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  1. 1 day ago · Connery is the first and only Scottish actor to win an Academy Award for acting. 1988 Alec Guinness Little Dorrit: Nominated 1991 Ben Kingsley: Bugsy: Nominated 1992 Jaye Davidson: The Crying Game: Nominated First black British actor to be nominated for an Academy Award. 1993 Ralph Fiennes: Schindler's List: Nominated Pete Postlethwaite: In the ...

  2. 6 hours ago · William David Friedkin ( / ˈfriːdkɪn /; August 29, 1935 – August 7, 2023) was an American film, television and opera director, producer, and screenwriter who was closely identified with the "New Hollywood" movement of the 1970s. [1] [2] Beginning his career in documentaries in the early 1960s, he is best known for his crime thriller film ...

  3. 6 hours ago · Vintage postcard. Photo: Cate Blanchett in Charlotte Gray (2002). Australian actress Cate Blanchett (1969) is one of the best performers of her generation. She is known for her versatile work in independent films, blockbusters and drama. She has received two Oscars, four British Academy Film Awards and four Golden Globes. Catherine Élise ‘Cate’ Blanchett was born in Ivanhoe, a suburb of ...

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