Mai Martaba is set to make its global debut at the prestigious Zuma Film Festival on December 1, 2024. This comes after the Nigerian epic drama was officially selected as Nigeria’s entry for the Best International Feature Film category at…
Oppenheimer leads with 7 awards followed by Emma Stone’s Poor Things
It’s time for Oscars gold! The 96th Academy Awards aired live on ABC on Sunday, with comedian Jimmy Kimmel back as host for the fourth time. Oppenheimer went into the ceremony with the most nominations this year, 13, and left…
Legendary Oscar-winning producer Walter Mirisch has died aged 101
The legendary producer Walter Mirisch has died aged 101. The Hollywood hero was distinguished as the only person to receive the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences’ Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, the Irving G. Thalberg Award and an Oscar…
The Bank of Dave beats Oscar nominee All Quiet on the Western Front as Netflix’s number 1 film
A biopic of an entrepreneur, who took on the finance industry to open his own community-based bank, has overtaken Oscar-nominees as Netflix’s number one film in the UK. The Bank of Dave tells the life story of Dave Fishwick who…
Everything Everywhere All at Once leads Oscars 2023 nominations
The absurdist comedy-drama Everything Everywhere All at Once has led the Oscars 2023 nominations list this year with 11 nods. The sci-fi hit, directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, tells the story of Wang, an aging Chinese immigrant who…
Tom Hanks gets 3 Razzie nominations for Elvis and Pinocchio performances
His recent hit film Elvis is an Oscars frontrunner, but Tom Hanks was left all shook up on Monday as he earned three nominations from the Razzies, which “celebrate” the year’s worst films. Hanks was shortlisted by the tongue-in-cheek awards…
Tom Cruise’s Top Gun: Maverick co-star Jay Ellis insists actor is Oscar- worthy for movie
Tom Cruise has been backed to win an Oscar for the work he did on Top Gun: Maverick and for his movie back catalogue. The actor, 60, bought film fans back into cinemas after the pandemic when he insisted Top…
Sean Penn gives one of his Oscars to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky
Sean Penn has given one of his Oscars to Ukrainian president Volodymr Zelensky as a “symbol of faith” in the country’s victory in the ongoing conflict with Russia. The statue, one of two best actor trophies won by Penn in…
Oscars selection: Actors guild advises filmmakers on improved movie production
The Directors Guild of Nigeria (DGN) has advised Nollywood actors on improved film production and jettison all forms of internal conflicts capable of distracting them from submitting qualitative movies for subsequent Oscars awards. Mr Victor Okhai, the DGN National President,…
Murder, She Wrote star Angela Lansbury dies at 96
Dame Angela Lansbury, who won international acclaim as the star of the US TV crime series Murder, She Wrote, has died aged 96. The three-time Oscar nominee had a career spanning eight decades, across film, theatre and television. Born in…