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'Top Gun' among blockbuster sequels targeting Oscar noms
AFP, Published on 24/01/2023
» LOS ANGELES - The Oscar nominations for a year in which the big-screen box office finally bounced back from the pandemic will be unveiled Tuesday, with Academy voters expected to reward blockbusters such as "Top Gun: Maverick" for helping to save movie theaters.
Tight race to close MeToo-influenced Venice film fest
AFP, Published on 11/09/2021
» VENICE - The Venice Film Festival roared back to life this year with a starry and feminist-tinged selection that leaves the competition wide open for who will take home the Golden Lion on Saturday.
Five things to watch for at the Oscars
AFP, Published on 24/04/2021
» HOLLYWOOD (UNITED STATES) - Travelers passing through Union Station in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday might notice a slight commotion -- for one night only, it is doubling as the venue for the Oscars.
'Watershed' year for Hollywood diversity amid pandemic streaming boom: report
AFP, Published on 22/04/2021
» LOS ANGELES - Female and minority actors were proportionately represented in Hollywood for the first time last year in a "watershed moment for diversity," says a report released Thursday.
Oscars set to flop in China as Hollywood, politics collide
AFP, Published on 14/04/2021
» SHANGHAI - The Oscars are the glitziest night of the year in Hollywood and millions across the globe tune in, but they threaten to be a dud in China after the nomination of a Hong Kong protest documentary.
'Nomadland' director Zhao not ready to make China childhood film
AFP, Published on 07/04/2021
» LOS ANGELES - Chloe Zhao's US road movie "Nomadland" has stoked controversy in China, but it will be "another few years" before the Beijing-born director will dare tackle her childhood roots on screen, she told the Santa Barbara International Film Festival Tuesday.
"Nomadland" wins top prize at Venice film festival
AFP, Published on 13/09/2020
» VENICE (ITALY) - "Nomadland" by director Chloe Zhao won top prize at the Venice film festival on Saturday, the first woman to win the prize in a decade.
Venice film festival gears up to award masked Golden Lion winner
AFP, Published on 12/09/2020
» VENICE (ITALY) - The Venice film festival will present its coveted Golden Lion award Saturday after a competition marked by facemasks and missing stars but billed as a relaunch of global cinema, bruised by the coronavirus crisis.