ISTANBUL: The United States has barred a Syrian cinematographer who worked on an Oscar-nominated documentary from entering the country to attend the Academy Awards...
TEHRAN: The Iranian star of Oscar-nominated film "The Salesman" said Thursday she would boycott the awards in protest at President Donald Trump's "racist" ban...
LOS ANGELES: Action movie star Jackie Chan is due to receive an honorary Oscar, the Academy said Thursday, to recognize a glittering career that has seen him become a cultural icon.
Oscar winning filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy reacted to news of Syed Noor's accusations that she had stole the plot of his film and its title 'The Price of Honour' from 2011.
Sylvester Stallone, thrilled to be back as an Oscar contender for the first time in 40 years, said on Monday he had thought twice about taking part in the Oscar ceremony because of the uproar over the scarcity of black talent in the contest.
US President Barack Obama said Wednesday that the controversy over this year's all-white Oscar acting nominations is part of a broader issue the country is grappling with.
The Oscars have launched a landmark campaign to diversify the ranks of Academy Award voters who decide which actors, movies and filmmakers earn recognition, but Hollywood's highest honors may remain a predominantly white affair for some time to come.
Film director Spike Lee, who is leading calls for a boycott of the 2016 Oscars over the lack of black actors among nominees, called on Tuesday for Hollywood to adopt policies to address the issue of racial diversity behind and in front of the camera.
Leonardo DiCaprio has been nominated five times for an acting Oscar and Kate Winslet, his co-star in the 1997 blockbuster "Titanic", says he may finally win the golden statuette next month.
Gruelling revenge movie "The Revenant" emerged as the Oscar front-runner on Thursday in nominations that pit big-budget movies against small personal dramas and once again shut actors of colour out of the industry's biggest honours.
Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy, Pakistan's acclaimed filmmaker looks to impress once again, as her latest documentary has been shortlisted for the Academy Award Nominations for the 88th Academy Awards.
An Oscar statuette awarded to actress Norma Shearer in 1930 sold on Wednesday for $180,000 (119,032 pounds) in a rare sale of an Academy Awards trophy.
A life-sized Oscar statute got everyone's attention when it was placed just yards away from the red carpet, at the Hollywood Boulevard. The statue is of a man on his knees, snorting cocaine with a hundred dollar bill.