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Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal poses for a picture with his Oscar as he recovers from an attack by Israeli settlers. Photo: HAZEM BADER / AFP.

Palestinian filmmaker says Israeli settlers assaulted him for winning Oscar

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences criticised for silence on the attack

March 26, 2025| AFP
The poster of the film. Photo: Facebook

Watch: Cat tale ‘Flow’ goes from underdog to Oscar nominee

It is shortlisted in the best animated feature and the international film categories.

February 28, 2025| AFP
Billy O’Brien poses for photographs at Williams candy shop on Coney Island in New York. Photos: Charly Triballeau/AFP

Watch: Oscar fave ‘Anora’, a ‘love letter’ to eccentric beachside Brooklyn

The film has been nominated for six awards including best film and best director

February 27, 2025| AFP
Victoria Young, a professor of art history at the University of St. Thomas specialising in 19th- and 20th-century architecture, stands inside Saint John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota. The abbey was the inspiration for the film. Photo: Kerem Yucel/AFP

What is Brutalism? And why do architects hate ‘The Brutalist’?

The film is loosely inspired by the life and work of architect Marcel Breuer

February 21, 2025| AFP
Karla Sofia Gascon. Photo: Shutterstock.com

Disgraced ‘Emilia Perez’ star vows to remain ‘silent’

Karla Sofia Gascon was considered a frontrunner for best actress at the Oscars

February 7, 2025| AFP
Actresses Karla Sofia Gascon, Zoe Saldana, Selena Gomez attend the screening of ‘Emilia Perez’ on opening night of The American French Film Festival (TAFFF) at the Directors Guild of America (DGA) in Los Angeles, October 29. Photo: Etienne Laurent/AFP

‘Emilia Perez’ tops Oscar nominations in fire-hit Hollywood

'The Brutalist' and 'Wicked' each picked up 10 nominations

January 23, 2025| AFP
Late US record producer Quincy Jones appears on screen as he receives and honorary award during the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 15th Annual Governors. Photo: Etienne Laurent/AFP

Quincy Jones awarded posthumous Oscar

His daughter, the actress Rashida Jones, accepted the award

November 18, 2024| AFP
Conan O'Brien, 61, will take over the role from Jimmy Kimmel. Photo: AFP

Comedian Conan O'Brien to host Oscars   

The 97th Academy Awards will be held on March 2, 2025

November 15, 2024| AFP
South Korean-Canadian director, playwright, and screenwriter Celine Song walks on the stage to pose for photos after a screening of her film ‘Past Lives’ in Seoul on February 28. Photo: Anthony Wallace/AFP

Oscar-nominated Korean diaspora film follows ‘lives we leave behind’

'Past Lives' is Korean-Canadian director Celine Song's debut feature film

March 7, 2024| AFP
Italian director Matteo Garrone poses during an interview with AFP. Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFP

Italy’s Matteo Garrone brings migrant drama to Oscars

'Io Capitano' is one of five films nominated for 'Best Foreign Film'

February 8, 2024| AFP
Honorees Carol Littleton, Mel Brooks, Angela Bassett and Michelle Satter pose onstage during the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences’ 14th Annual Governors Awards. Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images North America/Getty Images via AFP

Mel Brooks earns honorary Oscar at 97

He won his only Academy Award in 1969 for 'The Producers'

January 10, 2024| AFP
US actor Will Smith and his wife actress Jada Pinkett Smith arrive for the 28th Annual Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, on February 27, 2022. Photo: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP

Jada Pinkett Smith says separated from Will Smith since 2016

She initially thought that the famous Oscars slap was a 'skit'

October 12, 2023| AFP
US actress Angela Bassett. Photo: Frederic J. Brown/AFP

Mel Brooks, Angela Bassett to receive honorary Oscars

They are handed out every year to honour lifetime achievement

June 27, 2023| AFP
Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh, winner of the Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role for ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’, arrives to give a press conference in Kuala Lumpur on April 18. Photo: Mohd Rasfan/AFP

Michelle Yeoh urges women to resist being ‘put in a box’

She won this year's Oscar as Best Actress for 'Everything Everywhere All at Once'

April 18, 2023| AFP
John Williams speaks at conductor Gustavo Dudamel’s Hollywood Walk of Fame Star ceremony in Hollywood in January 2019. Photo: Frederic J. Brown/AFP

John Williams: Hollywood’s maestro goes for more Oscars history

He composed the soundtrack of 'Fiddler on the Roof', 'Jaws' and 'Star Wars', among others

March 8, 2023| AFP
Israeli warplanes struck Aleppo airport before dawn on March 7, causing significant damage that halted flights to and from Syria's war- and quake-battered second city, the defence ministry said. AFP file photo

Three dead in Israel strike on Syria airport, earthquake aid flights halted

Damage forced authorities to close Aleppo airport to all flights

March 7, 2023| AFP
This undated handout screengrab, provided by ‘The New Yorker’, shows a scene from the Oscar-nominated short documentary ‘Haulout’. Photo: The New Yorker/AFP

Oscar short docs race showcases booming art form

There are five nominees in the category

March 7, 2023| AFP
The famous slap at last year’s Oscars ceremony. Photo: Robyn Beck

Slap chat? Chris Rock live Netflix special to air week before Oscars

'Chris Rock: Selective Outrage' will be Rock’s second for Netflix

March 1, 2023| AFP
All people of goodwill should vigorously support the efforts of Pope Francis to focus more on winning peace rather than on winning wars. Photo: AFP

Dialogue is the oxygen of peace – Daniel Darmanin

Respectful dialogue is the only reasonable door to a just and lasting peace, whether in Ukraine or in our midst

February 26, 2023| Daniel Darmanin
Owner of the Lynotts pub Mick Lynch. Photos: Paul Faith/AFP

Remote ‘Banshees’ islands reap Oscars tourism boom

The film, starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, has picked up nine Oscar nominations

February 17, 2023| AFP
Daniel Scheinert, Jonathan Wang, Daniel Kwan, Stephanie Hsu, Zak Stoltz, Ke Huy Quan and Harry Shum Jr., celebrate winning the Best Picture award for "Everything Everywhere All at Once" at the Critics Choice Awards.

And the Oscar nominees are...

'Everything Everywhere All at Once' tops Oscar nominations with 11

January 24, 2023| AFP
Natascha McElhone and Steven Love in Carmen. Photo: Falkun Films

Malta again misses out on the Oscars shortlist

Malta is still waiting for its true Academy Award breakout film. Is support the thing that's missing?

December 24, 2022| Daniel Tihn
Jimmy Kimmel waves as he arrives at the 2022 Emmys. Kimmel will be hosting the Oscars for the third time. Photo: AFP

Jimmy Kimmel to return as Oscars host

Comedian returns for a third time, as Academy Awards seek to put Will Smith drama behind them

November 7, 2022| AFP
Sacheen Littlefeather seen on September 17.

Sacheen Littlefeather, actress who refused Oscar for Brando dies at 75

Sacheen Littlefeather, the Native American activist and actress who was booed in 1973 as she refused an Oscar on behalf of Marlon Brando, has died aged 75, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Sunday. The Academy announced her death in...

October 3, 2022| AFP
Sacheen Littlefeather on stage at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on September 17 of this year. Photo: Getty Images North America/AFP

Native American actress who refused Oscar for Brando dies at 75

She was booed at the 1973 Academy Awards

October 3, 2022| AFP
The Malta Academy Selection Committee has selected 'Carmen' as Malta's International Oscar Entry. Photo: Facebook/Carmen

Malta picks 'Carmen' for best international film Oscar race

The film's special premiere will take place tonight at the Eden Cinemas

September 30, 2022| Giulia Magri
The ‘Regeneration’ exhibition at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. Photo: Robin L Marshall/Getty Images North America/Getty Image

Academy unearths long-lost ‘race films’ in Black cinema exhibit

Audiences can watch carefully restored footage of these movies

August 19, 2022| AFP
Sacheen Littlefeather. Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images North America/AFP

Academy apologises to Indigenous star for historic Oscars abuse

Sacheen Littlefeather was booed off the Oscars stage nearly 50 years ago

August 16, 2022| AFP
US actor Troy Kotsur poses with his award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for ‘CODA’ at the 94th Annual Academy Awards Governors Ball in Hollywood, California on March 27, 2022. Photo: Valerie Macon/AFP

Streamers come of age after ‘CODA’ Oscar win

Audiences aren't bothered whether or not a film is created by a streamer

April 8, 2022| AFP
An emotional Smith receives the Academy Award for Best Actor. One hour prior, he had assaulted Chris Rock on that same stage. Photo: AFP

Will Smith resigns from Oscars Academy over Chris Rock slap

'This list of those I have hurt is long,' says Smith in resignation

April 2, 2022| Times of Malta