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New-Zealand director Jane Campion will be honoured during this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Campion has been chosen as the recipient of the Carrosse d’Or (Golden Coach) Award given by the French film directors guild, the SRF, according to industry website Deadline.com.
Oprah Winfrey was crowned America’s most influential celebrity for a second straight year, despite having dropped off daily television in 2011. Forbes magazine ranked Winfrey, 59, ahead of Hollywood titans Steven Spielberg and Clint Eastwood and towering over other TV figures such as journalist Barbara Walters and financial guru Suze Orman.