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Friday, March 29, 2024
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Topic: Oscars

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.

The Freddie Mercury story that goes untold in Bohemian Rhapsody

The film glosses over the bigotry Freddie Mercury faced as a queer man with HIV.

When others tell our stories: Why Oscar win for ‘Period’ is yet another Slumdog moment

Like Period, both Bohemian Rhapsody and Slumdog Millionaire were films waiting for Indians to make them.

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Green Book wins Oscar for best picture in setback for Netflix, Roma

The win dashed Netflix Inc.’s hopes that its Alfonso Cuaron-directed Roma would garner the streaming giant’s first top Oscar.

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India is going to have its least free & fair election in 2024. See these 5 indicators

So far what we have seen of the 2024 elections is enough to indicate that the continuous slide of democratic standards is headed toward breaching the minimum threshold of an electoral democracy.

Congress attacks chief economic advisor over statement on unemployment, asks BJP govt to ‘vacate seat’

While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.