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Oscars 2023 full winner list: Naatu Naatu bags Best Original song award

Multiverse dramedy "Everything Everywhere All at Once" emerged as the big winner at the 95th Academy Awards, taking home the coveted best picture trophy along with awards for its star cast --Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis. Yeoh became the first Asian woman to win the best actress trophy, while Brendan Fraser returned to centre stage with his best actor award for his role as an overweight reclusive professor in "The Whale". Filmmaking duo Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, known as the Daniels, won for both directing and original screenplay for "Everything Everywhere All at Once". "Naatu Naatu", the peppy, foot-tapping chartbuster from SS Rajamouli's Telugu blockbuster "RRR", created history by becoming the first Indian track to win the Academy Award in the best original song category.

No Succession and Game of Thrones as HBO signs out from Disney+ Hotstar

Disney+ Hotstar subscribers in India will not be able to watch Home Box office (HBO) content on the platform after March 31

Bengaluru-based music composer Ricky Kej wins third Grammy Award

Music composer Ricky Kej, based out of Bengaluru, has won his third Grammy Award for the album 'Divine Tides'. The US-born musician shared the award with Stewart Copeland, the drummer of the iconic British rock band The Police, who collaborated with Kej on the album. At the 65th Annual Grammy Awards, the duo earned the gramophone trophy in the best immersive audio album winner category. They had won a Grammy in the best new age album category for the same album last year. "Congrats Best Immersive Audio Album winner - 'Divine Tides' Eric Schilling, immersive mix engineer; @copelandmusic, @rickykej & Herbert Waltl, immersive producers (Stewart Copeland & Ricky Kej) #GRAMMYs," announced the Recording Academy, the organisation behind Grammy Awards, on its official Twitter page. Other nominees in the category were: Christina Aguilera ('Aguilera'), The Chainsmokers ('Memories... Do Not Open), Jane Irabloom ('Picturing The Invisible- Focus 1), and Nidarosdomens Jentekor & ...

Grammys 2023: Harry Styles wins 'Best Pop Vocal Album' for 'Harry's House'

The award is currently ongoing, and as per the latest trends, it looks like Harry is going to take home more than one Grammy home!

David Crosby, legendary folk-rock voice of the 1960s, dies at 81

Starting in 1972, Mr. Crosby released a series of successful albums with Mr. Nash, his closest ally in the band

Critics Choice Awards 2023: 'RRR' wins Best Foreign Language Film

After bringing the Golden Globe, filmmaker Rajamouli's magnum opus film 'RRR' has won the Critics' Choice Award for Best Foreign Language Film

R'Bonney Gabriel of USA crowned Miss Universe 2022; Venezuela 2nd runner-up

Miss Universe 2021 Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu in a message to Miss Universe 2022, said: "Remember to live this year to the fullest because tomorrow is never promised. Namaste Universe.

RRR and the chances of an Oscar after a Golden Globe for Naatu Naatu

Though it is not India's official entry, RRR has a lot going for it, despite Directors Guild of America's miss

India bags its first Golden Globe for 'Natu Natu': Here's a list of winners

From 'Argentina 1985', to Steven Spielberg's 'The Fabelmans', here is a list of winners at the 80th Golden Globe Awards of 2023

Golden Globes 2023: Zelenskyy says 'there'll be no WWIII, not a trilogy'

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a virtual appearance at the 80th Golden Globes awards ceremony, during which he said "there'll be no third world war, it is not a trilogy

Charticle: India's dubbed content market grew at a CAGR of 60.7% in 5 years

This boost for the pan-national, therefore, has fuelled meteoric growth in India's dubbed content market

'Pushpa: The Rise' raises 10 million Rubles at Russia's box office

Allu Arjun-starrer "Pushpa: The Rise" has collected over 10 million Rubles at the box office in Russia, the makers said on Monday. The Telugu blockbuster released in Russian language in 774 screens across the country on December 8, said Mythri Movie Makers on its official Twitter page. "#PushpaTheRise is a RAGE in Russia. 25 days and counting of successful run in 774 screens with a collection of over 10M Rubles," the production banner said in the tweet. Ten million Rubles amount to approximately Rs 13 crore. Also starring Rashmika Mandanna, "Pushpa: The Rise" depicts the rise of a low wage labourer (Arjun) in the smuggling syndicate of red sandalwood, a rare wood that grows only in the Seshachalam Hills of Andhra Pradesh state. It released in India in association with Muttamsetty Media on December 17, 2021 and went on to become one of the biggest money-spinners of the year earning over Rs 350 crore. The film also opened the fifth edition of the Indian Film Festival in Russia on .

The year of scale and spectacle: Why 2022 was a big deal for media

From spectacle films to large media deals, scale, both on and off screen, remained the central theme in the evolving entertainment landscape

Disney's 'Avatar: The Way of Water' crosses $1 billion at global box office

It's the fastest a film has made that much since Spider-Man: No Way Home a year ago, according to a statement from Disney on Wednesday

'Naatu Naatu' makes it to Oscars shortlist in 'Best Original Song' category

'RRR' filmmakers are rejoicing as they progress further in the race to the Oscars

Performing the business of art: Open mic organisers look to turn profitable

While shows are back after the pandemic lull, the pay-and-perform model still works on small margins

2022 in review: How Brand Deepika became India's global face of luxury

From LV and Cartier to Cannes, the actor has had a sizeable brand presence this year

Remarketing adoption in India jumps 50% during festival season: Study

Remarketing is a paid marketing tactic that allows users to serve ads to individuals who have previously visited a website or engaged with his (the user's) content on a social platform

Akshay Kumar lights up screens on Diwali; Ram Setu second-highest opener

His film Ram Setu is likely to touch Rs 75-80 crore in collections by Sunday-end; star's past Diwali releases have also clicked

Sony Pictures India rebrands channel portfolio to align with global ethos

Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) has rebranded all its network channels to be more aligned with the Japanese conglomerate's global ethos, the company said in a statement on Monday. According to N P Singh, managing director and CEO, SPNI, "The power of the Sony brand and its values have driven our work ethics so far, and today, it reflects in our channel-brand architecture as well." "The work that we started three years ago has now reached fruition. We are creating a powerful unified entertainment conglomerate with a broader appeal by refocusing our existing channel portfolio in its latest look and feel," he added. Sony's networks exist at the intersection of technology and entertainment -- and the logos reflect this. The new branding colours are energetic, inspiring and remind us of a brilliant light spectrum, it said. "The curve in the logo comes from the swing of the Sony-S, with the dominant background being synonymous with the Sony brand. With this uniform shape and the ...