Oscars Winners

Oscar-nominated Iranian screenwriter released from prison in northern Iran after 17 days - report

Mehdi Mahmoudian, who is nominated for an Oscar for his screenplay for Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident, was imprisoned after he signed a letter condemning Khamenei.

Mehdi Mahmoudian, Oscar-nominated co-writer of Jafar Panahi’s "It was just an accident."
Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham pose with the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature Film for "No Other Land" in the Oscars photo room at the 97th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 2, 2025

BDS movement criticizes 'No Other Land,' citing Israeli collaboration in film's production

 Finished mounted Oscar Statuettes are seen at the Polich Tallix foundry in Walden, New York, US, January 25, 2018

Netflix musical 'Emilia Perez' leads Oscar nominations

 Angelina Jolie attends the opening night of The Outsiders at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre in New York City, New York, U.S., April 11, 2024.

Voight: My daughter Angelina Jolie was influenced by antisemitic people - regarding Gaza


Picking the Oscars in a year when movies were more virtuous than vivid

Although there have been some wonderful movies this year, many were more virtuous than vivid, a trend that started years ago but seems to be intensifying.

'BELFAST'

Sidney Poitier, first Black actor to win best actor Academy Award, dies at 94

Poitier created a distinguished film legacy in a single year with three 1967 films at a time when segregation prevailed in much of the United States.

 FILE PHOTO: Actor Sidney Poitier arrives at the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscars Party in West Hollywood

Diverse and distanced Oscar ceremony adapted to pandemic year

Nomadland, a poetic look at older Americans who choose an itinerant lifestyle, won Best Picture as expected.

Chloe Zhao, winner of the award for Best Picture for "Nomadland," poses in the press room at the Oscars, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., April 25, 2021.

Natalie Portman and Alma Har’el to team up for new TV series

The victim will be played by Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o.

NATALIE PORTMAN teams up with Alma Har’el.

Polish auction house selling possessions of ‘The Pianist’

51 objects that belonged to the Holocaust survivor whose life story served as the basis for the 2002 film will be put up for sale.

Writer Ronald Harwood kisses the best adapted screenplay Oscar for his movie "The Pianist" at the 75th Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California, March 23, 2003

Ronald Harwood, Oscar-winning screenwriter of ‘The Pianist,’ dies at 85

He also was nominated for Oscars for his screenplays for “The Dresser” and “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.” The South Africa native received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth in 2010.

Writer Ronald Harwood kisses the best adapted screenplay Oscar for his movie "The Pianist" at the 75th Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California, March 23, 2003

Work from a mansion, an unkempt bathroom with 'Parasite' Zoom backgrounds

Their are five backgrounds to choose from, ranging from rooms withing the posh mansion to a seedy unkempt bathroom.

‘Parasite’

Coronavirus opens up streamed films to be eligible for Oscars in 2021

Previously, a movie had to be screened in a movie theater in Los Angeles for at least seven days in order to be eligible for Oscar consideration.

An Oscar statue is pictured during a media preview of this year's Academy's Governors Ball in Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 31, 2020.

South Koreans celebrate as "Parasite" snags historic wins at Oscars

"Parasite" director Bong Joon-ho said he was honored to be awarded Best Original Screenplay, the first Oscar for South Korea's large film industry.

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