much of the film's music consisted of old standards from the early 20th Century, Sondheim's original musical contributions are lovely:

    Sondheim's contribution to Beatty's 1990 film "Dick Tracy" --  "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)" -- earned an Academy Award for Best Original Song. It was performed in the film (and at the 63rd Oscars ceremony) by Madonna.

    Sondheim also earned nine Tonys and eight Grammys, but ended up an Emmy shy of EGOT status.

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