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THE Gotham Awards have added Nicole Kidman and cin-ematographer Ed Lachman to their list of tribute honorees for this year’s ceremony.

Oscar winner and Emmy nominee Kidman will receive the actress tribute and Lach-man, an Oscar and Emmy nominee, will receive the cin-ematographer tribute. The two join former U.S. vice president Al Gore and Blumhouse founder Jason Blum as this year’s trib-ute recipients at the annual independent fi lm awards.

Kidman recently appeared on the big screen in Sofi a Coppola’s gender-bending remake of “The Beguiled” and will next be seen in “The Killing of a Sacred Deer,” directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. She also stars alongside Bryan Cranston and Kevin Hart in The Weinstein Co.’s “Untouchables” remake “The Upside.”

Lachman has collaborated

with directors including Cop-pola, Todd Haynes, Werner Herzog, Jean-Luc Godard, Wim Wenders, Volker Schlondorff, Ulrich Seidl, Paul Schrader, Steven Soder-bergh, Robert Altman and Todd Solondz. He received an Emmy nomination for his work on “Mildred Pierce” and two Oscar nominations for “Far From Heaven” and “Carol.” Lachman will reteam with Haynes again on this fall’s “Wonderstruck.”

“Nicole Kidman’s choices in projects throughout her career have been bold and carefully selected, ranging from thought-provoking independent fi lms and studio blockbusters to unique and original television series. She has consistently sought out roles of complex characters and delivered them with unforgettable, iconic per-formances that have unequivo-

cally placed her amongst one of the greatest actresses of our lifetime. We are delighted to celebrate her lasting contri-butions to the art of fi lm and television,” said Joana Vicente, executive director of the Inde-pendent Filmmakers Project, which presents the Gotham Awards, and the Made in NY Media Center.

The Gotham Awards mark the offi cial start of Oscar season, recognizing the best in independent fi lms. (SD-Agencies)

Nicole Kidman joins Gotham Awards honorees

Elizabeth Banks joins puppet comedy ‘Happytime Murders’

THE fi rst full trailer for Oscar-tipped sci-fi comedy “Downsizing” has been revealed in all its minus-cule glory.

Directed by Alexander Payne, “Downsizing” is set in a world where scientists have discovered a way of shrinking people down to the height of 5 inches as a solution to overpopulation. Matt Damon and Kristen Wiig star as a middle-class couple who decide to undergo the procedure after learning that their savings will stretch further in this downsized existence, allowing them to live a life of luxury. Christoph Waltz, Neil Patrick Harris and Laura Dern also star.

The fi lm marks something of a departure for Payne, whose previous work has

largely played out in a more naturalistic setting. The director’s last fi lm, “Nebraska,” starred Bruce Dern and Will Forte as a father and son who embark on a road trip to claim a sweepstakes prize. The fi lm was released in 2013 and was nominated for six Academy Awards.

“Downsizing,” which premiered at the Venice Film Festival, has received broadly positive response from critics. In a fi ve-star review, The Guardian described the fi lm as a “gorgeous, giddy parable of a modern-day Lilliput.”

“Downsizing” will receive its U.K. premiere at the London Film Festival next month. It will then be released in U.S. cinemas Dec. 22. (SD-Agencies)

BABY No. 2 is on the way for Adam Levine and Behati Prin-sloo, who is pregnant with the couple’s second child. The model announced the news Wednesday on Instagram.

In the selfi e she shared, Prin-sloo is wearing a bikini and showing off her baby bump.

“ROUND 2,” she wrote as a caption.

The new baby will join big sister Dusty Rose, who turns 1 year old later this month. Levine — who just released the new single “What Lovers Do” with his band, Maroon 5, featuring SZA — and Prinsloo were mar-ried in 2014. (SD-Agencies)

Adam Levine expecting second child

Matt Damon gets tiny in Oscar-tipped sci-fi comedy

THE Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has chosen 17 students as winners of its 44th Student Academy Awards. The winners were selected from a total of 1,587 entries from 267 domestic and 89 international colleges and universities.

All Student Academy Award-winning fi lms are eligible to compete for 2017 Oscars in the Animated Short Film or Live Action Short Film category and 2018 Oscars in the Documen-tary Short Subject category.

The students will be invited to Los Angeles for a week of indus-try activities that will culminate in the awards ceremony Oct. 12 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, which is open to the public who secure tickets online at oscars.org. The medal placements — gold, silver and

bronze — in the seven award categories will be announced at the ceremony.

For the fi rst time, the com-petition was expanded to allow two options for students at international fi lm schools to submit their fi lms. In addition to submission of one student fi lm per international fi lm school category, international students could also enter fi lms that qualify through fi lm festi-vals recognized by the Student Academy Awards Executive Committee.

The 2017 winners join the ranks of such past Student Academy Award winners as Patricia Cardoso, Pete Docter, Cary Fukunaga, John Lasseter, Spike Lee, Trey Parker and Robert Zemeckis.

(SD-Agencies)

Matt Damon (C) in “Downsizing.”Matt Damon (C) in “Downsizing.” SD-Agencies

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Adam Levine (R) and Behati Prinsloo.Adam Levine (R) and Behati Prinsloo.

Student Academy Awards winners revealed

ACTRESS Elizabeth Banks has joined the cast of STXfi lms’ puppet comedy “The Happy-time Murders.”

“The Hunger Games” actress joins Melissa McCarthy and Maya Rudolph in the project, which is being directed by Brian Henson.

“The Happytime Murders” takes place in the underbelly of Los Angeles, where humans and puppets coexist but puppets are viewed as second-class citizens. When the puppet castmembers of a beloved 1980s children’s TV show begin turning up dead, two clashing detectives — one human and the other a puppet — are forced to work together to solve the mystery.

In the pic, McCarthy portrays

lead detective Connie Edwards opposite longtime Henson puppeteer Bill Barretta, who performs as Phil Phillips, the puppet detective. Banks plays Jenny, a burlesque dancer, and Rudolph plays Bubbles, Phil-lips’ secretary.

The fi lm will be released Aug. 17, 2018. (SD-Agencies)

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