The black-and-white Netflix film, directed and written by Alfonso Cuaron, marked Mexico's first Oscar victory in the category and has already picked up a slew of other awards this year
Olivia Colman's Queen Anne might lose out on the Best Actress award to Glenn Close's touching portrait of a woman disregarded by her pompous Nobel-winning husband in The Wife
Psychologists say that liars tend to be more creative
In Bohemian Rhapsody, Rami Malek has played Mercury, who had the courage to take centre stage time and again before tens of thousands, never so memorably than at Live Aid
This comes weeks after American actor-comedian Kevin Hart was announced as the host of the 2019 award ceremony
Republican US Senator Marco Rubio has slammed 'First man', a Neil Armstrong biopic, for not including a scene where astronaut plants flag on the moon. Armstrong's sons, however, have defended the film
Oscars tapped into power of nostalgia as counter to a divisive, racist tide that is sweeping US
La La Land, which won 6 trophies including best director, actress, was mistakenly declared best film
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There have now been 647 cinematography nominations in Oscar history
The long list comprises of 336 feature films
The Oscars celebrate an industry that may be technically superior but does not always produce great content
Journalism drama "Spotlight", about a group of Boston Globe reporters who exposed the child sex abuse cases in Catholic church, triumphed at the 88th Academy awards
Besides Leonardo DiCaprio's big debut as an Oscar winner, there was much that made the 88th Academy Awards memorable.
Channel has been building the momentum with its #TakeSides campaign