Tag: Academy Awards

We are going to carry the whole nation in our hearts as we walk the red carpet: NTR Jr

Actor NTR Jr has landed in Los Angeles to attend the Oscars for RRR's Naatu Naatu nomination in the 'Best Original Song' category.

March 10, 2023

Chris Rock declines offer to host 2023 Oscars after Will Smith slap

Comedian Chris Rock has reportedly declined an offer to host the Oscars next year after he was slapped by actor Will Smith during this year's award ceremony back in March.

August 30, 2022

Neeta Lulla on joining Oscar voting body for 2020

The 2020 invitees also include Bollywood stars Alia Bhatt and Hrithik Roshan, documentary director Nishtha Jain, writer Sabrina Dhawan, casting directors Nandini Shrikent and Tess Joseph, visual effects artistes Vishal Anand and Sandeep Kamal, and V. Senthil Kumar, the co-founder of the digital streaming company Qube Cinema Technologies.

August 2, 2020

‘What the hell was that all about?’: Donald Trump on Parasite’s Oscar win

Parasite made history this month by becoming the first foreign-language movie to win the coveted award.

February 21, 2020

Oscars 2020: Complete nomination list out; Netflix leads the way with maximum nominations

The Academy Awards will air on 10 February 2020.

January 14, 2020

India’s moment at Oscars 2019: ‘Period. End of Sentence’ wins Documentary Short Subject

Set in rural India, the film on menstruation has been directed by award-winning filmmaker Rayka Zehtabchi and produced by Guneet Monga's Sikhya Entertainment

February 25, 2019

Oscars 2019: Mahershala Ali, Regina King get Academy Awards for best supporting roles

Mahershala Ali, who played Dr Don Shirley in biographical comedy-drama "Green Book", gets his career's second Oscar in the category; part in "If Beale Street Could Talk" gets Regina King her first

February 25, 2019

Academy Awards: A little history and some Oscars trivia

The 1st Academy Awards ceremony was held on May 16, 1929, and it honoured the best films of 1927 and 1928 .

February 24, 2019

All set for Oscars 2019: When and where to watch 91st Academy Awards in India

91st Academy Awards: When does the show begin? Where can you watch it? Read on to know everything

February 24, 2019

Indian short film Period. End of Sentence earns Oscar nomination

A film set in rural India, Period. End of Sentence, which is based on the taboos around menstruation has earned an Oscar nomination this year.

January 23, 2019

Oscars 2019 Nominees: Check out full list; when and where to watch

The 91st annual academy awards are here. Nominations have been announced as Oscars 2019 are all set to honour films released over the previous year.

January 23, 2019

Academy adds new Oscar category for popular films

From next year, there will be an award for Outstanding Achievement in Popular Film. This is first time a new Oscar category has been introduced since Best Animated Film in 2001.

August 9, 2018

And the Oscar goes to…

The Academy Awards, the most coveted accolade worldwide, has been brought to the country by five Indians, not to mention Satyajit Ray, who put Bengali cinema squarely on the world map.

July 7, 2018

Academy awards: Ali Fazal’s film loses out on Oscars

Indian actor Ali Fazal-starrer “Victoria & Abdul”, with Judi Dench in the key role, lost out on a chance to win an Oscar at the 90th Academy Awards here on Sunday. The movie was nominated in two categories – Best Costume Design for Consolata Boyle and Make-up and Hairstyling for Daniel Phillips and Lou Sheppard....

March 5, 2018

Academy awards: Nanjiani’s ‘The Big Sick’ loses Oscar to ‘Get Out’

Pakistan-origin actor-comedian Kumail Nanjiani and his wife Emily V. Gordon missed out on winning an Oscar for their original screenplay for the film “The Big Sick”, featuring Indian actor Anupam Kher, here. It was the first nomination for the couple. The award went to Jordan Peele for “Get Out”, beating other nominees “Lady Bird”, “The...

March 5, 2018

Oscars 2018:  Where you can watch it live, nominations, other details

The 90th Academy Awards is about to go live on 4 March 2018.  The Oscars will be aired in India on Monday 5:30 am. The biggest award show of the year will be hosted at Dolby Theater, Hollywood and Highland Centre in Los Angeles, USA. The USA viewers will be able to watch the telecast of the ceremony on ABC at 8...

March 3, 2018

Weinstein statue ‘Casting Couch’ launched pre-Oscars

Just days before the 90th Academy Awards, a Harvey Weinstein statue ‘Casting Couch’ has appeared on Hollywood Boulevard here, drawing a lot of attention. The golden statue depicts Weinstein sitting on a coach wearing a slightly opened bathrobe with an Oscar in his right hand. The figure is close to the Dolby Theatre, where the...

March 3, 2018