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โThe Room Next Door' tops Venice Film Festival. Nicole Kidman misses acting honor due to momโs death
Read full article: โThe Room Next Door' tops Venice Film Festival. Nicole Kidman misses acting honor due to momโs deathPedro Almodรณvarโs โThe Room Next Doorโ won the Venice Film Festivalโs Golden Lion award Saturday.
Acclaimed French director Bertrand Tavernier dies at age 79
Read full article: Acclaimed French director Bertrand Tavernier dies at age 79FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2015, file photo, Director Bertrand Tavernier poses with his Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievements after the award ceremony at the 72nd edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy. Acclaimed French filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier has died at the age of 79, according to French media. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)PARIS โ French filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier, who directed acclaimed movies such โA Sunday in the Country,โ โCaptain Conanโ and โThe Judge and the Assassin,โ has died, according to his family. Tavernier was married to the late French-Irish screenwriter Claudine OโHagan, better known as Colo Tavernier, from 1965 to 1980. They had two children together: writer Tiffany Tavernier and director and actor Nils Tavernier.
Greta Thunberg on 2 very surreal years of protest and fame
Read full article: Greta Thunberg on 2 very surreal years of protest and fameThis image released by Hulu shows activist Greta Thunberg, center, in a scene from the documentary "I Am Greta." (Hulu via AP)NEW YORK โ In the first days of Greta Thunbergโs solitary sidewalk protest outside Swedish Parliament in August 2018, most walk right past her. I think: Oh, I was so young and naive back then โ which is quite funny,โ says Thunberg, recalling her first days of protest in an interview. โI donโt really like the title of the film, โI Am Greta.โ It makes it seem like I take myself very seriously,โ says Thunberg. Asked how she felt watching news clips of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin deriding her in the film, Thunberg laughs.