Whitney Houston's Daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, Found Unresponsive in Bathtub

Whitney Houston's Daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, Found Unresponsive in Bathtub

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Bobbi Kristina Brown, the daughter of the late singer Whitney Houston, was found unresponsive in a bathtub in her Georgia home Saturday, according to police. Brown's husband, Nick Gordon, and a friend found her in the tub in the morning and started CPR, the Roswell Police Department said in a statement. Police and rescue personnel arrived at the home at 10:25 a.m. and performed "life-saving measures" before Brown, 21, was brought to the nearby North Fulton Hospital.

The incident remains under investigation, police said. It comes less than two weeks before the third anniversary of Houston's death. The Grammy-winning singer was found submerged in a bathtub in a Beverly Hills, California, hotel on Feb. 11, 2012. She was later pronounced dead. Brown is also the daughter of R&B singer Bobby Brown.

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Houston, 48, had struggled for years with cocaine, marijuana and pills, and her behavior had become erratic. Authorities examining Houston's death found a dozen prescription drug bottles in the hotel suite. They concluded that she accidentally drowned. Heart disease and cocaine use were also listed as contributing factors in her death.

 

“Watch These Guys Unknowingly Catcall Their Own Moms And Get An Embarrassing Lesson On Harassment”

Watch These Guys Unknowingly Catcall Their Own Moms And Get An Embarrassing Lesson On Harassment

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Street harassment is a major issue in cities across the globe. The problem is a lot of men *don't* see it as a real problem, viewing catcalling as a minor or harmless offense — even if they themselves don't participate in it.

But imagine for a second what a street harasser's mom would say if she saw him in action. Would she agree that it's "harmless"?

A camera-equipped team in Lima, Peru, decided to find out for themselves.

Introducing "Sibale a tu Madre" ("Harassing Your Mom").

The team identified two repeat offenders then tracked down their mothers to help address their sons' disgusting behavior.

The women agreed to be made up so that they weren't immediately recognizable and headed out on the streets in search of their sons. The results? Anything but pretty.
Mom #1:

Son: "It's just a game."
Mom: "Do you realize what you just said to me?"
S: "I thought you were Karina."M: "Oh, so you talk to her like that?"
S: "No, I'm not being dirty."
M: "What do you mean you aren't? Did you just listen to yourself?"

**Pro-tip: He should probably stop making up stuff and start apologizing.**

Mom #2:

Mom: "How can you be harassing them? Aren't you ashamed?"Son: "My boss is coming out now and will see us. He'll fire me!"M: "I don't care about your boss."S: "It wasn't me, mom! It was the guy in the car ... my boss is coming out now and will see us.
He'll fire me." M: "I don't care about your boss."

**Another pro-tip: Moms always know when you're full of shit.**
In both cases, the sons receive a very public (and embarrassing) lesson on sexual harassment: If you wouldn't say it to your mother (or even in her presence), is it *really* that harmless or inoffensive?

As hilarious as this video is to watch, what these (likely staged) scenes reveal is definitely not a laughing matter.

Academic studies show that 65% of women have experienced street harassment in their lifetimes. That number gets even higher when you isolate the big pedestrian cities. So, is it really that surprising that these dressed-up mamas could so easily fall prey to their sons' gross verbal harassment? Not really.
If a guy needs to be related to a woman in order to care about respecting her, or at the very least about not sexually harassing her, then he's the real "piggy." And I'm guessing he probably doesn't like being called that either.

Let's also be clear: We don't fix street harassment by replicating any "tactics" used in this video.

While this video does a good job at pointing out the fact that sexual harassment is not, in fact, silly or harmless, it does not do a great job at clarifying how we actually should tackle this issue. Just to say it, encouraging mothers to go catch their sons red-handed (then publicly humiliate or even physically assault) is 100% absolutely NOT the correct approach to fixing this behavior. Making sure that we as a society put pressure on men to make the idea of catcalling or sexually harassing women on the street an unthinkable act, now that's not a bad idea.

Here's what we can do.

1. Keep the conversation going. Discuss it amongst your friends. And when possible, share your personal stories.
2. Also, know when and how to report street harassment. While not every situation might warrant police involvement, some certainly do. Reporting serious offenses can often help prevent future crimes — and potentially more severe ones. And remember that bystanders can report offenses, too!
3. Become a mentor for young girls and boys but especially for boys. We know it doesn't matter how girls are acting or how they're dressed — they'll get catcalled and harassed regardless. But we CAN teach boys not to catcall and harass and to respect women.
4. Become a male ally. There are all sorts of books that talk about what it means to be a male ally, and why it's so critically important. If you're a book person, check out "The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help" by Jackson Katz.


 

THE SAG AWARDS 2015 : WINNERS AND LOSERS

SAG AWARDS: 2015 WINNERS

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Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

WINNER: Birdman

Boyhood

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Imitation Game

The Theory of Everything

 

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

WINNER: Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything 

Steve Carell, Foxcatcher

Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game

Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler

Michael Keaton, Birdman 

 

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

WINNER: Julianne Moore, Still Alice

Jennifer Aniston, Cake

Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything 

Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl

Reese Witherspoon, Wild

 

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER: J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

Robert Duvall, The Judge

Ethan Hawke, Boyhood

Edward Norton, Birdman

Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher 

 

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood

Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game

Emma Stone, Birdman

Meryl Streep, Into the Woods

Naomi Watts, St. Vincent

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

WINNER: Downton Abbey 

Boardwalk Empire 

Game of Thrones

Homeland

House of Cards

 

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

WINNER: ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK

Big Bang Theory

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Modern Family 

Veep

 

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series 

WINNER: Kevin Spacey, House of Cards

Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire

Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones

Woody Harrelson, True Detective

Matthew McConaughey, True Detective 

 

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

 WINNER: Viola Davis, How to Get Away With Murder

Claire Danes, Homeland 

Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife 

Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black

Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey

Robin Wright, House of Cards

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

WINNER: William H. Macy, Shameless

Ty Burrell, Modern Family

Louis C.K., Louie 

Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family

 

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

WINNER: Uzo Aduba, Orange is the New Black

Julie Bowen, Modern Family

Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep

Amy Poehler, Parks & Recreation

 

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries

WINNER: Mark Ruffalo, The Normal Heart 

Adrien Brody, Houdini

Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock: His Last Vow

Richard Jenkins, Olive Kitteridge 

Billy Bob Thornton, Fargo

 

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries 

WINNER: Frances McDormand, Olive Kitteridge 

Ellen Burstyn, Flowers in the Attic

Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Honourable Woman 

Julia Roberts, The Normal Heart

Cicely Tyson, The Trip to Bountiful

 


 

MISS COLOMBIA CROWNED MISS UNIVERSE 2015

Miss Colombia Crowned Miss Universe, With Miss USA as Runner-Up

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MIAMI — Miss Colombia, Paulina Vega, was crowned Miss Universe on Sunday night, while Miss USA, Nia Sanchez, came in second. The other finalists, chosen from among 88 contestants, were Miss Jamaica, Kaci Fennell; Miss Ukraine, Diana Harkusha; and Miss Netherlands, Yasmin Verheijen.

Vega, of Barranquilla, Colombia, granddaughter of the legendary tenor Gastón Vega, said the contests leading to MIss Universe were the first she'd participated in and would be her last as she's eager to return to her studies in business administration.

Sanchez, 24, of Las Vegas, has a fourth-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and has traveled the country teaching others. She spoke in the competition about equipping women to defend themselves against crime. "It's just something that's so prevalent in our society and why not empower women to take control of a dangerous situation into their own hand," she said.

TODAY anchor Natalie Morales hosted the show.

 

 

OSCAR NOMINATIONS 2015

Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel lead 2015 Oscar nominations with nine nods each... while The Imitation Game gets eight 

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• Clint Eastwood's American Sniper lands six nods including best actor for Bradley Cooper
• There was not a single person of colour nominated in the acting or directing categories 
• Cake's Jennifer Aniston and Big Eyes star Amy Adams both snubbed
• Angelina Jolie's WWII epic Unbroken also overlooked  

Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel tied for the most Oscar nominations Thursday morning with nine nods each, including best picture.

They were joined in best-picture nominations by Boyhood, Whiplash, The Theory of Everything, The Imitation Game, American Sniper and Selma.

Nominations for the 87th annual Academy Awards were announced from Beverly Hills, where they were broadcast and streamed live.

The Imitation Game trailed close behind with eight nominations. 

Clint Eastwood's Navy SEAL drama American Sniper did especially well, landing six nods including best actor for Bradley Cooper. 

Angelina Jolie's WWII epic Unbroken was not recognized, and other snubs included Jennifer Aniston for Cake and Amy Adams for Big Eyes.  

Also with six nominations was Richard Linklater's coming-of-age epic 'Boyhood,' which remains the best-picture favorite. On Sunday, it won best drama at the Golden Globes.

But Wes Anderson's old Europe caper 'The Grand Budapest Hotel,' which also won best comedy or musical at the Globes, has emerged as the most unexpected awards heavyweight. 

ACADEMY AWARDS 2015: FULL LIST OF NOMINATIONS 

 

 Best Picture

American Sniper

Birdman

Boyhood

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Imitation Game

Selma

The Theory of Everything

Whiplash

 

Best Director

Alexandro G. Iñárritu, Birdman

Richard Linklater, Boyhood

Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher

Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel

Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game

 

Best Actor

Steve Carell, Foxcatcher

Bradley Cooper, American Sniper

Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game

Michael Keaton, Birdman

Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

 

Best Actress

Marion Cotillard, Two Days One Night

Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything

Julianne Moore, Still Alice

Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl

Reese Witherspoon, Wild

 

Best Supporting Actor

Robert Duvall, The Judge

Ethan Hawke, Boyhood

Edward Norton, Birdman

Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher

J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

 

Best Supporting Actress

Patricia Arquette, Boyhood

Laura Dern, Wild

Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game

Emma Stone, Birdman

Meryl Streep, Into the Woods

 

Best Cinematography

Birdman – Emmanuel Lubezki

The Grand Budapest Hotel – Robert Yeoman

Ida – Lukasz Zal & Ryszard Lenczewski

Mr. Turner – Dick Pope

Unbroken – Roger Deakin

 

Best Foreign Language Film

Ida

Leviathan

Tangerines

Timbuktu

Wild Tales

 

Best Adapted Screenplay

American Sniper

The Imitation Game

Inherent Vice

The Theory of Everything

Whiplash

 

Best Original Screenplay

Birdman

Boyhood

Foxcatcher

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Nightcrawler

 

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Foxcatcher

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Guardians of the Galaxy

 

Best Original Score

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Imitation Game

Interstellar

Mr. Turner

The Theory of Everything 

 Best Original Song

“Lost Stars,” Begin Again

“Everything is Awesome,” The LEGO Movie

“Glory,” Selma

“Grateful,” Beyond the Lights

“I’m Not Gonna Miss You,” Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me

 

Best Animated Feature

Big Hero 6

The Boxtrolls

How to Train Your Dragon 2

Song of the Sea

The Tale of Princess Kaguya

 

Best Documentary—Short

Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1

Joanna

Our Curse

The Reaper

White Earth

 

Best Film Editing

American Sniper

Boyhood

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Imitation Game

Whiplash

 

Best Production Design

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Imitation Game

Interstellar

Into the Woods

Mr. Turner

 

Best Animated Short

The Bigger Picture

The Dam Keeper

Feast

Me and My Moulton

A Single Life

 

Best Live Action Short

Aya

Boogaloo and Graham

Butter Lamp

Parvaneh

The Phone Call

 

Best Sound Editing

American Sniper

Birdman

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Interstellar

Unbroken

 

Best Sound Mixing

American Sniper

Birdman

Interstellar

Unbroken

Whiplash

 

Best Visual Effects

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Guardians of the Galaxy

Interstellar

X-Men: Days of Future Past

 

Best Documentary — Feature

Citizenfour

Finding Vivien Maier

Last Days of Vietnam

The Salt of the Earth

Virunga

 

Best Costume Design

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Inherent Vice

Into the Woods

Maleficent

Mr. Turner

With $59.1 million at the North American box office (opening all the way back in March), it's also the most money-making best-picture entry. 

That, however, is likely to change soon after 'American Sniper' expands nationwide this weekend.

The eight best-picture nominees left out two wild cards that might have added a dose of darkness to the category: the creepy Jake Gyllenhaal thriller Nightcrawler and the tragic wrestling drama Foxcatcher. 

In the three previous years since the category was expanded (anywhere between five and 10 film may be nominated), there were nine movies contending for best picture.

The nominees for best actor are: Cooper, Steve Carell (Foxcatcher), Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game), Michael Keaton (Birdman) and Eddie Redmayne. 

David Oweloyo, who stars as Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma, was left out.

There was not a single person of colour nominated in the acting or directing categories.  

Marion Cotillard for the French-language Two Days, One Night was the surprise nominee for best actress. She was joined by Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything), Julianne Moore (Still Alice), Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) and Reese Witherspoon (Wild).

The nominees for best supporting actor are: Robert Duvall, The Judge; Edward Norton, Birdman; Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher; Ethan Hawke, Boyhood; and J.K. Simmons, Whiplash.

The nominees announced Thursday morning are: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood; Laura Dern, Wild; Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game; Emma Stone, Birdman; and Meryl Streep, Into the Woods.

This year's modestly sized but much-beloved favorites - Boyhood, Birdman - have been largely locked in place throughout much of the ever-expanding industrial complex of Hollywood's lengthy awards season, where statuette-hunting campaigns span months and are feverishly chewed over by Oscar prognosticators. 

As studios have focused more and more on easily marketed blockbusters, Oscar season increasingly exists apart from the regular business of the movies, in its own highfalutin, red-carpeted realm.

Ratings are on the rise. Last year's Oscars, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, drew 43 million viewers, making it the most-watched entertainment telecast in a decade. 12 Years a Slave took best picture. 

This year's ceremony on Feb. 22 will be hosted by Neil Patrick Harris.

 








 

 

THE GOLDEN GLOBES 2015: THE WINNERS AND LOSERS

2015 Golden Globes - Tina Fey and Amy Poehler (Full Monologue HD)
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GOLDEN GLOBE WINNERS 2015

FILM

Best Motion Picture – Drama

WINNER: Boyhood 

Foxcatcher

The Imitation Game

Selma

The Theory of Everything

 

Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

WINNER: Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything

Steve Carell – Foxcatcher

Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game

Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler

David Oyelowo – Selma

 

Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

WINNER: Julianne Moore – Still Alice

Jennifer Aniston – Cake

Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything

Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl

Reese Witherspoon – Wild

 

Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical

WINNER: The Grand Budapest Hotel

Birdman

Into the Woods

Pride

St. Vincent

 

Best Actor in a Motion Picture- Comedy or Musical

WINNER: Michael Keaton – Birdman

Ralph Fiennes – Grand Budapest Hotel

Bill Murray – St. Vincent

Joaquin Phoenix – Inherent Vice

Christoph Waltz – Big Eyes

 

Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical

WINNER: Amy Adams – Big Eyes

Emily Blunt – Into the Woods

Helen Mirren – The Hundred Foot Journey

Julianne Moore – Maps to the Stars

Quvenzhané Wallis – Annie

 

Best Director

WINNER: Richard Linklater – Boyhood

Wes Anderson – Grand Budapest Hotel

David Fincher – Gone Girl

Ava DuVernay – Selma

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu – Birdman

 

 

 

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

WINNER: J.K. Simmons – Whiplash

Robert Duvall – The Judge

Ethan Hawke – Boyhood

Edward Norton – Birdman

Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher

 

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

WINNER: Patricia Arquette – Boyhood

 Jessica Chastain – A Most Violent Year

Keira Knightley – The Imitation Game

Emma Stone – Birdman

Meryl Streep – Into the Woods

Best Screenplay

WINNER: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo – Birdman

Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel

Gillian Flynn – Gone Girl

Richard Linklater – Boyhood

Graham Moore – The Imitation Game

 

Best Animated Feature

WINNER: How to Train Your Dragon 2

Big Hero 6

The Book of Life

Boxtrolls

The Lego Movie

 

Best Foreign Film

WINNER: Leviathan, Russia 

Force Majeure (Turist), Sweden

Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem Gett, Israel

Ida, Poland/Denmark

Tangerines (Mandariinid), Estonia

 

Best Original Song – Motion Picture

WINNER: Glory – Selma (John Legend, Common)

Big Eyes – Big Eyes (Lana Del Ray)

Mercy Is – Noah (Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye)

Opportunity – Annie (Greg Kurstin, Sia Furler, Will Gluck)

Yellow Flicker Beat – Hunger Games, Mockingjay Part 1 (Lorde)

 

Best Original Score – Motion Picture

WINNER: Johann Johannsson – The Theory of Everything

Alexandre Desplat – The Imitation Game

Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross – Gone Girl

Antonio Sanchez – Birdman

Hans Zimmer – Interstellar

TELEVISION

Best TV Drama

WINNER: The Affair

 Downton Abbey

Game of Thrones

The Good Wife

House of Cards

 

Best Actor – TV Drama

WINNER: Kevin Spacey – House of Cards

Clive Owen – The Knick

Liev Schreiber – Ray Donovan

James Spader – The Blacklist

Dominic West – The Affair

 

Best Actress – TV Drama

WINNER: Ruth Wilson – The Affair

Claire Danes – Homeland

Viola Davis – How to Get Away with Murder

Julianna Margulies – The Good Wife

Robin Wright – House of Cards

 

Best TV Miniseries or Movie

WINNER: Fargo

The Missing

True Detective

The Normal Heart

Olive Kitteridge

 

Best Actor – TV Miniseries or Movie

WINNER: Billy Bob Thornton – Fargo

Martin Freeman – Fargo

Woody Harrelson – True Detective

Matthew McConaughey – True Detective

Mark Ruffalo – The Normal Heart

 

Best Actress – TV Miniseries or Movie

WINNER: Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Honorable Woman

 Jessica Lange – American Horror Story: Freak Show

Frances McDormand – Olive Kitteridge

Frances O’Connor – The Missing

Alison Tolman – Fargo

Best TV Comedy

WINNER: Transparent

Girls

Jane the Virgin

Orange Is the New Black

Silicon Valley

 

Best Actor – TV Comedy

WINNER: Jeffrey Tambor – Transparent 

Don Cheadle – House of Lies

Ricky Gervais – Derek

Louis C.K. – Louie

William H. Macy – Shameless

 

Best Actress – TV Comedy

WINNER: Gina Rodriguez – Jane the Virgin

Lena Dunham – Girls

Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie

Julia Louis Dreyfus – Veep

Taylor Schilling – Orange Is the New Black

 

Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries, or TV movie

WINNER: Matt Bomer – The Normal Heart

 Alan Cumming – The Good Wife

Colin Hanks – Fargo

Bill Murray – Olive Kitteridge

Jon Voight – Ray Donovan

 

Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries, or TV movie

WINNER: Joanne Froggatt – Downton Abbey

Uzo Aduba – Orange Is the New Black

Kathy Bates – American Horror Story: Freak Show

Allison Janney – Mom

Michelle Monaghan – True Detective

  



 

LA DOLCE VITA ACTRESS ANITA EKBERG DIES

La Dolce Vita actress Anita Ekberg dead at 83 following 'a series of illnesses'

Swedish born actress died in Rome on Sunday

First found fame in Fellini's La Dolce Vita 

Became a sex symbol thanks to iconic scene showing her wading through Rome's Trevi Fountain in strapless black dress 

Married twice and has said her greatest regret is not having any children  

Anita Ekberg, the Swedish-born actress who is best known for her role in Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita, has died at the age of 83.

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The moment where her character Sylvia, wades through Rome's Trevi Fountain in nothing but a strapless black dress is remembered as one the most iconic scenes ever in a movie and one which turned her into a fully-fledged sex-symbol. 

Ekberg's lawyer Patrizia Ubaldi confirmed she died in Rome on Sunday morning following a series of illnesses. She had been hospitalised most recently after Christmas.

Ubaldi said that in her last days Ekberg was saddened by the illness and her advancing age. 

'She had hoped to get better, something that didn't happen,' she said. 

Ubaldi added that a ceremony would be held in the coming days at a Lutheran church in Rome, and that Ekberg had specified that her remains be cremated.

Born on Sept. 29, 1931, in the southern city of Malmo, Ekberg grew up with seven siblings.

In 1951 she won the Miss Sweden competition, after being recommended to enter by organisers who saw her on the street, and went to the United States to compete for the Miss Universe title.

She didn't win but became a model in Hollywood and later started taking on small acting roles.

Her role in Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita - where she played a movie star - shot her to stardom. The movie was a colossal success and came to define the wild and carefree days of the early 1960s.

Hosting a Swedish radio program in 2005, Ekberg recalled shooting the scene in the Trevi Fountain in Rome. She said it was shot in February, the water in the fountain was cold and co-star Marcello Mastroianni was falling over in the fountain drunk on vodka.

'And there I was. I was freezing,' she said. 'They had to lift me out of the water because I couldn't feel my legs anymore.'

'I have seen that scene a few times. Maybe too many times. I can't stand watching it anymore, but it was beautiful at the time,' she said.

Ekberg had long lived in Italy, the country that gave her worldwide fame thanks to the iconic dip opposite Mastroianni.

Ekberg married Briton Anthony Steel in 1956, but divorced him four years later. In 1963 she married again to actor Rik van Nutter, but that marriage also failed.

In an interview with Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet in 2006, Ekberg said her only regret in life was never having children.

'I would have liked to have a child, preferably a son,' she was quoted as saying. 'It didn't turn out that way. That's life, you just have to accept it.'

In the interview, published in connection with Ekberg's 75th birthday, she also said she wasn't afraid of death.

'I'm just angry because I won't get the chance to tell others about death, where the soul goes and if there is a life afterward,' she was quoted as saying.

'I don't know if paradise or hell exist, but I'm sure hell is more groovy.' 

 

EE British Academy Film Awards in 2015

The Theory of Everything, Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel lead in BAFTA nominations 2015

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LEADING ACTOR

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH The Imitation Game

EDDIE REDMAYNE The Theory of Everything

JAKE GYLLENHAAL Nightcrawler

MICHAEL KEATON Birdman

RALPH FIENNES The Grand Budapest Hotel

 

LEADING ACTRESS 

AMY ADAMS Big Eyes

FELICITY JONES The Theory of Everything

JULIANNE MOORE Still Alice

REESE WITHERSPOON Wild

ROSAMUND PIKE Gone Girl

BEST FILM

BIRDMAN Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher, James W. Skotchdopole

BOYHOOD Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson

THE IMITATION GAME Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, Teddy Schwarzman

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten

 

SUPPORTING ACTOR

EDWARD NORTON Birdman

ETHAN HAWKE Boyhood

J.K. SIMMONS Whiplash

MARK RUFFALO Foxcatcher

STEVE CARELL Foxcatcher

 

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

EMMA STONE Birdman

IMELDA STAUNTON Pride

KEIRA KNIGHTLEY The Imitation Game

PATRICIA ARQUETTE Boyhood

RENE RUSSO Nightcrawler 

 

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM 

'71 Yann Demange, Angus Lamont, Robin Gutch, Gregory Burke

THE IMITATION GAME Morten Tyldum, Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, Teddy Schwarzman, Graham Moore

PADDINGTON Paul King, David Heyman

PRIDE Matthew Warchus, David Livingstone, Stephen Beresford

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING James Marsh, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten

UNDER THE SKIN Jonathan Glazer, James Wilson, Nick Wechsler, Walter CampbelL 

 

DIRECTOR 

BIRDMAN Alejandro G. Iñárritu

BOYHOOD Richard Linklater

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Wes Anderson

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING James Marsh

WHIPLASH Damien Chazelle 

 

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 

BIRDMAN Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr, Armando Bo

BOYHOOD Richard Linklater

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Wes Anderson

NIGHTCRAWLER Dan Gilroy

WHIPLASH Damien Chazelle 

 

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

AMERICAN SNIPER Jason Hall

GONE GIRL Gillian Flynn

THE IMITATION GAME Graham Moore

PADDINGTON Paul King

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING Anthony McCarten 

 

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER 

ELAINE CONSTANTINE (Writer/Director) Northern Soul

GREGORY BURKE (Writer), YANN DEMANGE (Director) '71

HONG KHAOU (Writer/Director) Lilting

PAUL KATIS (Director/Producer), ANDREW DE LOTBINIÈRE (Producer) Kajaki: The True Story

STEPHEN BERESFORD (Writer), DAVID LIVINGSTONE (Producer) Pride 

 

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE 

IDA Pawel Pawlikowski, Eric Abraham, Piotr Dzieciol, Ewa Puszczynska

LEVIATHAN Andrey Zvyagintsev, Alexander Rodnyansky, Sergey Melkumov

THE LUNCHBOX Ritesh Batra, Arun Rangachari, Anurag Kashyap, Guneet Monga

TRASH Stephen Daldry, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Kris Thykier

TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Denis Freyd 

 

DOCUMENTARY

20 FEET FROM STARDOM Morgan Neville, Caitrin Rogers, Gil Friesen

20,000 DAYS ON EARTH Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard

CITIZENFOUR Laura Poitras

FINDING VIVIAN MAIER John Maloof, Charlie Siskel

VIRUNGA Orlando von Einsiedel, Joanna Natasegara

 

ANIMATED FILM

BIG HERO 6 Don Hall, Chris Williams

THE BOXTROLLS Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable

THE LEGO MOVIE Phil Lord, Christopher Miller

ORIGINAL MUSIC

BIRDMAN Antonio Sanchez

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Alexandre Desplat

INTERSTELLAR Hans Zimmer

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING Jóhann Jóhannsson

UNDER THE SKIN Mica Levi

 

CINEMATOGRAPHY

BIRDMAN Emmanuel Lubezki

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Robert Yeoman

IDA Lukasz Zal, Ryzsard Lenczewski

INTERSTELLAR Hoyte van Hoytema

MR. TURNER Dick Pope

 

EDITING 

Due to a tie in voting in this category, there are six nominations

BIRDMAN Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Barney Pilling

THE IMITATION GAME William Goldenberg NIGHTCRAWLER John Gilroy

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING Jinx Godfrey

WHIPLASH Tom Cross

 

PRODUCTION DESIGN

BIG EYES Rick Heinrichs, Shane Vieau

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock

THE IMITATION GAME Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana MacDonald

INTERSTELLAR Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis

MR. TURNER Suzie Davies, Charlotte Watts

 

COSTUME DESIGN

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Milena Canonero

THE IMITATION GAME Sammy Sheldon Differ

INTO THE WOODS Colleen Atwood

MR. TURNER Jacqueline Durran

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING Steven Noble

 

MAKE UP & HAIR 

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Frances Hannon

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou, David White

INTO THE WOODS Peter Swords King, J. Roy Helland

MR. TURNER Christine Blundell, Lesa Warrener

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING Jan Sewell

 

SOUND

AMERICAN SNIPER Walt Martin, John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman

BIRDMAN Thomas Varga, Martin Hernández, Aaron Glascock, Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Wayne Lemmer, Christopher Scarabosio, Pawel Wdowczak

THE IMITATION GAME John Midgley, Lee Walpole, Stuart Hilliker, Martin Jensen

WHIPLASH Thomas Curley, Ben Wilkins, Craig Mann

 

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Erik Winquist, Daniel Barrett

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Stephane Ceretti, Paul Corbould, Jonathan Fawkner, Nicolas Aithadi

THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, R. Christopher White

INTERSTELLAR Paul Franklin, Scott Fisher, Andrew Lockley

X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Tim Crosbie, Cameron Waldbauer

 

BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION 

THE BIGGER PICTURE Chris Hees, Daisy Jacobs, Jennifer Majka 

MONKEY LOVE EXPERIMENTS Ainslie Henderson, Cam Fraser, Will Anderson 

MY DAD Marcus Armitage

 

BRITISH SHORT FILM 

BOOGALOO AND GRAHAM Brian J. Falconer, Michael Lennox, Ronan Blaney

EMOTIONAL FUSEBOX Michael Berliner, Rachel Tunnard

THE KÁRMÁN LINE Campbell Beaton, Dawn King, Tiernan Hanby, Oscar Sharp

SLAP Islay Bell-Webb, Michelangelo Fano, Nick Rowland

THREE BROTHERS Aleem Khan, Matthieu de Braconier, Stephanie Paeplow

 

THE EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)

GUGU MBATHA-RAW

JACK O'CONNELL

MARGOT ROBBIE

MILES TELLER

SHAILENE WOODLEY