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Los Angeles, Feb 27: Mahershala Ali made history by becoming the first Ahmadiyya Muslim to win an acting Oscar as he was honoured with the best supporting actor trophy for his riveting turn as an empathetic drug dealer, who takes a fatherless young boy under his wing in "Moonlight. Ali, 43, is only in the first third of "Moonlight" but his quiet yet powerful performance as Juan has made his

New Delhi, Feb 26: The Oscars this year could be historic for India. If Dev Patel, who has been nominated for best supporting actor for the film "Lion", takes home the statuette, he will be the first true blue Indian to win an Academy Award for acting. Ben Kingsley, who won the best actor Oscar in 1983 for "Gandhi", is half-Indian. Talking to British daily Telegraph, Patel said, "It's time an

Los Angeles, Feb 26: A Syrian cinematographer, who worked on this year's Academy Award nominee for best documentary short subject "The White Helmets", has been barred by the US immigration authorities from entering the country. The 21-year-old cinematographer Khaled Khateeb, who was planning to join Raed Saleh, leader of the White Helmets Syrian rescue group and subject of Netflix's Oscar

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 25: Malayalam actor Prithviraj today said he would never let disrespect for women be celebrated in his movies and apologised to his fans for being part of such films that celebrated misogyny, during the early stage of his career. In his Facebook post, he said,"...I apologise.. for at an age and time when I wasn't wise enough.. I have been part of films that celebrated

Kolkata, Feb 25: Director Vishal Bhardwaj has said his period romance "Rangoon" talks about Indian National Army's role in the freedom movement and is a tribute to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. "It is important to share this fact with the present generation. Netaji's sacrifice should come to the mainstream. The film is my humble tribute to the lesser known role played by the INA and Netaji in the

Los Angeles, Feb 25: The 34-year-old star confirmed the news on social media by posting a selfie of herself along with English rock band The Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger. "Oscars here we come... @mickjagger LA LA land...," she captioned the Instagram picture taking inside the airport terminal. The 'Quantico' star made her stunning debut at the Oscars last year, where she presented an

Mumbai, Feb 24: Disha Patani wore a cleavage-baring gown to the Jio Filmfare Awards 2017 last month, and recently posted a picture of the outfit on her Instagram profile. The actress found herself at the receiving end of nasty comments - many trolled her as they felt the outfit was a tad too revealing. The comments went into an overdrive after the telecast of the award show.Not one to cower down

New Delhi, Feb 24: Actor Rajkummar Rao, the trailer of whose new film Trapped is currently the centre of much attention, has said that he survived on coffee and carrots for 20-odd days to look the part, reports news agency. Trapped, directed by Vikramaditya Motwane who made Udaan and Lootera, is a survival drama starring Rajkummar as a man who becomes imprisoned in his own apartment in a high-rise

Mumbai, Feb 23: Ali Fazal is having the time of his life with a crop of great films up for release. The tall actor is currently in India shooting for his most awaited sequel ‘Fukrey Returns’. While he has been busy with his film shoot, one of his international collaboration, ‘For Here Or To Go’ is believed to soon be releasing in America. The film was shot two years back and has Ali essaying the

Mumbai, Feb 23: It may be a nail biting finish for Rangoon, the Kangana Ranaut-Saif Ali Khan-Shahid Kapoor starrer, in the Bombay high court ahead of its scheduled release date of February 24. Its director Vishal Bhardwaj is defending allegations that the film's swashbuckling 1940s movie star character is copyright violation of 'Fearless Nadia' a stunt actor of the 1930s and '40s. A production