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Oscar-nominated Palestinian filmmaker insists his movie is n...

With an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary for their film, “5 Broken Cameras,” filmmakers Emad Burnat, a Palestinian, and Guy Davidi, an Israeli, have been making the rounds for the last few weeks and months, drummi [...]

Posted On : Jan, 30 2013 | Comments : 0

There's an Indian connection in 4 films with 36 Oscar nomina...

India is making its presence felt at the Oscars with four of the films with the highest number of nominations having a connection to the country, and Chennai-based classical Carnatic music vocalist Jayashri Ramnath being nominated for wri [...]

Posted On : Jan, 14 2013 | Comments : 0

Oscar awards & Cannes film festival celebrity red carpet des...

Shekhar Rahate honored & awarded VERSACE FASHION AWARD for GLOBAL EXCELLENCE in FASHION , in presence of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Sunday September 9th, 2012 at Beverly Hilton Hotel organized by US ASIA BUSINESS FORUM. [...]

Posted On : Oct, 11 2012 | Comments : 0

Oscars 2012: Film Editing, Sound Editing and Sound Mixing wi...

The return from the ad breaks at the Oscars 2012 and Billy Crystal gives the audience another taste of his great since of humour, before going into another link. The link was a black and white tribute to The Wizard of Oz, with a number of [...]

Posted On : Feb, 27 2012 | Comments : 0

Oscar race: Best Actress race spices up ho-hum year for film...

2011 wasn't a great year for movies. In fact, we don't think that any of this year's nine nominees for Best Picture will be remembered as a classic film 50 or even 25 years from now. That said, there were some admirable perfor [...]

Posted On : Feb, 16 2012 | Comments : 0

Oscar organizers honour film science, technology

Los Angeles: Hosting Oscar organizers' Scientific and Technical Awards on Saturday night, actress Milla Jovovich, a veteran of effects-driven movies like the 'Resident Evil' franchise, confessed she knew little about what actu [...]

Posted On : Feb, 14 2012 | Comments : 0

Movie review: Oscar-nominated short films

The races for the live-action and animated short film Oscar tend to operate blessedly outside the Academy Awards hype machine; assembled here into two separate programs, this year's nominees — a stronger batch than last year' [...]

Posted On : Feb, 10 2012 | Comments : 0

Oscars 2012: Watch all 10 short film nominees on the big scr...

Canadians finally get to come up short in their Oscar pools. We get to see, for the first time in recent memory, all 10 nominees for Best Animated Short Film and Best Live-Action Short Film prior to the Academy Awards on Feb. 26. The [...]

Posted On : Feb, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

Developers of film recorder to receive Oscar

The first Oscar recipients of the new year were announced Thursday by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The developers of the Arrilaser film recorder, produced by Germany's venerable Arri camera company, will receive an [...]

Posted On : Jan, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

265 Feature Films in Contention for 2011 Best Picture Oscar

Two hundred sixty-five feature films are eligible for the 2011 Academy Awards®, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today. To be eligible for 84th Academy Awards® consideration, feature films must open in a c [...]

Posted On : Jan, 03 2012 | Comments : 0

Oscar nod a tall order for short films

When Los Angeles filmmaker Brent Roske arrived for an awards-promotion screening of George Clooney's new movie "The Descendants" on the 20th Century Fox lot in October, his chief concern was where to park. He found a pr [...]

Posted On : Dec, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Oscar Awards Race: Brad Pitt, Aaron Sorkin And Moneyball Hon...

Moneyball, the story of how Billy Beane and the Oakland Athletics revolutionized the way baseball was looked at by those in the front offices all across the league, was a fan-favorite at the box offices. As for the movie critics across th [...]

Posted On : Dec, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Samoan language film in line for Oscar nomination

A New Zealand film has been submitted as a contender for best foreign language film at the Academy Awards for the very first time. The Orator (O le Tulafale) is written and directed by Wellington man Tusi Tamasese, and will be put fo [...]

Posted On : Oct, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

Oscar Winner Helen Mirren Takes Bette Midler's Place In HBO ...

Helen Mirren, Oscar winner for her role in The Queen, will step into Bette Midler’s role opposite Al Pacino in the HBO film Phil Spector. The Hollywood Reporter reports that Bette Midler had to step down from the role after a hernia [...]