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Rolex watches have a long history of appearing on screen, as in this scene from the film Crazy Rich Asians, so it’s only appropriate that the brand is a partner of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Photo: Handout

Rolex and the Oscars: a century of timeless elegance and cinematic excellence

The partnership has cemented Rolex’s role in cinema away from the screen, supporting the Oscars and the Academy Museum Gala, the ‘Met Gala of the West Coast’.

Michelle Yeoh says not being able to have kids ‘biggest sadness’ of her life

Who is Leonardo DiCaprio’s estranged stepbrother Adam Farrar?

Tootsie and Young Frankenstein actress Teri Garr dies at age 79

The Oscar-nominated actress also appeared in Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and on TV series like Star Trek and Batman.

Actress Teri Garr arrives for an event in Los Angeles in May 2012. Photo: Reuters

Antonio Sánchez on composing the soundtrack to the Oscar-winning Birdman

Sánchez’s latest album features Dave Matthews and Trent Reznor on guest vocals; he also hung with Jeff Goldblum and Bill Murray.

‘Time has come’ for Indian women directors with 3 set to vie for Oscars

Director of wife-swapping comedy Laapataa Ladies (Lost Ladies), Indian Oscars entry, hails ‘special moment’ for South Asian women filmmakers.

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Who are Al Pacino’s children? The Hollywood great has 4 kids, aged 1 to 35

Pacino’s Shrek phone case was spotted when he was out and about with Jason Momoa – and Scarface has held on to it after making a promise to his kid.

Al Pacino (second from right) with his three adult kids (from left), Anton Pacino, Olivia Pacino, Al Pacino, and Julie Pacino . Photo: Getty Images

Kris Kristofferson, American country music star and actor, dead at 88

Kris Kristofferson became one of the most influential American singer-songwriters of his time and a successful actor.

Hong Kong picks action movie set in Kowloon Walled City for Oscars race

Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In put forward as city’s entry for Academy Awards’ best international feature film.

Is The Shawshank Redemption, 30 this month, the best movie of all time?

The Stephen King novella adaptation with Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins lost out to Forrest Gump at the 1995 Oscars but holds up 30 years on.

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Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman in a still from The Shawshank Redemption (1994). Frank Darabont’s prison drama did not win an Oscar, but in the 30 years since its release it has been hailed as one of the greatest films of all time. Photo: Courtesy of Park Circus/Warner Bros

James Earl Jones, acclaimed actor and voice of Darth Vader, dead at 93

The multi-award-winning actor was a dominating presence whether on stage, on screen or merely by sound.

James Earl Jones in 2017. The actor died on Monday at 93. File photo: Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions

Edward B. Johnson, second CIA officer in Iran for ‘Argo’ rescue mission, dies at 81

Rescue of 6 American diplomats who fled 1979 US embassy takeover in Tehran was immortalised in Ben Affleck’s Oscar-winning film Argo.

Netflix backs Kristen Wiig song from Will Ferrell trans film for Oscar

Comic actress co-wrote Harper and Will Go West for Will & Harper, a documentary about fellow Saturday Night Live actor Will Ferrell’s road trip with a friend who comes out as a trans woman.

SNL alumni net worths, ranked: who’s Saturday Night’s highest-paid comedian?

These comedians have gone on to make fortunes with pioneering hit films, cult classic TV shows, and even profitable businesses – so who’s been laughing all the way to the bank?

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Chris Rock hosts the Oscars; Will Ferrell attends a ceremony at the Hollywood Walk of Fame; Eddie Murphy attends an undisclosed event. Which SNL alumni has earned the most to date, though? Photos: Getty, AFP

Donald Sutherland, star of M*A*S*H and The Hunger Games, dead at 88

One of Canada’s most famous sons, Donald Sutherland played dashing leading men as well as anti-heroes and villains.

Actor Donald Sutherland in 2017. File photo: AP

Robot Dreams director on telling a tear-jerking story with ‘no words’

The director of Oscar-nominated Robot Dreams, Pablo Berger, opens up about adapting his animated movie from a tear-jerking graphic novel, and why it’s too real to be a children’s film.

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Who is Ben Affleck’s mum Christopher Anne Boldt – and does she like J.Lo?

Affleck and Jennifer Lopez appear to be attempting to quash any rumours around their supposed marriage woes, as they were just spotted out and about with his mum

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Who’s Queen Latifah’s partner Eboni Nichols, choreographer and ex Laker Girl?

Nichols and Latifah have reportedly been together since 2013 and now share a son – the talented choreographer also has a busy career working on Rihanna’s tour and the 2022 Oscars

Queen Latifah and Eboni Nichols pose in complementary black outfits at the 2024 Met Gala in New York. Photo: Reuters

Review | Robot Dreams: story of dog and robot is an animated masterpiece

Set in New York in 1984 and adapted from a comic of the same name, Robot Dreams uses the relationship between a dog and a robot to explore brilliantly the profundities of inter-human behaviour.

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Actor Bernard Hill, of Titanic and Lord of the Rings, dies at 79

In Lord of the Rings, the British actor played Théoden, King of Rohan and in Titanic, he went down with the ship as captain Captain Edward Smith.

Biden honours Malaysia’s Michelle Yeoh with top US civilian award

The list of 19 Medal of Freedom honorees pays homage to ‘firsts’ in their field, including the Everything Everywhere All at Once star, the first Asian to win the Oscar for Best Actress.

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US President Joe Biden awards the nation’s highest civilian honour, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to actress Michelle Yeoh at the White House on Friday. Photo: AP

Trump movie The Apprentice headed to Cannes Film Festival

The biographical film, starring Marvel actor Sebastian Stan as young property tycoon Donald Trump, was announced on Thursday as part of the festival being held in France in May.

Former US president Donald Trump is to be the subject of a film set to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May. Photo: AFP

5 luxury watches worn by Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan at red-carpet events

From his favourite Omegas to a ‘skeleton’ Cartier, the Everything, Everywhere All at Once star has impeccable tastes in timepieces

What happened to Haley Joel Osment, the child star of The Sixth Sense and A.I.?

The child actor from Forrest Gump and The Sixth Sense has been enjoying a low key Hollywood career this whole time – but not everyone has noticed given his radically different appearance

Louis Gossett Jnr, star of ‘An Officer and a Gentleman’ and ‘Roots’, dies at 87

Gossett’s nephew said that the actor died on Thursday night in Santa Monica, California. No cause of death was revealed.

Louis Gossett Jnr, the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar and an Emmy winner for his role in the seminal TV miniseries “Roots’ has died. He was 87. Photo: AP

‘Oppenheimer’ finally shown in Japan, the only country to suffer atomic bombing

Japan was left out of worldwide screenings, despite being a major market for Hollywood, because its subject – the man who masterminded the atomic bomb – is a highly sensitive and emotional topic in the country.

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A woman walks past an advertisement of ‘Oppenheimer’ in Tokyo on Friday. The best picture winner at the Oscars was finally released in Japan, where its subject -- the man who masterminded the atomic bomb -- is a highly sensitive and emotional topic. Photo: AFP

Oppenheimer director Christopher Nolan to receive knighthood

Nolan’s wife and film producer Emma Thomas will receive a damehood, the female equivalent of a knighthood, the UK said on Thursday in a list of honours recommended by PM Rishi Sunak

Who wore it best? Bright and bold celebrity red carpet suits – ranked

Actors Chris Evans, Andrew Scott, Matt Bomer and Taylor Zakhar Perez, and singer Jon Batiste, all ditched the traditional black tux for this year’s awards season

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Academy Awards
The Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, takes place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles.
last updated:
9 September, 2024
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