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Wednesday, August 13, 2025
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Topic: Hollywood

New Oscar awards rules for more diverse casts, film crews draw criticism and praise

The rules are likely to force studios to think about diversity in every component of their business, including expanding access to women, the disabled and LGBTQ+ individuals.

Netflix and Amazon take their battle to blockbuster Hollywood movies

It’s a sign of how streaming is changing the way Hollywood operates, with online services snapping up more of the top-quality product — rather than settling for reruns and B-movies.

Black Panther actor Chadwick Boseman dies of cancer at 43

Boseman, who was diagnosed with colon cancer four years ago, played Black icons Jackie Robinson and James Brown on screen before finding fame as the superhero, Black Panther.

Why Russell Crowe’s ‘Unhinged’, which made a $4 million debut, is being considered a hit

The road-rage thriller serves as a test case, revealing both the current appetite for new movies and Americans’ wider fears about entering public places.

Hollywood studios can now buy theatre chains, but why bother when Covid has everything shut

A studio might have acquired a cinema chain so it could have more control over where its movies are shown. But in Covid era, direct-to-consumer platforms are the new hot property.

Olivia de Havilland, Oscar-winner and Gone With the Wind actress, dies at 104

Considered the last of the top actors from the studio era, the actor's career spanned 60 years. The De Havilland law is named after her for successfully suing Warner Bros. in 1943.

How Netflix has transformed from being an upstart to a Hollywood studio

The streaming giants — Ted Sarandos & Reed Hastings have helped Netflix produce hundreds of programs that span reality shows, sitcom, blockbusters — all in multiple languages.

HBO pulls ‘racist’ Gone with the Wind. Many Bollywood films haven’t aged well either

HBO removes Gone With The Wind amid Black Lives Matter protests, but Bollywood should also reflect on its own history of sexist, racist and homophobic films.

Get ready for Hollywood movie scenes where nobody’s touching

To resume halted productions, Hollywood heavyweights recommend minimal touching in scenes and computer-generated images to replace real-life interactions.

‘Coming soon’ to theatres, Christopher Nolan’s new film Tenet has thriller plot twist

Starring John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Dimple Kapadia, Michael Caine and others, the movie is said to be an espionage, 'time inversion' flick.

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.