LOS ANGELES (AP) — morgan freeman However, almost everyone on stage at the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award ceremony agreed: nicole kidman. She makes the movie better. ”
The line appeared in a video parody of Kidman’s AMC Theaters “We Make Movies Better” ad, which opened Saturday night’s ceremony at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood. The 56-year-old Australian, who has starred in Moulin Rouge, Eyes Wide Shut and an Oscar-winning film, celebrated his 40-year career and drew laughs from the multi-generational crowd of A-listers. Ta. “business hours.”
meryl streepKidman’s “The Hours” co-star presented Streep with the Lifetime Achievement Award she won in 2004, and she proudly spoke of “the hardest part of being constantly called the best”. I got an equally big laugh when. She’s an actress from the same generation as me. ”
It’s about being up against someone who is “really, really, really, really, really, really great” and doing something they couldn’t do for themselves, as happened to Kidman on the day they first worked together on the HBO series. It’s time to realize, “Big Little Lies,” Streep said.
Streep and her Big Little Lies co-star Reese Witherspoon wowed the audience with their accurate portrayal of Kidman’s Australian accent.
Streep also explained what she believes motivated her, bringing Kidman to tears.
“When an actress exposes everything and dives into the unknown and dives deep into the dark parts of what it means to be human, that’s what people call courage,” Streep said. “But I don’t think it’s courage. I think it’s love. I think she just likes it.”
Kidman said that when Kidman’s drug abuse problems surfaced shortly after their marriage in 2006, her husband, fellow Australian singer Keith Urban, taught her “what love looks like in action.” When he said that, he shed tears for the first time.
“I’ve been married for four months, but I’ve been in rehab for three months,” Urban said, looking at Kidman, who was seated on stage with her two daughters and other family members. “Nick pushed aside all the negative voices, including, I’m sure, her own, and she chose her love. And 18 years later, here we are.”
Kidman said that night was the first time she allowed her teenage daughters to walk the red carpet with her. She also has two children with her first husband, Tom Cruise.
She accepted the AFI Award at the same venue where she won an Oscar in 2003 for playing Virginia Woolf in “The Hours.”
She would like to thank all the directors she has worked with, including Stanley Kubrick, Jane Campion, Baz Luhrmann, Sofia Coppola, Yorgos Lanthimos, Sidney Pollack and Lars von Trier. expressed his intentions.
“Making films is a privilege. And it’s been an honor to make films and television with these storytellers. They give me the freedom to play unconventional women. ,” said Kidman, wearing a floor-length, glittering gold dress. “Thank you for improving my skills and giving me a place in this world, even if only temporarily.”
It was announced in November 2022 that Kidman would receive the award, which was first given in 1973 and previous recipients include Orson Welles, Bette Davis, Alfred Hitchcock, Gene Kelly and Sidney. Poitier, Barbara Streisand, Tom Hanks, Robert De Niro, Denzel Washington and Julie Andrews.
The ceremony was originally scheduled for June 2023, but was postponed due to the following reasons: hollywood strike. It will air on TNT on June 17th.
Kidman was also nominated for an Academy Award for her work in Moulin Rouge, Rabbit Hole, Lion and Being the Ricardo, and director Aaron Sorkin praised her at the ceremony.
Also paying tribute to her were Zac Efron, Miles Teller, Zoe Saldana and Mike Myers, who took to the stage disguised as a creepy orgy mask from “Eyes Wide Shut.”
Kidman began her career as a teenager in Australia in films such as “A Bush Christmas” and “BMX Bandit.” Her friend from the time, Naomi Watts, told of how she met Kidman at an audition when they both had to sit in a waiting room for two hours in their swimsuits. Australia’s Russell Crowe, Hugh Jackman and Cate Blanchett all paid video tributes to their country’s first recipient of the award.
In a video played at the ceremony, Kidman said his appearance in the 1989 thriller “Dead Calm” brought him to the attention of Cruise and others, and that his name came up on Saturday night. It is said that it was only at this time.
She co-starred with him in 1990’s Days of Thunder, which gave her a breakthrough role in Hollywood, and they ended up getting married the same year, as well as 1992’s Far and Away and 1999. They also co-starred in Kubrick’s last film, Eyes Wide Shut.
She divorced Cruise in 2001, but her stardom only continued to grow. She had some of her most important roles and an Oscar award still to come.
Her most popular role at Saturday night’s ceremony was her musical appearance in Luhrmann’s 2001 film Moulin Rouge.
In a direct presentation following a video parody, Freeman, a 2011 AFI winner, altered the Elton John line she sings in the film to tell Kidman, “How wonderful life is, right now, man.” are all over the world,” Serena said.
