7) 2016 Pulitzer Prize Winners.
- Debut novel of Vietnamese American professor Viet Thanh Nguyen has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
- The 2016 Pulitzer Prize winners for excellence in literature, journalism, music.
- Associated Press has won two prestigious Pulitzer Prize in Public Service for coverage for an investigation of severe labour abuses tied to the supply of seafood to American supermarkets and restaurants.
Winners of Books, Drama and Music:
Fiction: The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen.
Drama: Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda.
History: Custer’s Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America by T.J. Stiles.
Biography: Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan.
Poetry: Ozone Journal by Peter Balakian.
Music: In for a Penny, In for a Pound by Henry Threadgill.
Winners of journalism:
Public Service: Associated Press.
Breaking News Reporting: Los Angeles Times Staff.
Investigative Reporting: Leonora LaPeter Anton and Anthony Cormier of the Tampa Bay Times and Michael Braga of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
Explanatory Reporting: Christian Miller of ProPublica and Ken Armstrong of The Marshall Project.
Local Reporting: Michael LaForgia, Cara Fitzpatrick and Lisa Gartner of the Tampa Bay Times.
National Reporting: The Washington Post Staff.
International Reporting: Alissa J. Rubin of The New York Times.
Feature Writing: Kathryn Schulz of The New Yorker.
Commentary: Farah Stockman of The Boston Globe.
Criticism: Emily Nussbaum of The New Yorker.
8) Radhika Apte becomes first Indian to win Best Actress at Tribeca.
- Bollywood actress Radhika Apte has bagged the best actress in an international narrative feature honour at this Radhika Apteyear’s Tribeca Film Festival for her performance in anthology film `Madly`.
- She won the award for her role in Clean Shaven a part Madly, directed by Anurag Kashyap.
- Madly is a mixture of six short stories, directed by different directors. The movie also stars Satyadeep Misra.
- Radhika Apte made her feature film debut in the 2005 Bollywood film Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi.
About Tribeca Festival:
- The Tribeca Film Festival was founded in 2002 by Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro and Craig Hatkoff.
- It was reportedly in response to the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the consequent loss of vitality in the Tribeca neighborhood in Lower Manhattan.
- The Tribeca Film Festival was founded to celebrate New York City as a major filmmaking center and to contribute to the long-term recovery of lower Manhattan.
9) Indian documentary wins bronze medal New York Festivals 2016.
- Miditech’s Undercover Asia: Girls for Sale has won a bronze world medal at the New York Festivals World’s Best Film & TV Awards in the Social Issues category.
- Undercover Asia: Girls for Sale about anti trafficking activist Rishi Kant’s search for two minor girls, who have been abducted.
- Radhika Chandrasekhar, the director of the documentary.
About New York Festival:
- The New York Television Festival (NYTVF) is a yearly gathering of artists, fans, and executives to celebrate independent small-screen productions. It was founded in 2005, and is held in venues in New York City.
- New York Festivals celebrates the World`s Best Creative Communications.