Tag: Oscars
#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...
Women shine in Oscar 2018 nominations
LOS ANGELES: Sally Hawkins plays a mute cleaner with a passionate love life, Frances McDormand is a grieving woman in a fury about the...
Fun facts about 2018 Oscars nominations
LOS ANGELES: The nominations for the 90th Oscars were announced Tuesday, with The Shape of Water, Dunkirk, and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri leading the pack.
But the...
#GirlPower – Women dominate the Screen Actors Guild awards
Dark comedy Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri won three prizes at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards on Sunday in a ceremony marked by...
Story of ‘Pakistan’s toughest woman’ makes it to the Oscars
QAZI AHMED, NAWABSHAH: As 200 armed men surrounded their house on a hot August night in 2005, Nazo Dharejo and her sisters grabbed their...
Pakistan film ‘Saawan’ included in 2017 foreign-language Oscar submission list
LOS ANGELES: A record 92 countries have submitted films for the best foreign-language Oscar to be handed out at the Academy Awards in March.
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