Tag: Oscars 2018

Oscars ratings hit an all-time low

LOS ANGELES: Early ratings released for ABC's 90th Academy Awards telecast, one of the more uneventful shows of recent years, stumbled to an-all time...

Why Priyanka Chopra skipped the Oscars

LOS ANGELES: Priyanka Chopra disappointed fans and followers with her absence on the red carpet of the film industry's most coveted event: the Oscars...

Oscar Best Actress Frances McDormand’s stolen Oscar returned

LOS ANGELES: Oscar-winner Frances McDormand had her statuette stolen at a post-show party by a man who allegedly snatched it from her table before...

#MeToo, Dreamers, Trump and Sridevi: highlights from the Oscars

The #MeToo movement took a starring role Sunday at the first Oscars since the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse revelations, with the awards gala often...

Oscars pay tribute to Sridevi and Shashi Kapoor

LOS ANGELES: Indian cinema icon Shashi Kapoor and India’s 'first female superstar' Sridevi were honoured at the 90th Academy Awards ceremony during the ‘In...

Pakistani-origin Kumail Nanjiani takes a dig on his immigrant status

LOS ANGELES: Extending support to the ‘dreamers’ in the US, Pakistan-origin comedian Kumail Nanjiani and actor Lupita Nyong’o from Kenya took a dig at...

‘The Shape of Water’ leads the list of Oscar winners

LOS ANGELES: The 90th Academy Awards, or Oscars, the highest honors in the movie industry, were handed out on Sunday at a ceremony in Hollywood...

All you need to know about this year’s Oscar nominees

LOS ANGELES: The 90th Oscars take place on Sunday, with The Shape of Water and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri expected to do battle for the...

Hollywood men initiate #AskMoreOfHim to support Time’s Up and #MeToo

A group of Hollywood men have launched #AskMoreOfHim, a movement that aims to shed a light on the importance of men speaking out against...

Oscars: down the memory lane

LOS ANGELES: The Oscars, the highest honours in the movie business, celebrate their 90th anniversary this Sunday. Since 1929, the glamorous event has captured the...

Transgenders shine at the 90th Oscars in a historic achievement

LOS ANGELES: Transgender representation in entertainment has made baby steps forward in recent years but 2018 has seen a history-making giant leap, with two...

Road to Oscar debuts with Harvey Weinstein’s ‘Casting Couch’ statue

LOS ANGELES: A golden statue of a bathrobe-clad Harvey Weinstein, seated regally atop a couch with an Oscar in hand, took up temporary sidewalk...

Kenyan short film vies for an Oscar

NAIROBI: When the Oscar winners are announced this weekend, it won't only be Hollywood superstars who will be waiting anxiously, but also be eight...

World’s first hand-painted film on Van Gogh in the run for...

GDANSK, POLOGNE: Contending for an Oscar, Loving Vincent is the world’s first animated feature film painted by hand, all 65,000 frames, in the distinct style of...

Chadwick Boseman, Emma Stone revealed as Oscars 2018 presenters

Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman, Girls Trip breakout star Tiffany Haddish, Lady Bird director Greta Gerwig and The Big Sick co-writer and actor Kumail...