Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Star Wars - The Force Awakens wins big at the Jameson Empire Awards


'Star Wars - The Force Awakens' was the big winner at the Jameson Empire Awards with wins for its cast members as well as its director JJ Abrams. The movie was honored with five prizes, including for best visual effects and best sci-fi/fantasy. The awards were collected by Anthony Daniels.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 21 March 2016.
The film's young British stars John Boyega and Daisy Ridley were named the best male and female newcomers.
Matt Damon, star of 'The Martian' was awarded the best actor prize by director Paul Greengrass. The pair have recently teamed up again for Jason Bourne, the fifth installment of the Bourne series.
Other award winners were - Alicia Vikander for best actress for The Danish Girl, and Bond director Sam Mendes for the best British film award for Spectre.
Stanley Tucci was named Empire hero in recognition for his recent performances in The Hunger Games series and the Oscar-winning film Spotlight. He was presented the award by Miranda Richardson, who is currently co-starring with him in the biopic Churchill.
The late Alan Rickman was also honored at the ceremony by being named this year's Empire Legend.
Andy Serkis, who stars as the computer-animated villain Supreme Leader Snoke in Star Wars, feels that the success of the film was due to the vision of Abrams in "bringing back the authenticity of the original films".


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