Nyong’o, Seydoux, up for rising star film award
Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong'o and "Blue is the Warmest Color" actress Lea Seydoux are among nominees for the British film academy's Rising Star award.
Nyong’o made an acclaimed feature film debut in slavery epic “12 Years a Slave,” while Seydoux plays half of a young French lesbian couple in the Cannes festival prize-winner.
Other finalists announced Monday include American actor Dane DeHaan, who plays a troubled poetic muse in Beat Generation saga “Kill Your Darlings.”
Two British actors round out the list — George MacKay, who stars in Proclaimers musical “Sunshine on Leith,” and Will Poulter of comedy “We’re the Millers.”
The winner will be decided by public vote and announced during the British Academy Film Awards — Britain’s equivalent to the Oscars — on Feb. 16.
Jim Norton joins Broadway’s ‘Of Mice and Men’
Jim Norton will join James Franco and Chris O'Dowd in the Broadway revival of "Of Mice and Men."
Producers said Monday that Norton, whose recent credits include “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” and a Tony Award-winning turn in “The Seafarer,” will play aging ranch handyman Candy.
The story by John Steinbeck centers on big-dreaming George, played by Franco, and the mentally challenged Lennie, portrayed by O’Dowd. Former “Gossip Girl” star Leighton Meester will play a beautiful temptress.
The play, which starts performances March 19 at the Longacre Theatre, hasn’t been seen on Broadway in 40 years. Tony Award winner Anna D. Shapiro will direct.
Norton is currently performing in Conor McPherson’s “The Night Alive” at the Atlantic Theatre Company.
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