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
Madrid: 'Blancanieves', a silent film shot in black and white, will represent Spain in the non-English best film category at the 85th edition of the Oscars and at Mexico's Ariel awards. The Film Federation of India, authorized to select one film for the consideration of Oscars in the category of the Best Foreign Language Film Award, has sent Anurag Basu's 'Barfi' as India's official entry this year. The selection committee...
01:07 PM, Sep 28, 2012
Sagarika Ghose: Hi there. Yes, the film 'Barfi!' is India's entry for the Oscars for the year 2013. There's been a great deal of adverse comment on this choice made by the jury of the Film Federation of India with many, saying 'Barfi!' was simply not the best in a list that included among others the Telegu film 'Eega', Hindi films 'Paan Singh Tomar', 'Gangs of Wasseypur' and 'Kahani', Marathi...
12:28 PM, Sep 26, 2012
Mumbai: Acclaimed Bengali filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh is not sure if Bollywood film 'Barfi!', India's official entry for the Oscars this year, is the right choice. But he laments how regional cinema, including his own, is ignored for such honours. "I haven't seen 'Barfi!'. So I cannot comment on its suitability or unsuitability for the Oscars. What I'd like to point out is that all Indian Oscar nominations have come from...
01:58 PM, Sep 25, 2012
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12:58 PM, Sep 25, 2012
New Delhi: 'Barfi' has been nominated as India's entry in the category of Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars this year. The Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra starrer is a moving tale about a hearing and speech-impaired boy and a girl with autism. The film, directed by Anurag Basu and starring Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra in the lead roles has a sensible approach towards differently abled people. The...
10:00 PM, Sep 22, 2012
Tollywood hit Eega is among 18 other films that the Film Federation of India will be choosing as India's official entry to the Oscars. ...
03:18 PM, Sep 19, 2012
Los Angeles: There will be more songs vying for Oscars at next year's Academy Awards. The motion picture academy said that there will be a minimum of five nominees in the original song category at next year's ceremony. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says that the five nominated songs receiving the highest number of votes from music branch members will be up for the final award. The...
07:32 PM, Aug 31, 2012
Los Angeles: Veteran film director Woody Allen on Monday announced an all-star cast for his next yet-to-be-titled project, led by Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett, comedian Louis C.K. and actor Alec Baldwin. Allen said the movie will be filmed this summer in New York and San Francisco - the first time the Oscar-winning director will use San Francisco as his backdrop since his directorial debut in 1969 with 'Take The Money And...
02:08 PM, Jun 05, 2012
London: One of the few places where the Harry Potter movies failed to weave their magic was the Oscars, and the blockbuster franchise's failure to win a single Academy Award in eight attempts still rankles with some key players. The series, based on J.K. Rowling's best-selling boy wizard stories, was nominated for 12 Oscars over its 10-year history, in the art direction, visual effects, makeup, cinematography, costume design and music...
03:27 PM, Mar 31, 2012
Mumbai: Pakistani singer-actor Ali Zafar is happy that Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, a woman, picked up the first Oscar for his country. He describes it as a great feat for all his countrymen. "We are very proud of the fact that a woman has got the first Oscar for Pakistan. Sharmeen got the first Oscar and I have personally had the pleasure of meeting her in the past and what a great...
07:58 PM, Mar 05, 2012
London: Oscar-winning silent movie 'The Artist' was originally shot in colour in case film bosses didn't want to show the picture in black and white. The film was the big winner at Sunday night's AcademyAwards, taking five prizes including the coveted Best Picture title as well as Best Actor for its star Jean Dujardin and Best Director for Michel Hazanavicius. The Best Picture win made 'The Artist' only the second...
12:56 PM, Feb 29, 2012
Los Angeles: Angelina Jolie's bare leg led to many post-Oscar jokes, but by Tuesday it had kicked back at critics and become an Internet celebrity in its own right followed by thousands. Jolie, accustomed to having the spotlight on her and perhaps not her appendage, attended the Oscars on Sunday in a black Atelier Versace dress with a daring slit. The often serious actress playfully revealed her right leg onstage...
08:24 AM, Feb 29, 2012
London: 'The Artist' star Jean Dujardin would happily make another silent movie if it helped his chances of Hollywood success. The French actor, who won the Academy Award for Best Actor prize for his movie 'The Artist', said he has some ideas of where he wants his career to go, reported Contactmusic. "I'm not an American actor, I'm French and I continue in France. If I could make another silent...
09:13 AM, Feb 28, 2012
New Delhi: The best moments from the 84th Academy Awards, Hollywood's biggest night of love for a shared movie-going experience, were ones which were sentimental, nostalgic and drew the audience in with a sense of easy familiarity. For most Indians who made the effort to wake up at 6 AM to catch the live telecast, the comparisons with our own awards functions were inevitable, and almost bile-inducing. When the handsome...
09:08 AM, Feb 28, 2012
Mumbai: Bollywood superstar Abhishek Bachchan feels it is futile for Indian media to compare Indian film award functions to a ceremony like Oscars because here most such functions are organised by the media houses themselves. "Interesting to see-read a lot of the media comparing the Oscars to our Indian awards. Most seem to think that we need to improve, raise our standards... Wait a minute... Aren't most of OUR awards...
08:45 AM, Feb 28, 2012
Los Angeles: Speech by Christopher Plummer for Beginners. You're only two years older than me darling, where have you been all my life? I have a confession to make, when I first emerged from my mother's womb, I was already rehearsing my Academy thank you speech. But it was so long ago, mercifully for you, I've forgotten it. But I haven't forgotten who to thank. The Academy, of course, for...
05:57 PM, Feb 27, 2012
New Delhi: 'The Help' was one of the strongest contenders for the top awards at the Oscars this year. Contending for Best Actress as well as Best Supporting Actress - 'The Help' managed to bag the Oscars for the Best Supporting Actress for Octavia Spencer. Here's the backstage interview of Octavia Spencer: A. Do I push him down or oh, sorry. See,this is me not being the singer. Q. To...
04:15 PM, Feb 27, 2012
