“Gone Girl” star lands Palm Springs Fest Breakthrough awardNovember 22, 2014 - 14:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Rosamund Pike, the British actress who started her film career as a Bond girl and found a new level of recognition for her role as Ben Affleck‘s scheming wife in David Fincher‘s “Gone Girl,” has been named the year's breakthrough actress by the Palm Springs International Film Festival. PSIFF organizers announced on Friday that Pike will receive the Breakthrough Performance Award, Actress at their annual black-tie Awards Gala, which this year will take place on Saturday, Jan. 3 and will serve as the festival's major fundraiser of the year. Pike will be one of more than a dozen awards contenders who will be recognized by the festival, which serves as a campaign stop for Oscar hopefuls just as nomination ballots are due from voters. Other recipients of PSIFF awards this year are Eddie Redmayne, J.K. Simmons and Julianne Moore. A number of other honorees will be announced in the coming weeks. Pike made her film debut in the 2002 James Bond movie “Die Another Day.” Before starring in “Gone Girl,” she also appeared in “An Education,” “Made in Dagenham” and “Barney's Version.” Since “Gone Girl's” premiere at the New York Film Festival in September, she had largely been off the awards circuit, staying home in London awaiting the imminent birth of her second child. Previous winners of the Breakthrough Performance Award include Lupita Nyong'o, Carey Mulligan and Marion Cotillard. The gala is set for the the second day of the annual film festival, which will take place in the desert resort 100 miles east of Los Angeles from Jan. 2 through Jan. 12. Photo: Entertainment Weekly Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. |