Day: February 10, 2020

Natalie Portman honours snubbed female directors with her cape at Oscars

10:43 am February 10, 2020

Los Angeles: Hollywood star Natalie Portman made a subtle yet powerful statement when she walked the Oscars red carpet wearing a black Dior cape with the last names of women directors snubbed by the Academy Awards embroidered on it. According to Page Six, “Little Women” director Greta Gerwig, “The Farewell’s” Lulu Wang and Melina Matsoukas, […]

Bong Joon Ho wins best original screenplay for ‘Parasite’, ‘Jojo Rabbit’ gets adapted Oscar

10:39 am February 10, 2020

Los Angeles: In a first for South Korea, master-director Bong Joon Ho earned the Academy Award for best original screenplay for his genre-defying “Parasite”, while filmmaker Taika Waititi bagged the Oscar in the adapted screenplay category. A visibly happy Bong went up on the stage and initially managed to say “Thank you, great honour,” as […]

Sinn Fein surges as most popular party in Irish election

10:28 am February 10, 2020

Dublin: Nationalist party Sinn Fein won the popular vote in Ireland’s general election, ballot counts revealed on Sunday, with the one-time political wing of the IRA disrupting a duopoly of centre-right parties which have historically controlled the Republic. After all 39 constituencies across Ireland were tallied, Sinn Fein received 24.5 per cent of the first […]

Brad Pitt wins maiden acting Oscar

10:05 am February 10, 2020

Los Angeles: Superstar Brad Pitt, who has been this award season’s darling with his funny, self-deprecating speeches, won his maiden acting Oscar for his performance as stuntman Cliff Booth in Quentin Tarantino’s Hollywood memory capsule “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”. The 56-year-old actor was recognised in the best supporting actor category for his role […]

Coronavirus cases rise to 78 in China, spike in imported infections

Coronavirus death toll rises to 908 in China

10:01 am February 10, 2020

Beijing: The death toll in China due to novel coronavirus epidemic has gone up to 908 and the number of confirmed cases rose over 40,000, Chinese health officials said on Monday. There were 97 deaths and 3,062 new confirmed cases of the lethal infection on Sunday, China’s National Health Commission said. Ninety-one deaths were in […]