Want to good laugh?
Faye Dunaway, a famed actress and Oscar winner, is getting a special award during the Venice Film Festival. It’s called the Kuneo Award. It’s not part of the Festival, but happens at the same time.
Good for her, Faye deserves it for her fine work in so many films like “Chinatown,” “Network,” “Bonnie and Clyde,” and “The Thomas Crown Affair.”
But then, an award is also going to Nicola Peltz Beckham. She’s the daughter of billionaire Nelson Peltz. She’s married to the Beckham kid who makes grilled cheese on TikTok and won’t speak to his parents.
Nicola, according to The Hollywood Reporter, “has been plucked to receive a rising star award for her work as an actress, producer and budding filmmaker.”
The Reporter says of the 31 year old, “Beckham wrote, directed and starred in [a movie called] Lola. Her resumé, which dates back 20 years, includes roles in The Last Airbender, Transformers: Age of Extinction, Bates Motel, Holidate, Welcome to Chippendales and The Beauty.”
I needed this laugh, which also involved a spit take. I don’t recall Peltz’s stunning career going back 20 years, but I might have been out of town. The aforementioned “Lola,” which existed in 2024 thanks to Vertical Releasing, merited but two reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and no rating.
Each review was half a star. One of them said: Lola feels like a film where the script is almost nonexistent…There was little to think about or emotionally connect with, and the film remains flat from start to finish.”
The other said: “Her acting felt stiff, and I found her performance annoying.”
Maybe this all sounded different in Italian. I do know Kuneo, translated to English, means “donation.”
I know it’s funny, and the award is bogus, but think of all the deserving up and coming filmmakers who could benefit from the attention. But maybe she can teach them how to make French toast.
