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Sandra Bullock wins an Oscar, and a Razzie!

Sandra Bullock wins an Oscar, and a Razzie!

Rediff.com8 Mar 2010

It is the first time any actor has won a Razzie and an Oscar in the same year.

Crazy Heart to pick up after Best Actor win

Crazy Heart to pick up after Best Actor win

Rediff.com8 Mar 2010

In anticipation of Jeff Bridges taking the trophy, its box office gross went up by 36 percent over the weekend.

Asia's Greatest Actors of all time

Asia's Greatest Actors of all time

Rediff.com5 Mar 2010

India has highest number of entries, with five actors included in the list.

Avatar, Hurt Locker lead Oscar nominations

Avatar, Hurt Locker lead Oscar nominations

Rediff.com2 Feb 2010

Here's a look at the Oscar nominations, 2010.

Predicting the Oscar nominations, 2010

Predicting the Oscar nominations, 2010

Rediff.com1 Feb 2010

Aseem Chhabra tries to guess which movies will be a part of Oscar history, if only as a nomination.

Rahman bags two Grammys for Slumdog Millionaire

Rahman bags two Grammys for Slumdog Millionaire

Rediff.com1 Feb 2010

Indian music maestro A R Rahman struck gold once again, bagging two trophies at the 52nd Grammy Awards in Los Angeles for his music in Slumdog Millionaire.

AR Rahman's back in Oscar race with Tamil song

AR Rahman's back in Oscar race with Tamil song

Rediff.com19 Jan 2010

The Tamil song 'Na Na' has been shortlisted for nomination in the original song category for the 82nd Academy Awards.

Adoor on sound and Reul's Oscar win

Adoor on sound and Reul's Oscar win

Rediff.com20 Mar 2009

Long before Resul Pookutty's Oscar blast, Malayalam filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan used sound as a leitmotif in his films. For Adoor, known world over as one of the finest filmmakers ever from India, sound is as important as any other factor in a film.

Pussycat Doll's verison of Jai Ho in top 100

Pussycat Doll's verison of Jai Ho in top 100

Rediff.com9 Mar 2009

Rahman has become the first Indian -- and by Indian, we mean born in India, raised in India and based in India -- to make it to the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

Slumdogs and fat cat bankers

Slumdogs and fat cat bankers

Rediff.com28 Feb 2009

Mesmerised by the cinematic kitsch of Mumbai's underbelly, Americans are seeking palliatives to the horror stories tumbling out of the Byzantine world of investment banking.

Teaching the Slumdog how to dance

Teaching the Slumdog how to dance

Rediff.com24 Feb 2009

Mumbai-based Longines has been choreographing for 15 years. He has won many dancing titles over the years. But his biggest reward may have been the moment Danny Boyle thanked him for his work in Slumdog Millionaire, on the Oscar stage. He spoke about his experiences.

Renowned artist Yusuf Arakkal passes away

Renowned artist Yusuf Arakkal passes away

Rediff.com4 Oct 2016

Recently, he received the prestigious Lorenzo De Medici Gold Medal, at Florence Internazionale Biennale, in Florence, Italy, for his work Bacon's Man with the Child and Priest.

Slumdog gets 10 Oscar noms

Slumdog gets 10 Oscar noms

Rediff.com22 Jan 2009

Slumdog Millionaire bagged 10 Oscar nominations at the 81st annual Academy Awards.

PIX: Priyanka, Deepika at the post Oscar party

PIX: Priyanka, Deepika at the post Oscar party

Rediff.com28 Feb 2017

Vanity Fair Oscar Party was no less than the big awards night.

Bachchans kick off IIFA Awards

Bachchans kick off IIFA Awards

Rediff.com6 Jun 2008

The International Indian Film Academy Awards in Bangkok began on a high note as the Bachchan Parivar arrived in the Thai capital to attend the annual event.

Hollywood legend Mickey Rooney passes away

Hollywood legend Mickey Rooney passes away

Rediff.com7 Apr 2014

The actor was 93.

Pinki smiles on Rediff!

Pinki smiles on Rediff!

Rediff.com2 Oct 2009

The Smile Pinki team -- director Megan Mylan, Dr Subodh Kumar Singh, Pinki and Ghutaru -- chat with Rediff readers.

Oscars 2019: Charlize Theron looks wow on the red carpet

Oscars 2019: Charlize Theron looks wow on the red carpet

Rediff.com25 Feb 2019

Hollywood dresses up for the biggest night of the year!

Dressing up for the Oscars 2019!

Dressing up for the Oscars 2019!

Rediff.com25 Feb 2019

Stars get ready for Oscars!

What made the Oscars so DIFFERENT

What made the Oscars so DIFFERENT

Rediff.com26 Apr 2021

Despite the smaller scale of the event, the mood at the ceremony was cheerful, notes Aseem Chhabra.

It's all about enjoying the sport!

It's all about enjoying the sport!

Rediff.com8 Sep 2009

If you bring out the sportsman in you to the fore in the rain, there won't be a shortage of options.

From Gandhi to Fifty Dead Men Walking

From Gandhi to Fifty Dead Men Walking

Rediff.com6 Apr 2009

Fifty Dead Men Walking, written and directed by Kari Skogland, is a loose adaptation of Martin McGartland's 1997 autobiography, also called Fifty Dead Men Walking.

What the Slumdog kids have been up to

What the Slumdog kids have been up to

Rediff.com11 Aug 2009

Here's tracing the lives of the Slumdog kids, six months after the Oscar.

'I wanted Rahman to talk in Tamil, and he did'

'I wanted Rahman to talk in Tamil, and he did'

Rediff.com25 Feb 2009

As A R Rahman received his Oscars at the 81st Annual Academy Awards, everyone back home was cheering -- including his older sister Reihana, who is the mother of budding music composer G V Prakash. She talks to Shobha Warrier about the excitement at home.

Just why am I a champion of Slumdog?

Just why am I a champion of Slumdog?

Rediff.com25 Feb 2009

India is too great a country to have its reputation made or broken by a single movie.

Watch the Oscar-nominated movies!

Watch the Oscar-nominated movies!

Rediff.com22 Feb 2007

Adlabs theatres will screen the movies over a week.

Anthony Minghella passes away

Anthony Minghella passes away

Rediff.com18 Mar 2008

The British filmmaker who helmed films like The English Patient is no more. He is survived by his wife, Carolyn Choa, a Hong Kong-born choreographer, and his son, Max, an actor.

India conquers the Oscars

India conquers the Oscars

Rediff.com23 Feb 2009

Indian cinema has gone from winning two Oscars in all its lifetime -- a lifetime achievement Honorary Oscar for Satyajit Ray, one for Bhanu Hathaiya for Costume Design in Gandhi -- to adding three more in the same day. Wow.

No Jai Ho at the Oscars

No Jai Ho at the Oscars

Rediff.com20 Feb 2009

Sukhwinder Singh will not perform at the Oscars this year.

The true best pictures of the year

The true best pictures of the year

Rediff.com18 Feb 2009

Forbes.com's inaugural Forbesies Awards are out. Check out the winners!

Another Slumdog at the Oscars

Another Slumdog at the Oscars

Rediff.com2 Feb 2009

Smile Pinki, nominated for Best Documentary -- Short Subject, has gone largely unnoticed.

Sexy, glam, dramatic! Hollywood stars at Cannes

Sexy, glam, dramatic! Hollywood stars at Cannes

Rediff.com14 May 2015

Take a look!

Isaac Hayes no more

Isaac Hayes no more

Rediff.com12 Aug 2008

American soul, funk and R&B legend Isaac Hayes was found dead Sunday at his home in Memphis, Tennessee. The Academy Award-award winning musician was 65. His body was reportedly found near a piece of exercise equipment, and no foul play is suspected. Best known for the Oscar-winning Shaft theme song, the talented singer, songwriter and composer was always a music prodigy, even throughout an impoverished childhood.

10 films to battle it out for Oscar best picture

10 films to battle it out for Oscar best picture

Rediff.com25 Jun 2009

Academy Awards to expand Best Picture nominees to 10 films.

Shape Of Water leads Oscars nominations

Shape Of Water leads Oscars nominations

Rediff.com23 Jan 2018

Dunkirk may have been missed at the year's earlier awards shows, but thanks god, Chris Nolan's classic gets enough play at the Oscar noms.

What Angelina Jolie wanted

What Angelina Jolie wanted

Rediff.com24 Jun 2008

Rising star James McAvoy talks about his crucial career breaks and Wanted, the new big-budget action movie with Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman.

Keira Knightley takes on Audrey Hepburn

Keira Knightley takes on Audrey Hepburn

Rediff.com16 Jun 2008

According to news reports, Keira Knightley has been roped in to play Eliza Doolittle, the role played by Audrey Hepburn while Daniel Day-Lewis has been described as a perfect candidate for Rex Harrison's role as the pig-headed professor, Henry Higgins in the 1964 remake of the musical, My Fair Lady.

Nicole Kidman to quit films?

Nicole Kidman to quit films?

Rediff.com18 Nov 2008

Academy Award-winning actress Nicole Kidman revealed at a recent press conference -- one meant to promote her upcoming film Australia -- that she's not quite certain about her future in the film industry, adding that rather than continue to act she may instead have more children.

Al Pacino to play Napoleon

Al Pacino to play Napoleon

Rediff.com10 Apr 2009

Academy award winning actor Al Pacino, who had a longtime wish to don the character of Napoleon, is now getting a chance to play the French emperor in an on-screen adaptation of children's book.

Amitabh: TZP is most deserving for Oscars

Amitabh: TZP is most deserving for Oscars

Rediff.com22 Sep 2008

The film industry praises Aamir Khan's directorial debut Taare Zameen Par, as it goes to the Oscars next week.