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‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Dominates Oscars

"Everything Everywhere All at Once” dominated the Oscars on Sunday night, winning seven awards, including best picture, best actress, best director, best editing, best supporting actor, best supporting actress and best original screenplay. “Everything Everywhere” had 11 nominations, heading into...

Film Shot In Greece, ‘Triangle of Sadness’, Nominated for 3 Oscars

Ruben Östlund's black comedy Triangle of Sadness, which was partly filmed in Greece, has been nominated for three Oscars.

Academy Apologizes to Native American Actress for 1973 Oscars Abuse

Native American actress Sacheen Littlefeather has finally received some justice after the Academy formally apologized to her for its 1973 Oscars abuse. Littlefeather was humiliated after she refused the Oscar for best actor on behalf of Marlon Brando, facing a...

Will Smith Banned from Oscars for Ten Years

Will Smith has been banned from the Oscars for ten years after the American actor slapped comedian Chris Rock on stage at the awards show in late March. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced the 10-year ban...

Greek Giant Mikis Theodorakis Featured in Oscars Memoriam 2022

Mikis Theodorakis, the greatest Greek composer in history, whose music has touched generations was featured in In the Memoriam video that was screened in the Oscars ceremony on Sunday. The In Memoriam segment is one of the Oscars’ most cherished...

Oscar Winner Will Smith Hits Chris Rock on Stage

Will Smith hit Chris Rock in the face on stage at the Oscars on Sunday evening after the comic made a joke about the actor's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. Referring to Pinkett Smith's shaved hairdo caused by alopecia, an autoimmune...

Greeks Nominated for Oscars Go as Far Back as 1935

Greeks and the Oscars are no strangers to each other. The first Greek who has been nominated for an Academy Award was Hermes Pan (or Ermis Panagiotopoulos) who was a nominee for choreography for "Top Hat", with Fred Astaire...

Nikos Kalaitzidis: The Greek Oscar Nominee for Visual Effects

Greek-American Oscar nominee Nikos Kalaitzidis could win big at the 2022 awards show in the visual effects category later this month. The 94th annual Oscars will be held on March 27, and Kalaitzidis is up for an award in the...

2022 Oscar Nominations Announced

The nominations for the Oscars, which will be the 94th iteration of the annual event, were announced on Tuesday morning. Actors Leslie Jordan and Tracee Ellis Ross hosted the announcement, which was live streamed across the social media platforms of...

Greek Oscar Submission “Digger” To Be Distributed By Strand Releasing

Strand Releasing picked up Georgis Grigorakis's film "Digger" for U.S. distribution on Thursday. The film, which is Grigorakis's first feature-length movie, is also Greece's official submission for Best International Film at the 94th Academy Awards. "Digger" tells the story of...