Morgan Freeman earns DeMille Award at Globes
Morgan freeman , congrats your award is well deserved . you are one of the greatest actors that i have had the honor of watching. kudos to you.The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced Wednesday that Freeman will receive the group's Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 69th annual Globes ceremony on Jan. 15.The 74-year-old Freeman is a five-time Oscar nominee who won the supporting-actor prize for 2004's "Million Dollar Baby." Freeman's Oscar nominations include best actor for 1989's "Driving Miss Daisy," for which he won a Golden Globe.
Freeman made his big-screen debut as an extra in 1965's "The Pawnbroker," and his film work remained modest over the next two decades.His big successes early on came in theater, which brought him a Tony Award nomination for 1978's "The Mighty Gents," and television, where he was a regular for six years on the children's show "The Electric Company."
Freeman's big-screen career took off with 1987's crime drama "Street Smart," which earned him his first Oscar nomination. Among his credits since then are "Glory," ''Unforgiven," ''The Shawshank Redemption," ''Bruce Almighty" and its sequel, this year's family hit "Dolphin Tale," and the current "Batman" franchise, including next summer's "The Dark Knight Rises."
DeMille Award winners are chosen by the board of directors for the foreign press group, which includes about 90 reporters who cover Hollywood for overseas outlets.The DeMille Award went to Robert De Niro a year ago. Other past winners include Steven Spielberg, Barbra Streisand, Shirley MacLaine, Jack Nicholson and Clint Eastwood, who directed Freeman in "Million Dollar Baby."
British Censors Ban Dakota Fanning’s ‘Provocative’ Ad
Dakota Fanning is one of the few child-turned-teen actresses who has managed to steer clear of tabloid headlines, but the 17-year-old's half-scandalous Marc Jacobs ads were just banned from British shores.Although they've been running in print since this June, the U.K.'s self-regulatory Advertising Standards Authority just deemed her photo "sexually provocative" as well as "irresponsible," concluding the ads were "likely to cause serious offense" since Fanning is still a minor, reports The Guardian.
American eyes accustomed to a steady stream of underage stars dancing on poles and prancing around in schoolgirl outfits might find the ads--which show Fanning in a flesh-colored polka dot dress holding a flower-topped perfume between her legs--comparatively tame. But the ASA makes an interesting argument that U.S. censors might want to take note of."We understood the model was 17 years old, but we considered she looked under the age of 16," the non-governmental organization reasoned. "Because of that, along with her appearance, we considered the ad could be seen to sexualize a child."
So although Fanning certainly acts much older than her years both in films and in real life, considering that she's already attending NYU, they point out that she looks much younger than her almost-adult age.Of course, it probably doesn't help things that the perfume itself is called "Oh, Lola!" which brings to mind the similarly-themed controversial novel "Lolita." And even though each unit is sold with a faux-flower coming out of the bottle neck, that association doesn't do the defense any favors either.
Still, it's worth pointing out that when the celebrity-minor-in-question actually was 15, she shared an onscreen kiss with then-19-year-old Kristen Stewart--and the R-rated "Runaways" movie isn't off-limits for British eyes, only those under the age of 17.
