By Kaitlyn Huamani
LOS ANGELES (AP) --Glenn Close will be the next recipient of AARP The Magazine’s Movies for Grownups Awards career achievement honor.
The 77-year-old actor is known for films including “Fatal Attraction,” “101 Dalmatians” and “The Wife” over a career spanning nearly 50 years. She will receive the honor at the AARP’s annual Movies for Grownups Awards ceremony in January, the group announced Tuesday.
“I am so honored to receive the AARP Movies for Grownups Career Achievement Award even though I feel like I’m still 35, if not younger,” Close said in a statement. “I love making movies for grownups and everyone else, and I deeply appreciate the inspiration and support of the people I have worked with over 50 years. Thank you, AARP, for this great honor.”
The AARP launched the Movies for Grownups initiative in 2002 to advocate for audiences over 50 years old and to fight ageism in Hollywood. The awards ceremony that celebrates movies “for grownups, by grownups” will be held in Beverly Hills, California, on Jan. 11, with Alan Cumming to host. The ceremony will be broadcast by “Great Performances” on Sunday, Feb. 23, at 7 p.m. Eastern on PBS.
Martha Boudreau, AARP’s executive vice president and chief communications and marketing officer, said Close has made her mark in the industry with memorable performances and her consistent work as a septuagenarian.
“Glenn Close starred in ‘The Big Chill,’ the first blockbuster hit film about the Baby Boomer generation facing aging, and since then her career has shattered Hollywood’s outmoded, ageist stereotypes. Her steady successes exemplify what AARP’s Movies for Grownups program is all about,” Boudreau said in a statement.
Close joins the company of several revered actors who have received the honor in past years, including Jamie Lee Curtis, George Clooney and Lily Tomlin.
Zoe Saldaรฑa to be honored with American Riviera Award at Santa Barbara Film Fest
Zoe Saldaรฑa will be honored with the American Riviera Award at the 40th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF). Saldaรฑa is set to receive the award on Friday, February 7, 2025 at an in-person conversation about her career, leading up to her acclaimed performance this year as Rita Moro Castro in Netflixโs Emilia Perez. This marked one of her most transformative roles to date, and adds another unique facet to her career.
โZoe Saldaรฑa has a fantastic filmography worth celebrating any year, but her commanding and stouthearted performance in Emilia Perez makes our tribute to her imperative,โ remarked SBIFFโs executive director Roger Durling.
Saldaรฑaโs career spans more than 20 years as an actor and producer. She is the only actor in history to have starred in four films that have grossed over $2 billion and the top three highest grossing films of all time--Avatar, Avatar: The Way of Water and Marvel Studiosโ Avengers: Endgame.
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