Professional women’s tennis player who has won seven Grand Slam singles titles and is a former World No. 1.
Serena Williams is a Unicef Goodwill Ambassador.
In January 2010, Williams announced Unicef's new Schools for Asia campaign to educate Asia’s 26 million marginalized children in the countdown to the Millennium Development Goal deadline of 2015.
Charities & foundations supported
Serena Williams has supported the following charities:
Build African SchoolsCommon Ground FoundationElton John AIDS FoundationEva Longoria FoundationGlobal GoalsGreat Ormond Street HospitalHearts of GoldI Heart My GirlfriendsSerena Williams FundSmall Steps ProjectThe HollyRod FoundationUNICEFWorld Education Read more about Serena Williams's charity work and events. Related articles The Magnitude of Fortitude - When Parkinson’s Patients Feel Their Lives Are Crumbling, The HollyRod Foundation Provides StabilityCelebrities Cast Aside Their Clothing For CharitySerena Williams To Visit KenyaAndy Roddick To Rock N' Racquet For ChildrenWilliams Sisters To Play In Charity Tennis Event
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Serena Williams is a Unicef Goodwill Ambassador.
In January 2010, Williams announced Unicef's new Schools for Asia campaign to educate Asia’s 26 million marginalized children in the countdown to the Millennium Development Goal deadline of 2015.
Charities & foundations supported
Serena Williams has supported the following charities:
Build African SchoolsCommon Ground FoundationElton John AIDS FoundationEva Longoria FoundationGlobal GoalsGreat Ormond Street HospitalHearts of GoldI Heart My GirlfriendsSerena Williams FundSmall Steps ProjectThe HollyRod FoundationUNICEFWorld Education Read more about Serena Williams's charity work and events. Related articles The Magnitude of Fortitude - When Parkinson’s Patients Feel Their Lives Are Crumbling, The HollyRod Foundation Provides StabilityCelebrities Cast Aside Their Clothing For CharitySerena Williams To Visit KenyaAndy Roddick To Rock N' Racquet For ChildrenWilliams Sisters To Play In Charity Tennis Event
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- 6/5/2023
- Look to the Stars
Tahar Rahim, who earned BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations for his starring roles in “A Prophet” and “The Mauritanian,” is set to play Charles Aznavour, the iconic French-Armenian singer, songwriter and actor who sold more than 180 million records around the world.
Titled “Monsieur Aznavour,” the biopic will be directed by singer-turned-filmmakers Mehdi Idir and Grand Corps Malade (“Patients”), and produced by Jean-Rachid Kallouche’s Kallouche Cinema and Mandarin & Compagnie, the banner behind Francois Ozon’s and Anne Fontaine’s films.
Kallouche, who teamed with Eric and Nicolas Altmayer at Mandarin on Grand Corps Malade and Idir’s previous films, is married to Katia Aznavour, the daughter of the late artist. Filming will kick off in the summer for an estimated delivery in 2024, to mark Aznavour’s centenary.
The movie will chart Aznavour’s rise to stardom in the 1950s and his friendships with many artists, including Edith Piaf, who took...
Titled “Monsieur Aznavour,” the biopic will be directed by singer-turned-filmmakers Mehdi Idir and Grand Corps Malade (“Patients”), and produced by Jean-Rachid Kallouche’s Kallouche Cinema and Mandarin & Compagnie, the banner behind Francois Ozon’s and Anne Fontaine’s films.
Kallouche, who teamed with Eric and Nicolas Altmayer at Mandarin on Grand Corps Malade and Idir’s previous films, is married to Katia Aznavour, the daughter of the late artist. Filming will kick off in the summer for an estimated delivery in 2024, to mark Aznavour’s centenary.
The movie will chart Aznavour’s rise to stardom in the 1950s and his friendships with many artists, including Edith Piaf, who took...
- 2/15/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Per its agreement with the Conseil Supérieur d’Audiovisuel, France’s audiovisual regulatory body, Ocs must invest a certain amount of money into French film production every year in order to maintain an earlier broadcast window within the country’s rigid media timeline.
That poses little problem for Serge Laroye, Ocs’ chairman. “French cinema is important for Ocs, and in order to broadcast French titles, we need to sign an accord. If we didn’t, we’d lose preferential broadcast rights for French films and thus we’d lose value,” says Laroye. “So you accept the obligations with the best terms possible, and then you honor those obligations in an intelligent manner.”
In 2013, Ocs signed an accord with the Csa agreeing to invest €179 million ($204 million) into the local industry over a five-year period. Between 2013 and 2018, the pay TV operator invested in hundreds of local films. It re-upped at the end...
That poses little problem for Serge Laroye, Ocs’ chairman. “French cinema is important for Ocs, and in order to broadcast French titles, we need to sign an accord. If we didn’t, we’d lose preferential broadcast rights for French films and thus we’d lose value,” says Laroye. “So you accept the obligations with the best terms possible, and then you honor those obligations in an intelligent manner.”
In 2013, Ocs signed an accord with the Csa agreeing to invest €179 million ($204 million) into the local industry over a five-year period. Between 2013 and 2018, the pay TV operator invested in hundreds of local films. It re-upped at the end...
- 1/31/2019
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
“Bpm” triumphed at the César Awards, taking home the prizes for Best Film, Best Original Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor (Antoine Reinartz), Best Male Newcomer (Nahuel Pérez Biscayart), Best Original Score, and Best Editing. Robin Campillo’s drama about AIDS activists in Paris also won the Grand Prix at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, but wasn’t nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film — a snub that was met with some controversy.
Andrey Zvyagintsev’s “Loveless,” which is nominated for the Oscar, won the equivalent award. Albert Dupontel’s “Au revoir là-haut” also had a big night, taking Best Director, Best Actress (Jeanne Balibar), and three other prizes. Full list of winners:
Best Film
“Bpm,” Robin Campillo
“Au revoir là-haut,” Albert Dupontel
“Barbara,” Mathieu Amalric
“Le Brio,” Yvan Attal
“Patients,” Grand Corps Malade, Mehdi Idir
“Petit Paysan,” Hubert Charuel
“C’est La Vie,” Eric Tolédano, Olivier Nakache
Best Director
Robin Campillo,...
Andrey Zvyagintsev’s “Loveless,” which is nominated for the Oscar, won the equivalent award. Albert Dupontel’s “Au revoir là-haut” also had a big night, taking Best Director, Best Actress (Jeanne Balibar), and three other prizes. Full list of winners:
Best Film
“Bpm,” Robin Campillo
“Au revoir là-haut,” Albert Dupontel
“Barbara,” Mathieu Amalric
“Le Brio,” Yvan Attal
“Patients,” Grand Corps Malade, Mehdi Idir
“Petit Paysan,” Hubert Charuel
“C’est La Vie,” Eric Tolédano, Olivier Nakache
Best Director
Robin Campillo,...
- 3/2/2018
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
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