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'La La Land' takes directors' award in march to Oscars
Associated Press, Published on 06/02/2017
» HOLLYWOOD - Fellow movie directors named Damien Chazelle the best film director of 2016 for <i>La La Land</i> at a gala ceremony on Saturday, placing the musical in a strong position for the movie world's top honours, the Oscars, later this month.
'Hidden Figures' shocks Screen Actors Guild Awards
Associated Press, Published on 30/01/2017
» LOS ANGELES, California - The cast of "Hidden Figures" rocketed to the Screen Actors Guild top award at a fiery, protest-laden ceremony that was dominated by defiance over President Trump's sweeping immigration ban.
Show of frustration at Egypt's courts
News, Associated Press, Published on 02/06/2016
» Egyptian activist Sanaa Seif decided she had had enough of Egypt's justice system.
Asian-American jab at Oscars reveals deeper diversity woes
Associated Press, Published on 06/03/2016
» LOS ANGELES - TV's "Fresh Off the Boat" creator Nahnatchka Khan was reveling in Oscar host Chris Rock's deft comedic assault on white-fixated Hollywood. Then three Asian-American kids were brought onstage for a gag mocking them as ethnic stereotypes.
Academy Awards take on issues beyond #OscarsSoWhite
Associated Press, Published on 29/02/2016
» LOS ANGELES -- Hollywood's diversity crisis has loomed large over awards season and the big question going into the 88th annual Academy Awards was whether it would dominate the ceremony, too. It did, of course, but it wasn't alone.
'Spotlight' tops an Oscars where diversity had the limelight
Associated Press, Published on 29/02/2016
» LOS ANGELES — In an underdog win for a movie about an underdog profession, the newspaper drama <i>Spotlight</i> took best picture on Sunday at an Academy Awards riven by protest and outrage, and electrified by an unflinching Chris Rock.
Burger King's next conquest: Hot dog king
Business, Associated Press, Published on 12/02/2016
» NEW YORK: Burger King is looking for a new crown: Hot dog king.
‘Birdman’ wins Best Picture, Best Director
Associated Press, Published on 23/02/2015
» LOS ANGELES — <i>Birdman</i> captured Hollywood's top honour at the Academy Awards on Sunday, where the jazzy, surreal comedy about an actor fleeing his superhero past won best picture at a ceremony punctuated by passionate pleas for equality.
Police: Robin Williams hanged self
Associated Press, Published on 13/08/2014
» SAN RAFAEL, California — Robin Williams' personal assistant found the actor who was struggling with depression dead in a bedroom of his San Francisco Bay Area home, officials said Tuesday.
Hunger Games wins MTV Awards
Associated Press, Published on 14/04/2014
» LOS ANGELES - "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" earned the prize for best film at Sunday night's MTV Movie Awards, besting even top Oscar winner "12 Years a Slave."