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The Oscars will move to YouTube in 2029

December 18, 2025 1:16 am

YouTube will be the home to all things Oscars, including red-carpet coverage, the Governors Awards and the Oscar nominations announcement.

Aranya Sahay’s debut film 'Humans in the Loop' asks: Can technology ever truly reflect diverse worldviews?

December 03, 2025 1:48 pm

This resonates deeply in 2025, with AI’s trillion-dollar boom relying on invisible workers in places like rural India. The film frames their labour through a feminist lens: Like motherhood, data labelling demands patience, care, empathy and endurance, yet remains undervalued

What to watch on OTT: India’s official Oscar entry Homebound; and The Roses, powered Benedict Cumberbatch & Olivia Colman

November 24, 2025 7:51 pm

Riz Ahmed and Lily James starrer Relay and Smriti Mundhra-directed Dining with the Kapoors will be available for streaming.

Mahavatar Narsimha to be considered for Best Animation Oscar, in competition with 35 films; Homebound competing with 86 films

November 22, 2025 1:32 pm

Director Ashwin Kumar's record breaking animated film Mahavatar Narsimha has been chosen for consideration with regards to the Academy Award in the Best Animated Film category.

Humans in the Loop director pitches another science-related feature

November 21, 2025 10:04 pm

Sahay, who explored how AI clashes with traditional belief systems in Humans in the Loop, said at an open pitch session that his new project was a political narrative set in Delhi.

Amul celebrates Tom Cruise’s first-ever Oscar in 40-year career; netizens say ‘it looks more like…’

November 21, 2025 11:07 am

To mark the milestone, Amul India rolled out a special tribute, unveiling a new topical dedicated to the actor.

Tom Cruise receives honorary Oscar at Governors Awards: 'Making movies is not what I do, it’s who I am'

November 17, 2025 6:35 pm

A competitive Oscar has eluded Tom Cruise, who’s been nominated four times: as an actor for 1989’s Born on the Fourth of July, 1996’s Jerry Maguire and 1999’s Magnolia, and as a producer for 2022’s Top Gun: Maverick.

Humans in the Loop enters Oscar race, receives Film Independent's Sloan Distribution Grant

November 17, 2025 2:41 pm

The Sloan Distribution Grant, given by Film Independent and the Alfred P Sloan Foundation, supports narrative features that engage meaningfully with science or technology themes or characters, helping to reach wider audiences through strategic release support.

Diane Keaton’s awkward, vulnerable, human characters changed how women are seen on screen

October 13, 2025 4:56 pm

She proved that audiences not only accept but embrace characters that are off-balance, emotionally messy and real. She proved that leading roles for women do not need to stick to youth or stereotypes, that maturity can be a source of richness, not limitation

Through this story of friendship (between a Dalit and a Muslim boy), we can talk about the heart of our country, says Neeraj Ghaywan, writer-director of Homebound, India's official Oscar entry

September 22, 2025 5:45 pm

Homebound — which chronicles the friendship and struggles of Chandan (Vishal Jethwa), a Dalit, and Shoaib (Ishaan Khatter), a Muslim, who are determined to beat the odds to lead a better life — had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival 2025 under the Un Certain Regard section.

Exhibition is all set to celebrate the life and times of India’s first ever Oscar winner for costume design Bhanu Athaiya

November 13, 2023 12:31 pm

The Prinseps Exhibition: Bharat through the lens of Athaiya is a follow-up event exploring the multifaceted legacy of the creative artist who is said to have invented the role of the costume designer

Bhanu Athaiya: A pictorial tribute to the Oscar-winning costume designer

October 15, 2020 8:08 pm

Indian costume designer Bhanu Athaiya was the first Indian to win an Oscar for the film Gandhi in 1982. She passed away at the age of 91. A look at some of her pictures

Oscar nominees urged to skip Israel swag bag trip

February 25, 2016 12:06 pm