Riz Ahmed  stole the limelight with his romantic gesture during his appearance with wife Fatima Farheen Mirza at the 93rd Academy Awards. Riz is the first Muslim to be nominated for Best Actor for his performance in the film Sound Of Metal. The newlyweds established major couple goals in their brief albeit lasting red carpet moment. The couple perfectly complemented …

Chloé Zhao has made history as she became the first woman of colour – and only the second woman at all – to win the best director award at the Oscars. Chinese-born, British-educated, US-based Zhao also picked up the award for Best Picture at the 93rd Academy Awards. Given the stature of her achievement, Zhao also becomes just the second …

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences handed out Oscars, the film industry’s top honors, at the 93rd annual Academy Awards on Sunday. Following is a collection of memorable quotes from the show: DANIEL KALUUYA, WINNER, BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH: “It’s incredible, my mum, my dad. They had [expletive]. It’s amazing. … I’m here. You know …

LOS ANGELES: Frances McDormand won her third Oscar on Sunday for Nomadland, cementing her reputation as one of the best actresses of her generation. McDormand’s win makes her a member of an elite club that includes Meryl Streep, Daniel Day Lewis and Jack Nicholson as the winners of three acting Oscars. The late Katharine Hepburn won a record four. “My voice …

Prince William and Kate Middleton are seen as the torch bearer of the royal family in the modern era. With Harry and Meghan ‘out of the picture’ the Cambridges are believed to take the mantle of monarchy forward. According to a palace staffer, “Without a doubt we are in a period of change. Arguably change at the top with the …

For the longest time, Demi Lovato used to crave stability and sought them via speeding into problematic relationships. Opening up about dealing with the repercussions of substance abuse, the Disney alum told Ashley Graham on The Ellen DeGeneres Show that she realised she found stability on her own. “I noticed that a behaviour of mine was jumping into relationships with men,” the 28-year-old said …

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced growing scrutiny on Sunday following explosive accusations by his former chief aide Dominic Cummings earlier this week that he lacks competence and integrity. Cummings, who stepped down as his top adviser in December, used a personal blog to allege Johnson tried to solicit potentially illegal donations to renovate his publicly-funded Downing Street flat. …

British actor Anthony Hopkins won his second Oscar on Sunday for his heart-wrenching performance as a man with dementia in The Father. Hopkins, 83, has a six-decade film, TV and stage career, but is perhaps best known for playing the brilliant but twisted murderer Hannibal Lecter in the 1991 thriller The Silence of the Lambs, for which he won his first Oscar. …

YANGON: Myanmar’s pro-democracy activists sharply criticised an agreement between the country’s junta chief and Southeast Asian leaders to end a violent post-coup crisis and vowed on Sunday to continue protesting. Some scattered protests took place in Myanmar’s big cities on Sunday, a day after the meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) with Senior General Min Aung Hlaing …

DENPASAR: A missing Indonesian submarine has been found, broken into at least three parts, at the bottom of the Bali Sea, army and navy officials said on Sunday, as the president sent condolences to relatives of the 53 crew. Rescuers also found new objects, including a life vest, that they believe belong to those aboard the 44-year old KRI Nanggala-402, …