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| Producer Katzenberg picks up honorary Oscar for charity work Posted: 02 Dec 2012 12:51 AM PST  Honorary Oscar recipients (from left) George Stevens Jr., D.A. Pennebaker, Hal Needham and Jeffrey Katzenberg. — Reuters pics The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences annually hands out its Governors Awards to people who have made an impact on Hollywood. This year, the honorary Oscars went to Katzenberg, stuntman Hal Needham, documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker and arts advocate George Stevens Jr. They were recognised at a black-tie affair that brought out stars such as Annette Bening, Kirk Douglas and Steven Spielberg.  Katzenberg speaks of the film industry's imaginary and real worlds, as he shares the award with "the extraordinary generosity of our industry towards improving the real world". "Jeffrey has no problem asking you for like, way too much money," actor Will Smith joked in a speech during the ceremony. Katzenberg, who has helped raise funds for the Motion Picture & Television Fund and the University of Southern California's Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education, said he owed his award to the generosity of those in Hollywood who gave alongside him. "You might say that all of us who work in the film industry live in two worlds," Katzenberg said as he accepted the award. "There is the imaginary world that we project on the screen and then there is the real world that we live in every day. This award is a recognition of the extraordinary generosity of our industry towards improving the real world that we all share." Needham, a sharecropper's son and former Army paratrooper, said he broke 56 bones and punctured a lung during his stunt career. He received an honorary Oscar for his work as one of Hollywood's top stuntmen of the 1960s and '70s. Needham also went on to direct several films starring Burt Reynolds, including "Smokey and the Bandit" and "The Cannonball Run". "I have ripped off many shots from you," director Quentin Tarantino said in a speech honouring Needham. D.A. Pennebaker claimed an award for his work as a pioneer of cinema verite. Pennebaker primarily shot his films, including the landmark "Don't Look Back" about Bob Dylan's 1965 tour of the United Kingdom, with a hand-held camera without narration or interviews. Pennebaker, who is 87, called his award "amazing", then looked around the ballroom and remarked that "everybody here probably has one of these already". The fourth honorary Oscar went to George Stevens Jr., a director, producer and writer who is best known as the founder of the non-profit American Film Institute, which was created to support filmmaking in the United States. The Oscars, or Academy Awards, for the films of 2012 will be given out in a ceremony in Los Angeles on February 24. Nominations will be announced on January 10. — Reuters |
| London mayor says city can be a Bollywood star Posted: 01 Dec 2012 06:05 PM PST  The Mayor of London Boris Johnson (centre) poses with Bollywood film directors and producers Vikram Bhatt (left) and Sajid Nadiadwala (right) during a meeting in Mumbai. — Afp pic "Film-making is massively important to both our cities and we need to build on the momentum that already exists," Johnson said, promoting London as the perfect location for India's song-and-dance spectaculars. "I want to make it as easy as possible to film in the city, whether you want to feature an iconic landmark as a backdrop (or) take advantage of our second to none post-production facilities," he said. Johnson announced that two Indian films would be shot in London next year, "Housefull 3" starring Akshay Kumar and "Kick" starring Salman Khan, with post-production also being done in the capital's Soho district. Many Bollywood plotlines feature Indians living abroad, and the city played a leading role in the 2007 hit "Namastey London" starring half-British pin-up Katrina Kaif. Late director Yash Chopra's use of Swiss mountain backdrops in his Bollywood films made Switzerland a holiday destination of choice for well-heeled Indians. Much of Chopra's final film, "Jab Tak Hai Jaan" starring Shah Rukh Khan, is also set in London. — Reuters |
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