- Title: Terrier Uggie from 'The Artist' crowned best Cannes movie mutt
- Date: 22nd May 2020
- Summary: CANNES, FRANCE (FILE - MAY 21, 2019) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** BRAD PITT ARRIVING FOR PREMIERE OF "ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD" AND SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS PITT WAVING GOODBYE TO FANS VARIOUS OF QUENTIN TARANTINO (SUNGLASSES) POSING WITH MARGOT ROBBIE (R), LEONARDO DICAPRIO, BRAD PITT ON RED CARPET AT PREMIERE OF "ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD" PHOTOGRAPHERS (LEFT TO RIGHT) DICAPRIO, TARANTINO, TARANTINO'S WIFE, SINGER AND MODEL DANIELLA PICK, PRODUCERS DAVID HEYMAN, SHANNON MCINTOSH, ROBBIE AND PITT POSING/TARANTINO WAVING AND MAKING V SIGNS CANNES, FRANCE (FILE - MAY 24, 2019) (REUTERS) SECURITY DOG ON LEASH PALM DOG AWARD CEREMONY DOGS WITH OWNERS AT EVENT PALM DOG POSTER
- Embargoed: 5th June 2020 12:10
- Keywords: Cannes Oscars Palm Dog Palm Dog of Palm Dogs The Artist Uggie dog mans best friend terrier
- Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM, LOS ANGELES AND BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES,CANNES, FRANCE,
- City: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM, LOS ANGELES AND BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES,CANNES, FRANCE,
- Country: United Kingdom
- Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment
- Reuters ID: LVA001CF0HOWP
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:The 73rd annual Cannes Film Festival might be cancelled, but organisers of the annual Palm Dog award refused to let lockdown rain on their parade.
Uggie, the lively Jack Russell whose antics in Oscar-winning film "The Artist" stole viewers' hearts, was crowned Palm Dog of Palm Dogs on Friday, singled out as the best canine winner in the award's 20-year history.
"Uggie would be very proud of that," said his trainer Omar von Muller, as he accepted the trophy collar from his home in Los Angeles, flanked by Uggie's body double in the film, Dash.
Uggie, who in 2011 won the Palm Dog award for best performance by a dog in a movie screened at Cannes, died in 2015 aged 13. He hit the big time after starring as French actor Jean Dujardin's cute sidekick in the black and white film, which tells of a silent star whose career dives as talking pictures take over Hollywood.
Uggie became the first dog to leave his prints beside the likes of Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable in front of Hollywood's Grauman's Chinese Theatre, and appeared on television chat shows as well as attending the Golden Globes and Oscar ceremonies.
Lockdown may have put paid to this year's Cannes Film Festival, but Toby Rose, organiser of the Palm Dog award, which is usually bestowed during the glamorous festival in France, was determined it should go ahead.
"We feel that we're not only continuing, but we're getting bigger and better and we're very much looking forward to 2021 and the the next selection of fabulous Cannes canines," said Rose.
Last year the Palm Dog went to Brandy, the pit bull belonging to Brad Pitt's character Cliff Booth, in Tarantino's Oscar-winning "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood".
This year's Palm Dog jury, composed of leading film critics, concluded Uggie had given the ultimate big screen performance by a dog of the last 20 years.
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