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‘Nomadland’ wins best picture Oscar
April 25 (Reuters) - "Nomadland," a recession-era tale about a community of van dwellers in the American West, won the Oscar for best picture on Sunday. The film stars Frances McDormand as a widow in ...
Apr 25, 2021
‘They cut the VPN’: Oscars screening party in Shanghai runs into snag
By Emily Chow SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A livestream of the Academy Awards in Shanghai hosted by the alma mater of Oscar-winner Chloe Zhao ran into China's Great Firewall, with the organiser's access to hi...
Apr 25, 2021
Pandemic-constrained Oscars feature more oratory, less music, comedy
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Oscars telecast on Sunday, stripped to its bare essentials by constraints of the COVID-19 pandemic, aired with a look and feel like no others - devoid of th...
Apr 25, 2021
South Korea’s Youn wins best supporting actress Oscar for ‘Minari’
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -South Korean film icon Youn Yuh-jung won the best supporting actress Oscar on Sunday for her role as a spirited and unconventional grandmother in "Minari." Youn, 73, is the firs...
Apr 25, 2021
Chloe Zhao makes Oscars history as first Asian woman best director
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES, April 25 (Reuters) - Chinese-born filmmaker Chloe Zhao, who told the story of financially stretched van dwellers in U.S. recession-era tale "Nomadland," on Sunday became ...
Apr 25, 2021
Daniel Kaluuya wins Oscar for ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -British actor Daniel Kaluuya on Sunday won his first Oscar for his supporting role as the late Black Panther activist Fred Hampton in the drama, "Judas and the Black Messiah." K...
Apr 25, 2021
History-making Oscars asks viewers to ‘Bring your movie love’
By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The pandemic-delayed Academy Awards ceremony takes place at a Los Angeles rail station on Sunday on what could be a historic night packed with surprises, not j...
Apr 25, 2021
Fashion company Richemont confirms death of designer Alber Elbaz
PARIS (Reuters) - Luxury fashion company Richemont confirmed on Sunday the death of fashion designer Alber Elbaz, who had previously worked at French fashion house Lanvin. "It was with shock and enorm...
Apr 25, 2021
Rapper DMX memorial service to be livestreamed from Brooklyn’s Barclays Center
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - American rapper and actor Earl Simmons, known by his stage name DMX or Dark Man X, will be mourned by fans around the world in a livestreamed event from Brooklyn's Barclays C...
Apr 24, 2021
War-hit Cameroonian town holds film festival as movies get Netflix boost
By Blaise Eyong and Josiane Kouagheu BUEA, Cameroon (Reuters) - Filmmakers and actors gathered in the western Cameroon town of Buea for a film festival this week, as the region tries to regain a measu...
Apr 23, 2021
