At a recent [unlock celebration?] party comprising close friends, my old and ever-opinionated buddy, renowned for calling out Bollywood’s antics, spotted & buttonholed me & took off.

Opinion: "Please don't call me an actress but an actor"

Oscars 2021 has a staggering number of films competing in Best Picture category. A total of 336 feature films are in competition. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed its annual "reminder list" for members on Thursday and thus came out the number.

Oscars 2021: 366 films eligible for Best Picture, highest in 50 years

Due to her controversial social media posts, actress Gina Carano has been fired from the sets of 'The Mandalorian'. Meanwhile, owing to the pandemic, 2021 Oscars ceremony will be broadcast from multiple locations.

Top 5 Hollywood news today: Oscars to be broadcast from 'multiple locations', Gina Carano fired from 'The Mandalorian'

The Academy Awards, or Oscars, ceremony in April will be an in-person event that will air live from multiple locations, organizers said on Wednesday (February 10).

Oscars ceremony in April to be live, in person and from many locations

A boozy Mads Mikkelsen comedy from Denmark, a Netflix musical drama from Mexico and an elderly lesbian romance from France are among the Oscars hopefuls on the best foreign film shortlist announced Tuesday.

Mads Mikkelsen comedy among international Oscars shortlist

Jared Leto won an Oscar in 2014 but the actor has now revealed that the golden statue is no longer with him. During his recent appearance on 'The Late Late Show with James Corden' on Tuesday, Leto revealed that he misplaced the statue when he moved to a new home in Los Angeles in California.

Jared Leto says his Oscar 'magically disappeared' three years ago

Tamil superstar Suriya's latest film 'Soorarai Pottru' is headed for Oscars. Directed by Sudha Kongara Prasad, the film has entered the Oscar race in multiple categories.

Suriya starrer 'Soorarai Pottru' enters the Oscar race 

US filmmaker Tyler Perry will receive an honorary statuette at this year's Oscars for his humanitarian work, including efforts to get the entertainment industry safely back to work during the coronavirus pandemic, the Academy announced Thursday.

Oscars 2021: Tyler Perry to receive honorary statuette for his humanitarian work

Nearly two years after the overthrow of autocrat Omar al-Bashir, Sudan is taking steps to rejoin the international community from which it was long shunned. That includes its film industry.

'You Will Die at Twenty' becomes first Sudanese film to go to Oscars

From Malayalam film Jallikattu as India's official entry for Oscars. Here's everything you need to know about this year's Oscar nominations.

WION Wideangle: India's 'Jallikattu' Goes to the Oscars

Yearender 2020: As we get closer to the end of the year, Google’s Year in Search for 2020 reveals that Oscar-winning South Korean film ‘Parasite’ and Netflix’s show ‘Tiger King’ are the most searched movie and TV shows of 2020.

'Parasite', 'Tiger King' are most searched movie & TV show of 2020

Director Steven Soderbergh will help produce what organizers on Tuesday called a re-envisioned Oscars awards show in April, but they did not say what form the ceremony would take.

Oscar organizers see April awards ceremony as innovation opportunity

China has picked Peter Chan’s biographical sports drama ‘Leap’ as its submission for Best International Feature Film category for Oscars 2021. ‘Leap’ follows the travails and triumphs of China's women's national volleyball team over a period of more than 40 years.

China selects 'Leap' for Oscars 2021 International Feature Film category submission

Ireland has chosen its pick for Oscars 2021 Best International Feature Film category and it is ‘Arracht’. Tom Sullivan’s Irish-language feature ‘Arracht’ is set in 1845 on the eve of the Irish famine.

Ireland picks ‘Arracht’ for Oscars' International Feature Film category

The body that hands out the Academy Awards on Tuesday published detailed inclusion and diversity guidelines that filmmakers will have to meet in order for their work to be eligible for a best picture Oscar, starting in 2024.

Oscars Academy sets new diversity standards for Best Picture contenders

Hollywood director-producer Ryan Murphy is now on the board of trustees of The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Ryan along with 5 others from the industry have made it to the new board of trustees.

'Glee' co-creator Ryan Murphy & 5 others join The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures as Board of Trustees

Bollywood actor Alia Bhatt on Thursday thanked the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for inviting her to be a member of the prestigious Academy. Also read: Alia Bhatt, Hrithik Roshan named among 819 new members of The Academy In a long 'thankful' note posted by the 'Gully Boy' actor on Instagram, she expressed her happiness over being invited to be a member of the Academy and also shared that how satisfied she feels to know that more Indian artists are being acknowledged by the Academy every year.

Alia Bhatt on being invited to be part of Oscar academy: 'Feel honoured and humbled'

The Academy has announced its new members list and it features Awkwafina, Matthew Cherry, Cynthia Erivo, Alma Har'el, Zendaya and others. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences sent invites to 819 new members from the entertainment industry.

Alia Bhatt, Hrithik Roshan named among 819 new members of The Academy

After Oscars revealed its date for the next year’s ceremony, Golden Globes has set its ceremony date as February 28, 2021. This comes in the wake of almost all film festivals and awards ceremonies postponing their dates because of the coronavirus pandemic including Oscars 2021.

Golden Globes 2021 ceremony scheduled for February 28 after Oscars delay

We last told you that the Academy board members were to get together to decide on the official date of the next year’s ceremony. Well they have and the 2021 Oscars has been scheduled for April 25.

Oscars 2021 ceremony gets a new date, scheduled for April 25

The Academy has proposed to meet today over a Zoom meeting to discuss the details of next year’s Oscars ceremony. While the world’s most-watched film awards show happens in the month of February every year, there are reports that the upcoming awards will be postponed.

Oscars 2021 ceremony likely to be pushed, The Academy to meet today to finalise

The organisation 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 for Oscars.

Films aiming to win Oscars will need to meet diversity criteria: The Academy

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced its list of new members and filmmaker Ava DuVernay has made it to the list. ‘Selma’ filmmaker Ava DuVernay made it to the list alongside ‘A Star is Born’ producer Lynette Howell Taylor and casting director Debra Zane.

'Selma' filmmaker Ava DuVernay joins The Academy’s Board of Governors

After Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Screen Actors Guild awards too announced a temporary change in the eligibility for, allowing films without theatrical release also to qualify.

After Oscars, SAG awards to consider films without theatrical releases

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