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Thursday, August 28, 2025
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Topic: Oscars

Oscar event has become a political stage. But White, male-led Hollywood isn’t catching up

Don’t read too much in Natalie Portman’s cape with names of snubbed female directors or in four awards to Korean drama Parasite. Oscars is yet to come of age.

‘Parasite’ overtakes Twitter, Congress has desi Oscars, Priyanka Gandhi & ‘Daddy’s girl’

The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

This is why Parasite earning Best Picture at the Oscars is a big deal

Bong Joon-ho’s South Korean film Parasite made history by becoming the first film not in English language to win an Academy Award for the Best Picture.

Netflix is the big loser at Oscars 2020 after getting most nominations for any studio

Netflix won only two Oscars — for the documentary American Factory and for Marriage Story, which scored an award for supporting actress Laura Dern.

Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite becomes first non-English film to win best picture Oscar

The South Korean film, a dark comedy and commentary on class politics, also took home the Oscars for best international feature and best director.

Oscar surprise: Samsung debuts a more compact foldable phone

Smaller & more compact than Samsung’s original foldable the new squarer device harkens back to the familiar form of flip phones, albeit at a larger size.

Kodak is having a comeback moment as Oscars embrace film

Four of the 9 films nominated for best picture at this year’s Academy Awards were shot on Kodak film. The firm’s sales to Hollywood have risen for 5 years now.

‘Insulting to Sikh soldiers’ — actor Laurence Fox called out for remarks on war film 1917

Laurence Fox said on a podcast that Sam Mendes' WW-I movie 1917 'forcing diversity' on viewers by featuring Sikh soldier, which he called 'institutionally racist'.

Oscar nominations sees Netflix lead with 24 nominations, women missing from top categories

With 'The Irishman' and 'Marriage Story', Netflix has its best chance yet to prove it has ascended into rarefied Hollywood air that it has at times struggled to reach.

Gully Boy selected as India’s official entry for Oscars in ‘unanimous’ decision

The Ranveer Singh-Alia Bhatt starrer opened to critical and commercial success in February. It was among 27 contenders for India's Oscar entry.

On Camera

How economic planning stifled India’s growth and talent

The Indian planning system did not encourage individuals based on ‘what they knew’, but on ‘whom they knew’. Many left for countries that recognised their talent.

All bets off as online gaming bill shakes industry & key players suspend ‘gambling’ on their platforms

The new law, which the government has framed as a moral duty, forced major platforms like Dream11 & Zupee to shut operations, wiping out hundreds of crores in market capitalisation. 

Post-Sindoor, joint doctrine tasks Special Forces with fighting info warfare & countering propaganda

Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations, released Wednesday, also outlines plans for the future expansion of AFSOD and the creation of Joint Service Training Institutes.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.