"and Vincent Cassel, in the true-life story of the young Dr. Jung, his mentor Freud and the beautiful patient that came between them; Lone Scherfig’s coming-of-age drama ""An Education"", which won Carey Mulligan a BAFTA award for Best Actress; James Gunn’s pop-culture actioner ""Super"" starring Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page and Liv Tyler, from producer Ted Hope; Nigel Cole’s ""Made in Dagenham"" starring Golden Globe nominee Sally Hawkins from producer Stephen Woolley, and Andrea Arnold’s adaptation of the romantic classic ""Wuthering Heights"". Films recently handled include ""Nowhere Boy"", a film by artist Sam Taylor-Wood based on John Lennon’s teenage years starring"
"Scherfig's most critically lauded film, was released. Written by esteemed fiction author Nick Hornby, the movie was based on journalist Lynn Barber's experiences as a teenager in post-war Britain. The film's story follows 16-year-old Jenny (played by Carey Mulligan) as she is picked up one rainy night by David (played by Peter Sarsgaard), and brought into the bustling and exciting London society. Centered on this tender and somewhat morally ambiguous romantic relationship between David and Jenny, the movie was hailed as being subtle and deliberate in its pacing and tone. Many reviewers noted the exceptional performance of Carey Mulligan as"
"13 May – 3 July 2011. Mulligan played the central character, a mentally unstable woman, and received glowing praise from reviewers. Ben Brantley, theater critic for ""The New York Times"", wrote that Mulligan's performance was ""acting of the highest order""; he also described her as ""extraordinary"" and ""one of the finest actresses of her generation."", Mulligan co-starred in the critically acclaimed 2011 neo-noir thriller ""Drive"", directed by Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn. She was nominated for her second BAFTA award—Best Supporting Actress—for the film. ""Drive"" garnered a total of 4 BAFTA award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director. She"
"Terry Mulligan Terry Baker Mulligan is an American novelist. Author of the novel, ""Afterlife in Harlem"" and the memoir, ""Sugar Hill: Where the Sun Rose Over Harlem"", she is the winner of a 2012 IPPY Award and 2013 Benjamin Franklin Awards. Mulligan’s mother Olivia Hodges Jackson worked as a secretary in the offices of the Harlem-based New York Amsterdam News, and later for the administration at the City College of New York. Her father, the Philadelphia-born Roy Baker, was a Cotton Club dancer and an entertainer with Cab Calloway’s troupe during the Harlem Renaissance era. Although never married to her"
"editor at ""The New York Times"" and author of ""Twice As Good: Condoleezza Rice and her path to power""; Glenn Kessler, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, diplomatic correspondent at ""The Washington Post"" and author of ""The Confidante: Condoleezza Rice and the Creation of the Bush Legacy""; and Antonia Felix, author of ""Condi: The Condoleezza Rice Story"". The film tells the story of Rice's life from her birth in 1954 to her 2009 departure from office as Secretary of State, and her return to Stanford University. Rice is a key interviewee in the film: she speaks about her roots in racially explosive Birmingham;"
"in New York. She got the role shortly after Luhrmann showed her audition footage to Sony Pictures Entertainment executives Amy Pascal and Doug Belgrad, who were impressed by the actress' command of the character. Mulligan burst into tears after learning of her casting via a phone call from Luhrmann, who informed her of his decision while she was on the red carpet at an event in New York. Luhrmann said: ""I was privileged to explore the character with some of the world's most talented actresses, each one bringing their own particular interpretation, all of which were legitimate and exciting. However,"
"New York Yankee and 1998 World Series MVP; Kenneth Scott Latourette, scholar of Christianity and Chinese History; Douglas Robinson, translation theorist; Amy Tan, the author of ""The Joy Luck Club"", ""The Bonesetter's Daughter"", and ""The Kitchen God's Wife""; First Lieutenant Rex T. Barber, pilot in Operation Vengeance; actress Aparna Brielle; and Joe Medicine Crow, Native American historian and the only Linfield College graduate to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Linfield College Linfield College is an American private institution of higher learning located in McMinnville, Oregon. As a four-year, undergraduate, liberal arts and sciences college with a campus in Portland,"
"Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2009 The 22nd Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, given by the CFCA on December 21, 2009, honored the best in film for 2009. Jeremy Renner – ""The Hurt Locker"" Carey Mulligan – ""An Education"" Up ""The Hurt Locker"" – Barry Ackroyd Kathryn Bigelow – ""The Hurt Locker"" Anvil! The Story of Anvil The Hurt Locker ""The White Ribbon"", Germany ""Up"" – Michael Giacchino ""Up in the Air"" – Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner ""The Hurt Locker"" – Mark Boal Christoph Waltz – ""Inglourious Basterds"" Mo'Nique – ""Precious"" Neill Blomkamp – ""District 9"" Carey Mulligan –"
"Carey Mulligan and Ryan Gosling. In 2014, she played the lead character in Gosling's directorial debut ""Lost River"", and in 2015, in the novel adaptation ""Dark Places"". In 2015, she was cast as one of the leads in Refn's thriller film ""The Neon Demon"". In 2018, she was seen in home-invasion based horror film ""."" Upon release, the film received generally unfavorable reviews from critics. However, she was praised for her performance in the film. Hendricks has been credited as having an ideal shape for a woman by British Equalities Minister Lynne Featherstone who praised Hendricks' hourglass figure as an"
"a Dramatic Special and Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special. Together with Virgil Williams, Rees wrote ""Mudbound"", a period drama adapted from the 2008 novel of the same name by Hillary Jordan. Rees also directed the film, starring Carey Mulligan, Garrett Hedlund, Jason Clarke, Jason Mitchell, and Mary J. Blige. After being shown at Sundance in 2017, ""Mudbound"" became the highest purchase of the festival, being bought for $12.5 million by Netflix. ""Mudbound"" was shot in New Orleans over 28 days in the summer of 2016. The film shows a story tells the story of two"
"ceremony, it won six Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director for Bigelow (the first woman to win this award), and Best Original Screenplay for Boal. ""The Hurt Locker"" is based on accounts of Mark Boal, a freelance journalist who was embedded with an American bomb squad in the war in Iraq for two weeks in 2004. The director Kathryn Bigelow was familiar with Boal's work before his experiences, having adapted one of his ""Playboy"" articles as the short-lived television series ""The Inside"" in 2002. When Boal was embedded with the squad, he accompanied its members 10 to 15 times a"
"won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Loretta Lynn in ""Coal Miner's Daughter"" (1980). Her other Oscar nominated roles include ""Missing"" (1982), ""The River"" (1984), ""Crimes of the Heart"" (1986) and ""In the Bedroom"" (2001). Her other films include ""Raggedy Man"" (1981), ""JFK"" (1991), ""Affliction"" (1997), ""The Straight Story"" (1999), ""Tuck Everlasting"" (2002), ""Nine Lives"" (2005), ""The Help"" (2011), and ""The Old Man & the Gun"" (2018). On television, Spacek received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for ""The Good Old Boys"" (1995), ""Last Call"" (2002), ""Big Love"" (2011) and portrayed matriarch Sally Rayburn on the Netflix thriller"
"Sox a few days later. In September 2013, he announced that he would publish a memoir about his experiences at the marathon and his life since then. The book was co-written with author Bret Witter. Photographer Josh Haner of ""The New York Times"", who documented Bauman's recovery process, won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for the work. Bauman's book, titled ""Stronger"", was released in April 2014 to coincide with the first anniversary of the bombings. A film based on the memoir, starring Jake Gyllenhaal as Bauman and Tatiana Maslany as Hurley, and titled ""Stronger"", was released on September 22,"
"on the Way""), double standards for men and women (""Rated 'X'""), and being widowed by the draft during the Vietnam War (""Dear Uncle Sam""). Country music radio stations often refused to play her music, banning nine of her songs, but Lynn pushed on to become one of country music's legendary artists. She and contemporaries like Tammy Wynette provided a template for female country music artists to follow. Her best-selling 1976 autobiography, ""Coal Miner's Daughter"", was made into an Academy Award–winning film of the same title in 1980, starring Sissy Spacek and Tommy Lee Jones, with Spacek winning the Academy Award"
"Mudbound (film) Mudbound is a 2017 American period drama film directed by Dee Rees and written by Rees and Virgil Williams, based on the novel of the same name by Hillary Jordan. It stars Carey Mulligan, Garrett Hedlund, Jason Clarke, Jason Mitchell, and Mary J. Blige. The film depicts two World War II veterans – one white, one black – who return to rural Mississippi each to address racism and PTSD in his own way. The film premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2017, and was released on Netflix and in limited release on November 17,"
"15th Critics' Choice Awards The 15th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 15, 2010 at the Hollywood Palladium, honoring the finest achievements of 2009 filmmaking. The ceremony was broadcast on VH1 and hosted by Kristin Chenoweth. The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow – ""The Hurt Locker"" Jeff Bridges – ""Crazy Heart"" Sandra Bullock – ""The Blind Side"" (TIE) Meryl Streep – ""Julie & Julia"" (TIE) Christoph Waltz – ""Inglourious Basterds Mo'Nique – ""Precious"" Saoirse Ronan – ""The Lovely Bones"" Inglourious Basterds Quentin Tarantino – ""Inglourious Basterds"" Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner – ""Up in the Air"" Avatar Up The Hangover"
"""The Hurt Locker"" directed by Kathryn Bigelow and also won three other awards (best actor, best cinematography and best film editing). It was the first time in the organization's thirty-year history that one film took home five awards. Categories of awards: Awards are also given for Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Foreign Language Film (if the Best Picture is in English), Best Documentary, Best Ensemble Cast, Best Use of Music in Film, and Best New Filmmaker. The New Filmmaker award is named for David Brudnoy, Boston-area radio talk show host and film critic, who was a founding member of"
"has an 88% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 16 reviews; the average rating is 8.3/10. ""Variety"" called it ""a thoughtful, endearing film charting the life of singer Loretta Lynn from the depths of poverty in rural Kentucky to her eventual rise to the title of 'queen of country music'."" Roger Ebert stated that the film ""has been made with great taste and style; it's more intelligent and observant than movie biographies of singing stars used to be."" The film won the Academy Award for Best Actress (Sissy Spacek), and was nominated for Best Art Direction (Art Direction: John"
"of the year's best performances, and Toby Young of ""The Times"" felt she anchored the film. Writing in ""The Guardian"", Peter Bradshaw concluded that she gave a ""wonderful performance."" Mulligan was a recipient of the Shooting Stars Award from the 2009 Berlin International Film Festival and received a BAFTA Rising Star Award nomination, which is voted on by the British public. Mulligan next starred in independent film ""The Greatest"" (2009) as the pregnant girlfriend of a boy who dies. Her involvement with the project helped it ""tremendously"", according to the director. After being selected to join The Academy of Motion"
"Film Festival. The film was awarded the Sydney Film Prize at the 2013 Sydney Film Festival. Liv Corfixen, Refn's wife, directed the documentary ""My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn"", centered on the life and work of Refn and their relationship. The documentary film premiered on July 17, 2014 in Denmark. In September 2011, Refn said his next film would be ""I Walk with the Dead"", with Carey Mulligan slated to play the lead; she was co-star of Drive"". According to Refn, it will be a horror-movie sex thriller that may be set in Tokyo or Los Angeles. In 2013,"
"""An Education"" Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2009 The 22nd Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, given by the CFCA on December 21, 2009, honored the best in film for 2009. Jeremy Renner – ""The Hurt Locker"" Carey Mulligan – ""An Education"" Up ""The Hurt Locker"" – Barry Ackroyd Kathryn Bigelow – ""The Hurt Locker"" Anvil! The Story of Anvil The Hurt Locker ""The White Ribbon"", Germany ""Up"" – Michael Giacchino ""Up in the Air"" – Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner ""The Hurt Locker"" – Mark Boal Christoph Waltz – ""Inglourious Basterds"" Mo'Nique – ""Precious"" Neill Blomkamp – ""District 9"" Carey"
"mother and her mother’s sisters had on her growing up. In May 2012, ""Sugar Hill, Where the Sun Rose Over Harlem"" was awarded the Independent Publishers Gold Medal for Adult Multicultural Nonfiction. The cover of ""Sugar Hill"" was included on the front of Publishers Weekly in March 2012, featuring titles from the Independent Book Publishers Association. In 2013, ""Sugar Hill"" won two Benjamin Franklin Gold Medal Awards for Autobiography/Memoir and Multicultural Writing. Terry Mulligan Terry Baker Mulligan is an American novelist. Author of the novel, ""Afterlife in Harlem"" and the memoir, ""Sugar Hill: Where the Sun Rose Over Harlem"", she"
"including her embrace of American independent cinema, is discussed in the documentary film """" (2009). In the film, ""Entertainment Weekly"" critic Lisa Schwarzbaum recalls the excitement of having a woman as the lead reviewer at ""The New York Times"". Maslin continues to review books for ""The New York Times"". Among the best-known of her reviews is the 2011 essay on the widowed Joyce Carol Oates' memoir, ""A Widow's Story,"" which was widely discussed. Janet Maslin Janet R. Maslin (born August 12, 1949) is an American journalist, best known as a film and literary critic for ""The New York Times"". She"
"read it. Shortly after, Susan Sarandon joined the film, convinced by Brosnan. Feste met with a lot of actresses for Carey Mulligan's role but ultimately Mulligan stood out. It was Feste's directorial debut. To gain the confidence of investors and producers, she made a scrapbook which contained her ideas on tone, camera movement, color, space and lines. Principal photography took place in Rockland County, New York. The film was shot in 35 mm format. The film screened at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Another film starring Mulligan, the Oscar-nominated ""An Education"", also screened at the festival. The film ranking website"
"Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2009 The winners of the 9th Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2009, were announced on January 11, 2010. Best Actor: Colin Firth – ""A Single Man"" Best Actress: Carey Mulligan – ""An Education"" Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow – ""The Hurt Locker"" Best Film: Up in the Air Best Foreign Language Film: Summer Hours • France Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz – ""Inglourious Basterds"" Best Supporting Actress: Vera Farmiga – ""Up in the Air"" Best Screenplay: Up in the Air - Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner Best Documentary: Anvil! The"
"and makes ""Mudbound"" a film that grabs you and won't let go."" Mudbound (film) Mudbound is a 2017 American period drama film directed by Dee Rees and written by Rees and Virgil Williams, based on the novel of the same name by Hillary Jordan. It stars Carey Mulligan, Garrett Hedlund, Jason Clarke, Jason Mitchell, and Mary J. Blige. The film depicts two World War II veterans – one white, one black – who return to rural Mississippi each to address racism and PTSD in his own way. The film premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2017,"
"Award winner Barbara Kopple on women's international human rights. Narrated by Meryl Streep, the film was shown on Lifetime Television. In a break from journalism, Goodwin started and ran Save the Children's Peshawar-based multimillion dollar humanitarian program in war-torn Afghanistan for four years. Funded by USAID, the UN and the EU, projects included reconstruction of bomb-damaged infrastructure, including schools, hospitals and clinics; transporting humanitarian aid under war-torn conditions; mother and child health; income-generating and microenterprise. Goodwin's involvement with SCF-US was an outgrowth of her longtime human rights activism. Jan Goodwin Jan Goodwin is an author and investigative journalist with a"
"public performance. Other cast members were Hugh Grant and Simon Helberg. Robbie Collin considered it to be one of her most ""human performance"" and felt that it was ""full of warmth that gives way to heart-pinching pathos"". She won the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in a Comedy, and received Academy Award, Golden Globe, SAG, and BAFTA nominations. Streep next starred as the first American female newspaper publisher, Katharine Graham, to Tom Hanks' Ben Bradlee, in Steven Spielberg's political drama ""The Post"" (2017), which centers on ""The Washington Post""s publication of the 1971 Pentagon Papers. The film received"
"this book is recommended for anyone wishing to better understand the workings of a police state."" Maziar Bahari Maziar Bahari (; born May 25, 1967) is an Iranian Canadian journalist, film maker and human rights activist. He was a reporter for ""Newsweek"" from 1998 to 2011. Bahari was incarcerated by the Iranian government from June 2009 to October 20, 2009, and has written a New York Times best seller family memoir, ""Then They Came for Me"". His memoir is the basis for Jon Stewart's 2014 film ""Rosewater"". Bahari later founded the IranWire citizen journalism news site, the freedom of expression"
"Arena Bell, Diane Ladd, Jane Campion, Anne Archer, Carrie Fisher and Irena Medavoy, among others. The night of her tribute, Lauren Bacall, an iconic cinema legend said she was moved to tears by her tribute by the heartfelt remarks made her three children., (Sam Robards, Leslie Bogart, Sam Bogart). In 1993, WIN held its first awards ceremony honoring Tichi Wilkerson Kassel with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Tichi was the first female publisher of ""The Hollywood Reporter"" and co-founder of Women In Film. Her friend Charles Champlin (a former ""Los Angeles Times"" arts editor and film critic) presented her award. Film"
"movie by Lorimar Productions and shown on NBC in 1976. She wrote three additional books; Lifelines (1978), What Did I Do Wrong? Mothers, Children, Guilt (1985), and Being A Widow (1988). Journalist Timothy Noah included ""Widow"" in his list of self-help books but criticized, calling it ""mediocre"". ""Contemporary Sociology"" said ""Widow"" "" is very well known throughout America and it is a well written personal story of her experiences..."". She continued writing and lecturing until she died from cancer in 1987 at age 63. Before her death, she had published another book ""Book for Widow"" through Arbor House. Lynn Caine"
"in this role. Carey Mulligan Carey Hannah Mulligan (born 28 May 1985) is an English actress. Born in London and brought up in Düsseldorf, Germany and Surrey, Mulligan developed an interest in acting as a child and was the student head of the drama department at Woldingham School. She made her professional acting debut on stage in the Kevin Elyot play ""Forty Winks"" at the Royal Court Theatre in 2004. Her film debut was in the role of Kitty Bennet in ""Pride & Prejudice"" (2005), followed by supporting roles in numerous television series, including ""Bleak House"" (2005), ""The Amazing Mrs"
"signed on to do after being nominated for an Academy Award for her role in ""An Education"" (2009), which was directed by Lone Scherfig, also a Danish filmmaker. (Scherfig used to babysit Refn when he was a child, and they have become good friends). At the time of Mulligan's casting, Refn had not seen ""An Education"". But his wife was a big fan of the film and Mulligan's performance, and she urged him to cast her. In the original script, the character was a Hispanic woman named Irina. The character was changed to Irene after Mulligan was cast; Refn said"