Obama Wins Nobel Peace PrizeOctober 9th, 2009 U.S. President BARACK OBAMA has been awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, less than a year after taking office in America. The U.S. leader, who ascended to the presidency in January (09), follows in the footsteps of Dr.
Hurt To Be Honoured In LondonOctober 8th, 2009 Veteran actor JOHN HURT is to be honoured for his achievements in the movie industry with a prestigious award from the London Film Festival. The 69 year old is to be made a fellow of the British Film Institute (BFI) at a new awards ceremony to tie in with the British capital's movie event, which will run from 14 to 29 October (09).
It pays to be funny: Ian Frazier wins Thurber PrizeOctober 6th, 2009 Ian Frazier wins Thurber PrizeNEW YORK — Ian Frazier is a funny man. Officially. The author and frequent New Yorker contributor won the Thurber Prize for American Humor for his lighthearted book on parental guidance, "Lamentations of the Father." Frazier, who in 1997 received the inaugural Thurber award, will receive $5,000, prize organizers said Monday.
'City of Life and Death' by Chinese director Lu Chuan wins Spain's top film awardSeptember 26th, 2009 'City of Life and Death' wins Spanish film awardSAN SEBASTIAN, Spain — Chinese director Lu Chuan's film "City of Life and Death" has won the top prize at Spain's San Sebastian Film Festival. The movie, a sensitive and balanced depiction of a traumatic moment in China's history known as the Nanking Massacre, or the Rape of Nanking, deals with a six-week period in 1937-38 following the Japanese capture of the Chinese city of Nanking.
Stoppard Lands Prestigious Japanese Arts AwardSeptember 25th, 2009 Celebrated British playwright TOM STOPPARD has been awarded Japan's top arts prize, taking home a cheque worth $158,000 (£105,335). The star was named among five recipients of the Praemium Imperiale, alongside Japanese photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto, Austrian pianist Alfred Brendel and fellow Brits Zaha Hadid, an architect, and sculptor Richard Long.
Moverman's Directorial Debut Wins Top Prize At DeauvilleSeptember 14th, 2009 Screenwriter OREN MOVERMAN's directorial debut has wowed critics at the Deauville American Film Festival in France - his movie THE MESSENGER was named winner
of the Grand Prize on Sunday (13Sep09). The film, which stars Ben Foster as a soldier who returns from a tour of duty in Iraq, was handed the event's top accolade by the festival jury, led by Amelie filmmaker
Jean-Pierre Jeunet.
Coetzee A Contender For Third Booker PrizeSeptember 9th, 2009 Previous Man Booker Prize winners DAME A.S. BYATT and J.M.
Rapper Speech Debelle wins UK's Barclaycard Mercury PrizeSeptember 9th, 2009 LONDON - Rapper Speech Debelle emerged as the dark horse to win the prestigious Barclaycard Mercury Prize at the award ceremony held at London's Grosvenor House Hotel on September 8. Debelle's album Speech Therapy has only sold 3,000 copies, which makes it the lowest selling album ever to have won the prize.
Unknown Rapper Takes Home Mercury PrizeSeptember 9th, 2009 Relative unknown U.K. rapper SPEECH DEBELLE beat out competition from established Brits KASABIAN, LA ROUX and FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE to take home this year's (09) prestigious Mercury Prize in London on Tuesday (07Sep09).
Hip-hop singer Speech Debelle wins Britain's Mercury Prize for her album 'Speech Therapy'September 8th, 2009 Speech Debelle wins UK's Mercury PrizeLONDON — Hip-hop songstress Speech Debelle won the Barclaycard Mercury Prize on Tuesday for her album "Speech Therapy," a work inspired by a period the young rapper spent homeless. Debelle's warm vocals and clever lyrics won out over 11 other acts, including Kasabian and Bat for Lashes, to scoop the prize — a 20,000 pound ($33,000) award which typically goes to outsiders over more established acts.
Faux-memoir by Tarzan's chimp pal Cheeta among contenders for literature's prestigious BookerJuly 28th, 2009 Chimp's memoir among contenders for Booker PrizeLONDON — The purported autobiography of a movie-star chimpanzee is among the contenders for Britain's most prestigious literary award. "Me Cheeta" is one of 13 novels on the Booker Prize longlist.
Historian Gerhard L. Weinberg wins $100,000 military writing prizeJune 22nd, 2009 Historian wins $100,000 military prizeNEW YORK — Historian Gerhard L. Weinberg has received a $100,000 lifetime achievement prize for excellence in military writing.
Mexican university wins Spain's Prince of Asturias awardJune 10th, 2009 Mexican university wins Spanish awardMADRID — A nearly 100-year-old Mexican university was awarded Spain's Prince of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities on Wednesday in recognition of its role in providing Latin America with outstanding intellectuals and scientists. The National Autonomous University of Mexico, which has nearly 300,000 students and more than 34,000 professors and researchers, had received more than 1,500 letters of support for the award, including ones from world famous authors Carlos Fuentes and Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the award foundation said.
Sir David Attenborough wants to be reincarnated as a bonking beast!June 4th, 2009 LONDON - TV naturalist Sir David Attenborough has revealed that he wants to come back as an animal with a wild sex life. The 82-year-old 'Life on Earth' star fancies being reincarnated as a creature which mates in an unusual way, The Sun reports.
Italian mezzo-soprano Bartoli wins Denmark's Sonning prizeMay 13th, 2009 Italian mezzo-soprano Bartoli wins Sonning prizeCOPENHAGEN — Italian mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli has won Denmark's Sonning Music Prize. The award committee says Bartoli's "sound is unique, her technique has not been surpassed and her radiation on stage is like (opera legend Maria) Callas."
The Leonie Sonning Music Foundation says Bartoli is "our days' great diva."
The committee says in a statement released Wednesday that Bartoli will receive the 600,000 kroner ($110,000) award during a concert in Copenhagen on June 16, 2010.
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