Slumdog's Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar tells rediff.com about her experience in Los Angeles and her Oscar night.
This is nearly 3 per cent of the total number of cable and satellite TV viewers--an extremely good number, considering past coverage data -- say media planners.
The whole world is goning ga-ga over Slumdog Millionaire's victory at the 81st Annual Academy Awards. L K Advani congratulated the team for winning eight Oscars.
The 81st Annual Academy Awards, if trends are anything to go by, seem to be more or less on the same page with me this season, which is a peculiar feeling indeed since I'm used to ranting about the results. However, this year the Academy's likely winners and my who-should-win picks are uncannily mirroring each other, a fact displayed in this list of the nominees. The Academy picks are marked by the [A] sign, my picks are marked by the [R] sign.
Oscar nominee Resul Pookutty on his journey from a small village in Kerala to the Kodak theatre in Los Angeles, where the Academy Awards are held.
If experts are to be believed, critically acclaimed Slumdog Millionaire is at 2-7 odds of winning the prestigious Academy Award for the Best Motion Picture.
Noureen DeWulf, ranked one of Maxim Magazine's Hot 100 last year has just landed herself a lead role opposite Matthew McConaughey in New Line's The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past.
'On the face of it, it is a WYSIWYG -- What You See Is What You Get -- reality series, but actually it is a show that perpetuates societal biases, stokes typecasts and stays sadly superficial,' notes ad guru Sandeep Goyal.
The critically acclaimed film lost out to Aamir Khan's Taare Zameen Par, as India's official entry to the 81st Annual Academy Awards in the Foreign Films category. Now, producer Ravi Rai has decided to enter Tingya in the Oscars race independently.
Aamir Khan is optimistic that his film Taare Zameen Par will make waves at the 81st Annual Academy Awards in February.
Companies that stand out in terms of their December 2007 results.
Reader Diviya Garg spotted the actors in Leeds after the IIFA awards.
Oscar 2015 host Neil Patrick Harris has several big shoes to fill in.
Meanwhile, noted artists, including Padma Shree awardee Gulam Mohammed Sheikh, Nilima Sheikh and Surendra Nair have criticised the police action.
Hollywood star Russell Crowe is all set to own a team in the BCCI-backed Indian Premier League.
Indian-origin British filmmaker Asif Kapadia says he lived with the idea of making a documentary on Diego Maradona for 25 years, since the 1990s when he was a film student and read a book on the legendary footballer.
The producers of Nachom-ia Kumpasar sent their entry to the Oscars privately in two categories -- Best Foreign Film and Best Background Score.
Wyman, who won an Oscar for her role as the deaf rape victim in Johnny Belinda died at her Palm Springs home, said Richard Adney of Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Mortuary in Cathedral City
The actor turned up with Nemcova for Sir Elton John's post-Academy Award night bash.
Find out why everyone is talking about these outfits.
Reader Manish Jain ran into the actor before he won at the IIFA awards.
'It is a film with a good human concept that would touch people around the world.' 'We are honouring a film that deserves to be at the Oscars.'
And other top moments from the closing of the 70th Cannes Film Festival.
Shabana Azmi is thrilled for director Deepa Mehta.
Reader Murtuza Kagalwala's mother is thrilled to be photographed with her.
Aamir Khan is second time unlucky.
Chief mentor of Infosys Technologies N R Narayan Murthy and former chairman of Oil and Natural Gas Corp Subir Raha have been adjudged winners of Priyadarshni Academy award
The stunning actress returns with Hairspray.
Exciting red carpet styles courtesy these lovely ladies.
The Oscar-winning actor has decided his future lies in theatre, not Hollywood.
The 54-year-old stars in Global Cool, with actress Sienna Miller.
O Saya was nominated at the 81st Annual Academy Awards for its brilliant lyrics and music, by A R Rahman and M.I.A. The song didn't win, but it's still really worth a listen. If you want to sing along, here are the lyrics.
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