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Yahoo
24-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Benedict Cumberbatch To Receive Zurich Film Festival's Golden Eye Award
Benedict Cumberbatch will be feted at this year's Zurich Film Festival with the Golden Eye Award for career achievement. Cumberbatch will receive the award in person on September 29. He will also give a masterclass for the audience in Zurich. More from Deadline Benedict Cumberbatch Skewers "Grossly Wasteful" Film Biz, Revealing His Marvel Diet "Could Feed A Family" Zurich Film Festival Lands New Owners Benedict Cumberbatch, Dua Lipa, Riz Ahmed & Annie Lennox Among 300 Signatories Of Letter Calling On UK PM Keir Starmer To Act On Gaza Cumberbatch's credits include work with filmmakers such as Jane Campion, Joe Wright, Steve McQueen, and Wes Anderson. In his latest film, The Thing With Feathers, he is directed by Dylan Southern. Cumberbatch takes on dual roles in the film, playing both the lead actor and producer through his company, SunnyMarch, in partnership with Lobo Films. He portrays a father of two, grappling with grief and the challenge of rebuilding his life after the death of his wife. 'Benedict Cumberbatch is one of the most versatile character actors of his generation,' Christian Jungen, Festival Director of the Zurich Film Festival, said in a statement. 'He comes from the theater, masters his craft in every role, and gives his characters emotional depth – whether as Alan Turing in The Imitation Game or as superhero Doctor Strange in the Marvel universe. We have shown many of his films at the ZFF in recent years and are delighted to be able to welcome him to Zurich in person for the first time, both as an actor and as the producer of The Thing With Feathers. Cumberbatch added: 'I am honoured to be invited to The Zurich Film Festival to receive The Golden Eye Award. This festival is important in recognising, encouraging and supporting all filmmakers across the world, with emphasis on inspiring new talent and voices, something close to my heart. I am delighted to be accepting this special award.' Zurich runs from September 25 to October 5. Best of Deadline Everything We Know About Season 3 Of 'Euphoria' So Far 'Wednesday' Season 2: Everything We Know About The Cast, Premiere Date & More Everything We Know About 'Only Murders In The Building' Season 5 So Far
News.com.au
23-06-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Jane Seymour, 74, wows in red-hot swimsuit on Italian holiday
Jane Seymour just keeps getting better with age and you can't convince us otherwise. The 74-year-old actress was seen enjoying the sunshine in Sardinia, Italy, looking effortlessly elegant and eternally youthful in a red one-piece swimsuit on Sunday. The former Bond girl looked stunning on the romantic getaway with her long-term partner John Zambetti, who was seen proudly taking photos of her as she dipped her toes into the Mediterranean. She's the latest of a slew of celebrities who've been spotted enjoying the sea, sand and sun of the European summer in recent weeks. 'Soaking up the sunshine and the solstice magic,' she gushed on Instagram over the weekend, while sharing a photo of herself in another red swimsuit. 'The longest day of the year calls for a little extra sparkle, a splash of sea, and a heart wide open to summer's beauty.' Th e Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman star is also in town for the Filming Italy Sardegna Festival. where she was honoured with a career achievement award last week. 'I just realised I've been doing this for 61 years,' she said onstage during her acceptance speech at the ceremony attended by the likes of Fran Drescher, Alec Baldwin, Heather Graham, Cuba Gooding Jr and Ashley Greene. 'I grew up with flat feet and a speech impediment, with my parents being told I had to have remedial classes for both,' Seymour added. 'Don't let anyone tell you you can't do it.' Also spotted at the festival: Scandal-plagued actor Ezra Miller, making a red carpet return after several years spent out of the spotlight, and looking very different to how fans would remember them. Elsewhere at the festival, during masterclasses organised for the event, Seymour described the course of her career and how proud she is to have 'always broken the glass ceiling'. 'I started out, of course, playing ingenues and romantic heroines,' she said. 'Then when they realised I could cry, I played victims. And then, when they realised I could be evil, I got to play the killers. That was fun.' 'And then, you know, mamas, grandmothers. Then comedy, which is pretty much where I am now.' Now, Seymour is enjoying the success on the Irish mystery series Harry Wild, which was recently renewed for a fifth season on British streaming service Acorn TV. The actress is incredibly proud to be one of very few actresses her age to head a series. In Harry Wild, she plays the lead role as a retired English literature professor who becomes a super-sleuth. 'Nobody gets a series of their own at 70. Nobody,' she pointed out at one masterclass. '[Harry Wild is] very comedic, it's very intelligent – and I'm also a producer.' In a past interview with Hello!, Seymour also said there's no reason to stop living when you reach your seventies. 'The world is against ageing. We hate ageing. We look at ageing and we go, 'Oh, no, there's a wrinkle, oh my God. Get rid of it. Grey hair. No. Terrifying!'' she told the magazine. 'Whereas you can look at it the other way and you can say actually, I now have time in my life to do things I really want to do. Maybe I can now become the person I want to be.'
