Daytime Emmys: 'The Young and the Restless' wins best drama

LOS ANGELES: “The Young and the Restless” won best drama at the first virtual Daytime Emmys along with three acting trophies on Friday night, with some winners speaking out about racial injustice. Ellen DeGeneres accepted the trophy for best...

Travel Abroad 28 Jun, 2020

Chariots of Fire, LOTR actor Ian Holm dies aged 88

KATHMANDU: British actor Ian Holm, known for his versatile performances including roles in Chariots of Fire, Alien and The Lord of the Rings died on June 19. He was 88. According to Holm's agent Alex Irwin, the actor died peacefully on June 19...

Travel Abroad 20 Jun, 2020

Oscars delayed to April due to movie industry coronavirus chaos

LOS ANGELES: The 2021 Oscars ceremony was moved to April from February on Monday due to the havoc caused in the movie industry by the coronavirus pandemic. The ceremony for film’s highest honors will take place on April 25, 2021, the Academy of...

Travel Abroad 17 Jun, 2020

Academy delays 2021 Oscars ceremony because of coronavirus

For the fourth time in its history, the Oscars are being postponed. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the ABC Television Network said Monday that the 93rd Academy Awards will now be held April 25, 2021, eight weeks later than...

Travel Abroad 16 Jun, 2020

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LOS ANGELES: The organization that hands out the Academy Awards said Friday it would form a group to develop diversity and inclusion guidelines that filmmakers will have to meet in order for their work to be eligible...

Travel Abroad 14 Jun, 2020

Oscars to set best picture noms at 10, inclusion standards

The Oscars are implementing some big changes, including a set number of best picture nominees and to-be-determined representation and inclusion standards for eligibility. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Friday that there...

Travel Abroad 13 Jun, 2020

Academy mulling postponing Oscars 2021?

LOS ANGELES: Next year's Oscars could be postponed due to the disruption caused by the coronavirus in Hollywood, trade publication Variety reported on May 19. The movie industry's biggest night is currently scheduled for February 28. But with...

Travel Abroad 20 May, 2020

'Trolls' went straight to homes. Movie theaters are fuming.

NEW YORK: The most controversial movie of the year is ... "Trolls World Tour"? As innocuous as the rainbow-coloured, music-blaring animated movie may seem, the digital release of the "Trolls" sequel has caused a storm to course through the movie...

Travel Abroad 30 Apr, 2020

Oscars to admit streamed films next year as coronavirus upends movie going

LOS ANGELES: The organizers of the Oscars said on Tuesday that films released only on streaming platforms or video on demand while movie theaters are closed due to the coronavirus pandemic would be eligible for Academy Awards next year. The...

Travel Abroad 29 Apr, 2020

What does Oscar winner Parasite tell about unequal societies, including Nepal?

The 2001 Nobel laureate in Economics Joseph Stiglitz’s body of works have shed enormous light on the great divide in American society and how economic imbalances impede greater welfare of the society. In one of his books, The Price of Inequality,...

27 Mar, 2020

'Parasite' from South Korea makes Oscar history with best picture win

LOS ANGELES: South Korean social satire "Parasite" won the Oscar for best picture on Sunday, making history as the first film not in the English language to win the movie industry's highest honor. "Parasite," about the gap between rich and poor...

Travel Abroad 10 Feb, 2020

Renee Zellweger wins best actress Oscar for 'Judy'

LOS ANGELES: Renee Zellweger was crowned best actress at the Oscars on Sunday for her portrait of Hollywood legend Judy Garland in "Judy," a biographical drama exploring the singer's personal and professional turmoil at the end of her life. It...

Travel Abroad 10 Feb, 2020