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Looking ahead to Oscars fashion
LOS ANGELES – The Oscars are fast approaching and fashion
commentators are gearing up for the array of red carpet frocks
that will be beamed around the world. In what is seen as the
Hollywood fashion event of the year, every piece of clothing and
accessories will be analysed.
Actor Tony Burton, ex-boxer who played Apollo Creed trainer,
dies
Tony Burton, a former boxer who portrayed Apollo Creed’s
trainer in six of the “Rocky” movies, has died at age 78 after a
long illness, according to media reports on Friday. Burton’s
sister said he died on Thursday in California after being
hospitalized repeatedly in the past year but never receiving an
official diagnosis, according to MLive.com, a local news website
in Burton’s home state of Michigan.
Philippines may ban pop singer Madonna for disrespect to
flag -report
American singer Madonna may face a ban in the Philippines
for disrespecting its flag in her concerts this week in the
capital Manila, a domestic broadcaster said on Friday, citing a
historical commission official. The 57-year-old entertainer is
on a world tour to promote her “Rebel Heart” album, and did
sold-out shows on Wednesday and Thursday.
In Indonesia, an Oscar-nominated film reopens old wounds
Indonesia’s first film production to be nominated for an
Oscar is at once a source of national pride and of shame for the
world’s third-largest democracy. “The Look of Silence”
centers on one of the worst massacres since World War Two, when
at least 500,000 people died in violence that raged after
then-general Suharto and the military took power following an
abortive coup in 1965. A million or more people were jailed,
suspected of being communists.
International crowd of animators vie for Oscar
LOS ANGELES – The nominees for this year’s Animated
Feature Film category at Sunday’s Academy Awards span
international borders with contenders representing the United
States, United Kingdom, Brazil and Japan. Disney Pixar’s
“Inside Out” and the adult-themed stop motion animation
“Anomalisa” are from the United States while the UK is
represented with “Shaun the Sheep Movie”.
Foreign film Oscar favorites zoom in on stark worlds
Despite all their differences, harrowing Holocaust drama
“Son of Saul” and the coming-of-age tale “Mustang,” the two
frontrunners for the best foreign language film Oscar, both
place their characters in a claustrophobic world of stark
choices. For “Son of Saul” director László Nemes and “Mustang”
director Deniz Gamze Ergüven, a win at the Oscars on Sunday
would mark an especially significant breakthrough, since these
are the first full-length films of their careers.
Prada offers ‘see now, buy now’ bags straight off the Milan
catwalk
Italy’s Prada blended military, nautical and 1940s looks for
women next fall at Milan Fashion Week and joined in on the “see
now, buy now” retail model by offering two new styles of bag at
selected outlets from Friday. Miuccia Prada, regarded as a
trailblazer by fashionistas, mixed prints with luxurious fabrics
to create glamorous, colorful, layered outfits, for her
collection.
Oscar nominees discuss awards season perils
The Academy Awards take place on Sunday (February 28) and
they mark the end of what is commonly described as awards
season. This season traditionally starts with the Golden Globe
nominations in early December and then continues with other
nomination announcements before awards start being handed out.
New pop at Emporio Armani, practical wardrobe from Etro in
Milan
The digital age was at the forefront of the Emporio Armani
fashion show in Milan on Friday with Italian designer Giorgio
Armani dotting his womenswear fall line with bold colorful
shapes. In a mainly black collection with flashes of bright
color, the 81-year old Armani softened day suits with looser
silhouettes in an apparent nod to the 1980s, reinforced by
multi-colored jumpers and plenty of sequins.
It is a man’s world (again) in the Oscars best picture race
From abandoned astronauts to testosterone-fueled Wall Street
traders, dogged reporters and frontiersmen bent on revenge, it
is a man’s world in the best picture race at Sunday’s Oscars
with women again taking supporting roles. The Oscars have not
seen a female-led film win best picture in a decade, since
“Million Dollar Baby” starring Hillary Swank won the top
accolade in 2005.
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