Jessica Chastain came into limelight with her fabulous performance in 'The Tree of Life' and 'The Help'. ...
08:44 PM, Jan 10, 2013
The Civil War saga 'Lincoln' leads the Academy Awards with 12 nominations, including best picture, director for Steven Spielberg and acting honors for Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones. ...
07:21 PM, Jan 10, 2013
Crusaders for good, old-fashioned Western democracy look to be the key figures vying for this year's Academy Awards. ...
06:01 PM, Jan 10, 2013
Academy Award nominations and winners are some of the most closely guarded secrets in Hollywood. ...
04:38 PM, Jan 05, 2013
Last year's 'Skyfall' has become the first Bond film to gross more than USD 1 billion worldwide. ...
04:21 PM, Jan 05, 2013
Anurag Basu's 'Barfi', chronicling the tender romance of a hearing and speech impaired boy, is out of the Oscars race as the Academy announced the list of nine films will advance to the next round of voting in the Foreign Language Film category for the 85th Academy Awards. ...
12:51 PM, Dec 22, 2012
Los Angeles: James Bond, Snow White and a whole lot of hobbits and superheroes are in the running for the visual-effects prize at the Academy Awards. The superhero blockbusters 'The Avengers', 'The Dark Knight Rises' and 'The Amazing Spider-Man' are among 10 films that made the cut for visual-effects nominations for the Oscars on February 24. The other seven contenders announced Thursday include the Bond adventure 'Skyfall,' 'Snow White and...
12:54 PM, Nov 30, 2012
Los Angeles: 'Brave,' 'Wreck-It Ralph' and 'Rise of the Guardians' are among the animated features angling for an Oscar nomination. The motion picture academy said Friday that 21 films have been submitted for consideration in the Academy Awards' animated feature category. 'Dr. Seuss' The Lorax,' 'Frankenweenie,' 'Ice Age Continental Drift' and 'ParaNorman' are among the high-profile movies vying for one of five nominations. Other contenders include France's 'The Rabbi's Cat'...
11:02 AM, Nov 05, 2012
The Indian Television Academy (ITA) awards held on Sunday evening in Mumbai saw the best in the television industry awarded for their excellence. While the night was big, it became even better with IBN18 Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai collecting the trophies for Best News Channel and Best News and Current Affairs Anchor. Meanwhile, IBN7 swept two awards for their successful shows Zindagi Live and Super Idol. ...
08:26 AM, Nov 05, 2012
Mumbai: It was a starry night in Mumbai for the Network18 group. IBN Editor-in-chief Rajdeep Sardesai was adjudged the Best News and Current Affairs Anchor. This is the 7th successive year Rajdeep has been awarded for CNN-IBN at ITA awards. CNN-IBN won the best English news channel award. ‘Zindagi Live’ and ‘Super Idols, 2 flagship shows of IBN7, a sister channel of CNN-IBN, were awarded for their stellar content. ...
09:35 PM, Nov 04, 2012
Los Angeles: 'Barfi', directed by Anurag Basu, is among the 71 films named for the 2012 Foreign Language Oscar category, the Academy announced. The movie, starring Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Ileana D'Cruz, was highly appreciated in India and overseas and made a business of 100 crores. Other foreign-language entries include the French hit 'The Intouchables', from directors Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, 'The Patience Stone' from Afghan filmmaker Atiq...
04:49 PM, Oct 09, 2012
Saif Ali Khan and Parineeti Chopra were roped in as hosts by the Global Indian Music Academy or GIMA which is now into its third year of recognising and awarding the best in the Indian Music industry both film and non-film. ...
11:32 PM, Oct 04, 2012
Los Angeles: Hollywood is in its usual hazy head space when it comes to the Academy Awards race. The dilemma: Handicapping the players when so many of the potential front-runners have yet to show their game face. Films such as Ben Affleck's 'Argo' and Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman's 'The Master' already are proven contenders through rapturous reactions from festival crowds or early theatrical audiences. A handful of summer...
04:26 PM, Oct 01, 2012
New Delhi: Assamese filmmaker Manju Borah, who headed the committee entrusted with selecting India's official entry to the Academy Awards, said she is tired of defending 'Barfi', the jury's choice this year, and angry that her credibility is being questioned. The film is now under scrutiny because of charges of plagiarism but Borah said the 11-member jury was entirely justified in picking 'Barfi'. "I lost my temper that day when...
08:57 AM, Sep 28, 2012
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12:58 PM, Sep 25, 2012
Director Anurag Basu's 'Barfi', starring Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra, has been nominated as India's official entry to the 2012 Oscar Academy Awards. ...
09:04 AM, Sep 23, 2012
Beverly Hills: It's a good thing Batman dresses in black. He could be a popular guy on Hollywood's black-tie circuit come Academy Awards season. 'The Dark Knight Rises' probably has the best chance ever for a superhero film to rise into the best-picture mix at February's Oscars. The film is the last in a celebrated trilogy that elevated comic-book movies to operatic proportion, and Hollywood likes sending finales out with...
06:08 PM, Jul 12, 2012
New Delhi: "Host host na raha," said genuinely sad Boman Irani during the 13th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards. Boman along with Riteish Deshmukh hosted the award function for five years. This time, Shahid Kapoor and Farhan Akhtar were seen hosting the award ceremony held in Singapore. Shahid Kapoor has hosted a few award functions earlier as well. He looked pretty clueless and less prepared while hosting the Screen...
01:11 PM, Jul 09, 2012
Los Angeles: Hollywood hairstylists are now officially eligible for the industry's most coveted hardware: the Oscar. The film academy said Thursday that the Academy Award for makeup will now be known as the makeup and hairstyling award. Other new rules for the 85th annual Academy Awards clarify technical requirements for awards in the foreign language and visual effects categories. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Board of Governors...
05:08 PM, Jun 29, 2012
