No losers among Oscar

nominees: Kirk Douglas LOS ANGELES: Veteran actor Kirk Douglas says actors should take great satisfaction in just being nominated for an Academy Award and not worry much about winning. “The first place gets an Oscar. The four others are declared...

Travel Abroad 18 Feb, 2004

OSCAR BUZZ

USA TodayLord of the Rings has tons of it. Mystic River has more than Cold Mountain, but Renee Zellweger, a Cold Mountain co-star, appears to have more than River’s Marcia Gay Harden. Big Fish never quite got it, Master and Commander seems to have...

Travel Abroad 17 Feb, 2004

Ring reigns at BAFTA

Agence France PresseLondonNew Zealander Peter Jackson’s ‘Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" was the big winner at Sunday’s BAFTA awards, Britain’s equivalent of the Oscars, picking up five prizes including best picture and putting it in...

Travel Abroad 17 Feb, 2004

Costner rides again

His marriage crumbled. His clout faded. His A-list status became questionable. But Kevin kept on coasting smoothly and is doing well againUSA TodayWashingtonEven Kevin Costner has to laugh at the irony in sharing the back seat of a limousine as it...

Travel Abroad 12 Feb, 2004

Barrymore receives UN peace pin

NEW YORK: Drew Barrymore got pinned for the first time but not by a boyfriend. The actress received a Dove of Peace pin as a new member of ‘Artists for the UN’, an initiative of Global Vision for Peace founded at the start of the Iraq war last year...

Travel Abroad 08 Feb, 2004

Nipple-gate scandal forces delay system broadcast in Oscars

AgenciesLos AngelesJustin Timberlake says his own family was offended by his racy Super Bowl halftime duet with Janet Jackson, but he insisted he thought only her bustier — not her breast — would be revealed when he pulled on her costume. Uproar...

Travel Abroad 06 Feb, 2004

Spielberg to present Oscar

LOS ANGELES: Legendary Hollywood movie director and producer Steven Spielberg will join the line-up of Oscar presenters at this month’s awards ceremony.Spielberg, himself a previous Oscar winner, will join a growing number of stars who signed up to...

Travel Abroad 06 Feb, 2004

Colin Farrell to hand out Oscar Award

Agence France PresseLos AngelesIrreverent Irish movie star Colin Farrell, one of Hollywood’s hottest properties, will do a turn as an awards presenter at next month’s Oscars ceremony organisers said.Farrell, 27, will hand out one of the coveted...

Travel Abroad 04 Feb, 2004

Tom Hanks to present Oscar

LOS ANGELES: Hollywood superstar Tom Hanks will make an appearance on stage at Oscars ceremony, presenting one of the golden statuettes to a winner, organisers announced on January 30.The 47-year-old double Oscar winner, who won back-to-back best actor...

Travel Abroad 02 Feb, 2004

Oscar belts out surprises

Some surprises among the Oscar nominations:COLD SHOULDER: Despite heavy hype and seven nominations, ‘Cold Mountain’ was snubbed in the best picture category. Anthony Minghella was shut out for directing and for his adapted screenplay, as was Oscar...

Travel Abroad 29 Jan, 2004

A whale of a girl

Associated Press WellingtonAfter riding from suburban obscurity to international fame on the back of a whale, New Zealand schoolgirl and acting novice Keisha Castle-Hughes was “unsure” whether she wanted to pursue an acting career.That all changed...

Travel Abroad 29 Jan, 2004