Karlovy Vary Fest to honor Travolta with lifetime achievement award June 18, 2013 - 16:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, central Europe’s leading movie showcase, upped its star power Tuesday when it announced that John Travolta will attend the festival for a gala screening of Mark Steven Johnson’s Killing Season, The Hollywood Reporter said. The two-time Oscar nominee famed for his performances in Saturday Night Fever, Grease, Pulp Fiction, The Taking of Pelham 1,2,3 and a raft of other international box office hits, will also receive the festival’s prestigious Crystal Globe lifetime achievement award. The festival, held in a famous Bohemian spa town a two-hour drive from the Czech capital, Prague, has forged a reputation in the last 15 years for attracting top Hollywood talent to its red carpet events. Past Crystal Globe winners include Robert De Niro, whom Travolta stars alongside in Killing Season, actress, Dame Judi Dench, director John Boorman, and actress Susan Sarandon, Robert Redford, Michael Douglas and Czech-born director Milos Forman, among others.   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 |  Latest news Ameriabank's Trade Finance portfolio enriched with four prestigious awards from EBRD and IFC  Ameriabank received the awards from international financial institutions in recognition of its trade finance operations.Armenian Economy Minister to make trip to UAE May 20-22 A delegation led by Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan will travel to the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi on May 20-22Armenia Security Council chief traveling to Qatar Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan will travel on a working visit to Qatar.Pillars installed in Armenian border village of Kirants In the Armenian village of Kirants, three border markers have been installed, and border guards stand next to them. |
