Tag: award
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The NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award winners
[ad_1] Winning NFL MVP as a defensive player is effectively impossible. Case in point, it has only happened twice, and when Alan Page did it in 1971, he did it with 21 percent of the vote. Hey, at least they have the Defensive Player of the Year award. Unlike MVP versus Offensive Player of the…
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ALC announces shortlists for inaugural ‘Sard Al Thahab Award’ – Arts & culture
[ad_1] The Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre (ALC) has announced the 13 shortlisted works for the inaugural edition of its Sard Al Thahab Award, which include submissions from various countries, including the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Morocco. The Award honours storytellers and narrators of biography, literature, and folk narratives locally, regionally, and globally. It…
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‘Succession’s Jesse Armstrong To Receive Int’l Emmys’ Founders Award – Deadline
[ad_1] The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences said Thursday that Jesse Armstrong, creator and showrunner of the multiple Emmy-winning Succession, will receive its 2023 Founders Award at the awards gala next month. With nearly two decades of experience in film and television, Armstrong is the co-creator of the Channel 4 comedy series Peep Show, Fresh Meat and Babylon. He also…
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Fredriksen-backed Northern Drilling readies to fight Hanwha arbitration award
[ad_1] John Fredriksen-backed rig investment company Northern Drilling will seek permission to appeal against a ruling by a London tribunal after losing its initial claim against Hanwha Ocean, formerly DSME, over cancelled resale contracts for two ultra-deepwater drillships. The Oslo-listed company said in a filing that it plans to challenge the ruling “on grounds of…
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Cannes Lions launches Luxury & Lifestyle award category and drops Mobile | News
[ad_1] Cannes Lions is launching a Luxury & Lifestyle Lions award category at the 2024 festival to recognise ”the most impactful creative work, experiences and creative business solutions” in the sector. The festival organisers will drop another category, the Mobile Lions, which have run since 2012, as part of a review of the awards,…
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Burt Young dead at 83: Rocky actor and Academy Award nominee passed in LA after decades-long film and boxing career
[ad_1] ROCKY actor Burt Young has died at the age of 83, his daughter confirmed on Wednesday. The award-winning actor is known for appearing in the iconic boxing film, as well as other movies including The Amityville Murders and The Brawler. 5 Actor Burt Young has died at age 83Credit: Getty 5 The actor was…
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Frankfurt Book Fair Cancels Award Ceremony for Palestinian Author
[ad_1] An award ceremony that was set to honor a novel by a Palestinian author at the Frankfurt Book Fair next week was canceled on Friday “due to the war in Israel,” according to Litprom, the German literary association that organizes the prize. The novel, by Adania Shibli, is titled “Minor Detail” in English and…
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Nobel Prize: Norwegian author Jon Fosse wins award for literature
[ad_1] Key PointsNorwegian author Jon Fosse has said he is “overwhelmed and grateful” after receiving the Nobel Prize in literature.The Swedish Academy, which awards the prize, said his “innovative plays and prose … give voice to the unsayable”.Fosse is the fourth Norwegian writer to be awarded the Nobel. Norwegian author Jon Fosse, whose sprawling body…
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Sam Bankman-Fried Scoops Help CoinDesk Win a Loeb Award
[ad_1] The centerpiece story was Allison’s explosive Nov. 2, 2022, piece that raised questions about how sturdy Alameda Research, Bankman-Fried’s large trading firm, was – and, by extension, how safe the billionaire’s affiliated and better-known crypto exchange FTX was. Other CoinDesk stories honored by the Loebs revealed the unusual living arrangements of Bankman-Fried’s inner circle,…
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Dubai Chambers launches new Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Business Award – Business – Economy and Finance
[ad_1] Dubai Chambers has launched the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Business Award in its new reimagined form, which introduces a series of enhancements to the award model, evaluation mechanisms, and award categories. Established under the umbrella of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, the award represents the highest level of recognition for the…