MUMBAI: The American Film Institute (AFI) Awards 2012 Official Selections have just been announced.
AFI Award Honorees are selected based on works which best advance the art of the moving image, enhance the rich cultural heritage of America‘s art form, inspire audiences and artists alike, make a mark on American society and represent the year‘s most outstanding achievements in film and television. AFI is the only national organization that honors the creative ensembles as a whole, acknowledging the collaborative nature of the art form.
AFI president, CEO Bob Gazzale said, "AFI Awards celebrates America‘s storytellers as collaborators. We are honored to bring together artists as a community, without competition, to acknowledge the gifts they have given the world in 2012."
AFI Movies Of The Year
Argo
Beasts Of The Southern Wild
The Dark Knight Rises
Django Unchained
Les Miserables
Life Of Pi
Lincoln
Moonrise Kingdom
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
AFI TV Programmes Of The Year
American Horror Story: Asylum
Breaking Bad
Game Of Thrones
Girls
Homeland
Louie
Mad Men
Modern Family
The Walking Dead
‘Mad Men‘ now tops the list as the most recognized AFI Awards TV honoree, with 2012 marking its fifth appearance in the AFI almanac, followed closely by ‘Breaking Bad‘, ‘Everybody Loves Raymond‘, ‘Modern Family‘, ‘The Sopranos‘ and ;‘The Wire‘ each with four AFI Awards honours since 2001.
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‘Argo’, ‘Lincoln’, ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ among AFI’s top 10
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AFI to give lifetime achievement to MacLaine
MUMBAI: Shirley MacLaine will be presented with the American Film Institute (AFI)‘s 40th Life Achievement Award (America‘s highest honour for a career in film) on 7 June. The elder actress will be recognized for her breadth of talents as an actress, songstress, author, director and producer.
Meryl Streep will do the honour. Incidentally, Streep, who was honoured with the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2004, played MacLaine‘s daughter in Postcards From The Edge (1990). Luminaries from across the film community will join Streep to celebrate the career of MacLaine, one of America‘s treasured motion picture artistes.
Said AFI president, CEO Bob Gazzale, "The world loves Shirley MacLaine. AFI‘s challenge will be how to fit it all into one evening because hers is a life that spans from movies to television to Broadway, books and beyond. Perhaps more than any other recipient, with Shirley I would underline the word life in Life Achievement Award. Her‘s is a story more than just movies. It‘s an epic journey, and she has invited all of us to come along for the ride."
Incidentally, both MacLaine and Streep have also won Oscar Awards. Streep was nominated a record 17 times, including for Postcards From The Edge, won her third Oscar this year for The Iron Lady. While MacLaine was nominated six times, she won the Oscar once for Terms Of Endearment (1983).
The show will air on US cable network TV Land on 24 June.