Oscars 2017
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Photos: The winners, presenters and sidelights of Oscars 2017 (plus that one flub)
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences put on a typically snazzy show.
Scroll Staff
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Why Oscar Best Picture winner ‘Moonlight’ is neither ‘Brokeback Mountain’ nor ‘Milk’
Barry Jenkins’s movie cannot be clubbed with previous Academy favourites – it is about negotiation, not shame.
Vikram Johri
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‘La La Land’ six-Oscar haul is a tribute to director Damien Chazelle’s vision
The retro musical won six awards, including for best director and music.
Aakash Karkare
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Oscars Best Picture screw-up tickles Twitter: ‘Can you do this with the US election too?’
The Best Picture Oscar had to be taken back from ‘La La Land’ after it turned out that the announcer got it wrong. ‘Moonlight’ was the real winner.
Scroll Staff
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‘U Up??’ Jimmy Kimmel gave Donald Trump a starring role at the 2017 Oscars
The Academy Awards host kept up his attack on the American President throughout the ceremony.
Aakash Karkare
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‘Moonlight’ wins the Best Picture Oscar, but it almost never got made
Barry Jenkins’s second feature has won three Academy Awards – but only after a long and hard struggle.
Manish Gaekwad
Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Sunny Pawar more than made up for the ‘Lion’ drubbing at the Oscars
Forget Priyanka Chopra: the eight-year-old boy from ‘Lion’ was the real Indian celebrity at the Kodak Theater.
Manish Gaekwad
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Live blog: At Oscars 2017, six awards for ‘La La Land’, best picture for ‘Moonlight’
Find out who won and who went home empty-handed.
Scroll Staff
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The cheatsheet to the Oscar 2017 winners that you don’t actually need
If the bookies are right (they usually are), Damien Chazelle’s ‘La La Land’ and its female lead Emma Stone will be dancing home from the Academy Awards.
Stephen Woodcock, The Conversation
The Reel
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ review: A feelgood entertainer about young love and old ties
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In ‘Tahader Katha’, the many partitions endured by a freedom fighter
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