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Washington (AFP) - US President Joe Biden took pointed digs at election rival Donald Trump Friday as he awarded the country's top civilian honor to Democratic allies including former House speaker Nancy Pelosi and vice president Al Gore. Biden said the veteran Pelosi had "defended democracy" during the January 6, 2021 assault on the US capitol by a mob of Trump supporters enraged by the Republican's election loss a few weeks earlier. Gore meanwhile was "amazing" for accepting his own disputed election loss to George W. Bush in 2000 for the sake of the country, Biden said, drawing a clear contr...
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New York (AFP) - Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto was awarded the Pritzker prize for architecture on Tuesday, the organizers said in a statement, praising his "reassuring style." Highlights of Yamamoto's work include Nagoya Zokei University in Japan completed in 2022, THE CIRCLE at Zurich Airport in Switzerland finished in 2020 and Tianjin Library in China unveiled in 2012. "The Pritzker Architecture Prize announces Riken Yamamoto, of Yokohama, Japan, as the 2024 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, the award that is regarded internationally as architecture's highest honor," the prize...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Da'Vine Joy Randolph has won every major prize going this film award season for her supporting role in "The Holdovers" -- but she insists she is taking nothing for granted as the Oscars loom. Randolph, who stars in the 1970s-set indie drama as a cook and grieving mother stranded at a New England boarding school over the winter holidays, claimed her latest accolade Sunday at the Film Independent Spirit Awards. Having already won a Golden Globe, Critics Choice Award, a BAFTA and much more, she now seems poised to collect the best supporting actress Oscar, which will be handed...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Da'Vine Joy Randolph has won every major prize going this film award season for her supporting role in "The Holdovers" -- but she insists she is taking nothing for granted as the Oscars loom. Randolph, who stars in the 1970s-set indie drama as a cook and grieving mother stranded at a New England prep school over the winter holidays, claimed her latest win Sunday at the Film Independent Spirit Awards. Having already won a Golden Globe, Critics Choice Award, a BAFTA and much more, she now seems poised for best supporting actress Oscar, which will be handed out in just two wee...
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The Kyiv Independent won the 2023 Bonnier prize on Feb. 21, along with the Estonian media outlet Delfi, for an April 2023 joint investigation into the potential misuse of funds by Estonia's biggest charity supporting Ukraine. The Swedish media group Bonnier, along with the Estonian newspaper Aripaiv, gives the prize every year along with a 7,500-euro award. A total of 20 entries were nominated for the prize. The award was in recognition of a story that investigated how the Ukrainian recipients of Estonia's biggest charity helping Ukrainians, Glory to Ukrainians, may have potentially misused do...
Kyiv Independent
The Kyiv Independent won the 2023 Bonnier prize on Feb. 21, along with the Estonian media outlet Delfi, for an April 2023 joint investigation into the potential misuse of funds by Estonia's biggest charity supporting Ukraine. The Swedish media group Bonnier, along with the Estonian newspaper Aripaiv, gives the prize every year along with a 7,500-euro award. A total of 20 entries were nominated for the prize. The award was in recognition of a story that investigated how the Ukrainian recipients of Estonia's biggest charity helping Ukrainians, Glory to Ukrainians, may have potentially misused do...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
The Kyiv Independent won the 2023 Bonnier prize on Feb. 21, along with the Estonian media outlet Delfi, for an April 2023 joint investigation into the potential misuse of funds by Estonia's biggest charity supporting Ukraine. The Swedish media group Bonnier, along with the Estonian newspaper Aripaiv, gives the prize every year along with a 7,500-euro award. A total of 20 entries were nominated for the prize. The award was in recognition of a story that investigated how the Ukrainian recipients of Estonia's biggest charity helping Ukrainians, Glory to Ukrainians, may have potentially misused do...
Kyiv Independent (UK)
Los Angeles (AFP) - The 66th Grammy Awards on Sunday offered up history-making wins, dazzling performances by new stars, poignant songs from legendary veterans and even a few surprises. Here is a look at the unforgettable moments of music's biggest night in Los Angeles: Surprise guest: Celine DionFor the final award of the night, organizers of the gala had a big surprise: pop diva Celine Dion, who has been battling the rare neurological disorder Stiff-Person Syndrome, emerged from backstage to a standing ovation. "When I say that I'm happy to be here, I really mean it from my heart," Dion sai...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - A 97-year-old Mel Brooks accepted a lifetime achievement Oscar in Hollywood on Tuesday, more than half a century after he won his only Academy Award with "The Producers." At a black-tie gala, Brooks -- who memorably sent up Adolf Hitler in seminal satire "The Producers," as well as exposing racial bigotry in films like "Blazing Saddles" -- joked that he felt bad about the fate of his previous Oscar for best original screenplay. "I miss it so much. I never should have sold it," he said, to raucous laughter in the ballroom. "I won't sell this one, I swear to God!" Brooks add...
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London (AFP) - Britain's Booker Prize for fiction will anoint a first-time winner when the 2023 recipient of the prestigious prize is announced at a ceremony in London on Sunday. None of this year's six finalists -- two Americans, a Canadian, two Irish and a Kenyan author -- have been shortlisted before and only one has previously been longlisted. The prize is one of the world's top literary awards and has propelled to fame countless household names, including past winners Salman Rushdie, Margaret Atwood and Hilary Mantel. This year's six books offer "terrors, pleasures, joys and consolations"...
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