British actor Orlando Bloom, whose role as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador shed light on the plight of Ukrainian children forced to evacuate their country amid the ongoing Russian invasion, will receive the Humanitarian Award from the Location Managers Guild International (LMGI) at the 9th Annual LMGI Awards. The 2022 Awards will honor the exemplary humanitarian commitment Bloom has made to the rights of children around the world. Comedian Melissa Peterman will host the LMGI Awards ceremony and gala on Saturday, August 27, at 5 p.m. PDT, at the Los Angeles Center Studios.
John Rakich, LMGI president and Awards Committee chair, stated, “The LMGI proudly salutes Orlando Bloom in recognition of his incredible work with UNICEF and many other charities where he has consistently gone above and beyond as an active, engaged campaigner for real solutions to urgent global issues.”
Bloom is well known for starring in two of the largest film franchises of all time – the blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean series and the Academy Award-winning trilogy The Lord of the Rings. He recently received critical acclaim for starring in the independent features Retaliation and The Outpost. The Outpost was recognized by the National Board of Review as one of the 10 Best Independent Films of 2020.
Bloom recently wrapped production on Ian and Eshom Nelms’ feature, Red Right Hand starring opposite Andie MacDowell, and he is currently in production on David Michôd’s feature, Wizards!, starring opposite Pete Davidson and Naomi Scott for A24.
Bloom has been instrumental in many charities and activities to help children around the world. In addition to his successful acting career, Bloom has been an avid supporter of UNICEF since 2007 and was appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 2009. He was presented with the Audrey Hepburn Humanitarian Award at the 2015 UNICEF Snowflake Ball, in recognition of his commitment to the rights of children across the globe and was honored with the 2015 BAFTA Britannia Humanitarian Award.
The LMGI Awards honor the outstanding and creative visual contributions by location professionals in film, television, and commercials from around the globe. Outstanding service by film commissions is also recognized for their support “above and beyond” during the production process.
As previously announced, Academy Award®-winning director Martin Scorsese, considered one of the most prominent and influential filmmakers working today, will receive the prestigious Eva Monley Award, presented to a filmmaker whose efforts have demonstrated “above and beyond” support of the work of location professionals. Location manager John Panzarella (Midnight Run, LA Confidential, The Italian Job, Vice) will receive this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
AP sues 3 Trump administration officials, citing freedom of speech
The Associated Press sued three Trump administration officials Friday over access to presidential events, citing freedom of speech in asking a federal judge to stop the 10-day blocking of its journalists.
The lawsuit was filed Friday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.
The AP says its case is about an unconstitutional effort by the White House to control speech — in this case refusing to change its style from the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America," as President Donald Trump did last month with an executive order.
"The press and all people in the United States have the right to choose their own words and not be retaliated against by the government," the AP said in its lawsuit, which names White House Chief of Staff Susan Wiles, Deputy Chief of Staff Taylor Budowich and Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
"This targeted attack on the AP's editorial independence and ability to gather and report the news strikes at the very core of the First Amendment," the news agency said. "This court should remedy it immediately."
In stopping the AP from attending press events at the White House and Mar-a-Lago, or flying on Air Force One in the agency's customary spot, the Trump team directly cited the AP's decision not to fully follow the president's renaming.
"We're going to keep them out until such time as they agree that it's the Gulf of America," Trump said Tuesday.
This week, about 40 news organizations signed onto a letter organized by the White House Correspondents Association, urging the White House to reverse its policy against the AP.
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