Tommy Lee Jones and Anne Hathaway took home prizes at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards on Sunday, as Hollywood actors picked the best performances of 2012 in film and television on an evening that will likely define some of the top Oscar races next month. Actress Anne Hathaway, from the film "Les Miserables", holds her award for best female actor in a supporting role backstage at the 19th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles, California January 27, 2013. Photo: Reuters Jones, 66, won the best supporting actor trophy for his turn as Thaddeus Stevens, the radical congressman in "Lincoln," beating strong competition from Robert De Niro's gruff father in "Silver Linings Playbook." The category is seen as one of the closest races at the Oscars on Feb. 24. Hathaway, 30, won her first SAG award for her supporting role as the tragic Fantine in musical "Les Miserables." "I got my SAG card when I was 14 .. And I have loved every single minute of my life as an … [Read more...] about Anne Hathaway, Tommy Lee Jones win Screen Actors Guild awards
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Hanoi hosts ‘Vietnamese Talent Awards 2012’
The Hanoitimes - The awards ceremony for Vietnamese Talent Awards 2012 was held in Hanoi to honor outstanding talents in the three sectors of Information Technology (IT), Health and Applied Sciences. Dinh The Huynh (Ext. L), head of the Party Central Committee for Propaganda and Education, presented the award to authors of the flood control project in Long Xuyen Quadrangular (Photo: VNA) This year there were no clear winners for the two first prizes in the category of Successful IT Products and Potential IT Products. Two second prizes were given for Potential IT Products to 'News Reading Assistant' (VINAS)--a system that converts e-newspapers into audible voice; and 'Viet Voice Serve' (VIS)--an auto responder system. [email protected], an online pay portal, was presented with the third prize in the category of Potential IT Product. In the health sector, Professor and Dr. Nguyen Thanh Liem, Director of Central Pediatrics Hospital, received the Life-Long Achievement Award for his … [Read more...] about Hanoi hosts ‘Vietnamese Talent Awards 2012’
A cinematic life
Now 70, renowned Vietnamese filmmaker Dang Nhat Minh intends to keep using cinema to tell stories about human fate. No matter how popular an idea, People's Artist Dang Nhat Minh will turn it down if he doesn't like it. This, he feels, has set him apart from his colleagues and has been a factor in his being one of the few Vietnamese directors who have successfully introduced Vietnamese cinema to the outside world. He doesn't make many films but his work has won rave reviews from critics and audiences alike. He is widely hailed for his innovative body of work and skilful depiction of a wide range of subject matter, with war-related suffering and the torment of love in wartime standing out in particular. "I can make films on any subject that interests me, as long as it depicts human fate," he said. "I once considered quitting the industry. But I then thought I could still make films as long as I wrote the scripts and feature subject matters I'm interested in," Minh … [Read more...] about A cinematic life
‘Twilight’ sequel shines at MTV Movie Awards
The sun never seems to set on the "Twilight" movie franchise. The second film in the vampire romance series won five prizes at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday, just as the first picture did a year ago. In what amounted to a two-hour infomercial for the blockbuster, "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" was named best movie, while stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson picked up multiple honors. Fans were also treated to an exclusive preview of the third film, "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse," which opens in theaters on June 30. Stewart won for best female performance and best kiss, sharing the latter award with Pattinson. The real-life lovers staged a deliberately awkward smooch for the benefit of the overly excitable "Twilight" fans who seemed to dominate the crowd at the Gibson Amphitheatre near Hollywood. Pattinson also won for best male performance, and was named global superstar. While the profanity-laced ceremony is tailored to MTV's core audience of teens and … [Read more...] about ‘Twilight’ sequel shines at MTV Movie Awards
Foreign scholars honored local cultural award
The 5th Annual Phan Chau Trinh Cultural Award ceremony held in Hanoi last week honored two foreigners whose destinies were inextricably linked to Vietnam. French-Italian historian Alain Ruscio's 40 years of dedicated study of Vietnamese history has earned him the Phan Chau Trinh Award. The cultural award has been held annually since 2007, honoring individuals who have shown great devotion to Vietnamese culture. Ruscio, an independent academic with a PhD in literature, heads the Center of Information and Documentation for contemporary Vietnam. "I first came to Vietnam in 1978 as a reporter for L'Humanité. Although it was a tough era, all I saw was a proud people who incessantly fought for their freedom and rebuilt their country from heavy devastation," said Ruscio. Ruscio said he spent the summer of 1980 traveling throughout Vietnam, leading to his book, "Vivre au Việt," which reflected his views on the country five years after it achieved national unity. At that time, … [Read more...] about Foreign scholars honored local cultural award