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IMDb (www.imdb.com), the world's most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV and celebrity content, today presented the IMDb “Breakout Star” STARmeter Award to Olivia Cooke (Ready Player One, Life Itself) in the IMDb celebrity video and photo studio (#IMDbStudio) in Toronto during the Toronto International Film Festival 2018. IMDb STARmeter Awards recognize entertainment industry luminaries who are fan favorites on the IMDbPro STARmeter chart, which is determined by the page views of the more than 250 million unique monthly visitors to IMDb worldwide. Previous IMDb STARmeter Award Recipients include Bill Skarsgård, Sam Rockwell, Tatiana Maslany, Brie Larson, Felicity Jones, Olivia Wilde, Bryce Dallas Howard, Peter Dinklage and Miles Teller. |
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| WHO: | Col Needham, Founder and CEO of IMDb, presented Cooke with the award. | ||
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Cooke has been a major player this year on the IMDbPro STARmeter chart, which is determined by the actual search behavior of the more than 250 million unique monthly visitors worldwide to IMDb and is updated weekly throughout the year for IMDbPro members. She is part of the cast of the film Life Itself, which is making its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival 2018 and will be released later this month, and can also be seen in the upcoming television mini-series “Vanity Fair." |
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Cooke accepted the IMDb STARmeter Award today (September 8) during a visit to the IMDb celebrity video and photo studio (#IMDbStudio) in Toronto during the Toronto International Film Festival. The studio features three days (September 7-9) of original celebrity video interviews hosted by IMDb Special Correspondent Dave Karger. Exclusive festival coverage is available now at www.imdb.com/toronto. |
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