Sentences with phrase «jury president of»

He also served as the jury president of the 64th Cannes Film Festival.

Wong Kar Wai, the director behind «Chungking Express» and «In the Mood For Love,» has been selected to be the Jury President of the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival.

(Wong is also jury president of this year's festival.

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Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, was indicted by a grand jury on Monday morning along with his business associate Rick Gates on a range of charges, including laundering over $ 21 million.

President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and Manafort's business associate Rick Gates were indicted by a grand jury on Monday morning on a range of charges.

Welles was president of the jury and of course had the Palme d'Or,» he said, referring to the prestigious award given at the festival.

Andrew Wright, a professor at Savannah Law School who was an associate in the White House counsel's office under President Barack Obama, said he was «glad to see the Trump administration acknowledging the legitimacy of the findings of our intelligence community and the Mueller grand jury: that Russians illegally interfered with our elections.»

Gawker Media president and general counsel Heather Dietrick thinks that it is «more likely than not» that a jury will find in favor of professional wrestler Hulk Hogan — but also that they'll award him significantly less than the $ 100 million he's seeking.

Heather Dietrick, Gawker's president and general counsel, presented a more hopeful view of the case to Capital, and suggested that the Florida jury would be moved by their argument that Hogan had turned his own sex life into a public spectacle long before Gawker published this tape.

Top Stories Special counsel Robert Mueller in March raised the possibility of subpoenaing President Donald Trump to appear before a grand jury, according to four unnamed sources.

At least some of the politicians like our president made their accusations before the trial which just resulted in tainting the jury pool but was not yet finished.

Asian Packaging Federation (APF) of which Turkish Packaging Manufacturers Association (ASD), is 1st Vice President, met in Colombo, capital city of Sri Lanka, from December 11 - 17, 2017 for 42nd General Assembly, AsiaStar 2017 Jury Meeting and Awards -LSB-...]

They will be selected by a renowned jury consisting of NASUWT Officers including John Rimmer, NASUWT President, Paula Roe, NASUWT Senior Vice President, Brian Cookson, NASUWT National Treasurer, Pete Henshaw, Editor of SecEd magazine, Doug Wills, Managing Editor London Evening Standard, and Ann Cutcliffe OBE, Vice-Chair and Board Member of the British Paralympic Association.

The grand jury investigating alleged collusion between Russia and Donald Trump's presidential campaign has sent a witness a subpoena seeking all documents involving the president and a host of his closest advisers.

The special counsel leading the Russia investigation raised the prospect in March of issuing a grand jury subpoena for President Donald Trump, his former attorney said, confirming that investigators have floated the extraordinary idea of forcing a sitting president to testify unPresident Donald Trump, his former attorney said, confirming that investigators have floated the extraordinary idea of forcing a sitting president to testify unpresident to testify under oath.

COIB's announcement of the fines, and Stringer's scrutiny of Department of Correction spending, comes the same day that a jury is reportedly deadlocked in the corruption trial of former correction union president Norman Seabrook, who is accused of making a deal with a hedge fund to pocket $ 60,000 in exchange for agreeing to steer union money into the fund, which has since been revealed as one of the largest Ponzi schemes in recent memory.

Other Syracuse - area names on the jury questionnaire include: Juanita Perez Williams, a former Syracuse mayoral candidate and state labor department employee; Rob Simpson, president of CenterState CEO; Andrew Breuer, president of Hueber - Breuer Construction; James Fayle, regional director for Empire State Development; and several employees or Cor Development.

A Manhattan federal jury convicted a Turkish banker Wednesday of participating in a multibillion - dollar scheme to evade Iran sanctions in a sensitive case that has roiled diplomatic relations between the United States and the president of Turkey.

«Once again we are deeply disappointed by the failure of a grand jury to respect the basic rights of people of color and value their lives equally under the law,» said Hector Figueroa, president of SEIU 32BJ, in a statement.

QUEENS, NY — Borough President Melinda Katz stated the following in response to the grand jury's decision today in the death of Eric Garner: «My heart and prayers are with the family of Eric Garner, especially with his surviving six children.

A Manhattan federal jury convicted a Turkish banker of participating in a multibillion - dollar scheme to evade Iran sanctions in a case that has roiled diplomatic relations between the United States and Turkish President Recep Erdogan.

Thomas Aldrich, a Democratic volunteer, said Thursday that while he was before the grand jury at the county courthouse he was told his testimony was part of the investigation into the actions of City Council President Clement Campana, Councilman John Brown and operative Dan Brown, the councilman's brother.

The New York Daily News reported in early April that the grand jury was looking into the activities of several Queens politicians, including Meeks, former Rep. Floyd Flake (D - N.Y.), New York Senate President Malcolm Smith and Queens Borough President Helen Marshall.

Question topics included the recent rollout of the City's municipal ID program, an internal PBA meeting reported to have degenerated into yelling and shoving over PBA President Pat Lynch's demands for an apology from the mayor and whether that provided «consolation» to the mayor, whether he takes comfort from the low number of PBA members reported to have signed «stay away from my funeral» statements, Bratton's comment that the «well was poisoned» by de Blasio's bring of former Sharpton aide Rachel Noerdlinger, a potential Teamsters strike at Hunts Point market, Governor Cuomo's consideration of legislation allowing public access to grand jury minutes, the mayor's objections to a City Council proposed bill outlawing police use of chokeholds, a reported Cuomo / Lynch meeting and what role the governor should fill in the Lynch / de Blasio dispute, whether the mayor is willing to acknowledge «missteps», the reports of Legionnaire's Disease in Co-op City, de Blasio's reaction to a possible 2016 Mitt Romney candidacy and when he last spoke with the Rev. Al Sharpton.

Frank Sedita, the Erie County prosecutor who is president of the state District Attorneys Association, sent a memo to Gov. Cuomo outlining the association's positions on potential grand jury reforms.

The News in February reported that many of those who had appeared before a grand jury and obtained immunity now had jobs or contracts at Western Region OTB, where Wojtaszek is president.

Questions in the off - topic portion of the Q&A included the role of Mayor de Blasio's wife, Chirlane McCray, and her having City staff, Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos» criticism of de Blasio's involvement in recent senate elections, whether de Blasio supports a tax on grocery bags, an update on the recent change in NYPD practice on marijuana possession, why the average person should care about conditions on Rikers Island (an on - topic question, but posed during this off - topic portion of the press conference), whether de Blasio is troubled by Al Sharpton's tax troubles, what the expected executive action President Obama on immigration will mean for the City, an update on the City's municipal ID program, preparations for a rally being organized by Al Sharpton upon the completion of the Ferguson grand jury, a possible mail - in response for marijuana summonses and whether mayor supports regulating costumed characters in Times Square.

Said Oddo: «In this matter, the Garner family, the NYPD and the office of the Borough President speak with one voice when we say that disagreeing with the conclusion of the grand jury is your absolute right, and so is peacefully protesting the result and advocating for change.»

The president of the police officers» union, Patrick Lynch, and de Blasio have been locked in a public battle over treatment of officers following a Staten Island grand jury's decision not to indict an officer in the death of Eric Garner.

QUEENS, NY — Borough President Melinda Katz stated the following in response to the grand jury's decision today in the death of Eric Garner:

As a jury continues to deliberate in the bribery trial of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's former top aide, the Democrat has been keeping his focus on other matters, including appearing with former Vice President Al Gore to talk about energy and the environment.

Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and her allies in the Council's dominant Progressive Caucus blasted a Staten Island grand jury's decision not to indict NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the homicide of black borough resident Eric Garner in July, and called for President Barack Obama's Department of Justice to get involved.

On May 15, jury selection for the trial of former SUNY Polytechnic Institute President and CEO Alain Kaloyeros, whom Cuomo empowered and praised over several years as a key architect of his upstate economic development efforts, and executives from LP Ciminelli, a construction company tied to the factory and Cuomo» campaign coffers, will commence.

«Members of the Fellowship Committee were unanimous in selecting Jan Lenaerts and the BENEMELT project for the Fellowship Award as this exciting project will bring new elements to the study of climate - ice shelf interaction», said president of the Fellowship Scientific Jury Prof. Jörn Thiede.

Release Date: This has been in the can for a good amount of time now, and when Berlin Film Fest didn't announce it as part of there line - up, the next logical guess is Cannes — which sort of makes sense as she was president of the Un Certain Regard jury the year after her success.

Herzog, the first German jury president since Roland Emmerich in 2005, is inarguably deserving of the -LSB-...]

GS: The fact that the president of the jury is Steven Spielberg does have to factor into our predictions a little bit.

Previously revealed were the president of the jury for the Un Certain Regard sidebar (Tim Roth), the mistress of ceremonies (The Artist star Bérénice Bejo) and a redux version of Sergio Leone's 1984 film Once Upon a Time in America, which adds 40 minutes of footage to the original 229 - minute running time.

The New York Times is reporting that actress Cate Blanchett has been named president of the jury at this year's Cannes Film Festival.

Spielberg was previously at Cannes as jury president in 2013 and presented «Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull» in 2008.

said Jennifer Merin, AWFJ's president and chair of the Documentary Feature jury.

Tomorrow, Cannes jury president Isabelle Huppert will meet with her formidable, female - dominated team of eight — including the diverse likes of Robin Wright Penn, Asia Argento, James Gray and Hanif Kureishi — to pick over the 20 Competition titles they have seen over the last fortnight and select their collective favorites.

2007: British director Stephen Frears was the president of a jury that, for the only time since 1968, did not include any Americans.

Speaking to an audience at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival, Schrader (who is also serving as president of the festival jury) said that things have changed for filmmakers in the U.S., and that his next project...

Jury President Cate Blanchett will be surrounded by fellow thesps Chang Chen, Léa Seydoux, Kristen Stewart, noteworthy filmmakers Ava DuVernay, Robert Guédiguian, Denis Villeneuve, Andrei Zvyagintsev and completing the tribe of nine we have Burundian songwriter / composer / singer Khadja Nin.

The Caméra d'Or is presented at the Festival's closing ceremony by the president of this jury, Agnès Varda.

American filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen have accepted the invitation from President Pierre Lescure and General Delegate Thierry Frémaux to preside over the Jury of the 68th Festival de Cannes.

Berlinale festival director Dieter Kosslick and US actress and jury president Meryl Streep take the stage prior to the screening of «Hail, Caesar!»

On Feb. 1, George Miller, the Oscar - nominated director of «Mad Max: Fury Road,» was named president of the jury at the 2016 festival.

I was pleased to see that one of the noir titles, «Early One Morning» (De bon matin) garnered the Critics Award from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association; Christy Lemire of the Associated Press served as president of the jury.