This year's Critics Choice Lifetime Achievement Award to go to Eddie Murphy
The Critics Choice Association has announced that this year's lifetime achievement award will go to Eddie Murphy. While making the announcement they noted that Murphy was one of the most commercially successful African American actors in history, having played a number of iconic roles over the course of his career.
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Renowned children's author Tomie dePaola dies at 85
Renowned children's author Tomie dePaola dies at 85
Tomie dePaola, the 85-year-old American author famed for writing and illustrating more than 270 children's books, has passed away at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire following complications caused by recent surgery. DePaolo is known for his 1976 Caldecott Honor Award-winning folk tale Strega Nona, and 2000's Newbery Honor-winning autobiographical book 26 Fairmount Avenue.
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Country music legend Joe Diffie dead from coronavirus at 61
Country music suffered the loss of yet another legend today, with the death of 61-year-old Joe Diffie due to health complications caused by the COVID-19 infection. Diffie won the Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals in 1999 for his song Same Old Train and was an esteemed member of the Grand Ole Opry, a 95-year-old weekly American country music stage concert in Nashville, Tennesee
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Roman Polanski best director award sparks controversy as actresses walkout
Roman Polanski, the director of 'An Officer and A Spy', won the best director award at the French Ceaser awards, sparking a large amount of controversy. A number of actresses walked out of the venue after the award was announced and a hundred protestors gathered outside. Polanski has been living in exile in France after he pled guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1978.
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Viral London Underground singer Charlotte Awbery performs on Ellen
Charlotte Awbery, the 31-year-old professional singer who has been performing for 15 years, recently went viral when she performed the hit song 'Shallow' from Oscar-nominated movie A Star is Born while waiting for her underground train in London, as part of a prank video for YouTuber Kevin Freshwater. Awbery performed the song again for her appearance on the Ellen Show, with 'Shallow' re-entering the iTunes Top 40 after her performance.
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