Chloe Zhao pays memorial to late colleague as she accepts Critics' Choice Best Director award

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royal expert has claimed that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are "very driven by money" ahead of moving to America to restart their lives.Eighteen months ago, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex moved across the pond to live in their Californian Montecito mansion with their two children, Archie Harrison and Lilibet Diana.The pair have since bagged millions in lucrative brand deals, including an £18million deal with Spotify and a £100million deal with Netflix.Former royal correspondent Richard Mineards has issued that the duo have "got their eye on the money" ever since they stepped down from their roles as senior working members of the Royal Family.Richard, who works on behalf of Harry and Meghan's local paper The Montecito Journal, raised claims to The Evening Standard that the royal pair are hoping to rake in the big bucks.He told the publication: "They've obviously got their eye on the money like their good friend James Corden, who now earns something like $12 million per season of The Late Late Show."I think they'd like to get on that sort of level where hopefully they can earn lots of money and get their views across but also do good things with The Archewell foundation as well."The royal expert highlighted that since moving across the pond, the pair have kept a low profile and believes the couple will not return to the UK for the long haul.He said: "I don't think they'll move back to the UK at all."The British people see [Meghan] as the Wallis Simpson stealing the golden prince. They are much more welcome on this side of the Atlantic."The Daily Star has approached Harry and Meghan's representatives for comment.

Super Bowl LVI is only a few short days away, but the festivities are kicking off early! Stars like Shaquille O’Neal, Kegan Michael Key, 50 Cent, Usher, Tinashe, and Drake are all making big hosting appearances, hitting the stage for performances, or rubbing elbows in nightlife settings in celebration of the big game coming to Los Angeles for the first time in 30 years. With Omicron still sweeping the nation and mask mandates recently lifted in the state of California, many events are scaling back capacity and scaling down some grandeur in an effort to keep artists, athletes, and fans safe.

Victim Support Scotland has seen a dramatic surge in people it helps being at risk of suicide amid a large backlog of cases coming to court.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced significant changes to its guidance for health professionals carrying out Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessments across the UK.

If you find yourself the subject of a nationwide internet backlash, the most natural reaction might be to lie low for a while. But Chinese filmmaker Chloé Zhao probably doesn't have that option.

The Directors Guild of America on Tuesday announced the feature-film and first-time director nominees for the 2021 DGA Awards. The feature-film director nominees are Minari's Lee Isaac Chung, Promising Young Woman's Emerald Fennell, Mank's David Fincher, Trial of the Chicago 7's Aaron Sorkin and Nomadland's Chloé Zhao.

Clayton Davis On the same day that the BAFTA Awards weighed in with their choices on the best film and directing achievements of the year, the prestigious (and typically more telling of Oscar nominations) DGA Awards dropped their nominees, with some historic nods.Emerald Fennell (“Promising Young Woman”) and Chloé Zhao (“Nomadland”) became the ninth and tenth women ever to be nominated by the Directors Guild of America. Zhao is the first woman of color to ever be nominated.

The Directors Guild of America Awards were first held in 1949. The first woman to be nominated in the Feature Film category was Lina Wertmüller in 1977.

The 2021 shortlist for the BAFTA best director award features the highest number of female filmmakers —by some margin — in the British Academy's 74-year history. Just two would have been enough to take the record, but on Tuesday four were nominated out of a total of six nominees, with Shannon Murphy (Babyteeth), Chloe Zhao (Nomadland), Jasmine Zbanic (Quo Vadis, Aida?) and Sarah Gavron (Rocks) shortlisted, alongside Thomas Vinterberg (Another Round) and Lee Isaac Chung (Minari).

Nomadland and Rocks lead the pack of nominees for the BAFTA 2021 awards in the most diverse nominations list ever seen in the British Academy’s history, and coming just a year after it was embroiled in the #BaftaSoWhite controversy, sparking a 7-month review and overhaul of the voting rules and regulations. Chloe Zhao’s awards season favourite set in the American West and Sarah Gavron’s coming-of-age drama about a group of inner city London schoolgirls both landed seven nominations each, with The Father, Mank, Minari and Promising Young Woman not far behind with six.

U.S. recession drama “Nomadland” and coming-of-age story “Rocks” led the nominations for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards on Tuesday with seven nods each, with a clear push on diversity among the acting contenders following an outcry last year.

Manori Ravindran International EditorIn what is shaping up to be a historic year for the BAFTA Film Awards — the first edition since the org’s groundbreaking diversity review and one year on from the #BAFTASoWhite scandal — Chloe Zhao’s “Nomadland” and Sarah Gavron’s “Rocks” lead the nominations with seven nods each.“Nomadland” is nominated for best film as well as best director, in addition to nominations in the adapted screenplay, leading actress, cinematography, editing and sound categories.Meanwhile, “Rocks” is up for outstanding British film, as well as outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer.

Nomadland has been censored in China due to comments the director made about the country in a past interview.In 2013, Zhao, who became the first Asian woman to win a Golden Globe for Best Director last month.Initially, the film’s upcoming release was promoted in China, with state media lauding Zhao as “the pride of China”.On Friday (March 5) though, show times for the film were removed from ticketing websites and references to the film began to disappear.As the Guardian reports, a Nomadland-related hashtag on the Chinese microblogging site Weibo was removed, with a message saying it was taken down “according to relevant laws, regulations and political policies”.Though the publicity for the film has been censored, Variety reports that an

Chloé Zhao is honouring a “Nomadland” crew member.

last weekend’s Golden Globes, Nomadland and The Crown dominated the night.

Nomadland was a big winner at the 2021 Critics Choice Awards on Sunday (March 7).

The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) has unveiled the winners of its 10th AACTA International Awards with Carey Mulligan-starrer Promising Young Woman taking the Best Film prize. The black comedy thriller is produced by Australia’s multi-AACTA International Award winner Margot Robbie and her LuckyChap Entertainment. Mulligan was also named Best Lead Actress. The late Chadwick Boseman was named Best Lead Actor in Film for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. (See full list of winners below.)

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorEmerald Fennell’s “Promising Young Woman” has won Best Picture at the 10th Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) International Awards.

Rebecca Davis editorChloe Zhao’s “Nomadland” was quietly swept from the Chinese web Friday, days after nationalist backlash erupted online over questions of her citizenship and over a sentence she spoke to a U.S. magazine nearly a decade ago.The sudden online clean-up signals that the Frances McDormand-starring drama’s theatrical outing is in jeopardy — even though earlier this week, official state media outlets had prominently feted Zhao’s historic Golden Globe best director win Sunday as a point of pride for China.

Rebecca Davis editorAfter Chloe Zhao became the first Asian woman to ever win the Golden Globe for best director, Chinese social media was abuzz about everything related to Zhao—except the film itself.Although most Chinese viewers have yet to see the film, many cheered the Golden Globe win. Scores of posts praised Zhao’s heartfelt acceptance speech about compassion and described her as an inspiration to women in the arts.