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Academy Awards
The Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, takes place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles.
last updated:
9 September, 2024
The Hollywood Sign in Los Angeles. Photo: AP
Natural disasters

Oscar nominations postponed for second time because of LA fires

The names of Oscars finalists, initially planned for Friday, will be announced on January 23.

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American cinema

What comeback? The Substance director hails Demi Moore after Golden Globe

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Fame and celebrity

Meet Echo Quan, the force behind Ke Huy Quan’s history-making Oscar win

Obituaries

Olivia Hussey, star of Oscar-winning 1968 film Romeo & Juliet, dies at 73

Hussey was 15 when she was cast in Shakespeare’s tragedy. Decades later she sued Paramount Pictures alleging sexual abuse over nude scenes.

Olivia Hussey at the Opening Night Gala of the TCM Classic Film Festival at the TCL Chinese theatre in Hollywood, California in 2018. Photo: AFP
Asian cinema

Director’s joy as her art-house movie gains fans in Bollywood-mad India

Golden Globes and Oscar nominee All We Imagine as Light has shown an Indian art-house film can challenge Bollywood’s dominance of cinemas.

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Fame and celebrity

Who is 2025 Oscars host Conan O’Brien’s wife, Liza Powel?

Liza Powel O’Brien and Conan O’Brien’s meet cute was captured on camera after he showed up at her advertising agency when she was a copywriter; they married in 2002, and Conan’s ex Lisa Kudrow attended.

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American cinema

15 new Hollywood movies to watch this winter, from Sonic 3 to Snow White

Other films being released from December 2024 to March 2025 include Paddington in Peru, Captain America: Brave New World and The Brutalist.

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Jim Carrey as Ivo Robotnik and Sonic (voiced by Ben Schwartz) in a still from Sonic the Hedgehog 3. Photo: Paramount Pictures and Sega of America, Inc.
India

Bollywood’s Aamir Khan almost retired during Covid, but Kiran Rao changed his mind

Khan, famous for “Laal Singh Chaddha,” credits his ex-wife Kiran Rao for his comeback, saying he felt guilty and needed to re-evaluate his priorities.

Rolex

Rolex and the Oscars: a century of timeless elegance and cinematic excellence

The partnership has cemented Rolex’s role in cinema away from the screen, supporting the Oscars and the Academy Museum Gala, the ‘Met Gala of the West Coast’.

Malaysia

Michelle Yeoh says not being able to have kids ‘biggest sadness’ of her life

Yeoh’s candid reflection on infertility and acceptance offers a poignant perspective on navigating life’s challenges, and she has no regrets.

Michelle Yeoh arrives at the 10th Breakthrough Prize Ceremony on April 13 at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. Photo: AP
Fame and celebrity

Who is Leonardo DiCaprio’s estranged stepbrother Adam Farrar?

Adam Farrar’s mother married Leonardo DiCaprio’s father George, and the two boys lived a bohemian childhood together in Hollywood – but the similarities end there.

Adam Farrar is a reformed drug addict, but missed his chance to be a great actor like his stepbrother Leonardo DiCaprio. Photo: Getty Images
Fame and celebrity

Tootsie and Young Frankenstein actress Teri Garr dies at age 79

The Oscar-nominated actress also appeared in Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and on TV series like Star Trek and Batman.

Profile

Antonio Sánchez on composing the soundtrack to the Oscar-winning Birdman

Sánchez’s latest album features Dave Matthews and Trent Reznor on guest vocals; he also hung with Jeff Goldblum and Bill Murray.

Asian cinema

‘Time has come’ for Indian women directors with 3 set to vie for Oscars

Director of wife-swapping comedy Laapataa Ladies (Lost Ladies), Indian Oscars entry, hails ‘special moment’ for South Asian women filmmakers.

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A still from Laapataa Ladies (Lost Ladies), directed by Kiran Rao, India’s entry for the 2025 best international film Oscar. With films by two other South Asian women filmmakers in the running, Rao says “our time has come”.
Celebrity children

Who are Al Pacino’s children? The Hollywood great has 4 kids, aged 1 to 35

Pacino’s Shrek phone case was spotted when he was out and about with Jason Momoa – and Scarface has held on to it after making a promise to his kid.

Al Pacino (second from right) with his three adult kids (from left), Anton Pacino, Olivia Pacino, Al Pacino, and Julie Pacino . Photo: Getty Images
Obituaries

Kris Kristofferson, American country music star and actor, dead at 88

Kris Kristofferson became one of the most influential American singer-songwriters of his time and a successful actor.

Hong Kong society

Hong Kong picks action movie set in Kowloon Walled City for Oscars race

Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In put forward as city’s entry for Academy Awards’ best international feature film.

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American cinema

Is The Shawshank Redemption, 30 this month, the best movie of all time?

The Stephen King novella adaptation with Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins lost out to Forrest Gump at the 1995 Oscars but holds up 30 years on.

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Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman in a still from The Shawshank Redemption (1994). Frank Darabont’s prison drama did not win an Oscar, but in the 30 years since its release it has been hailed as one of the greatest films of all time. Photo: Courtesy of Park Circus/Warner Bros
Obituaries

James Earl Jones, acclaimed actor and voice of Darth Vader, dead at 93

The multi-award-winning actor was a dominating presence whether on stage, on screen or merely by sound.

Obituaries

Edward B. Johnson, second CIA officer in Iran for ‘Argo’ rescue mission, dies at 81

Rescue of 6 American diplomats who fled 1979 US embassy takeover in Tehran was immortalised in Ben Affleck’s Oscar-winning film Argo.

American cinema

Netflix backs Kristen Wiig song from Will Ferrell trans film for Oscar

Comic actress co-wrote Harper and Will Go West for Will & Harper, a documentary about fellow Saturday Night Live actor Will Ferrell’s road trip with a friend who comes out as a trans woman.

Will Ferrell and Harper Steele in a still from Will & Harper. Harper and Will Go West, a song written for the documentary about being trans in America, mixes humour and emotion, and has Netflix backing to win best original song at the 2025 Academy Awards. Photo: Netflix
Fame and celebrity

SNL alumni net worths, ranked: who’s Saturday Night’s highest-paid comedian?

These comedians have gone on to make fortunes with pioneering hit films, cult classic TV shows, and even profitable businesses – so who’s been laughing all the way to the bank?

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Chris Rock hosts the Oscars; Will Ferrell attends a ceremony at the Hollywood Walk of Fame; Eddie Murphy attends an undisclosed event. Which SNL alumni has earned the most to date, though? Photos: Getty, AFP
Obituaries

Donald Sutherland, star of M*A*S*H and The Hunger Games, dead at 88

One of Canada’s most famous sons, Donald Sutherland played dashing leading men as well as anti-heroes and villains.

European cinema

Robot Dreams director on telling a tear-jerking story with ‘no words’

The director of Oscar-nominated Robot Dreams, Pablo Berger, opens up about adapting his animated movie from a tear-jerking graphic novel, and why it’s too real to be a children’s film.

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Fame and celebrity

Who is Ben Affleck’s mum Christopher Anne Boldt – and does she like J.Lo?

Affleck and Jennifer Lopez appear to be attempting to quash any rumours around their supposed marriage woes, as they were just spotted out and about with his mum

Ben Affleck and his mum Christine Anne Boldt in September 2018, in Los Angeles, California. Photo: Bauer-Griffin/GC Images
Fame and celebrity

Who’s Queen Latifah’s partner Eboni Nichols, choreographer and ex Laker Girl?

Nichols and Latifah have reportedly been together since 2013 and now share a son – the talented choreographer also has a busy career working on Rihanna’s tour and the 2022 Oscars

Queen Latifah and Eboni Nichols pose in complementary black outfits at the 2024 Met Gala in New York. Photo: Reuters
European cinema

Review | Robot Dreams: story of dog and robot is an animated masterpiece

Set in New York in 1984 and adapted from a comic of the same name, Robot Dreams uses the relationship between a dog and a robot to explore brilliantly the profundities of inter-human behaviour.

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Obituaries

Actor Bernard Hill, of Titanic and Lord of the Rings, dies at 79

In Lord of the Rings, the British actor played Théoden, King of Rohan and in Titanic, he went down with the ship as captain Captain Edward Smith.

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