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  • Star Movies is home of The Oscars

    Star Movies is home of The Oscars

    Celebrating its 90th year in 2018, the Academy Awards is undoubtedly the industry’s most elite award ceremony. It recognizes the best talent in film-making and makes living legends of them! Thus, it’s only befitting that India’s leading movie destination, Star Movies and Star Movies Select HD celebrate the champions of tinsel town by showcasing the Oscars live at 5:30am in India on 5th March. This  year marks a very significant milestone for the channel as Star Movies enters its glorious 20th year of bringing The Academy Awards to India! 

    For all those who can’t wait until the award ceremony , Star Movies and Star Movies Select HD bring fans a month-long festival ‘Celebrating the Oscars’ which will culminate with the LIVE broadcast of the 90th Academy Awards on March 5! Starting today, fans can enjoy the best of cinema every Monday to Thursday at 7 pm, with movies that made their mark at Hollywood’s biggest stage!

    From excellence in script-writing, to visual effects, to original music scores, every movie is a spectacle to watch and a must-have on your bucket list. Right from timeless classics like – Kramer vs. Kramer, Braveheart and Titanic, to delightful animation movies like Zootopia, Ice Age and Toy Story 3, to spirit-lifting movies like Little Miss Sunshine and King’s Speech, the line-up is a compelling watch that has something for everyone. The more recent Oscar winners too feature in the festival, with the likes of Whiplash, Grand Budapest Hotel and 127 Hours set to enthrall true fans with their film-craft!

  • Common & John Legend to perform together at The Oscars

    Common & John Legend to perform together at The Oscars

    MUMBAI: Musical artists Common and John Legend will perform their Oscar-nominated song “Glory” at the 87th Oscars. The Oscars, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, will be held on 22 February.

     

    Show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron said, “Common and John Legend are artists who have always lifted our spirits and made us think. The Oscar stage is that much more profound because of their presence and we welcome them.”

     

    “Glory,” written by John Stephens (a.k.a. John Legend) and Lonnie Lynn (a.k.a. Common) for the film “Selma,” is nominated for Original Song. The four other nominated songs are “Everything Is Awesome” from “The Lego Movie,” “Grateful” from “Beyond the Lights,” “I’m Not Gonna Miss You” from “Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me” and “Lost Stars” from “Begin Again.”

     

    Common won a Grammy in 2002 for Best R&B Song for “Love Of My Life (An Ode To Hip Hop),” and in 2007 for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for “Southside,” with Kanye West. His many acting credits include the films “American Gangster,” “Wanted,” “Date Night” and “Selma,” in which he plays the role of Civil Rights leader James Bevel.

     

    Legend is a nine time Grammy-winning singer/songwriter. His critically acclaimed debut album, “Get Lifted,”scored multiple Grammy Awards in 2006, including Best R&B Album, Best New Artist and Best Male R&B Vocal Performance. The follow up was the platinum-selling “Once Again,” which garnered a Best Male R&B Performance nod. Legend’s most recent highly acclaimed fourth studio album, “Love in the Future,” scored two Grammy nominations and features his break out hit, “All of Me,” which is his highest selling and charting song to date and also earned a 2015 Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Solo Performance.