Miss Golden Globe

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2013 Hollywood daughter wins Miss Golden Globe he Golden Globe season has officially Thursday evening at a star-studded affair begun with the crowning of aspiring held at the tony West Hollywood restaurant Tactress Sosie Bacon, the daughter of Fig and Olive. “As a young actress who is Globe winners Kevin Bacon and Kyra just beginning my career, it is truly an honor Sedgwick, as Miss Golden Globe 2014. to be a part of such a special night in film Chosen each year by the Hollywood Foreign and television,” said Sosie Bacon in a state- Press Association, Miss Golden Globe assists ment. The Golden Globes will be presented with the Globes ceremony and is typically Jan 12. — AP the daughter of Hollywood celebrities. The In this file photo, actors Kevin Bacon (left) and Kyra Sedgwick (center) pose with their daugh- outgoing recipient is Francesca Eastwood, ter Sosie Bacon at the 2009 White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner at the daughter of Clint Eastwood and Frances Washington Hilton in Washington. — AP Fisher. The announcement was made Steve Coogan brings comic relief to ‘Philomena’ hen British comedic actor Steve Coogan first read the But Coogan, 48, says the intersection of drama and comedy Ireland. They then set off to the United States, where the disparity mournful story behind his new film “Philomena” in a was a natural place for him to make a film. “I don’t like the notion between Philomena’s humble background and Martin’s worldli- Wnewspaper, he noticed that the two people in the accom- that you either have a drama or a serious movie that is taxing and a ness is magnified by the foreign locale. But Philomena is unde- panying picture were laughing. The photo showed Philomena Lee, comedy that is light thing that you don’t have to think about,” terred by Martin’s jaded ways. “I wanted to show Martin not as a an elderly Irish woman looking for the son she was forced to give Coogan told Reuters. His goal: that the audience thinks about cynic but as someone whose heart is moral and has real values but up as a teenage girl, and former BBC journalist Martin Sixsmith something real and important, has a “nice time” and feels “uplifted they have been worn down,” said Coogan. “And Philomena helps who had accompanied her on her search and written a book about at the end of the story.” him discover those.” it in 2009. The photograph “struck me as being at odds with the While Philomena is more accepting of the fate that befell her, tragic nature of the story,” said Coogan. “I wondered if I could tell a ‘Be judicious with comedy’ Martin is outraged at the cruelty the girls suffered at the hands of story like this, a tragic and moving story, and find the way to make As it happens, Coogan’s deadpan delivery suits the Martin the nuns and the Church, which tried to cover up the adoption people smile at the same time.” Sixsmith character well. He is portrayed as a world-weary former scheme. Together, they become a formidable team. One of That musing led Coogan to co-write, co-produce and co-star as foreign correspondent for the BBC, fired from a high-profile job in Britain’s leading actors, the 78-year-old Dench has garnered critical Sixsmith in “Philomena,” opposite veteran British actress Dame the British government and wary of stories that come under the acclaim for her portrayal of Philomena and is considered a front- Judi Dench in the title role. The film directed by Britain’s Stephen “human interest” label. When he meets Philomena, Martin cracks a runner for a best actress Oscar nomination.—Reuters Frears opens in US theaters this weekend. The film is a step up in few jokes that are lost on the plain-speaking, grounded and reli- the serious department for a man whose name alone makes peo- gious woman. But he agrees to help her find her long-lost son, ple chuckle in Britain. There he is best known as Alan Partridge, the beginning at the Irish Catholic convent where as a teenage girl she buffoonish and politically incorrect regional BBC broadcaster he gave birth to an illegitimate son who was given up by the nuns for portrays to parody TV talk shows and commentators. adoption to a US couple, a fate suffered by many girls in 1950s Chanel bringing show to Dallas hanel designer Karl Lagerfeld is bring- shown on Chanel’s website when it premieres ing his “Metiers d’Art” show to Dallas in Dallas. Since 2002, Lagerfeld has developed Cnext month. The collection showcasing a “Metiers d’Art” collection to show each year the work of artisans, such as embroiders, will in December. The show has previously been be held Dec 10 at Fair Park, the city’s historic held in places such as Tokyo, London, exhibition venue. Before the show, a film writ- Shanghai and Edinburgh. — AP ten and directed by Lagerfeld about the cou- ture house’s creator, Coco Chanel, will pre- miere. “The Return” stars Geraldine Chaplin and Rupert Everett. The film also will be This file photo shows first lady Michelle Obama, wearing shorts, and daughter Malia Obama, walking off Air Force One at Grand Canyon National Park Airport in Tusayan, Ariz. — AP First lady: Air Force One shorts created a ‘stink’ ichelle Obama says she won’t wear shorts.” She recalled her family’s first White shorts on Air Force One again because House vacation, to the Grand Canyon in August Mthe one time she did, it created “a huge 2009. Mrs Obama said her wearing shorts get- stink.” Treated worldwide as a style icon, the first ting off the plane “created a huge stink because lady addressed the issue during a taped appear- people were like, ‘she’s wearing shorts getting ance broadcast Tuesday on BET’s “106 and off of Air Force One.’”She said her thought was Park.” Mrs. Obama was asked about her biggest “we’re on vacation.” — AP fashion regret. She said she’s always happy with This undated image provided by Chanel shows Geraldine Chaplin, who portrays Coco her outfits but that, quote, “sometimes I forget Chanel in ‘The Return,’ a film written and directed by Karl Lagerfeld. — AP I’m the first lady and I’m running around in.

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