Sir John Hurt Dies At 77

Sir John Hurt the BAFTA winning star of Alien, The Elephant Man, 1984, The Naked Civil Servant, Hellboy and countless other classic films and blockbuster franchises has sadly passed away at the age of 77 following ongoing battles with pancreatic cancer.

His wife Lady Anwen Hurt confirmed the news that the beloved actor passed away on Wednesday at his Norfolk home.

“John was the most sublime of actors and the most gentlemanly of gentlemen with the greatest of hearts and the most generosity of spirit. He touched all our lives with joy and magic and it will be a strange world without him.”

Tributes had quickly flowed on social media from collaborators, co-stars and fans. Among those to pay loving tribute are JK Rowling, Mel Brooks, Stephen Fry, Elijah Wood, Alfred Molina and Guillermo Del Toro.

For our part at Red Carpet News, we had the absolute honour and privilege of speaking of Sir John on many occasions over the past decade and can only join our voice to those singing his praises. His career was littered by mesmerising performances, each imbued with the unique charms afforded by his iconic husky toned gravitas. Both as a charismatic leading man and as a versatile character actor, Sir John Hurt represented the absolute epitome of British acting talent. Consistently compelling and diverse Sir John was just as comfortable lending his gifts to Shakespearean verse, gritty social drama or whimsical fantasy epics.

Though he will no doubt be most proudly celebrated for his award winning work in several key pieces of cinema, in truth his legacy of over 120 films and countless stage and television appearances  will mean so much to so very many people.

Oscar Nominations 2017

The Academy Awards Ceremony take place on 26th February and here is the full list of nominees for this year’s Oscars. As widely expected La La Land leads the way with a record equaling 14 nominations across the major and technical categories. Arrival and coming of age drama Moonlight also feature heavily with 8 nominations apiece.

Notably though Amy Adams misses out on a best actress nod for either Arrival or Nocturnal Animals. Meanwhile Meryl Streep secured her 20th Oscar nomination. Mel Gibson also effectively completed his Hollywood rehabilitation, welcomed back into the fold after years of personal controversy with six nominations for his war drama Hacksaw Ridge, most significantly including a best director nod.

Check out the full list of nominees below in all categories

Best picture

Arrival

Fences

Hacksaw Ridge

Hell or High Water

Hidden Figures

La La Land

Lion

Manchester by the Sea

Moonlight

Best actress

Isabelle Huppert – Elle

Ruth Negga – Loving

Natalie Portman – Jackie

Emma Stone – La La Land

Meryl Streep – Florence Foster Jenkins

Best actor

Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea

Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge

Ryan Gosling – La La Land

Viggo Mortensen – Captain Fantastic

Denzel Washington – Fences

Best supporting actress

Viola Davis – Fences

Naomie Harris – Moonlight

Nicole Kidman – Lion

Octavia Spencer – Hidden Figures

Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea

Best supporting actor

Mahershala Ali – Moonlight

Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water

Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea

Dev Patel – Lion

Michael Shannon – Nocturnal Animals

Best director

Arrival – Denis Villeneuve

Hacksaw Ridge – Mel Gibson

La La Land – Damien Chazelle

Manchester by the Sea – Kenneth Lonergan

Moonlight – Barry Jenkins

Best adapted screenplay

Arrival – Eric Heisserer

Fences – August Wilson

Hidden Figures – Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi

Lion – Luke Davies

Moonlight – Barry Jenkins and Alvin McCraney

Best original screenplay

20th Century Women – Mike Mills

Hell or High Water – Taylor Sheridan

La La Land – Damien Chazelle

The Lobster – Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou

Manchester by the Sea – Kenneth Lonergan

Best animated feature

Kubo and the Two Strings

Moana

My Life as a Zucchini

The Red Turtle

Zootopia

Best foreign language film

A Man Called Ove – Sweden

Land of Mine – Denmark

The Salesman – Iran

Tanna – Australia

Toni Erdmann – Germany

Best documentary feature

13th

Fire At Sea

I Am Not Your Negro

Life, Animated

OJ: Made in America

Best original song

La La Land – Audition by Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

La La Land – City of Stars by Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

Moana – How Far I’ll Go by Lin-Manuel Miranda

Trolls – Can’t Stop the Feeling by Justin Timberlake, Max Martin and Karl Johan Schuster

Jim: The James Foley Story – The Empty Chair by J Ralph and Sting

Best original score

Jackie – Mica Levi

La La Land – Justin Hurwitz

Lion – Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka

Moonlight – Nicholas Britell

Passengers – Thomas Newton

Best cinematography

Arrival – Bradford Young

La La Land – Linus Sandgren

Lion – Greig Fraser

Moonlight – James Laxton

Silence – Rodrigo Prieto

Best costume design

Allied – Joanna Johnston

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – Colleen Atwood

Florence Foster Jenkins – Consolata Boyle

Jackie – Madeline Fontaine

La La Land – Mary Zophres

Best make-up and hairstyling

A Man Called Ove – Eva Von Bahr and Love Larson

Star Trek Beyond – Joel Harlow and Richard Alonzo

Suicide Squad – Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini and Christopher Nelson

Best live action short

Ennemis Interieurs – Selim Azzazi

La Femme et le TGV – Timo Von Gunten and Giacun Caduff

Silent Nights – Aske Bang and Kim Magnusson

Sing – Kristof Deak and Anna Udvardy

Timecode – Juanjo Gimenez

Best sound editing

Arrival – Sylvain Bellemare

Deepwater Horizon – Wylie Stateman and Renee Tondelli

Hacksaw Ridge – Robert Mackenzie and Andy Wright

La La Land – Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan

Sully – Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman

Best sound mixing

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi – Greg P Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J Haboush and Mac Ruth

Arrival – Bernard Gariepy Strobl and Claude La Haye

Hacksaw Ridge – Kevin O’Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie and Peter Grace

La La Land – Andy Nelson, Ai-Ling Lee and Steve A Morrow

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – David Parker, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson

Best documentary short

4.1 Miles – Daphne Matziaraki

Extremis – Dan Krauss

Joe’s Violin – Kahane Cooperman and Raphaela Neihausen

Watani: My Homeland – Marcel Mettelsiefen and Stephen Ellis

The White Helmets – Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara

Best production design

Arrival – Patrice Vermette and Paul Hotte

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – Stuart Craig and Anna Pinnock

Hail, Caesar! – Jess Gonchor and Nancy Haigh

La La Land – David Wasco and Sandy Reynolds-Wasco

Passengers – Guy Hendrix Dyas and Gene Serdena

Best visual effects

Deepwater Horizon – Craig Hammack, Jason Snell, Jason Billington and Burt Dalton

Doctor Strange – Stephane Ceretti, Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli and Paul Corbould

The Jungle Book – Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R Jones and Dan Lemmon

Kubo and the Two Strings – Steve Emerson, Oliver Jones, Brian McLean and Brad Schiff

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel and Neil Corbould

Best animated short

Blind Vaysha – Theodore Ushev

Borrowed Time – Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj

Pear Cider and Cigarettes – Robert Valley and Cara Speller

Pearl – Patrick Osborne

Piper – Alan Barillaro and Marc Sondheimer

Best film editing

Arrival – Joe Walker

Hacksaw Ridge – John Gilbert

Hell or High Water – Jake Roberts

La La Land – Tom Cross

Moonlight – Nat Sanders and Joi McMillon