Tag: #Oscars
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Obamas’ first film wins best documentary Oscar
Hollywood, United States, Feb 10 (AFP/APP): “American Factory”, a documentary produced by Barack and Michelle Obama for Netflix about a manufacturing plant in the US Midwest reopened by a Chinese billionaire, won the Oscar for best documentary on Sunday. The film charts a Midwestern rust belt community’s journey from optimism at the giant plant’s reopening…
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Laura Dern caps long Hollywood career with Oscar win
Hollywood, United States, Feb 10 (AFP/APP): This has certainly been a very good year for Laura Dern.The 52-year-old has been enjoying a career revival of sorts, with a string of starring roles in critically acclaimed film and TV projects — and now she has claimed her first Oscar. Dern triumphed on Sunday in the best…
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Oscar nominees in main categories
Hollywood, United States, Feb 9 (AFP/APP): Here are the nominees in key categories for the 92nd Academy Awards, to be handed out on Sunday in Hollywood. “Joker” leads the nominations with 11, followed by “The Irishman,” “1917” and “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood,” tied in joint second, with 10 nominations each. Best picture: “Ford…
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Fun facts and trivia about the Oscars
Hollywood, United States, Feb 9 (AFP/APP): Can the black comedy “Parasite” win South Korea its first Oscar ever? Will Laura Dern become the first in her acting family to nab an Oscar statuette? Here’s a look at some interesting facts and trivia ahead of the 92nd Academy Awards being held Sunday in Hollywood: – ‘Parasite’…
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Oscars night is nearly here, and ‘1917’ leads the charge
Hollywood, United States, Feb 7 (AFP/APP): Hollywood’s award season reaches its extravagant finale at the Oscars on Sunday, with war epic “1917” tipped to dispatch a brigade of winners to the stage at the movie industry’s biggest night. Impeccably dressed A-listers and upstart documentary filmmakers will brush shoulders on the red carpet at Los Angeles’…
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#OscarsSoWhite: the Hollywood ‘hashtag’ activists demanding diversity
Los Angeles, Feb 2 (AFP/APP): April Reign remembers precisely where she was in January 2015 when she launched the #OscarsSoWhite movement with a simple, offhand tweet. “I’d love to have a sexy story that I was sitting in a board room ideating and strategizing,” she told AFP in an interview. “But no — I was…
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Oscars party menu goes (almost) vegan
Los Angeles, Feb 1 (AFP/APP): Organizers have touted plans to go mostly vegan at this year’s Oscars party but celebrities need not fear — there will still be plenty of caviar, smoked salmon and wagyu, the event’s main chef assured Friday. “We work with everything because a lot of people like vegan but still, the…
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Fellini’s birthplace Rimini marks centenary of maestro’s birth
Rimini, Italy, Jan 21 (AFP/APP): Italian resort Rimini on Monday marked 100 years since the birth of director Federico Fellini, whose visual dreamscapes revolutionised cinema in a career spanning almost half a century. Dozens of events are being held around the world and in Italy this year to remember Fellini, considered one of the most…
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‘Parasite’ invades Oscars race with stunning SAG award win
Los Angeles, Jan 20 (AFP/APP): “Parasite” shocked the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday by landing the night’s top prize, a historic win which thrusts the South Korean black comedy into Oscars contention. The critical smash hit film overcame the language barrier to win outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture, the SAG…
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Oscar nominations in Hollywood
Los Angeles, Jan 13 (AFP/APP):The following are the nominees for the best actor Oscar, which will be handed out on February 9 in Hollywood: Antonio Banderas, “Pain and Glory” Leonardo DiCaprio, “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood” Adam Driver, “Marriage Story” Joaquin Phoenix, “Joker” Jonathan Pryce, “The Two Popes” The following are the nominees for…