Tag Archives : Oscars

  The movie “The Social Network” won the Oscar 2011 in 3 categories, but was defeated in the most relevant awards, best picture and best director. The film, which tells the inside story of the creation of Facebook, competed for awards in eight categories: best film, best director, best screenplay, best adapted screenplay, photography, [...]

At the 81 Academy Awards on Sunday night, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie or Jennifer Aniston were not missed by the camera. The monsters inside them were clearly projected in few instances at the event. As Michael Douglas announced the Best Actor award for Sean Penn, the actor for ‘Milk’, there was an unmistakable snicker on Jennifer Aniston’s [...]

Eight Oscar winning film Slumdog Millionaire actress Freida Pinto is the Vogue’s new cover girl for the Indian edition of the magazine. After the outstanding success of the film which bagged Best Director and Best Picture award along with other six awards, Freida Pinto is already booked for her next film. The cover girl had been branded as the style [...]

I am bemused to see so much hype about Slumdog Millionaire. Let me confess on the onset I haven’t seen the movie yet. But have read a lot about it everywhere and seen clippings on TV. Going by the movie storyline, music, interviews, Oscars and other awards the movie seems to be must see. But yet I am not very keen on watching this film. I am happy [...]

Most people in India have high hopes about Slumdog Millionaire winning an Oscar. This comes after criticizing and accusing the movie for being almost pornographic about poverty and slums. Indians have also secretly loved the movie because it was one of the rare occasions when Indian faces were seen on the global screen. However, this ambivalence could [...]

If you thought Oscars were boring, you must check out the humongous article I just came across on LATimes. The venerable newspaper had one of the contributors writing as to why Oscars are run by geezers and why the Oscar ceremony needs a facelift. The writer even went on to say that the Oscars are a Jalopy that needs a quick fix. The award ceremonies [...]