News for 'Academy Award'

Bollywood awards rake in big moolah

Bollywood awards rake in big moolah

Rediff.com5 Jun 2009

Even as Bollywood copes with its worst financial turmoil, with no film having been released for over two months, its award shows are raking in big moolah.

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.

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.

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.

3 scientists share Nobel Prize in Physics

3 scientists share Nobel Prize in Physics

Rediff.com4 Oct 2022

Last year, Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi won the Nobel Prize for Physics, "for groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of complex physical systems."

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.

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.

Novelist Sara Joseph returns Akademi Award; says intolerance is visible everywhere

Novelist Sara Joseph returns Akademi Award; says intolerance is visible everywhere

Rediff.com10 Oct 2015

After eminent writers Nayantara Sahgal and Ashok Vajpeyi, Malayalam novelist and Aam Aadmi Party leader Sarah Joseph today said she would return the Sahitya Akademi award in protest against what she called the "growing communalism" and "life threat faced by writers" in the country after Narendra Modi government assumed office.

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.

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.

Maxim girl meet Peopl's boy

Maxim girl meet Peopl's boy

Rediff.com19 Feb 2008

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Rang De heads to the Oscars!

Rang De heads to the Oscars!

Rediff.com25 Sep 2006

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.

Taare Zameen Par is India's Oscar entry

Taare Zameen Par is India's Oscar entry

Rediff.com21 Sep 2008

Actor Aamir Khan's debut directorial venture Taare Zameen Par, a sensitive story of an eight-year-old dyslexia child, was selected as India's entry to the foreign language category for Oscars at the 81st annual Academy awards.

'I don't have a Batman theme!'

'I don't have a Batman theme!'

Rediff.com15 Jun 2005

3 get Economics Nobel for research on bank regulation, financial crisis

3 get Economics Nobel for research on bank regulation, financial crisis

Rediff.com10 Oct 2022

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel was on Monday awarded to Ben S Bernanke, Douglas W Diamond, and Philip H Dybvig for their research work on bank regulation and how financial crises should be managed.

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.

PIX: Deepika, Shah Rukh, Madhuri dazzle at IIFA awards

PIX: Deepika, Shah Rukh, Madhuri dazzle at IIFA awards

Rediff.com8 Jul 2013

The 14th edition of the popular awards function saw great performances, fashionable arrivals on the red carpets and some expected wins.

No sponsors, no problem: How Gukesh funded his chess dreams

No sponsors, no problem: How Gukesh funded his chess dreams

Rediff.com3 Sep 2023

Gukesh aims to keep improving after becoming India No 1 without sponsorship support

Salman and Govinda in Leeds

Salman and Govinda in Leeds

Rediff.com18 Jun 2007

Reader Diviya Garg spotted the actors in Leeds after the IIFA awards.

Sunny, Divyanka, Surbhi win big

Sunny, Divyanka, Surbhi win big

Rediff.com13 Dec 2018

Check out the winners!

Plunging necklines, frills & thrills at SAG awards

Plunging necklines, frills & thrills at SAG awards

Rediff.com31 Jan 2011

A look at what transpired at the 17th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles.

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.

Konkani film Nachom-ia Kumpasar enters Oscar race!

Konkani film Nachom-ia Kumpasar enters Oscar race!

Rediff.com16 Dec 2015

The producers of Nachom-ia Kumpasar sent their entry to the Oscars privately in two categories -- Best Foreign Film and Best Background Score.

Student arrested for 'obscene' painting of gods

Student arrested for 'obscene' painting of gods

Rediff.com10 May 2007

Meanwhile, noted artists, including Padma Shree awardee Gulam Mohammed Sheikh, Nilima Sheikh and Surendra Nair have criticised the police action.

Rahman returns amid much fanfare

Rahman returns amid much fanfare

Rediff.com26 Feb 2009

The 43-year-old musician, who won the Oscars for Best Original Music and Best Song for his compositions in Slumdog Millionaire at the 81st Academy Awards, arrived at the Chennai airport from Dubai by an Emirates Airways flight at around 2.30 am.

Slumdog novelist Vikas Swarup is new MEA spokesperson

Slumdog novelist Vikas Swarup is new MEA spokesperson

Rediff.com26 Mar 2015

Vikas Swarup, whose debut novel was made into the Oscar-winning movie Slumdog Millionaire, has been appointed as spokesperson in the external affairs ministry.

Tanvi: Kate Winslet said I looked great

Tanvi: Kate Winslet said I looked great

Rediff.com25 Feb 2009

Slumdog's Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar tells rediff.com about her experience in Los Angeles and her Oscar night.

L K Advani wishes Rahman

L K Advani wishes Rahman

Rediff.com24 Feb 2009

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.

'It's been an incredible journey'

'It's been an incredible journey'

Rediff.com28 Jan 2009

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.

Hollywood legend Mickey Rooney passes away

Hollywood legend Mickey Rooney passes away

Rediff.com7 Apr 2014

The actor was 93.

Dominant Djokovic, Serena claim top honours at Laureus Sports Awards

Dominant Djokovic, Serena claim top honours at Laureus Sports Awards

Rediff.com19 Apr 2016

World number ones Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams completed a clean sweep for tennis as they won the Laureus Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year awards on Monday.