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Marketa Irglova's spontaneous speech
Agence France-Presse
25 Feb, 2008
It could've gone down as one of the harshest moments in Oscar history. The orchestra swelled just as petite Best Original Song co-winner Marketa Irglova stepped up to the microphone to speak last night following partner Glen Hansard. The pair won for their tune "Falling Slowly" from the indie musical "Once", but only Hansard gave an acceptance before their moment in the spotlight seemed to be over.
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Bardem earns Spain its first acting Oscar
Associated Press
25 Feb, 2008
A psychopath who executes his victims with a slaughterhouse cattle gun helped Javier Bardem
claim a place in history as he became the first Spanish actor to strike Oscars gold. Bardem scooped the best supporting actor award for producing one of the most talked about performances - and haircuts -- of the year as the hitman Anton Chigurh in the Coen brothers' thriller No Country for Old Men. Read more |
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'Our Oscar selection is racist'
Saumya B Verma, Ndtvmovies.com
23 Feb, 2008
India being chucked out of Oscars race yet again doesn't surprise this talented filmmaker at all. In a freewheeling conversation with NDTVMovies.com, Sudhir Mishra lashes out at our racist film selection system and an arrogant Bollywood, which he believes doesn't even qualify as a film industry! In these times of film illiteracy Mishra feels one would have to look elsewhere for films and thus Oscars remain relevant. Read more |
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Juno tops Best Picture list
NDTV Correspondent
23 Feb, 2008
The Countdown to the Oscars has begun and it's time to get a quick check on the movies that have been nominated in the Best Picture category. And there's enough blood and gore among the nominations to put make the sturdiest stomach queasy. But the big favourite among fans is Indie smashhit, Juno. Read more |
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Red carpet glamour
Alpana Singh
22 Feb, 2008
Elizabeth Taylor once said, Big girls need big diamonds. And what better occasion than the Oscars, when these big girls can grace the red carpet in all their glamorous glory, flashing and flaunting their stunning jewels. Diamonds and fashion have always been synonymous with Hollywood glamour. The clothing and jewellery chosen for the occasion are works of art rivaled only by the stars themselves.
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Oscars' first ladies
Puja Talwar
22 Feb, 2008
Former winners, first-timers and screen legends all vying for the Best Actress trophy in this years Oscar. But only one of them will be able to take home the award. So, will the queen rule yet again, or will a woman's heartbreaking tale melt the jury's heart, or could a quirky singer fit the bill?
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Bardem, Tilda win the Golden Man
Agencies
25 Feb, 2008
Spanish actor Javier Bardem won the Oscar as best supporting actor for his portrait of a psychopathic killer in No Country For Old Men. Bardem, 38, who has almost won every award this season for his performance, claimed the Oscar in his second bid for the film industry's highest honour.
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Ratatouille wins Oscar animation
Agence France-Presse
25 Feb, 2008
Pixar-Disney film Ratatouille about the kitchen capers of a rat who dreams of becoming a top Parisian chef won the best animated feature film Oscar. Pixar's box-office hit tells the tale of a rodent named Remy, with a fine palate and delicate taste buds, who by chance is let loose on a classy Parisian restaurant and succeeds in winning over the city's top food critic. Read more |
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Race to the Oscars begins
Associated Press
02 Jan, 2008
With the annual Oscar awards scheduled for February 24 this year, the guessing games have already begun. The Golden Globes, the big predictor for the Oscars, takes place on January 13, 2008 and the nominees know that historically, a win at the Globes can take them all the way to the Kodak Theatre on February 24. Read more |
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Angie's Oscar statuette lost?
Indo-Asian News Service
09 Feb, 2008
Actress Angelina Jolie might have lost the Oscar she won for her performance in "Girl, Interrupted" in 1999 but isn't worried about it.
Jolie had given the award to her mother after the ceremony but it has been missing since her mother Bertrand died in January 2007. Read more |
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Torture expose wins Oscar
Agence France-Presse
25 Feb, 2008
A harrowing film throwing the spotlight on US interrogation techniques at military facilities won the Oscars best documentary prize.Alex Gibney's Taxi to the Dark Side investigates the death in custody of an Afghan taxi-driver, Dilawar, at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan in 2002.
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Julia Roberts best-dressed Oscar winner
Indo-Asian News Service
25 Feb, 2008
Julia Roberts has been voted the best-dressed Oscar winner in a new online poll.
Contactmusic.com reports that the dress she wore in 2000 when she won best actress award for Erin Brockovich beat out what Halle Berry wore.
Roberts got 25 percent of the vote and Berry garnered 24 percent. Hillary Swank came in third for the outfit she wore in 2004 when she won the coveted award for Million Dollar Baby. Read more |
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Cotillard takes best-actress Oscar
Agence France-Presse
25 Feb, 2008
France's Marion Cotillard was crowned best actress at the 80th Academy Awards . Cotillard, 32, won for her astounding performance as tragic chanteuse Edith Piaf in La Vie En Rose, becoming the first Frenchwoman to win the best actress Oscar since Simone Signoret in 1960.
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Daniel Day Lewis is Best Actor
NDTV Correspondent
25 Feb, 2008
Daniel Day Lewis walked away with the Best Actor award at the 80th Academy Awards for his role as an oil baron in There Will Be Blood. It is a role that has already won him a Golden Globe and a Bafta .
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No Country... sweeps Oscars
Associated Press
25 Feb, 2008
Daniel Day-Lewis won his second Best Actor Academy Award for There Will Be Blood, while No Country for Old Men won the Oscar for the Best Motion Picture and Best Director (Coen Brothers). La Vie En Rose star Marion Cotillard was a surprise winner in the best actress category,
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Tony Gilroy favourite for Oscars
NDTV Correspondent
23 Feb, 2008
With less than 48 hours to go for the 80th Academy Awards, here is a look at the nominations for the coveted best director award. Actors are a puppet in the hands of the director and at this year's academy awards there is a mixed bag of young and old, who stand the chance of winning the award.
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Cast of Oscars presenters unveiled
Agence France-Presse
15 Feb, 2008
Oscars organisers unveiled an all-star cast of presenters for the 80th Academy Awards as preparations for the extravaganza forged ahead following the end of the Hollywood writers strike. Until recently, Oscars officials were preparing contingency plans for a February 24 show. Read more |
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Academy's Chosen Ones
Puja Talwar
22 Feb, 2008
Some lucky entries in the Oscar list have been nominated in as many as 8 categories. Michael Clayton, There will be blood, The Nanny Diaries and Jumper are the privileged ones.
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Oscar's best men are bad men
Puja Talwar (NDTV)
21 Feb, 2008
The countdown to the Oscars has begun and Hollywood's heavyweights are looking for Oscar glory. It's time to roll out the red carpet, to pick up the best tux in town and practise those acceptance speeches. Movie buffs are wondering which of the men will take home the golden man.
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Are Foreign Film Oscars really global?
Bikas Mishra (Ndtvmovies.com)
20 Feb, 2008
Oscar fever seems to have taken over the city; even the huge plasma screen at the fancy grocery store in my neighbourhood, which would normally flash product advertisements, is now displaying Oscar nominees of the year.Even more surprising is the fact that many people believe that some day our films will win Oscars in the best motion picture of the year category. Read more |
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Globes boycott could hit Oscars
Indo-Asian News Service
16 Jan, 2008
There was no traditional Hollywood hangover after a spectacularly under-whelming Golden Globes failed to generate much excitement and even fewer parties. In contrast to the usual champagne-flowing extravaganzas attended by stars done up in the finest fashions, the only Golden Globe after-party worth a mention was a beer and sandwich get-together at the home of 90-year-old nominee Ernst Borgine. Read more |
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Oscars to be held on schedule
Associated Press
09 Jan, 2008
Academy Awards organisrs insisted their show will go on, though some say the Oscar broadcast could evaporate after the writers strike shut down the Golden Globes ceremony. Without special agreements with the Writers Guild of America, awards planners cannot hire union members to work on their shows, and such major telecasts would be the target of pickets. Read more |
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Oscars nomination announced
NDTV Correspondent
23 Jan, 2008
No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood led the Oscars nominations this year. Those who were keeping their fingers crossed for Mira Nair's Namesake were disappointed.
The nominations were announced from Beverly Hills, California. Read more |
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Golden Compass's Indian connection
Prasad Ramamurthy
26 Feb, 2008
It's outsourcing from Hollywood and over 150 of the graphic artists who worked tirelessly to make Golden Compass back home away from the spotlight celebrated their achievement with cardboard cut outs of the golden prize. Read more |
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Costumes Oscar: Shekhar happy for team
Indo-Asian News Service
26 Feb, 2008
Shekhar Kapur wasn't surprised in the least when his film The Golden Age got the Oscar for best costumes. However, the acclaimed director says that he wasn't really expecting Cate Blanchett to get an Academy Award for the film because the jury doesn't have the time to see "subtle nuances". Read more |
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Oscars red carpet catwalk underway
Agence France-Presse
25 Feb, 2008
The world's most glamorous fashion show got underway as the first guests stepped out on the Oscars red carpet, just hours before the start of the 80th Academy Awards. Thick clouds and sporadic rain greeted the VIPs as they began to arrive for the ceremony at the Kodak Theatre.
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