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Sunday, November 3, 2024
TopicOscars 2023

Topic: Oscars 2023

India’s ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ wins Oscar for Best Documentary Short Film

Los Angeles: It is a historic day for India! Indian documentary film 'The Elephant Whisperers' won the Oscar in the 'Best Documentary Short Film' category....

Germany’s ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ wins Oscar for best international film

A World War One epic with nine Oscar nominations, directed by Edward Berger, depicts horrors of trench warfare through the eyes of a young man initially keen to join the fight.

Shaunak Sen’s ‘All That Breathes’ loses out to ‘Navalny’ in Best Documentary Feature category

'All That Breathes' is a Delhi-set documentary which follows two siblings who have devoted their lives to rescuing and treating injured birds, especially black kites.

Oscar-nominated Tár is a Cate Blanchett show from the get-go. She will thrill you, stun you

Much like an orchestra, technical elements come together as Blanchett weaves a proverbial harmony that will be hummed and remembered for a long time.

Delhi brothers’ efforts to save 26,000 birds reach Oscars. But they’re struggling for funds

All That Breathes, a documentary on Nadeem Shehzad and Mohammad Saud's efforts to rescue misunderstood birds of prey, has been nominated for an Oscar this year.

95th Academy Awards prepare for unexpected after Will Smith’s infamous slap of Chris Rock

Oscars have lost viewers in recent years, particularly among youth. The team has planned to pepper the show with moments that they hope would spread on Twitter and TikTok.

Women’s stories stand out in Oscars race, but Hollywood remains far from place of gender parity

Women accounted for 47.2% of leading roles in theatrical and streaming films in 2021, UCLA researchers found. But among directors, just 21.8% were women in 2021.

After Academy nod, ‘RRR’ composer MM Keeravani confident his ‘Naatu Naatu’ song is Oscar-worthy

'Naatu Naatu' received an Oscar nomination for best original song, making history as the first Indian feature film to be nominated for anything other than best international film.

James Cameron, Tom Cruise, Viola Davis, women directors among major 2023 Oscar snubs

The Oscars have been criticised in years past for their lack of diversity among nominees, sparking a move to broaden Academy membership.

RRR’s Naatu Naatu sweeps its way through Oscar nomination in ‘Best Original Song’ category

Earlier, the song saw a great winning streak at the Golden Globes and the Critics Choice Awards.

On Camera

As a Hindu Canadian, I am deeply hurt by cancellation of Diwali. My community is now sidelined

Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Indian firms sanctioned by US didn’t violate laws, says MEA. Hyderabad firm that supplied to Army on list

Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.