Awarded to select nominees and winners, the 2026 Everyone Wins Oscar swag bag includes luxury vacation stays in Ibiza and Lapland worth $65,000, a $25,000 facial plastic surgery voucher from a New York-based surgeon, and even a custom prenuptial agreement service, among several other high-end gifts.
An awards season full of twists, upsets, and shifting narratives culminated in a night that defied early predictions. The Best Actor race delivered the biggest surprise, as momentum, controversy, and changing perceptions reshaped the field.
Having grossed nearly $370 worldwide, Sinners filled up Warner Bros coffers when many of the studio's key 2025 films lost money, and deserves its many Oscar nominations.
'I was just a little kid in a darkened theatre, and I remember that beam of light just cut across the room, and I remember looking up, and it seemed to just explode on the screen.'
With his killer smile, the sex symbol image, Robert Redford would go beyond just being an actor, remembers Aseem Chhabra.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recently announced its membership invitations, and Indian film celebrities Ram Charan, Jr NTR, Mani Ratnam, Karan Johar, Siddharth Roy Kapur, Chandrabose and MM Keeravaani have been invited to be members.
Shahana Goswami's Santosh has been shortlisted for the best foreign film Oscars.
Sean Baker broke a record by winning four Oscars just himself for Anora: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Editing and Best Original Screenplay.
The Malayalam film 2018: Everyone is a Hero, India's official entry in the International Feature Film category at the 2024 Academy Awards, is out of the Oscars race.
It is believed to be Smith's first public appearance since his Oscars controversy.
On January 24, when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announces the Oscar nominees for 2023, it would be a surprise if RRR doesn't make the cut, declares Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
'We want to express our deep gratitude to Mr Rock for maintaining his composure under extraordinary circumstances,' the Academy stated.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has come out with a list of 301 feature films eligible for the Oscars with Indian films RRR, Gangubai Kathiawadi, The Kashmir Files and Kantara making the cut.
'This is a historic moment for India.'
Giving Bollywood gyaan, of course!
Directors of Best Film nominees like Zero Dark Thirty, Django Unchained and Argo miss out on Best Director nominations.
Raja Sen picks up 10 unpredictable Oscar winners over the years.
The costume designer, who had won an Oscar for her work in Gandhi, gives her reasons.
The Lincoln actor has become the first actor in the history of Academy Awards to pick up three Best Actor statuettes.
Raja Sen lists the 10 truly undeserving Oscar winners through the years.
According to Raja Sen, the 2012 edition could easily be labelled as the most contentious nominations we've seen in the past few years.
The actress has been nominated for the seventeenth time for her outstanding perfrormance in The Iron Lady.
The executive committee of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ruled that Nicolas Chartier violated campaign rules by sending e-mails to voters favouring his movie while disparaging a rival film.
James Franco and Anne Hathaway are your hosts for 2011 Oscars. Do you like the combo? Tell us!
A look at what transpired at the 17th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles.
Will his list match the Oscar noms, to be disclosed on February 2? Let's wait and watch.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recently announced that Hugh Jackman will be the host of the 81st annual Oscars, to be held February 22.
After bagging a Golden Globe nomination, the music maestro is once again in Oscar race with his song 'If I Rise' from 127 Hours making it to the Academy shortlist for the Original Song category.
Best Picture voting for the Oscars gets a makeover.
Indian Americans have asked the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to introduce a new award category of 'Best Bollywood Film' for films made in India.
Academy Awards to expand Best Picture nominees to 10 films.
The decision to nominate the Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan-starrer film as the Indian entry for the awards was confirmed by Film Federation of India President Vinod Pande. This is the third time that a film by Chopra will be going to the awards.
After Samir Karnik's Heroes, its now the turn of Farhan Akhtar starrer "Rock On!!" to find a place in the Oscar's library. Ritesh Sidhwani, producer of Rock On!! said that the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has asked for the script of his musical romance for the Oscar's Library.
Aamir Khan is second time unlucky.
Writer Jaideep Sahni and director Shimit Amin on Chak De India's script being requested by the Oscar library.
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