Jean-Luc Godard

He wasn't going to be in the main ceremony and the Big Broadcast of the Academy Awards. But that probably had nothing to do with Jean-Luc Godard's polite “I won't be attending” message to the Academy re: them honoring the legendary French...

As expected, French auteur Jean-Luc Godard is unlikely to attend the Governors Awards on Nov. 14 to accept his honorary Oscar. In a candid conversation with a reporter from The Australian, his companion Anne-Marie Mieville revealed his disappointment that...

In light of Jean-Luc Godard's companion Anne-Marie Mieville telling a reporter from an Australian newspaper that he won't accept his tribute from the Academy Awards in person, the motion picture academy released this statement on Tuesday: In response to...

I guess we can all breathe a deep sigh of relief. More than a week after the motion picture academy announced it would give an honorary lifetime achievement award to Jean-Luc Godard, the aging enfant terrible of French cinema managed......

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After leaving everyone "Breathless" for the past two months, French New Wave auteur director Jean-Luc Godard has notified Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak that he will be a no-show at the Nov. 13 Governors Awards. The...

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Jean-Luc Godard, who's getting an honorary Oscar on Nov. 13, is suddenly back in the news, although not with the sort of media attention likely to burnish his image. Last month, the Jewish Journal put Godard on its cover, asking......

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Governors Awards on Saturday night offered up lots of nostalgia and heartfelt sentiment, which is probably why Jean-Luc Godard didn't bother to show up to accept his honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement....