Academy Awards 2020

Oscars 2020: From Natalie Portman to Spike Lee and Billy Porter, red carpet outfits that made a statement

At the Oscars 2020 red carpet, Spike Lee paid tribute to the NBA star Kobe Bryant by sporting a purple Lakers jacket with the basketball star's 24 on his lapel, while Natalie Portman's cape was studded with the names of snubbed female directors.

Oscars 2020: Joaquin Phoenix wins Best Actor for Joker, addresses racism, climate change, gender inequality

At the Academy Awards and the entire Hollywood award season, Phoenix had emerged as an undisputed frontrunner even though he was up against the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), Adam Driver (Marriage Story), Antonio Banderas (Pain & Glory) and Jonathan Pryce (The Two Popes).

Oscars 2020: Bong Joon-Ho first South Korean to win Best Director; Parasite gets Best International Feature Film

In a first for South Korea, master-director Bong Joon Ho earned the Academy Award for the best director and best original screenplay for his genre-defying Parasite, while filmmaker Taika Waititi bagged the Oscar in the adapted screenplay category for the film Jojo Rabbit.

Oscars 2020: Toy Story 4 becomes Disney-Pixar's first franchise to win two Academy Awards

The Disney and Pixar collaboration Toy Story 4 won the Academy Award for the Best-Animated Feature. The franchise’s third instalment Toy Story 3 took home the trophy in 2011.

Oscars 2020: Which men were nominated for Best Director, and which women were left out? 

The Oscars have a terrible track record when it comes to women’s voices. Only five women have ever been nominated for directing

Gully Boy heads to the Oscars, but is Zoya Akhtar's rap drama really the best Indian film of 2019?

A total of 27 films were in contention to be India’s entry to the 2020 Oscars, including the Tamil film Super Deluxe.