“Vice President Harris, Second Gentleman, former president Selina Meyer, welcome to the White House,” President Joe Biden said Tuesday, opening a ceremony for the 2021 National Medals of Arts and the National Humanities Medals recipients.
Veep star Julia Louis-Dreyfus was among “23 extraordinary Americans,” as Biden described them, awarded honors today in a star-studded East Room gathering. Praising “my friend President Julia Louis-Dreyfus” as “one of the most decorated comedic actors of our time,” Biden made a point of noting that “she embraces life’s absurdity with absolute wit.”
“I’m going to talk to Julia later about whether she liked being VP or President better,” Biden quipped.
Of course, even with the 2019 conclusion of the Emmy-winning Veep, Biden and Louis-Dreyfus/Meyer have a long history on and off the screen. Along with the actor’s appearance at the virtual 2020 Democratic National Convention, it is a relationship perhaps best exemplified by a...
Veep star Julia Louis-Dreyfus was among “23 extraordinary Americans,” as Biden described them, awarded honors today in a star-studded East Room gathering. Praising “my friend President Julia Louis-Dreyfus” as “one of the most decorated comedic actors of our time,” Biden made a point of noting that “she embraces life’s absurdity with absolute wit.”
“I’m going to talk to Julia later about whether she liked being VP or President better,” Biden quipped.
Of course, even with the 2019 conclusion of the Emmy-winning Veep, Biden and Louis-Dreyfus/Meyer have a long history on and off the screen. Along with the actor’s appearance at the virtual 2020 Democratic National Convention, it is a relationship perhaps best exemplified by a...
- 3/21/2023
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Bruce Springsteen and Mindy Kaling will be among those honoured at the 2021 National Humanities Medals and the National Medal of Arts ceremony on Tuesday (21 March).
Similar to an MBE, the National Medal of Arts is the nation’s highest award for advancing the arts in America.
Springsteen and Kaling are among a dozen individuals and groups including Gladys Knight and Julia Louis-Dreyfus that Biden has chosen to honour with arts medals during the White House ceremony. First lady Jill Biden will also participate.
The medal, inaugurated in 1997, “honours individuals or groups whose work has deepened the nation’s understanding of the humanities and broadened our citizens’ engagement with history, literature, languages, philosophy, and other humanities subjects,” according to the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The ceremony was among the many White House events postponed during the Covid-19 pandemic.
At the same event, Biden will award 2021 National Humanities Medals to a group including authors Amy Tan,...
Similar to an MBE, the National Medal of Arts is the nation’s highest award for advancing the arts in America.
Springsteen and Kaling are among a dozen individuals and groups including Gladys Knight and Julia Louis-Dreyfus that Biden has chosen to honour with arts medals during the White House ceremony. First lady Jill Biden will also participate.
The medal, inaugurated in 1997, “honours individuals or groups whose work has deepened the nation’s understanding of the humanities and broadened our citizens’ engagement with history, literature, languages, philosophy, and other humanities subjects,” according to the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The ceremony was among the many White House events postponed during the Covid-19 pandemic.
At the same event, Biden will award 2021 National Humanities Medals to a group including authors Amy Tan,...
- 3/21/2023
- by Tom Murray
- The Independent - TV
Bruce Springsteen and Mindy Kaling will be among those honoured at the 2021 National Humanities Medals and the National Medal of Arts ceremony on Tuesday (21 March).
Similar to an MBE, the National Medal of Arts is the nation’s highest award for advancing the arts in America.
Springsteen and Kaling are among a dozen individuals and groups including Gladys Knight and Julia Louis-Dreyfus that Biden has chosen to honour with arts medals during the White House ceremony. First lady Jill Biden will also participate.
The medal, inaugurated in 1997, “honours individuals or groups whose work has deepened the nation’s understanding of the humanities and broadened our citizens’ engagement with history, literature, languages, philosophy, and other humanities subjects,” according to the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The ceremony was among the many White House events postponed during the Covid-19 pandemic.
At the same event, Biden will award 2021 National Humanities Medals to a group including authors Amy Tan,...
Similar to an MBE, the National Medal of Arts is the nation’s highest award for advancing the arts in America.
Springsteen and Kaling are among a dozen individuals and groups including Gladys Knight and Julia Louis-Dreyfus that Biden has chosen to honour with arts medals during the White House ceremony. First lady Jill Biden will also participate.
The medal, inaugurated in 1997, “honours individuals or groups whose work has deepened the nation’s understanding of the humanities and broadened our citizens’ engagement with history, literature, languages, philosophy, and other humanities subjects,” according to the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The ceremony was among the many White House events postponed during the Covid-19 pandemic.
At the same event, Biden will award 2021 National Humanities Medals to a group including authors Amy Tan,...
- 3/21/2023
- by Tom Murray
- The Independent - Music
Bruce Springsteen and Mindy Kaling will be among those honoured at the 2021 National Humanities Medals and the National Medal of Arts ceremony on Tuesday (21 March).
Similar to an MBE, the National Medal of Arts is the nation’s highest award for advancing the arts in America.
Springsteen and Kaling are among a dozen individuals and groups including Gladys Knight and Julia Louis-Dreyfus that Biden has chosen to honour with arts medals during the White House ceremony. First lady Jill Biden will also participate.
The medal, inaugurated in 1997, “honours individuals or groups whose work has deepened the nation’s understanding of the humanities and broadened our citizens’ engagement with history, literature, languages, philosophy, and other humanities subjects,” according to the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The ceremony was among the many White House events postponed during the Covid-19 pandemic.
At the same event, Biden will award 2021 National Humanities Medals to a group including authors Amy Tan,...
Similar to an MBE, the National Medal of Arts is the nation’s highest award for advancing the arts in America.
Springsteen and Kaling are among a dozen individuals and groups including Gladys Knight and Julia Louis-Dreyfus that Biden has chosen to honour with arts medals during the White House ceremony. First lady Jill Biden will also participate.
The medal, inaugurated in 1997, “honours individuals or groups whose work has deepened the nation’s understanding of the humanities and broadened our citizens’ engagement with history, literature, languages, philosophy, and other humanities subjects,” according to the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The ceremony was among the many White House events postponed during the Covid-19 pandemic.
At the same event, Biden will award 2021 National Humanities Medals to a group including authors Amy Tan,...
- 3/21/2023
- by Tom Murray
- The Independent - Film
The White House said President Joe Biden will present the 2021 National Medals of Arts in conjunction with the 2021 National Humanities Medals on Tuesday during a ceremony in the East Room.
The list for the National Medal of Arts recipients includes Bruce Springsteen, José Feliciano, Gladys Knight, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Mindy Kaling, Antonio Martorell-Cardona, Judith Francisca Baca, Fred Eychaner, Joan Shigekawa and Vera Wang, along with organizations the Billie Holiday Theatre and the International Association of Blacks in Dance.
The honor, the highest award given to artists and arts patrons by the U.S. government, goes to individuals or groups who “…are deserving of special recognition by reason of their outstanding contributions to the excellence, growth, support and availability of the arts in the United States.” The Nea reviews the nominations each year and provides recommendations to the President, who selects the recipients.
The National Humanities Medals for 2021 will go to Just Mercy...
The list for the National Medal of Arts recipients includes Bruce Springsteen, José Feliciano, Gladys Knight, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Mindy Kaling, Antonio Martorell-Cardona, Judith Francisca Baca, Fred Eychaner, Joan Shigekawa and Vera Wang, along with organizations the Billie Holiday Theatre and the International Association of Blacks in Dance.
The honor, the highest award given to artists and arts patrons by the U.S. government, goes to individuals or groups who “…are deserving of special recognition by reason of their outstanding contributions to the excellence, growth, support and availability of the arts in the United States.” The Nea reviews the nominations each year and provides recommendations to the President, who selects the recipients.
The National Humanities Medals for 2021 will go to Just Mercy...
- 3/21/2023
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
The festival runs from November 26 to December 3.
The British Urban Film Festival (Buff) has revealed the line-up for the 2022 edition, opening with the world premiere of festival founder Emmanuel Anyiam-Osigwe’s directorial debut, Absolutely Marvellous.
The feature was filmed over a five-year period, and profiles Marvel Opara, the visually impaired mother of British Olympic boxer Joe Joyce.
The line-up features four world premieres, including Isaac Odeniran’s Child Of The Occult, which follows tension within a family between belief in God and the occult, plus 11 UK premieres, such as The Anger from Lebanese filmmaker Marie Surae, about a Muslim girl...
The British Urban Film Festival (Buff) has revealed the line-up for the 2022 edition, opening with the world premiere of festival founder Emmanuel Anyiam-Osigwe’s directorial debut, Absolutely Marvellous.
The feature was filmed over a five-year period, and profiles Marvel Opara, the visually impaired mother of British Olympic boxer Joe Joyce.
The line-up features four world premieres, including Isaac Odeniran’s Child Of The Occult, which follows tension within a family between belief in God and the occult, plus 11 UK premieres, such as The Anger from Lebanese filmmaker Marie Surae, about a Muslim girl...
- 8/15/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
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