New Delhi: Academy Awards voters have spoken up for 'The Artist,' the first silent film to triumph at Hollywood's highest honors since the original Oscar ceremony 83 years ago. Mark Bridges won the Academy Award for costume designing in 'The Artist'. He said after receiving the Oscars," Wow, this is thrilling. I want to thank Michel Hazanavicius for making a beautiful film and having me along for the ride, Thomas...
11:57 AM, Feb 27, 2012
New Delhi: Martin Scorsese's 'Hugo' is the astonishing adventure of a wily and resourceful boy whose quest to unlock a secret left to him by his father will transform Hugo and all those around him, and reveal a safe and loving place he can call home. Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo received Oscars for art direction in 'Hugo.' Ferretti said while receiving the award," Thank you to the Academy...
11:45 AM, Feb 27, 2012
Los Angeles: Silent romance 'The Artist' won five Oscars on Monday including best film, and Martin Scorsese's 'Hugo' also took five of the world's top movie honours on a night where stories about movies felt the love of Hollywood. 'The Artist,' a black-and-white tale of a fading star who finds redemption through romance in the era when silent movies were overtaken by talkies, added to its best film victory with...
11:11 AM, Feb 27, 2012
Los Angeles: Meryl Streep joined a very exclusive club on Sunday, winning her third acting Oscar for her role as a strident Margaret Thatcher in 'The Iron Lady.' Streep played the British prime minister as a senile retiree, as well as a hectoring, dominant figure who instilled fear and respect in her own cabinet. At the film's pinnacle, Streep as Thatcher is the backbone of a nation that goes to...
10:22 AM, Feb 27, 2012
Los Angeles: The Oscar telecast takes hours, but it's the moments we remember. Just a few of them, of course - ones that are so emotional, funny, or bizarre that they'll stand out in our collective memories, candidates for future Oscar montages, of course, but also for office watercooler talk. Here's a running look at some of the Oscar moments we may be talking about in the morning: AND HE'S...
09:33 AM, Feb 27, 2012
Los Angeles: Making his much-anticipated comeback as Oscar host after an eight-year absence, comedian Billy Crystal poked fun on Sunday night at his own reluctance to return as he paid light-hearted tribute to leading nominees for the 84th annual Academy Awards. In his ninth appearance as Oscar master of ceremonies, Crystal, 63, opened the show with one of his signature film montages, inserting himself into footage from the biggest and...
09:27 AM, Feb 27, 2012
Tehran: Followers of Iranian state TV say the Academy Award-winning film 'A Separation' shows the world-class talent and sophistication in the Islamic Republic even as it confronts the West over its nuclear program. Comments and Twitter messages posted on Press TV's website moments after director Asghar Farhadi's tale of domestic turmoil won the foreign language film Oscar express hope that it could help show the common ground between the U.S....
09:20 AM, Feb 27, 2012
Los Angeles: Christopher Plummer became the oldest acting winner ever at the Academy Awards for his supporting performance in 'Beginners,' while veteran bit player Octavia Spencer earned the supporting-actress prize Sunday for her breakout role in 'The Help.' The 82-year-old Plummer won for his role as an elderly widower who comes out as gay in 'Beginners.' "You're only two years older than me, darling," Plummer said, addressing his Oscar statue...
08:55 AM, Feb 27, 2012
Los Angeles: 'Rango' won the Oscar for best animated feature film on Sunday. Johnny Depp provides the voice for Rango, a pet chameleon who ends up stuck in a desert town called Dirt, where he takes on the role of sheriff and leads a quest to replenish the town's water supply. The film is directed by Gore Verbinski. 'Rango' has won a slew of other awards, including a BAFTA and...
08:47 AM, Feb 27, 2012
Director Martin Scorsese's 'Hugo,' which tells the story of a boy lost in a train station and also serves as an ode to the early days of filmmaking, came into the night with 11 nominations. ...
08:40 AM, Feb 27, 2012
Los Angeles: There were many new fashion faces on the red carpet at the 84th annual Academy Awards on Sunday night, but they brought with them a lot of old Hollywood glamour. Rooney Mara in white Givenchy, Emma Stone in red Giambattista Valli and Jessica Chastain in Alexander McQueen were among those making bolder-than-normal choices at the Hollywood & Highland Center in Los Angeles. "I picked it because I loved...
08:28 AM, Feb 27, 2012
Los Angeles: Partial list of the 84th Annual Academy Award winners announced Monday: 1. Best Picture: 'The Artist.' 2. Actor: Jean Dujardin, 'The Artist.' 3. Actress: Meryl Streep, 'The Iron Lady.' 4. Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer, 'Beginners.' 5. Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer, 'The Help.' 6. Directing: Michel Hazanavicius, 'The Artist.' 7. Foreign Language Film: 'A Separation,' Iran. 8. Adapted Screenplay: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, 'The Descendants.' 9....
08:19 AM, Feb 27, 2012
Los Angeles: Octavia Spencer won the supporting-actress Academy Award on Sunday for 'The Help,' completing an awards-season blitz that took her from Hollywood bit player to star. Spencer's Oscar triumph came for her role as a headstrong black maid whose willful ways continually land her in trouble with white employers in 1960s Mississippi. Spencer wept throughout her breathless speech, in which she apologized, between laughing and crying, for running a...
08:07 AM, Feb 27, 2012
Los Angeles: 'A Separation' won the Oscar for best foreign language film on Sunday, becoming the first Iranian movie to clinch the honor. Directed by Asghar Farhadi, the film focuses on a couple going through a divorce and touches on traditions, justice and male-female relationships in modern Iran. 'A Separation' was regarded as the front-runner for the foreign language Oscar after sweeping the awards circuit in Europe and the United...
07:41 AM, Feb 27, 2012
Los Angeles: Academy Awards voters have spoken up for 'The Artist,' the first silent film to triumph at Hollywood's highest honors since the original Oscar ceremony 83 years ago. The black-and-white comic melodrama took four prizes on Monday, including best picture, actor for Jean Dujardin and director for Michel Hazanavicius. Not since the World War I saga "Wings" was named outstanding picture at the first Oscars in 1929 had a...
07:36 AM, Feb 27, 2012
Los Angeles: Outfitted extravagantly in character, Sacha Baron Cohen ran amuck on the Oscars' red carpet Sunday night and all over E! host Ryan Seacrest's tuxedo. After initially being dis-invited by the academy, Baron Cohen was allowed to attend the ceremony acting as the kind of Moammar Gadhafi parody he plays in his upcoming film, 'The Dictator.' As expected, he brought his unique brand of publicity stunt and method comedy....
07:28 AM, Feb 27, 2012
Los Angeles: The 84th Oscar ceremony, hosted for the ninth time by Billy Crystal, will be televised on Sunday from Hollywood, just steps from the historic Grauman's Chinese Theatre. The awards are given out by the Beverly Hills-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Here is a look at the Oscars: EARLY DAYS: When the first Academy Awards were handed out on May 16, 1929, movies had just begun...
06:27 AM, Feb 27, 2012
Los Angeles: Hollywood's biggest fashion parade, the red carpet outside the Oscars, began heating up on Monday morning ahead of the world's top film awards where silent movie "The Artist" is widely seen as the choice for best movie. Early arrivals included 'Artist' actress Berenice Bejo, who is nominated in a supporting role, in a mint green dress, "The Help" star Jessica Chastain in a stunning black gown embroidered in...
06:25 AM, Feb 27, 2012
