Directors Francis Ford Coppola and Jean-Luc Godard, actor Eli Wallach and historian Kevin Brownlow are this year’s recipients of the Governor’s Awards from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Coppola will receive the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, the academy said Wednesday, with Godard, Wallach and Brownlow receiving honorary Oscars. The prizes will be given at a dinner Nov. 13.
Coppola, the 71-year-old director of the “Godfather” trilogy, is already a five-time Oscar winner. Through his American Zoetrope studio, which he established in 1969, he has produced more than 30 films, including “The Black Stallion,” ”The Outsiders” and “Lost in Translation,” which earned his daughter Sofia an Academy Award nomination for best director.
Godard, 79, is a key figure in the French New Wave who wrote about films before making shorts of his own. His 1960 feature debut, the crime drama “Breathless,” is a hugely influential example of the movement.
He’s credited with helping shape contemporary directors such as Martin Scorsese, Steven Soderbergh and Quentin Tarantino.
Wallach, 94, is a longtime character actor who has appeared in “The Magnificent Seven,” ”The Misfits” and “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.” He’s also in Oliver Stone’s upcoming “Wall Street” sequel, “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.”
Brownlow, 72, an author and documentarian, is considered the pre-eminent historian of the silent film era and a preservationist.
The Thalberg award, which is a bust of the film executive, goes to “a creative producer whose body of work reflects a consistently high quality of motion picture production,” according to the academy.
Honorary Oscars are given for “extraordinary distinction in lifetime achievement, exceptional contributions to the state of motion picture arts and sciences, or for outstanding service to the academy.”
Apple and Google Face UK Investigation Into Mobile Browser Dominance
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."
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