Sentences with phrase «history of award winners»

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The 2017 awards will be extra special this year as winners will be announced in time to celebrate Canada's 150th birthday, a momentous occasion in the history of a nation built by immigrants...

Winner of the Albert C. Outler Prize in Ecumenical Church History and of two other prestigious academic awards, Nathan Hatch's book has already become a standard reference on American religious hHistory and of two other prestigious academic awards, Nathan Hatch's book has already become a standard reference on American religious historyhistory.

A Very Brief History of Eternity by Carlos Eire Princeton, 258 pages, $ 24.95 Carlos Eire, A Yale professor and the author of the 2003 National Book Award winner Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy, is clearly capable of remembering and writing about the smells and tastes and....

A stylish,»70s - period crime thriller, THE CONNECTION tells the story of real - life Marseille magistrate Pierre Michel (Academy Award ® Winner Jean Dujardin, THE ARTIST) and his relentless crusade to dismantle the most notorious drug smuggling operation in history: the French Connection.

With the nominees now having been announced for the 2014 Golden Boy award, voted on by journalists and handed to the best player under 21 in Europe, we decided to take a look back through the history of it and the 11 players who have been voted as the winner in its short history.

While Te'o would only be the second defensive player to ever be deemed the most outstanding player in college football, Manziel could join an even more exclusive club by becoming the first freshman winner in the history of the award.

The four - time Ballon d'Or / World Player of the Year award winner will go down in history as one of the greatest players to step onto a football pitch and with good reason.

Seven New York Times journalists who investigated the hidden history of the Navy's SEAL teams, and a 97 - year - old reporter for Jet magazine were among the winners of the George Polk Awards in Journalism for 2015, which were announced yesterday.

This competitiveness between family members has been depicted a lot throughout the history of cinema, from award winners The Godfather II and Ordinary People to the more recent Duplass brothers» The Do Deca Pentathlon.

Johnny Depp returns to his iconic, Academy Award ® - nominated role of Captain Jack Sparrow, one of the most beloved characters in motion picture history, newly joined by Oscar ® winner Javier Bardem («No Country for Old Men,» «Skyfall»), rising young stars Kaya Scodelario («The Maze Runner,» British television's «Skins») and Brenton Thwaites («Maleficent,» «The Giver») and Golshifteh Farahani («The Patience Stone,» «Exodus: Gods and Kings»).

(If Annette Bening were to pull off a shocker, she'd be the first two - time Best Actress winner in the 17 - year history of the awards, which somehow makes it seem even less likely.)

But perhaps it was the six award - winning films in MIFF's 50th Shorts Awards that most fittingly captured the hybrid nature of MIFF 2011, a selection of old and new forms of filmmaking, from a myriad of countries on a range of issues: A Fine Young Man (Kevan Funk, 2010) from Canada, winner of Best Short Film; Best Australian Short, The Palace (Anthony Maras, 2011); Andrew Kavanagh, winner of the Emerging Australian Filmmaker Award for At the Formal (2010); Green Crayons, (Kazik Radwanski, 2010) from Canada, winner of Best Fiction Short Film; Nullabor (Alister Lockhart, Patrick Sarell, 2011) from Australia, the Best Animation Short Film; Leonids Story (Rainer Ludwigs, 2011) from Russia, the Best Documentary Short; and A History of Mutual Respect (Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt, 2010) from Portugal, winner of Best Experimental Short award - winning films in MIFF's 50th Shorts Awards that most fittingly captured the hybrid nature of MIFF 2011, a selection of old and new forms of filmmaking, from a myriad of countries on a range of issues: A Fine Young Man (Kevan Funk, 2010) from Canada, winner of Best Short Film; Best Australian Short, The Palace (Anthony Maras, 2011); Andrew Kavanagh, winner of the Emerging Australian Filmmaker Award for At the Formal (2010); Green Crayons, (Kazik Radwanski, 2010) from Canada, winner of Best Fiction Short Film; Nullabor (Alister Lockhart, Patrick Sarell, 2011) from Australia, the Best Animation Short Film; Leonids Story (Rainer Ludwigs, 2011) from Russia, the Best Documentary Short; and A History of Mutual Respect (Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt, 2010) from Portugal, winner of Best Experimental Short Award for At the Formal (2010); Green Crayons, (Kazik Radwanski, 2010) from Canada, winner of Best Fiction Short Film; Nullabor (Alister Lockhart, Patrick Sarell, 2011) from Australia, the Best Animation Short Film; Leonids Story (Rainer Ludwigs, 2011) from Russia, the Best Documentary Short; and A History of Mutual Respect (Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt, 2010) from Portugal, winner of Best Experimental Short Film.

In the last 12 months, French director Agnès Varda became the oldest Oscar nominee in history for Faces Places, as well as the winner of an Honorary Academy Award — a long - overdue recognition of the director's work.

«I think we will hear many speeches by awards winners denouncing sexual harassment in Hollywood and in the United States in general,» Steve Ross, a history professor specializing in Hollywood and politics at the University of Southern California, told CBC News.

Commercially successful, critically adored, winner of an original screenplay Academy Award, and more influential than any other indie ever, it was enough to secure Tarantino a place in film's history books and announce him as the writer / director to watch of his generation.

Based on the book «Truth and Duty: The Press, The President and the Power of Privilege» by Pulitzer and Emmy winning television producer Mary Mapes and detailing the explosive story of then President George W. Bush's questionable history with the National Guard during the Vietnam War, Truth is a riveting piece of cinema with a powerhouse performance by two - time Academy Award ® winner Cate Blanchett as Mapes.

Here are the photos of all the Oscar winners as they accept the most prestigious award in the history of cinema.

On the television side, which spanned 10 awards, «Justified» was a surprise winner for Best TV Drama Series, while the deliciously ribald «It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia,» now entering its seventh season, was named Best TV Comedy Series, knocking off last year's winner, «The Big C.» Kate Winslet («Mildred Pierce») and Jason Isaacs (PBS» «Case Histories») were awarded Best Actress and Best Actor prizes in the Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television categories, while Vanessa Williams («Desperate Housewives») and Ryan Hurst («Sons of Anarchy») won supporting performance trophies, which span both TV movie and serial work.

If she were to win in the best supporting actress category for her role in «Nebraska,» she would make Academy Award history by becoming the oldest winner in any of the acting categories...

The Directors Guild of America handed out their awards last night where Damien Chazelle became the youngest winner in the history of the awards...

In addition to the annual Academy Awards — in which the members vote to select the nominees and winners — the Academy presents a diverse year - round slate of public programs, exhibitions and events; acts as a neutral advocate in the advancement of motion picture technology; and, through its Margaret Herrick Library and Academy Film Archive, collects, preserves, restores and provides access to movies and items related to their history.

One of the most prolific directors in the history of cinema, Steven Spielberg, returns to the silver screen with his new period thriller «Bridge of Spies» starring two - time Academy Award winner Tom Hanks.

Oscar Fever: The History & Politics of the Academy Awards: «Oscar Fever is a completely new and far more popular rewriting of «And the Winner is...» (1987; 1990).

In the broader context of history, the two - Oscar Best Picture winner has occurred six times in 89 years of Academy Awards ceremonies — in all honesty, that's more than I expected when I started researching the stats.

Written by one of Britain's best - loved playwrights Alan Bennett (The History Boys), this epic play stars Olivier Award - winners Mark Gatiss and Adrian Scarborough.

«I think we will hear many speeches by awards winners denouncing sexual harassment in Hollywood and in the United States in general,» said Steve Ross, a history professor specializing in Hollywood and politics at the University of Southern California.

For example, David Fincher looks well positioned to extend the awards» history of film - director splits, even if Tom Hooper is a local son; it's worth noting that BAFTA denied two British directors of Best Film winners, Anthony Minghella and Sam Mendes, in the year of the Oscar victories.

The invitations come on the heels of one of the Academy's most diverse Oscar ceremonies to date, during which the highest number of black winners took home awards in AMPAS history — including Fences «Viola Davis and Moonlight «s Mahershala Ali in the supporting acting categories.

Based on the acclaimed book «History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier,» DENIAL recounts Deborah E. Lipstadt's (Academy Award ® winner Rachel Weisz) legal battle for historical truth against David Irving (Cannes Award winner Timothy Spall), who accused her of libel when she declared him a Holocaust denier.

Hayek concluded her remarks by calling for more «equality, diversity, inclusion and intersectionality,» which were celebrated throughout the evening, from the visibility of Latino projects («The Shape of Water,» «Coco» and «A Fantastic Woman») and transgender artists (the actress Daniela Vega and the documentarian Yance Ford) to glorious appearances from such veterans Eva Marie Saint, Rita Moreno and screenwriter James Ivory, who became the oldest Oscar winner in history when he won the award for best adapted screenplay.

The award winners demonstrate creative use of instructional materials, effective instructional strategies, use of new scholarship from history or other appropriate fields, use of the ten interrelated themes of the NCSS curriculum standards, the ability to foster a spirit of inquiry, and evidence of involvement in professional activities.

Margaret Holtgreive, a teacher at Milwaukee Public Schools» Ronald Reagan College Preparatory High School, is the Wisconsin high school winner of National History Day's Patricia Behring Teacher of the Year Award.

Networks ™ 2018 is the winner of the REVERE Award in its category «Classroom: Whole Curriculum - Social Sciences and History.»

Twice winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Mr. McCullough came to Indianapolis to discuss his new book, The Wright Brothers, and the importance of innovation throughout history.

In fact it helped make Ram 1500 the Motor Trend 2014 Truck of the Year — and the only consecutive winner in the history of the award.»

Hurley Haywood, winner of more endurance classics than any other driver in racing history, was honored by the Road Racing Drivers Club with the 2014 Phil Hill Award.

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A pioneer in zero - emission mobility, Nissan made history with the introduction of the Nissan LEAF, the first affordable, mass - market, pure - electric vehicle and winner of numerous international accolades, including the prestigious 2011 - 2012 Car of the Year Japan and 2011 World Car of the Year awards.

Winner of the 2015 BookBrowse Nonfiction Award Obsession, madness, memory, myth, and history combine to achieve a distinctive blend of nature writing and memoir from an outstanding literary innovator.

Her publications include Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color Line (2009), and Print the Legend: Photography and the American West (2002), winner of the Organization of American Historians» Ray Allen Billington Award for the best book in American frontier history and the William P. Clements Award.

A USA Today Bestseller Winner of a National Jewish Book Award Winner of the Association of Jewish Libraries Jewish Fiction Award An Amazon Best Book of the Year One of Ms. Magazine's «Bookmark» Titles One of The Jewish Exponent's «2017's Top Reads» Set in London of the 1660s and of the early twenty - first century, The Weight of Ink is the interwoven tale of two women of remarkable intellect: Ester Velasquez, an emigrant from Amsterdam who is permitted to scribe for a blind rabbi, just before the plague hits the city; and Helen Watt, an ailing historian with a love of Jewish history.

Winner of the 2016 BookBrowse Award for Best Young Adult Novel Interweaving stories from past and present, All We Have Left brings one of the most important days in our recent history to life, showing that love and hope will always triumph.

Winner of the McGinnis - Ritchie award for its first chapter, Emily Fridlund's propulsive and gorgeously written History of Wolves introduces a new writer of enormous range and talent.

Winner of the 2017 BookBrowse Nonfiction Award A twisting, haunting true - life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history.

Winners of the 2009 Pulitzer Prizes will be announced on Monday, with book prizes awarded in the categories of Fiction, History, Biography or Autobiography and General Nonfiction.

The author of the Tony Award winner The History Boys, Alan Bennett is one of Britain's best - loved literary voices.

*** FIRST PLACE WINNER of the Florida Writers Association 2014 Royal Palm Literary Award for Biography - Published *** Begotten With Love is a sometime turbulent, sometime rollicking story spanning 150 years of American history and five generations of an immigrant's family.

Sophie studies history at McGill University, and was a finalist for the 2017 QWF Literary Prize for Young Writers, a 2016 Pushcart Prize nominee, and the winner of a 2015 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards National Silver Medal.

The Cartoon History of the Univers III: From the Rise of Arabia to the Renaissance by Larry Gonick (W.W. Norton) Winner of the Harvey Award (Best Graphic Album of Original Work category) for 2003

Audie Award Winner, Solo Narration - Male, 2014 Audie Award Winner, Literary Fiction, 2014 The author of the classic best - sellers The Secret History and The Little Friend returns...