Oscars
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Meryl Streep sets record with 19th Oscar nomination
Hollywood | Jan 16, 2015, 01:09 PM ISTLos Angeles: Veteran Hollywood actress Meryl Streep got her 19th Academy Award nomination for "Into The Woods" Thursday, making her the most nominated artiste in Oscar history.The Oscar nominations were announced Thursday, and the 65-year-old
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Oscars 2015: Anne Hathaway advises Harris how to host the event
Hollywood | Jan 08, 2015, 01:04 PM ISTLos Angeles: Actress Anne Hathaway, who hosted the 83rd Annual Academy Awards, has faith that Neil Patrick Harris will do a wonderful job this year. She even has some tips for him."He'll be great. He's
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National Award winning 'Jal' in running for two Oscars
Bollywood | Dec 14, 2014, 05:21 PM ISTNew Delhi: Girish Malik's National Award winning film “Jal” has found a place in the Oscar contenders of 2014 in two categories -- Best Picture and Best Original Score.The film, which has the backdrop of
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A.R. Rahman gets three nominations at 87th Academy Awards
Hollywood | Dec 14, 2014, 05:26 PM ISTLos Angeles: Double Oscar winning Indian composer A.R. Rahman is once again in the race for an Academy Award. Among the 114 scores in contention for a nomination in the Original Score category for the
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Oscars 2014: And the winners are... (see pics)
Hollywood | Mar 03, 2014, 10:29 AM ISTBest Picture: 12 Years a SlaveBest Actor in a Leading Role: Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)Best Actress in a Leading Role: Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Lupita Nyong'o Best Supporting Actor:
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86th Oscars nominations are out!
Hollywood | Jan 16, 2014, 08:38 PM IST12 Years a Slave, Gravity, Cate Blanchett and Jennifer Lawrence are all expected to do well at the Oscars 2014.Here is a complete list of 86th Annual Academy Award nominations announced on Thursday: 1. Best
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'Bhaag Milkha..' deserved berth for Oscars: Divya Dutta
Bollywood | Sep 30, 2013, 04:29 PM ISTMumbai: Actress Divya Dutta, who impressed many with her powerful performance as Milkha Singh's sister in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's biopic "Bhaag Milkha Bhaag", feels the film deserved to be shortlisted as India's official entry for
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Happy 'The Good Road' selected for Oscars: Ramesh Sippy
Bollywood | Sep 25, 2013, 06:33 PM ISTNew Delhi: Filmmaker Ramesh Sippy supports the selection of Gyan Correa's Gujarati film "The Good Road" as India's official entry for the Oscars and expects support from the film fraternity.The movie left behind other contenders
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Naseeruddin Shah's Pakistani film nominated film for Oscars
Bollywood | Sep 14, 2013, 04:38 PM ISTIslamabad: "Zinda Bhaag", a film starring Naseeruddin Shah and co-directed by India's Meenu Gaur, was today named Pakistan's first entry to the Oscars after a five-decade absence from the prestigious film awards. A panel of experts,
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Cooper wants to take mother for Oscars again
Hollywood | Sep 09, 2013, 05:30 PM ISTLos Angeles: Actor Bradley Cooper wants to take his mother Gloria to the Academy Awards this year again.The 38-year-old took Gloria for the Oscars last year and will ask her again this year, reports femalefirst.co.uk."Of
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'Midhunam', 'Sri Jagadguru...' recommended for Oscars?
Bollywood | Sep 02, 2013, 04:41 PM ISTChennai: The Telugu Film Producers' Council is said to have recommended Telugu films "Midhunam" and "Sri Jagadguru Adi Shankara" to the Film Federation of India (FFI) as contenders for India's official entry to the Academy
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Oscar Academy to screen Ray's Apu trilogy (see pics)
Bollywood | Aug 16, 2013, 12:46 PM ISTNew Delhi: To celebrate the restoration of 19 Satyajit Ray films, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will screen new prints of the filmmaker's renowned "Apu Trilogy" next month in the US.The two-evening
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Oscars do not respect comedy: Sandra Bullock
Hollywood | Aug 04, 2013, 04:18 PM ISTLos Angeles, Aug 4: Oscar-winning actress Sandra Bullock feels that the Academy Awards do not show respect to comedy movies.The 49-year-old has been part of some comedy-drama's like "Miss Congeniality", "28 Days", "Divine Secrets of
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Stone denies being drunk during Oscars
Hollywood | Jan 20, 2013, 04:24 PM ISTLos Angeles, Jan 20: Actress Emma Stone has denied she was drunk while on stage to present an Academy Award in 2012.The "Help" star took to the stage with Ben Stiller at the 2012 ceremony
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Cooper to take mom to Oscars
Hollywood | Jan 14, 2013, 10:43 AM ISTLos Angeles, Jan 14: Actor Bradley Cooper, who recently split from girlfriend Zoe Saldana, will walk the Oscars red carpet with his mother Gloria.Copper says his mom claimed his plus-one ticket for the Academy Awards
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Will original work from India ever shine at the Oscars?
Bollywood | Jan 11, 2013, 05:40 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jan 11: Oscar nominations for "Lincoln" and "Life Of Pi" have raised hopes of India again triumphing at the Academy Awards gala. Film historian S.M.M. Ausaja says their wins would be good for
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James Bond to be honoured at Oscars
Hollywood | Jan 07, 2013, 01:06 PM ISTLos Angeles, Jan 7 : James Bond will be honoured at the Oscars ceremony following the success of "Skyfall", the latest film in the franchise.The 85th Academy Awards will also pay a tribute to the
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'Barfi!' out of Oscar race
Bollywood | Dec 23, 2012, 08:11 AM ISTLos Angeles, Dec 22: Director Anurag Basu's "Barfi!" has failed to qualify for the best foreign language film category for the 85th Academy Awards, according to the latest Oscar shortlist.The film, featuring Ranbir Kapoor as
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'Barfi' boy Ranbir turns 30 today
Bollywood | Sep 28, 2012, 11:30 AM ISTNew delhi, Sep 28: Sweetening each spectators' mouth with delicious “Barfee”, Ranbir Kapoor has turned 30 today and is looking in a fine tune to move ahead.Born to a filmy family, Ranbir is the son
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India's Oscar entry Barfi! has at least 10 scenes lifted from Hollywood films
Bollywood | Oct 29, 2012, 03:17 PM ISTMumbai, Sep 28: Videos uploaded on YouTube in recent days have gone viral revealing too many scenes in Anurag Basu's Barfi!, India's official entry for the Oscars, which have been copied frame by frame from