Los Angeles, “Period. End of Sentence”, a film about women in India fighting against the deeply rooted stigma of menstruation and delving upon the work of real life ‘Pad Man’ Arunachalam Muruganathan, has made it to the Oscar shortlist in the Documentary Short Subject category. The film is executive produced[Read More…]
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Oscar nominee Sandra Locke dead at 74
Los Angeles, Actress and director Sondra Locke, who received a supporting actress Oscar nomination in her first movie role for “The Heart is a Lonely Hunter”, is dead. She died on November 3 at 74, but the news has emerged now. The Los Angeles County Public Health Department confirmed her[Read More…]
Jake Gyllenhaal to star in remake of Denmark’s Oscar entry
Los Angeles: Actor Jake Gyllenhaal will star in the remake of Danish thriller “The Guilty”, which is Denmark’s foreign-language Oscar entry. Bold Films, and Jake Gyllenhaal and Riva Marker’s Nine Stories banner have acquired the rights to remake the movie, reported variety.com. The movie follows a police officer under investigation,[Read More…]
Oscar-winning screenwriter William Goldman dies at 87
New York: The Oscar-winning screenwriter and best-selling author William Goldman, known for “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” and “All The President’s Men”, died on Friday. He was 87. According to The Washington Post, Goldman, who also wrote the novels and then the screenplays for Marathon Man (1976), Magic (1978)[Read More…]