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    Women win top awards at San Sebastian film festival

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    Actress Jessica Chastain receives an ex-aequo Donostia Shell award at the 69th San Sebastian Film Festival, in San Sebastian, northern Spain, Saturday Sept. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
    SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain (AP) --

    Female actors and filmmakers swept the top awards at the San Sebastian film festival on Saturday, with the Golden Shell for the best film going to "Blue Moon" ("Crai Nou") by Romanian director Alina Grigore.

    American actress and producer Jessica Chastain was honored for her portrayal of Christian televangelist Tammy Faye Messner in "The Eyes of Tammy Faye" at the 69th edition of Spain's biggest film festival. 

    Chastain shared the best leading performance award with 16-year-old Flora Ofelia Hofmann Lindahl, who starred in the Danish film "As in Heaven" ("Du som er i himlen"). Tea Lindeburg received the best director award for the same film.

    It was the first time that the film festival gave gender neutral awards, without any separate categories for men and women.

    Tatiana Huezo's "Prayers for the Stolen" ("Noche de fuego") won the prize for the best Latin American film.

    Other winners included Claire Mathon, who received the cinematography award for "Undercover" ("Enquête sur un scandale d'état") and Lucile Hadzihalilovic whose film "Earwig" earned her the festival's special prize, an honor she also received in 2015.

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    Trump taps “Apprentice” producer, Mark Burnett, as special envoy to the U.K.

    Saturday, December 21, 2024
    Television producer Mark Burnett, left, looks on as President Donald Trump arrives for the National Prayer Breakfast, Feb. 2, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

    Mark Burnett, the power producer who helped reintroduce Donald Trump to a national television audience with "The Apprentice," is being tapped by the president-elect as special envoy to the United Kingdom in his upcoming administration.

    "With a distinguished career in television production and business, Mark brings a unique blend of diplomatic acumen and international recognition to this important role," Trump announced Saturday.

    Burnett, who was born in London, helped produce hits like "Survivor" and "The Voice," but is perhaps best known for teaming up with Trump for "The Apprentice," which first aired on NBC in 2004.

    Trump had been well-known in real estate and pop culture circles for decades. But the show helped again make him a household name — though Trump severed ties with NBC in 2015, the same year he launched his first White House run.

    The selection of Burnett continues Trump's trend of filling out his incoming administration with people who have high-profile backgrounds in television or politics, or both — including his choice to be defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, a former co-host of "Fox & Friends Weekend," and ex-television doctor and unsuccessful Senate candidate in Pennsylvania, Mehmet Oz.

    Trump's first campaign in 2016 was rocked by allegations about his conduct on "The Apprentice" and other appearances during his association with NBC, notably in footage in which he said he could sexually assault women and get away with it because he was a "star."

    Almost a decade after he left his reality TV role, Trump's television career remains central to his biography and political rise. The show presented Trump Tower to tens of millions of people as a symbol of power and success before Trump launched his first... Read More

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