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2005 Academy Awards

The 2005 Academy Awards were presented March 5, 2006, at the Kodak Theatre.Best PictureBrokeback Mountain CapoteCrash Good Night, and Good Luck MunichBest Animated PictureHowl's Moving…

Gong Li

Gong Li -- also credited as Li Gong -- was still in acting school when she got the lead role in the 1988 film Red Sorghum. She was an international hit and starred in many Chinese films throughout…

Zhang Ziyi

Waiflike, ethereal and yet somehow a martial arts film favorite, Zhang Ziyi played high-kicking, fist-fighting heroines in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) and House of Flying Daggers (2003).…

Michelle Yeoh

Name at birth: Yeoh Choo KhengNamed Miss Malaysia in 1983, Michelle Yeoh went on to become one of the world's top film stars. In 2023 she became the first Asian to win an Oscar in the category of…

2005 Golden Globe Awards

The 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards were presented January 16, 2006 at the Beverly Hilton. Here are the movie awards.Best Motion Picture—Drama:Brokeback MountainBest Actor in a Drama:Philip…

Mizoguchi, Kenji

(Encyclopedia) Mizoguchi, Kenji, 1898–1956, Japanese film director. Mizoguchi made more than 80 features, but some 50 from the silent film and early sound years have not survived. He is particularly…

2005 Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards

Best Picture:Brokeback MountainBest Actor:Philip Seymour Hoffman, CapoteBest Actress:Reese Witherspoon, Walk the LineBest Supporting Actor:Paul Giamatti, Cinderella ManBest Supporting Actress…

Kawabata, Yasunari

(Encyclopedia) Kawabata, YasunariKawabata, Yasunariyäs&oomacr;näˈrē käwäˈbätä [key], 1899–1972, Japanese novelist. His first major work was The Izu Dancer, (1925). He came to be a leader of the…

2005 National Board of Review Awards

The National Board of Review includes teachers, actors, writers and movie-production workers. The organization publishes the magazine Films in Review…