Pierce Brosnan to get European Film Academy’s world cinema honorNovember 3, 2016 - 16:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Irish actor Pierce Brosnan, best known worldwide for his turn as James Bond in blockbusters including Goldeneye, Tomorrow Never Dies and The World Is Not Enough, will receive the achievement in world cinema award from the European Film Academy, The Hollywood Reporter reveals. In addition to his role as 007, Brosnan has carved out a position somewhere between leading man and character actor with numerous roles in independent and studio productions, including starring roles in John McTiernan's The Thomas Crown Affair, John Boorman's The Tailor of Panama and Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer. Not renowned for his singing voice, Brosnan nevertheless also charmed audiences worldwide with his turn as one of Meryl Streep's suitors in Abba musical Mamma Mia! He revisited comedy with Love Is All You Need from The Night Manager director Susanne Bier. Brosnan has remained active both as an actor and as a producer through his Irish Dreamtime shingle. Currently, he is co-starring in Marc Webb's The Only Living Boy in New York alongside Jeff Bridges, Kate Beckinsale and Callum Turner. Brosnan will be honored at the 29th European Film Awards in Wroclaw, Poland, on Dec. 10. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |