The Two Popes movie - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 14 Jun 2021 02:31:58 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg The Two Popes movie - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 The actor, police officer and other North Wales heroes recognised in Queen's Birthday Honours https://cathnews.co.nz/2021/06/14/the-actor-police-officer-and-other-north-wales-heroes-recognised-in-queens-birthday-honours/ Mon, 14 Jun 2021 07:53:23 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=137196 Actor Jonathan Pryce and a police officer from Rhyl are among the North Wales figures to be recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours. The Flintshire-born actor, 74, is to be knighted in recognition of his services to drama and charity, while Michael Taggart, 39, will receive an MBE for work with domestic abuse victims. Pryce Read more

The actor, police officer and other North Wales heroes recognised in Queen's Birthday Honours... Read more]]> Actor Jonathan Pryce and a police officer from Rhyl are among the North Wales figures to be recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours.

The Flintshire-born actor, 74, is to be knighted in recognition of his services to drama and charity, while Michael Taggart, 39, will receive an MBE for work with domestic abuse victims.

Pryce studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, before embarking on a career on the stage in the 1970s.

He won an Olivier and two Tony awards before his breakout role on screen in Terry Gilliam's black comedy Brazil in 1985.

He earned his first Oscar nomination at the age of 72 in 2020 when he was nominated for best actor for his turn as Pope Francis in The Two Popes.

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The actor, police officer and other North Wales heroes recognised in Queen's Birthday Honours]]> 137196 Two Popes actor has COVID-19 https://cathnews.co.nz/2020/08/13/two-popes-actor-covid-19/ Thu, 13 Aug 2020 06:20:37 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=129614 Jonathan Pryce spent more than a week in hospital after contracting coronavirus. The 'Two Popes' actor used to believe that, as he got older, he'd find comfort in religion but that hasn't been the case. Read more

Two Popes actor has COVID-19... Read more]]> Jonathan Pryce spent more than a week in hospital after contracting coronavirus.

The 'Two Popes' actor used to believe that, as he got older, he'd find comfort in religion but that hasn't been the case. Read more

Two Popes actor has COVID-19]]> 129614 Film News: Two Popes wins audience award at Miami Festival https://cathnews.co.nz/2019/10/17/film-news-popes-award-miami-festival/ Thu, 17 Oct 2019 06:55:02 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=122242 Fernando Meirelles' film, the Two Popes has won the audience award at the Miami Gems Film Festival. Inspired by a true story, "The Two Popes" stars Anthony Hopkins as Pope Benedict XVI and Jonathan Pryce as the future Pope Francis in a verbal battle of wits over the future direction of the Catholic Church. The Read more

Film News: Two Popes wins audience award at Miami Festival... Read more]]> Fernando Meirelles' film, the Two Popes has won the audience award at the Miami Gems Film Festival.

Inspired by a true story, "The Two Popes" stars Anthony Hopkins as Pope Benedict XVI and Jonathan Pryce as the future Pope Francis in a verbal battle of wits over the future direction of the Catholic Church.

The film is produced by Netflix, which has scheduled a limited theatrical release on Nov. 27 in the U.S. prior to its release on streaming on 20 December. Read more

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