Oscars 2019
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Oscars 2019: Alfonso Cuaron responds to Netflix blowback reportedly costing Roma Best Picture
•Alfonso Cuaron has responded to the perception that Netflix's involvement in Roma cost the film the Best Picture Oscar, and said that Roma is reaching audiences worldwide in a way that usually only mainstream films do, because of the streaming platform
Bohemian Rhapsody to get limited release in China, but reportedly without homosexual content
Fp Staff •Even as Bohemian Rhapsody gears up for its China release, Twitterati wonders if the film's LGBTQ content would be edited out
A Star is Born to re-release in North America with additional footage, including extended musical performances
Fp Staff •The extended cut of A Star is Born, starring Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga, will be released across 1150 screens in North America on 1 March.
Alfonso Cuarón, Guillermo del Toro, Alejandro Iñárritu: How three friends from Mexico took over Hollywood
Aditya Mani Jha •Overall, five of the last six Best Director Oscars have gone to the amigos (Damien Chazelle being the exception in 2016) — Cuarón, Guillermo del Toro and Alejandro González Iñárritu, often referred to as “the Three Amigos” of cinema.
If Oscars cared about diversity, Black Panther or Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse should have won Best Picture
Prahlad Srihari •As Green Book joins 'Worst Best Picture' list, the Oscars' attempt to address diversity gap rings hollow.
Oscars 2019: Unlike her character in The Wife, Glenn Close's professional fulfillment rises above awards
Devanshsharma •With the most nominations without a win at the Oscars (of any living actor), Glenn Close proves yet again why an actor must act.
Period. End of Sentence review: At its core, Oscar-winning documentary short is a celebration of women's agency
Pratishrutiganguly •Period. End of Sentence undertakes the Herculean task of unmaking centuries of oppression, social conditioning, misinformantion and ignorance associated with menstruation.
Arunachalam Muruganantham on Period. End of Sentence's Oscar win: Subject of menstrual hygiene had reached global audience
Fp Staff •Period. End of Sentence is based on women of Hapur who learned to manufacture sanitary pads with Arunachalam Muruganantham's manufacturing machine.
Oscars 2019: Billy Porter's tux-gown gets a thumbs up; Twitter calls him 'the Ranveer Singh of Hollywood'
Fp Staff •Billy Porter wore a Christian Siriano tuxedo gown to Oscars 2019.
Oscars 2019: Rishi Kapoor congratulates Kapoor & Sons makeup artist Greg Cannom on his win for Vice
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