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1 day ago · Early life and education The National Institute of Dramatic Art in Kensington, New South Wales, where Blanchett studied Catherine Elise Blanchett was born on 14 May 1969 in the Melbourne suburb of Ivanhoe. Her Australian mother, June (née Gamble), was a property developer and teacher; and her American father, Robert DeWitt Blanchett Jr., a Texas native, was a United States Navy Chief Petty ...
4 days ago · Academy Award, any of a number of awards presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize achievement in the film industry. The awards were first presented in 1929, and winners receive a gold-plated statuette commonly called Oscar. Learn more about the award, its categories, and history.
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4 days ago · Psycho is a 1960 American horror film produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The screenplay, written by Joseph Stefano, was based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Robert Bloch. The film stars Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin, and Martin Balsam.
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4 days ago · EGOT, an acronym for the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Awards, is the designation given to people who have won all four of the major American performing art awards. [1] [2] Respectively, these awards honor outstanding achievements in television, audio recording, film, and Broadway theatre. [3] .
14 hours ago · Today, we welcome legend Mike Mitchell to the show. He worked on films such as Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999), Shrek Forever After (2010), The SpongeBob Movie (2015), Trolls (2016), and The Lego Movie 2 (2019), and is here to talk all about his latest animated feature film: Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024). Hosts Giles Alderson and Dom Lenoir had a lovely conversation with him. They chatted about ...
14 hours ago · Minter is an Austrian Jew whose family came to Britain before the war, but his parents were interned as enemy aliens and died in custody. Interviewing the suspects involves an encounter with the local aristocrat Sir Alex Grainger, who delivers a Statement of Authenticity when it comes to ‘belonging’.
1 day ago · The second of two BA Acting performances at the Royal & Derngate saw a production of The Sweet Science of Bruising by Joy Wilkinson. The play tells the tale of the much earlier world of women's boxing than most would realise.
