Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin Will Co-Host the 82nd Oscars

It has been announced that Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will co-host the 82nd Oscars taking place on March 7, 2010. Steve Martin has hosted the Oscars in the past, while Alec Baldwin has never. The organizers...

Budd Schulberg, Screenwriter of On The Waterfront Dies at 95

Budd Schulberg, the Oscar winning screenwriter of 'On the Waterfront' dies at the age of 95 today in Long Island. He is survived by his wife Betsy and his five children. Budd Schulberg rose to fame in the 40s and...

The Vatican wakes up to the wisdom of Oscar Wilde

" With his outrageous wit, clear disdain for figures of authority and openly homosexual lifestyle, Oscar Wilde is an unlikely pin-up for the Catholic Church. Persecuted and imprisoned for his sexuality, gay rights...

Doctor Zhivago composer Maurice Jarre dies at 84

Maurice Jarre, the man who composed a beautiful score for the 1965 Oscar-winning adaptation of epic novel Doctor Zhivago, died at the age of 84 in California after a long battle with cancer. Doctor Zhivago has won...

Q & A with Vikas Swarup at the Jaipur Literature Festival

Thanks to the enthusiastic, charismatic and giving spirit of author William Dalrymple, I recently attended the Jaipur Literature Festival, which takes place every year in January, in the city of … you guessed it! JAIPUR. This year Amitabh Bachchan, Tina...

Slumdog team welcomed with cheers and tears of joy in India

Resul Pookutty, India's Oscar winner for Slumdog Millionnaire, arrived in Mumbai airport along with actor Irfan Khan. There was a grand reception planned for awaiting him. As crowds celebrated his homecoming,...

Indians gushing with pride as India shines at Oscars

The success of Slumdog Millionaire at Oscar awards has made Indians ecstatic with joy and people all over the country have been celebrating this extraordinary achievement. India basked in the reflected glory of...

The Mozart of Madras

The lady was well-deserved. One of my favourite composer, A. R. Rahman has won the coveted award for Slumdog. "HOLLYWOOD: Indian composer A.R. Rahman’s double Oscar win for “Slumdog Millionaire” is his...

2009 Oscar Fashion: The best and worst red carpet dresses

It's the biggest fashion show of the year,half fun of the Oscar is watching the stars come down the red carpet in their designer gowns,good taste is fine, but fashion risk takers keep the red carpet from being too boringly perfect.Oscar 2009 fashion in a word? Color, and lots...

Mother of ‘Slumdog’ child celebrates Oscar haul in Mumbai

Attending the Oscars is a huge achievement for a nine-year-old Rubina Ali. However, at 12 am yesterday night, one of the Slumdog stars Rubina Ali (9) called her family from Los Angeles feeling homesick and wanting...

A R Rahman wins two OSCARS (2009) for Slumdog Millionnaire Jai Ho

India erupted into joy and celebration with A R Rahman winning two OSCARS in a matter of ten minutes. In his acceptance speech at The Golden Globe awards he had wished that as Indians are crazy about OSCARS, I...

Indian village celebrates Oscar success of Smile Pinky

Residents of Dabai village in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh are celebrating the winning the best documentary award of  ''Smile Pinky'' at the OSCARS AWARDS, since it is based on the life of a girl with a lip...

Academy Awards 2009 Live Blog Coverage, Updated List of Winners

UPDATE 11:49 pm EST Here it is, the biggest and usually most anti-climatic moment of the night: Best Picture. The nominees are:"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button""Frost/Nixon""Milk""The Reader""Slumdog...

81st Annual Academy Awards: Oscars TV schedule and start time

The 81st annual Academy Awards is on TV Sunday February 22 with the ceremony starting at 8:30pm on ABC.Stars strolling down the red carpet will start at about 5:30pm PST where you will be able to watch all the...

Actor James Whitmore dies

"Whitmore notably portrayed Harry Truman, Will Rogers and Theodore Roosevelt in one-man stage shows and created memorable characters in many movies and TV shows, including "The Twilight Zone." According to...

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