World

'Birdman' awarded Best Picture, with Mexican Alejandro Iñárritu Best Director

Groundbreakers, veterans and newcomers flocked together for the 87th Academy Awards on Sunday night, also simply known as ‘the Oscars’. Alejandro

23 February 2015

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Stars dazzle on the red carpet at the 87th Academy Awards

23 February 2015

USA

Oscars: Foreign Film category dominated by dramas

Five formidable films are competing for the Best Foreign Film Oscar at this year’s Academy Awards. Polish-British filmmaker Pawel Pawlikowski

21 February 2015

Cinema

Oscars 2015 - best documentary nominations

The “Salt of the Earth” directed by Juliana Ribeiro Salgado and Wim Wenders, is one of the documentaries nominated at the 87th Annual Academy Awards

20 February 2015

USA

Birdman, Julianne Moore and Eddie Redmayne savour Oscar success

Well what a night at the Oscars in a ceremony dominated by Birdman, a black comedy-drama about a washed up Hollywood star trying to reinvent himself

20 February 2015

Cinema

Oscars 2015: Who will win Best Director?

The directors of 'Birdman', 'Boyhood', 'Foxcatcher', 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' and 'The Imitation Game' are all hoping for Oscar recognition.

19 February 2015

Cinema

One French, two Brits and two Americans up for Oscars Best Actress

The category will be a battle between two newcomers, two previous winners and a woman receiving her fifth nomination.

19 February 2015

Cinema

Oscars Best Male is a fight between four novices and veteran

Michael Keaton, Eddie Redmayne, Steve Carell and Benedict Cumberbatch are nominated for the Best Actor prize.

18 February 2015

Cinema

Top three picks for Oscars 'Best Film'

The Best Picture award at this year’s Oscars appears to be an open race. While there could be a surprise win for ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’, ‘The

18 February 2015

Cinema

Damian Szifron's 'Wild Tales' is a joyful, wild ride

Imagine if Risi or Tarantino got together to make a film about revenge. Well, young Argentinian director Damian Szifron has gone ahead and done it

6 February 2015

USA

'American Sniper' murder trial due to open in Texas

The trial of a man charged with the murder of Chris Kyle writer of the bestselling autobiography ‘American Sniper’, and his friend Chad Littlefield

6 February 2015

Cinema

'Anti-Russian' controversy surrounds Oscar nominated film Leviathan

Russian film Leviathan has been lauded internationally and received two Oscar nominations. But back home, the drama has come in for heavy criticism.

22 January 2015

Cinema

'The Grand Budapest Hotel' and 'Birdman' dominate 2015 Oscar nominations

‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ by Wes Anderson as well as Alejandro González Iñarritu’s ‘Birdman’ both dominated the 2015 Oscar nominations ceremony

16 January 2015

Cinema

Oscars: Birdman & The Grand Budapest Hotel lead nominations with 9 nods each

Show business satire “Birdman” and colorful caper “The Grand Budapest Hotel” led the nominees for Academy Awards on Thursday (January 15), with nine

15 January 2015

USA

Luise Rainer, first winner of back-to-back Oscars, dies aged 104

Luise Rainer, star of Hollywood’s golden era, has died at the age of 104. German-born Rainer famously became the first person to win back-to-back

30 December 2014

Cinema

Best Films of 2014 - meet five contenders

19 December 2014

World News

Samsung denies Oscars 2014 'selfie' was just a marketing stunt

4 March 2014

USA

Watch: NASA astronauts congratulate 'Gravity' on Academy Award Wins

3 March 2014

USA

Ellen DeGeneres' star-studded Oscars selfie becomes most retweeted picture ever

3 March 2014

USA

Oscars 2014: '12 Years a Slave' makes history with best picture Oscar

3 March 2014