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    ASC To Present Board of Governors Award To Jeff Bridges

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    LOS ANGELES --

    The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) has named Oscar®-winner Jeff Bridges as the recipient of the organizations’ 2019 Board of Governors Award. Bridges will accept the award at the 33rd Annual ASC Awards for Outstanding Achievement on Feb. 9 at Hollywood & Highland’s Ray Dolby Ballroom.

    “Jeff Bridges is an extraordinary talent on the screen, and also a remarkable person off screen,” said Kees van Oostrum, ASC president. “He is beloved by many for his achievements as an outstanding Oscar®-winning actor. We at the ASC feel like Jeff is one of us, because he shares our passion for creating artful imagery through his still photography. We are incredibly honored to present him with our Board of Governors Award.”

    The ASC Board of Governors Award is given to individuals in the industry whose body of work has made significant and indelible contributions to cinema. It is the only ASC Award not given to a cinematographer and is reserved for filmmakers who have been champions for directors of photography and the visual art form.

    Bridges has earned numerous accolades, including Academy Award® nominations for his performances in Hell or Highwater (2017), True Grit (2011), The Contender (2001), Starman (1985), Thunderbolt And Lightfoot (1975) and The Last Picture Show (1972).  He took home the Oscar® for lead actor for his portrayal of Bad Blake in Scott Cooper’s Crazy Heart (2010), which also earned the actor a Golden Globe, Spirit Award and SAG Award.

    His nearly 100 acting credits include, memorable performances in The Giver, Iron Man, The Door In The Floor, Seabiscuit, The Muse, Arlington Road, The Big Lebowski, Blown Away, The Fisher King, The Fabulous Baker Boys, The Jagged Edge, Tucker: The Man And His Dream, Against All Odds and Tron.

    Bridges was most recently seen on the big screen in 20th Century Fox’s mystery-thriller Bad Times At The El Royale. 

    On sets, Bridges regularly takes behind-the-scenes pictures of the actors, crew and locations. After completion of each motion picture, he edits the images into a book and presents copies to his collaborators. Bridges’ photographs have been featured in Premiere and Aperture, and he has had gallery exhibitions around the world including at George Eastman House (New York) and the Museum of Photographic Arts (San Diego). In 2013, Bridges was the recipient of an Infinity Award, presented by the International Center of Photography.

    In 2003, PowerHouse Books released "Pictures: Photographs by Jeff Bridges," a hardcover book containing a compilation of his photographs taken on numerous film locations over the years, to much critical acclaim. Proceeds from the book are donated to the Motion Picture & Television Fund, a non-profit organization that offers charitable care and support to film-industry workers. Previous recipients of the ASC Board of Governors Award include Angelina Jolie, Ridley Scott, Barbra Streisand, Harrison Ford, Julia Roberts, Christopher Nolan, Warren Beatty, Francis Ford Coppola, Sally Field, Morgan Freeman, Ron Howard, Sydney Pollack, Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg.

    This year’s Awards ceremony will also celebrate the organization’s 100th anniversary.

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    Apple and Google Face UK Investigation Into Mobile Browser Dominance

    Saturday, November 23, 2024

    Apple and Google aren't giving consumers a genuine choice of mobile web browsers, a British watchdog said Friday in a report that recommends they face an investigation under new U.K. digital rules taking effect next year.

    The Competition and Markets Authority took aim at Apple, saying the iPhone maker's tactics hold back innovation by stopping rivals from giving users new features like faster webpage loading. Apple does this by restricting progressive web apps, which don't need to be downloaded from an app store and aren't subject to app store commissions, the report said.

    "This technology is not able to fully take off on iOS devices," the watchdog said in a provisional report on its investigation into mobile browsers that it opened after an initial study concluded that Apple and Google effectively have a chokehold on "mobile ecosystems."

    The CMA's report also found that Apple and Google manipulate the choices given to mobile phone users to make their own browsers "the clearest or easiest option."

    And it said that the a revenue-sharing deal between the two U.S. Big Tech companies "significantly reduces their financial incentives" to compete in mobile browsers on Apple's iOS operating system for iPhones.

    Both companies said they will "engage constructively" with the CMA.

    Apple said it disagreed with the findings and said it was concerned that the recommendations would undermine user privacy and security.

    Google said the openness of its Android mobile operating system "has helped to expand choice, reduce prices and democratize access to smartphones and apps" and that it's "committed to open platforms that empower consumers."

    It's the latest move by regulators on both sides of the Atlantic to crack down on the... Read More

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