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Director Spike Lee calls for boycott of "White Oscar Awards"

American director Spike Lee has vowed to boycott next month’s Academy Awards ceremony because of the mostly white actors among the Oscar nominees

19/01/2016

Cinema

'Spotlight' tops Critics Choice Awards

Tom McCarthy’s journalism drama ‘Spotlight’ topped the 21st Annual Critics’ Choice Awards winning Best Film, Best Ensemble and Best Original

18/01/2016

Culture news

Adele leads Brit Awards nominations

Adele leads the 2016 Brit Awards nominations with four nods including the coveted Album of the Year for her multi-million selling album ‘25’. She is

18/01/2016

World News

When half is a minority: how do women fare in international awards?

“Condescending”, “ridiculous”, “embarrassing”, “lack of judgement”: Just some of the reactions on Twitter after the world’s most prestigious cartoon

18/01/2016

Cinema

'Son of Saul' earns Hungary its first Golden Globe

The Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film has gone to ‘The Son of Saul’, a first feature by Hungarian director László Nemes. It tells the

12/01/2016

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Stallone's golden moment

Sylvester Stallone gratefully receives his reward for best supporting actor for his role as Rocky Balboa in Creed. The actor received his only other

11/01/2016

World News

'Carol,' 'Bridge of Spies' and 'The Revenant' in the box (office) seat for a Bafta

The three films in the box office seat to win a Bafta award are ‘Carol,‘directed by Todd Haynes, ‘Bridge of Spies’ directed by Steven Spielberg and

08/01/2016

Cinema

Expect surprises at this year's Golden Globes

The 73rd Golden Globes will kick off the awards season in Hollywood this Sunday.

05/01/2016

Cinema

Establishment triumphs at the European Film Awards

The great and the good of the European film industry flocked to Berlin for the 28th European Film Awards. As well as a celebration of the continents

14/12/2015

Cinema

European Film Awards: Amy Winehouse documentary nominated

The 28th European Film Awards will be announced on Saturday in Berlin. One of the documentaries nominated is “Amy”, a film about the life and death

09/12/2015

Culture news

Gender bending Japanese makeup ad wins top EPICA prize

Founded in 1987, EPICA is the only creative ad prize awarded by journalists working for marketing and communications magazines around the world

20/11/2015

World

A life's work: WISE Prize winner Sakena Yacoobi on transforming education in Afghanistan

Sakena Yacoobi has touched the lives of more than 12 million people with her tireless efforts to transform education in Afghanistan. Now her work has

13/11/2015

Europe News

Saudi blogger Raif Badawi wins EU's Sakharov rights prize

Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, who has been sentenced to 1,000 lashes and 10 years in jail for insulting Islam and for cyber crime, was awarded the

29/10/2015

Business Series

The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) awards

27/10/2015

World News

Broadbit wins EU/Euronews Innovation Radar award

23/10/2015

United Kingdom

Jamaican writer Marlon James wins Booker Man literary prize

Marlon James has become the first ever Jamaican to win Britain’s highest literary honour the Man Booker fiction prize for “A Brief History of Seven

14/10/2015

Sport

Ronaldo wins record fourth Golden Boot

Goal scoring machine Cristiano Ronaldo has won a record fourth Golden Boot award after leading all scorers in Europe’s domestic leagues last season

13/10/2015

Sweden

Saving the world from hate, nuclear apocalypse, climate change and war

01/10/2015

USA

Google Science Fair: Teenagers will change the world

The most unusual children’s ideas can turn into real research projects, which can bring their creators glory, money and potential future success. On

22/09/2015

USA

Award-winning 'Game of Thrones' makes history at the Emmys

‘Game of Thrones’ was the big winner at the Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday. HBO’s medieval fantasy series scooped the all-important best drama

21/09/2015