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11 May

NBC cancels Golden Globes award show due to controversy

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Amid growing pressure on the Hollywood Foreign Press Association from studios, stars and large swaths of the film industry, NBC said Monday that will not air the Golden Globes in 2022, putting in doubt the viability of one of Hollywood’s oldest and most-watched award shows. Criticism of the HFPA, which puts on the Globes and has been denounced for a lack of diversity and for ethical impropriates, reached such a pitch Monday that Tom Cruise returned his three Globes to the press association’s headquarters, according to a person who was granted anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly about the decision.…

27 Mar

Irrfan Khan, who straddled both Indian and international cinema with equal elan, died in April 2020 at the age of 54 following a two-year-long battle with a rare form of cancer.

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The 2021 edition of the Producer’s Guild of America (PGA) Awards honoured the late Indian star Irrfan Khan during its “In Memoriam” segment but got his name wrong. The awards, considered as an Oscar bellwether, were held virtually on Wednesday. Khan was among the 21 cine personalities who were remembered during the ceremony’s “In Memoriam” segment. However, the pre-taped production of the awards committed a gaffe with the actor’s name as it read ‘Irrif Kahn’ instead of Irrfan Khan, reported Variety. Another typo was spotted when the name of Minari star Steven Yeun, who was one of the presenters at the event,…