Tag: Oscar
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Hollywood producer Jason Blum says ‘RRR’ will win Oscar Best Film
Hollywood producer Jason Blum is sure that Indian filmmaker S.S. Rajamouli's magnum opus 'RRR' will be feted with the Best Film honour at this year's Oscar awards.
January 9, 2023 -
Four women testified against Paul Haggis in sexual assault case
In a 2019 video deposition, the lady described how she felt both physically and emotionally afraid at the time of their encounter as jurors in a lower Manhattan courtroom watched. Before she was able to flee from Haggis, the Oscar-winning writer and director of "Crash," into her apartment building during a TIFF event, she claims he had "relentlessly" pursued her sexually.
October 28, 2022 -
Oscars 2023: FFI picks ‘Chhello Show’ as India’s official entry
India has selected its official entry for the upcoming edition of the Academy Awards and it's neither 'RRR' nor 'The Kashmir Files', but is the Gujarati film 'Chhello Show' (The Last Film Show). The Film Federation of India made the announcement about the selection on Tuesday.
September 21, 2022 -
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 -
Will Smith teases social media return with first non Oscar incident related post
Will Smith returns to social media with a new Instagram post, which is the first since his video apology to Chris Rock since the 2022 Oscars ceremony.
August 20, 2022 -
Ray’s movie characters to help spread thalassemia awareness
STPF will be organising street-corner plays at 14 different important junctions of the city with the message of awareness against the spread of thalassemia.
May 4, 2022 -
‘Jai Bhim’, ‘Marakkar’ fail to make the cut for Oscar nominations
The Oscar ceremony is scheduled to be held on Sunday, March 27, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood and will be televised on the American network ABC and in more than 200 territories worldwide.
February 8, 2022 -
Tom Holland is an incredible candidate for Oscars host, according to Andrew Garfield
"I think Tom is so charismatic and such an incredible performer and actor, and I think he'd be an incredible Oscars host. I think he would be absolutely brilliant"
January 13, 2022 -
First woman to get Best Director Oscar nomination passes away at 93
At the age of 93, the moviemaker Lina Wertmuller passed away on Thursday.
December 10, 2021 -
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 -
Lav Singh is distributing Oscar qualified film Scotland through his company Theatre King
Producers/distributors are aware that till Covid 19 is over, they have to produce films only and only for the OTT platform.
July 26, 2020 -
‘Joker’ is UK’s most complained about film in 2019
The BBFC report states that the DC origin movie received 20 complaints relating to the film's age classification, which is 15, reports digitalspy.com.
July 18, 2020 -
Treasure trove of Ray stills found amidst lockdown
The lifetime Oscar winners director son Sandip Ray told PTI on Saturday, the 99th birthday of the auteur, that it was no less than a goldmine containing hitherto unknown negatives capturing different still frames of his film shoots from the 50s till the early 90s.
May 3, 2020 -
Return of right-wing ideology regressive, stupid: Volker Schlöndorff
The filmmaker, who has been vocal about the adverse effects of right-wing ideology on culture, said, “The right wing people in their ideology are against culture and it is a fact everywhere in the world, be it Adolf Hitler or Donald Trump. This is because they do not like the critical spirit that is inborn in culture. Culture always is questioning about right and wrong ways of living which is disliked by such people.”
November 18, 2019 -
Marvel’s Black Panther sequel has a release date
Starring Chadwick Boseman as the titular superhero, Black Panther was a massive blockbuster worldwide when it premiered in February 2018.
August 26, 2019 -
Godfather actor Carmine Caridi dies in Los Angeles hospital
Actor Carmine Caridi, best known for portraying Carmine Rosato in The Godfather: Part II, has passed away. He was 85.
May 30, 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