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    Oscar-nominated DP Matthew Libatique to receive AFI’s Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal

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    Two-time Academy Award®-nominated cinematographer Matthew Libatique, ASC will receive the American Film Institute’s Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal, which will be presented at the upcoming AFI Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute to Nicole Kidman on April 27, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

    The Schaffner Alumni Medal recognizes the extraordinary creative talents of AFI Conservatory alumni who embody the qualities of filmmaker Franklin J. Schaffner: talent, taste, dedication and commitment to quality storytelling in film and television. Libatique is an alum of the AFI class of 1992. Past recipients of the Schaffner Alumni Medial include Darren Aronofsky, Lesli Linka Glatter, Siân Heder, Patty Jenkins, Janusz Kamiński, Mimi Leder, David Lynch, Terrence Malick, Melina Matsoukas and Rachel Morrison.

    “Matthew Libatique is one of our generation’s defining voices in the art of visual storytelling,” said Bob Gazzale, AFI president and CEO. “Now, AFI is honored to shine the light upon on him–celebrating his impact on the art form and the pride he brings us as a graduate of the AFI Conservatory.”

    Libatique’s latest work can be seen in the critically acclaimed Maestro (2023), directed, produced, co-written by and starring Bradley Cooper, and in A24’s Academy Award®-winning film The Whale (2022), where he reteamed with director Darren Aronofsky (AFI class of 1992), his longtime collaborator who he met on their third day while attending the AFI Conservatory.

    Aronofsky and Libatique previously collaborated on projects including Pi (1998); Requiem for a Dream (2000), which earned Libatique a Film Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography; The Fountain (2006); Black Swan (2010), for which he received his first Academy Award® nomination; Noah (2014); and Mother! (2017), starring Jennifer Lawrence.

    In 2021, Libatique shot Don’t Worry Darling, Olivia Wilde’s story of a 1950s housewife living in a utopian experimental community. This project marked his second time working with Wilde, having lensed the short Wake Up, which premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.

    Previously, Libatique worked with director Ryan Murphy on The Prom (2020) starring this year’s AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Nicole Kidman along with Jo Ellen Pellman, Meryl Streep, James Corden, Keegan-Michael Key, Andrew Rannells, Ariana DeBose and Kerry Washington.

    Libatique received Academy Award® and American Society of Cinematographers nominations for his lensing of Bradley Cooper’s directorial debut A Star is Born (2018), starring Lady Gaga. To add to the DP's impressive list of credits, he has also collaborated with Academy Award® winner Spike Lee on numerous films, including Inside Man (2006), Miracle at St. Anna (2008), Chi-Raq (2015) and She Hate Me (2004). Libatique also shot the anti-hero action blockbuster Venom (2018), the Oscar®-nominated Straight Outta Compton (2015), Cowboys & Aliens (2011), Everything is Illuminated (2005) and Tigerland (2000), as well as Academy Award®-nominated superhero films Iron Man (2008) and Iron Man 2 (2010), kicking off a defining style for the Marvel universe franchise. He is represented by UTA in the United States.

    The air dates for The 49th AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Nicole Kidman special on TNT and Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will be announced at a later date. This marks the ninth year the Emmy®-winning AFI Life Achievement Award special will air on TNT.

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    Google offers ad-tech changes in EU antitrust case but a breakup is not one of them

    Friday, November 14, 2025
    This is the Google logo on a building in New York, Oct. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

    Google has offered to make major changes to its business practices to resolve a European Union antitrust case targeting its ad-tech business, but they don't include breaking up the company.

    The compliance plan Google submitted to the European Commission — the 27-nation bloc's top antitrust enforcer — includes "immediate product changes" to end specific practices, the company said in a blog post.

    "Our proposal fully addresses the EC's decision without a disruptive break-up that would harm the thousands of European publishers and advertisers who use Google tools to grow their business," the company said Friday.

    Google also said it's appealing the commission's decision to slap the company with a 2.95 billion euro ($3.4 billion) fine in September for breaching the bloc's competition rules by favoring its own digital advertising services. It accused Google of abusing its dominance by favoring its own online display advertising technology services to the detriment of competitors, online advertisers and publishers.

    As part of the punishment, Google was also required to come up with proposals to end what the Commission called "self-preferencing practices" and stop "conflicts of interest."

    The Commission said it would force Google to sell off parts of its business if it wasn't satisfied with the company's proposed remedies.

    Google's changes include giving publishers more pricing options on its ad management platform. To address conflicts of interest, the company is modifying its ad tools to give publishers and advertisers more choice and flexibility.

    "We will now analyse Google's proposed measures to assess whether they effectively bring the self-preferencing practices to an end and address the situation of inherent... Read More

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