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This acclaimed film traces the relationship between a death-row inmate and the local nun to whom he turns for spiritual guidance in the days leading up to his scheduled execution. Matthew Poncelet (Sean Penn) has been convicted of the rape and murder of two young lovers and is awaiting execution. Susan Sarandon plays Sister .. Read more

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  Sarandon honours Deneuve as she scoops up top acting award

  • WENN Newsdesk
  • 03 Apr 2012

  Actress Susan Sarandon honoured her one-time co-star Catherine Deneuve during an industry awards ceremony in New York on Monday (02Apr12). The French icon was handed the prestigious Chaplin Award for her lifetime achievements at the Film Society of Lincoln Center gala and Deneuve was overwhelmed to be feted by such a large crowd. Dead Man Walking star Sarandon stepped up to the podium to pay tribute to her longtime pal, with whom she shared several steamy sex scenes in 1983's The Hunger, and... Read more

  

  Sarandon to receive career tribute in New York

  • 07 Dec 2010

  Oscar winner Susan Sarandon is set to be saluted by New York's Brooklyn Academy of Music with a four-day film tribute featuring 13 of her most iconic movies. The Susan Sarandon Picture Show will kick off on 10 February (11) and include screenings of Dead Man Walking, Thelma and Louise, The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Pretty Baby. The actress herself is expected to make an appearance for a special question and answer session, while former colleagues such as directors Paul Schrader and John... Read more

  

  Sarandon loves depressing roles

  • 06 Oct 2010

  Susan Sarandon relishes roles in depressing movies - because she loves cheering up her co-stars onset. The Thelma & Louise actress has thrilled cinema-goers with a string of dark, gritty parts including a prison-visiting nun in Dead Man Walking and the mother of a seriously-ill child in Lorenzo's Oil. But she refuses to let the bleak subject matter get her down - she's earned a reputation for keeping spirits up among the cast and crew during filming. Sarandon tells Stella magazine, "The more... Read more

  

  Sarandon and Besson land Stockholm film festival honours

  • 22 Oct 2009

  Hollywood actress Susan Sarandon and French filmmaker Luc Besson are due to accept high honours at the Stockholm Film Festival in Sweden next month (Nov09). Sarandon, 63, will receive the lifetime achievement award at the event - with organisers celebrating the star for the "reflection, seduction and rebellion" she has portrayed on the big screen throughout her career. Her most famous roles include rebellious waitress Louise in 1991's Thelma and Louise and her Oscar-winning performance as... Read more

  

  Top 10 Rising British Actors

  • 21 May 2010

  title year After doing the rounds on British TV – including cameos in Casualty and The Bill – and a role as the heartthrob in teen flick Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging, Johnson got his big break in the John Lennon biopic Nowhere Boy. Impressing the critics with his emotive performance as a teenage Lennon, Johnson is now engaged to the film’s director Sam Taylor-Wood, who is expecting their first baby. His career kicked off globally when he took the title role in Matthew... Read more

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