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• Handcuffs on the red carpet! – nocomment

  Ukrainian TV reporter Vitalii Sediuk is arrested as he attempts to gatecrash the Oscars red carpet in a swan dress, two weeks after he successfully crashed…

• “Argo” Best Picture causes ruffles in Iran

  Central Tehran seems a world away from the pomp and ceremony of the red carpet in Los Angeles. But this year, there is a common thread. The hostage rescue…

• On the red carpet

  ABC correspondent Brandi Hitt, who was on the red carpet in Los Angeles for the Oscars, spoke to Euronews about the event. This year, one award was never in…

• Argo wins Best Picture Oscar and Day-Lewis makes Academy Award history

  The US first lady Michelle Obama made a surprise and unprecedented appearance when she presented the Best Picture award to Ben Affleck for his thriller…

• ‘Twilight’ savaged by ‘Razzie’ awards ahead of Oscars

  Popular vampire saga “Twilight” swept the board at the Golden Raspberries, which “award” bad movies and performances, on February 23. The final “Twilight”…

• Preparing for the Oscars

  A stuffed bear sits buckled into a forklift in the red carpet arrivals area during preparations for the 85th Academy Awards in Hollywood. REUTERS/Danny…

• Strong Foreign Language field at this year’s Oscars

  The Best Foreign Language Oscar can propel the winner into the big international league, and is highly desired. Michael Hanecke’s “Amour” is another…

• Oscar best film and best director nominees

  On Sunday the “crème de la crème” of the film industry gets together to celebrate the 85th Academy Awards. The Oscars will be handed out in the new Dolby…

• Hopes that Ralph will meet Oscar

  The creators of “Wreck it Ralph” have their fingers crossed that their video-game bad-guy turned good will also turn up trumps at the Oscars this…

• Maggie attempts to be first Simpson to win an Oscar

  Will Maggie be the first member of the Simpson family to get an Oscar? “Maggie Simpson in ‘The Longest Daycare’“ , a short cartoon featuring the youngest of…

• Silver Linings Playbook, a reflection on mental health

  David O. Russell’s Silver Linings Playbook, based on Matthew Quick’s novel of the same name, tells the tale of Pat Solatano (Bradley Cooper), a man who has…

• Flight takes off

  New drama Flight, directed by Robert Zemeckis, has been premiered in London. The star, Denzel Washington, was on the red carpet saying that he enjoyed using a…

• ‘Lincoln’ favourite in strong Oscars field

  Blockbusters, independent movies and European arthouse cinema make this year’s Oscar shortlist quite eclectic. Steven Spielberg’s critically acclaimed…

• Tarantino unchains Django

  Quentin Tarantino’s latest film Django Unchained is a Western-style tale of revenge starring Jamie Foxx as a slave-turned-bounty hunter, Oscar winner…

• Les Miserables brings its Lovely Ladies and co. to the big screen

  A big screen adaptation of the musical version of Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables has just premiered in New York and London. Set in 19th century France, the…

• Chasing Osama bin Laden in Zero Dark Thirty

  Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow, of The Hurt Locker, has chronicled the 10-year manhunt for Osama bin Laden in her new film Zero Dark Thirty. Jessica…

• Lincoln by Steven Spielberg

  “Lincoln” is a biographical war drama directed and produced by Steven Spielberg. Daniel Day-Lewis stars as iconic US President Abraham Lincoln and Sally Field…

• Ang Lee directs “Life Of Pi”

  Director Ang Lee’s latest project was possibly his most ambitious yet; translating Yann Martel’s best-selling novel The Life of Pi onto the silver…

• “Argo” sees Affleck lost at sea

  Ben Affleck’s latest movie “Argo” is based on the true story of a bold rescue during the Iran hostage crisis in 1979. The CIA and the Canadian government…

• Haneke’s Amour premieres in Germany

  Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke’s Palme d’Or award-winning movie Amour has premiered in Berlin and will go on general release across Europe this…

• Zeitlin’s Beasts wins Camera d’Or

  Director Benh Zeitlin has won the Camera d’Or – Golden Camera prize – at the Cannes Film Festival. His film Beasts Of The Southern Wild is set and filmed…

• Hollywood’s elite mingle at the party of all parties

  Hollywood’s leading lights headed into the night to celebrate or commiserate at a host of glitzy parties after walking the red carpet at the Academy…

• Daniel Day-Lewis enters Oscars record books as Argo wins Best Film

  The 85th Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, have been held in Hollywood. It had been billed as one of the most unpredictable ceremonies for…

• The 85th annual Oscars ceremony is held in LA

  The 85th Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, have been held in Hollywood. It had been billed as one of the most unpredictable ceremonies for…

• Oscars joy for Day-Lewis, Jennifer Lawrence, Argo and ‘Amour’

  Argo has won the 2013 Academy Award for Best Film, while Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln) and Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook) won the prizes of Best…

• Oscars go to Day-Lewis, Jennifer Lawrence, Amour and Tarantino

  Daniel Day-Lewis has won his third Best Actor Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards prize-giving ceremony in Los Angeles. He is the first actor to win the award…

• US customs blocks Palestinian Oscar nominee

  In a sign of the times even Oscar-nominees find it difficult to make it through US customs these days. Documentary filmmaker Emad Burnat and his…