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January 26, 2018
India Republic Day Parade held in New Delhi
Photo: The Ladakh Scouts Marching Contingent passes through the Rajpath, on the occasion of the 69th Republic Day Parade 2018, in New Delhi on January 26, 2018. Image provided by the Press Information Bureau, Government of India.
Photo: The Dogra Regiment Marching Contingent passes through the Rajpath, on the occasion of the 69th Republic Day Parade 2018, in New Delhi on January 26, 2018. Image provided by the Press Information Bureau, Government of India.
Photo: The Maratha Light Infantry Marching Contingent passes through the Rajpath, on the occasion of the 69th Republic Day Parade 2018, in New Delhi on January 26, 2018. Image provided by the Press Information Bureau, Government of India.
Photo: The Punjab Regiment Marching Contingent passes through the Rajpath, on the occasion of the 69th Republic Day Parade 2018, in New Delhi on January 26, 2018. Image provided by the Press Information Bureau, Government of India.
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January 23, 2018
90TH OSCARS NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED
Photo: Emma Stone accepts the Oscar for Performance by an actress in a leading role, for work on “La La Land” from presenter Leonardo DiCaprio during the live ABC Telecast of The 89th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, CA on Sunday, February 26, 2017. Photographer: Scott Diussa. Image provided by & copyright © A.M.P.A.S.
LOS ANGELES, CA - Actress-comedian Tiffany Haddish and actor-director Andy Serkis, joined by Academy President John Bailey, announced the 90th Academy Awards nominations today (January 23) live from the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater via a global live stream.
Haddish and Serkis announced the nominees in 11 categories with pre-taped category introductions by Academy members Priyanka Chopra, Rosario Dawson, Gal Gadot, Salma Hayek, Michelle Rodriguez, Zoe Saldana, Molly Shannon, Rebel Wilson and Michelle Yeoh. Haddish and Serkis announced the remaining 13 categories.
Academy members from each of the 17 branches vote to determine the nominees in their respective categories - actors nominate actors, film editors nominate film editors, etc. In the Animated Feature Film and Foreign Language Film categories, nominees are selected by a vote of multi-branch screening committees. All voting members are eligible to select the Best Picture nominees.
Active members of the Academy are eligible to vote for the winners in all 24 categories beginning Tuesday, February 20 through Tuesday, February 27.
The 90th Oscars, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, will be held on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT. The Oscars also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
Nominations for the 90th Academy Awards
Performance by an actor in a leading role
- Timothée Chalamet in “Call Me by Your Name”
- Daniel Day-Lewis in “Phantom Thread”
- Daniel Kaluuya in “Get Out”
- Gary Oldman in “Darkest Hour”
- Denzel Washington in “Roman J. Israel, Esq.”
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
- Willem Dafoe in “The Florida Project”
- Woody Harrelson in “Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri”
- Richard Jenkins in “The Shape of Water”
- Christopher Plummer in “All the Money in the World”
- Sam Rockwell in “Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Performance by an actress in a leading role
- Sally Hawkins in “The Shape of Water”
- Frances McDormand in “Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri”
- Margot Robbie in “I, Tonya”
- Saoirse Ronan in “Lady Bird”
- Meryl Streep in “The Post”
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
- Mary J. Blige in “Mudbound”
- Allison Janney in “I, Tonya”
- Lesley Manville in “Phantom Thread”
- Laurie Metcalf in “Lady Bird”
- Octavia Spencer in “The Shape of Water”
Best animated feature film of the year
- “The Boss Baby” Tom McGrath and Ramsey Naito
- “The Breadwinner” Nora Twomey and Anthony Leo
- “Coco” Lee UnkrLaurie Metcalfich and Darla K. Anderson
- “Ferdinand” Carlos Saldanha
- “Loving Vincent” Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman and Ivan Mactaggart
Achievement in cinematography
- “Blade Runner 2049” Roger A. Deakins
- “Darkest Hour” Bruno Delbonnel
- “Dunkirk” Hoyte van Hoytema
- “Mudbound” Rachel Morrison
- “The Shape of Water” Dan Laustsen
Achievement in costume design
- “Beauty and the Beast” Jacqueline Durran
- “Darkest Hour” Jacqueline Durran
- “Phantom Thread” Mark Bridges
- “The Shape of Water” Luis Sequeira
- “Victoria & Abdul” Consolata Boyle
Achievement in directing
- “Dunkirk” Christopher Nolan
- “Get Out” Jordan Peele
- “Lady Bird” Greta Gerwig
- “Phantom Thread” Paul Thomas Anderson
- “The Shape of Water” Guillermo del Toro
Best documentary feature
- “Abacus: Small Enough to Jail” Steve James, Mark Mitten and Julie Goldman
- “Faces Places” Agnès Varda, JR and Rosalie Varda
- “Icarus” Bryan Fogel and Dan Cogan
- “Last Men in Aleppo” Feras Fayyad, Kareem Abeed and Søren Steen Jespersen
- “Strong Island” Yance Ford and Joslyn Barnes
Best documentary short subject
- “Edith+Eddie” Laura Checkoway and Thomas Lee Wright
- “Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405” Frank Stiefel
- “Heroin(e)” Elaine McMillion Sheldon and Kerrin Sheldon
- “Knife Skills” Thomas Lennon
- “Traffic Stop” Kate Davis and David Heilbroner
Achievement in film editing
- “Baby Driver” Paul Machliss and Jonathan Amos
- “Dunkirk” Lee Smith
- “I, Tonya” Tatiana S. Riegel
- “The Shape of Water” Sidney Wolinsky
- “Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri” Jon Gregory
Best foreign language film of the year
- “A Fantastic Woman” Chile
- “The Insult” Lebanon
- “Loveless” Russia
- “On Body and Soul” Hungary
- “The Square” Sweden
Achievement in makeup and hairstyling
- “Darkest Hour” Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski and Lucy Sibbick
- “Victoria & Abdul” Daniel Phillips and Lou Sheppard
- “Wonder” Arjen Tuiten
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
- “Dunkirk” Hans Zimmer
- “Phantom Thread” Jonny Greenwood
- “The Shape of Water” Alexandre Desplat
- “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” John Williams
- “Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri” Carter Burwell
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
- “Mighty River” from “Mudbound”.
Music and Lyric by Mary J. Blige, Raphael Saadiq and Taura Stinson - “Mystery Of Love” from “Call Me by Your Name”.
Music and Lyric by Sufjan Stevens - “Remember Me” from “Coco”.
Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez - “Stand Up For Something” from “Marshall”.
Music by Diane Warren; Lyric by Lonnie R. Lynn and Diane Warren - “This Is Me” from “The Greatest Showman”.
Music and Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
Best motion picture of the year
- “Call Me by Your Name” Peter Spears, Luca Guadagnino, Emilie Georges and Marco Morabito, Producers
- “Darkest Hour” Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten and Douglas Urbanski, Producers
- “Dunkirk” Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers
- “Get Out” Sean McKittrick, Jason Blum, Edward H. Hamm Jr. and Jordan Peele, Producers
- “Lady Bird” Scott Rudin, Eli Bush and Evelyn O’Neill, Producers
- “Phantom Thread” JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson, Megan Ellison and Daniel Lupi, Producers
- “The Post” Amy Pascal, Steven Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers
- “The Shape of Water” Guillermo del Toro and J. Miles Dale, Producers
- “Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri” Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin and Martin McDonagh, Producers
Achievement in production design
- “Beauty and the Beast” Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
- “Blade Runner 2049” Production Design: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Alessandra Querzola
- “Darkest Hour” Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
- “Dunkirk” Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
- “The Shape of Water” Production Design: Paul Denham Austerberry; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau and Jeff Melvin
Best animated short film
- “Dear Basketball” Glen Keane and Kobe Bryant
- “Garden Party” Victor Caire and Gabriel Grapperon
- “Lou” Dave Mullins and Dana Murray
- “Negative Space” Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata
- “Revolting Rhymes” Jakob Schuh and Jan Lachauer
Best live action short film
- “DeKalb Elementary” Reed Van Dyk
- “The Eleven O’Clock” Derin Seale and Josh Lawson
- “My Nephew Emmett” Kevin Wilson, Jr.
- “The Silent Child” Chris Overton and Rachel Shenton
- “Watu Wote/All of Us” Katja Benrath and Tobias Rosen
Achievement in sound editing
- “Baby Driver” Julian Slater
- “Blade Runner 2049” Mark Mangini and Theo Green
- “Dunkirk” Richard King and Alex Gibson
- “The Shape of Water” Nathan Robitaille and Nelson Ferreira
- “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” Matthew Wood and Ren Klyce
Achievement in sound mixing
- “Baby Driver” Julian Slater, Tim Cavagin and Mary H. Ellis
- “Blade Runner 2049” Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill and Mac Ruth
- “Dunkirk” Mark Weingarten, Gregg Landaker and Gary A. Rizzo
- “The Shape of Water” Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern and Glen Gauthier
- “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Stuart Wilson
Achievement in visual effects
- “Blade Runner 2049” John Nelson, Gerd Nefzer, Paul Lambert and Richard R. Hoover
- “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner and Dan Sudick
- “Kong: Skull Island” Stephen Rosenbaum, Jeff White, Scott Benza and Mike Meinardus
- “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” Ben Morris, Mike Mulholland, Neal Scanlan and Chris Corbould
- “War for the Planet of the Apes” Joe Letteri, Daniel Barrett, Dan Lemmon and Joel Whist
Adapted screenplay
- “Call Me by Your Name” Screenplay by James Ivory
- “The Disaster Artist” Screenplay by Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber
- “Logan” Screenplay by Scott Frank & James Mangold and Michael Green; Story by James Mangold
- “Molly’s Game” Written for the screen by Aaron Sorkin
- “Mudbound” Screenplay by Virgil Williams and Dee Rees
Original screenplay
- “The Big Sick” Written by Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani
- “Get Out” Written by Jordan Peele
- “Lady Bird” Written by Greta Gerwig
- “The Shape of Water” Screenplay by Guillermo del Toro & Vanessa Taylor; Story by Guillermo del Toro
- “Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri” Written by Martin McDonagh
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Pope Tells Participants Human-Centric Economy Is ‘A Moral Imperative’ as 48th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Gets Underway in Davos, Switzerland
Photo: Cate Blanchett, Goodwill Ambassador, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), London, and Shah Rukh Khan, Actor, Red Chillies Entertainment, India, after the “The 24th Annual Crystal Awards Ceremony” at the Annual Meeting 2018 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2018. Image provided by & copyright © World Economic Forum / Benedikt von Loebell.
Photo: Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, speaking during the Opening Plenary at the Annual Meeting 2018 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 23, 2018. Image provided by & copyright © World Economic Forum / Manuel Lopez.
Photo: Hao Jingfang, Writer, China Development Research Foundation, People’s Republic of China, captured during the Session “The Power of Economic Narratives” at the Annual Meeting 2018 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 23, 2018. Image provided by & copyright © World Economic Forum / Sikarin Thanachaiary.
Photo: Dina Katabi, Andrew and Erna Viterbi Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, speaking during the Session “Intelligent Cyber-Physical Systems for Health with Massachusetts Institute of Technology” at the Annual Meeting 2018 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 25, 2018. Image provided by & copyright © World Economic Forum / Greg Beadle.
Photo: Hanzade Dogan Boyner, Chairwoman, Hepsiburada, Turkey, speaking during the Session: Online Consumer Marketplaces, at the Annual Meeting 2018 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 25, 2018. Image provided by & copyright © World Economic Forum / Walter Duerst.
Geneva, Switzerland, 23 January 2018 - His Holiness Pope Francis helped open the 48th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting with a special message, passionately calling on participants to overcome fragmentation between states and institutions and work together to facilitate more inclusive approaches in an increasingly globalized world.
In a speech delivered by Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, Pope Francis said: “It is vital to safeguard the dignity of the human person, in particular by offering to all people real opportunities for integral human development and by implementing economic policies that favour the family.”
Echoing the theme of the meeting, Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World, the Pope said, “The entrepreneurial world has enormous potential to effect substantial change by increasing the quality of productivity, creating new jobs, respecting labour laws, fighting against corruption and promoting social justice.” He continued, “If we want a more secure future, one that encourages the prosperity of all, then it is necessary to keep the compass continually oriented towards ‘true north’,” represented by authentic values.
The World Economic Forum’s 48th Annual Meeting opens today in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. More than 3,000 leaders from around the world are gathering in a collaborative effort to shape the global, regional and industry agendas, with a commitment to improve the state of the world. The meeting brings together governments, international organizations, business, civil society, cultural leaders, media, experts and the young generation, at the highest level and in representative ways.
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January 20, 2018
Designer Franziska Knuppe Presents Her New Collection For Bonita In Berlin
Photo: Models presenting the April 2018 Sailor Heart collection during the presentation of Franziska Knuppe’s new Spring/Summer 2018 collection for Bonita at P7 Gallery on January 17, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. Photo by & copyright © Franziska Krug/Getty Images for Bonita. Image provided by Bonita.
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January 16, 2018
North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) 2018 opens in Detroit, Michigan
Photos: North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) 2018 is being held in Detroit, Michigan, from January 13 to January 28. Now in its 30th year as an international event, the NAIAS is among the most prestigious auto shows in the world, providing unparalleled access to the automotive products, technologies, people and ideas that matter most - up close and in one place. Images provided by & copyright © NAIAS.
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January 7, 2018
Smriti Irani, India's Minister for Information & Broadcasting, chairs meeting on International Film Festival of India IFFI
Photo: Smriti Irani, India’s Minister for Information & Broadcasting, addressing at the inauguration of the “Inclusive India Summit-2017”, in New Delhi on September 12, 2017. Image provided by the Press Information Bureau, Government of India.
New Delhi, January 6, 2018. Smriti Irani, India’s Minister for Information & Broadcasting, chaired the meeting of Consultative Committee of I&B Ministry to discuss about the efforts taken in organizing International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2017 and the steps to be taken to improve the next edition of IFFI.
Ms. Irani apprised the Members of the Committee about the various steps and initiatives taken by the Ministry in IFFI 2017. She mentioned that this time all committees were restructured. She also emphasized that for the first time IFFI officially collaborated with Toronto and Venice Film Festivals. She said that in IFFI 2017, nine (9) Master classes were organized, 197 films were screened, and 493 delegates invited.
Members of the Committee, while appreciating the efforts of the Ministry in organizing IFFI 2017, said that regional films should be given more representation in IFFI. They also appreciated the choice of films and the large participation of the film fraternity this year.
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January 6, 2018
India's Human Resource Development Minister releases All India Survey on Higher Education
Photo: India’s Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Prakash Javadekar, releasing the final report of All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) for the year 2016-17, in New Delhi on January 05, 2018. Image provided by the Press Information Bureau, Government of India.
Photo: The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, with the Vice Chancellors of 17 New Central Universities set up under the Central Universities Act, 2009, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi, on January 06, 2018. The Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Prakash Javadekar, is also seen. Image provided by the Press Information Bureau, Government of India.
India’s Union Minister of Human Resource Development, Prakash Javadekar, released the 8th All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) for the year 2016-17 in New Delhi today. On this occasion, he also launched the Survey for the year 2017-18.
Speaking on the occasion, Javadekar informed that there is an increase in overall enrolment.
He further informed that Gender Parity Index (GPI), a ratio of proportional representation of female and male, has improved from 0.86 to 0.94 to the corresponding period. To give a further boost to girl-students, the Minister announced that a supernumerary quota in IITs will be increased.
Javadekar informed that the number of institutions of higher education listed on AISHE portal has also increased significantly - from 621 universities in 2010-11 to 864 in 2016-17 and from 32,974 colleges in 2010-11 to 40,026 colleges in 2016-17.
He said that the government’s vision for the higher education is based on three important aspects, namely Quality, Autonomy, Research & Innovation.
The survey covers almost all the Higher Education institutions (HEIs) in the country including Universities, Colleges and Stand-Alone institutions. Identified nodal officers from each institution are primarily responsible for collecting and uploading the data on AISHE portal in a secured environment. It needs a lot of efforts in a survey of this scale to bring out the correct and complete picture of the system so that relevant statistics are available to the Central Government as well as State Governments, in order to devise future policies.
The survey is also unique in the sense that it is a participatory effort between State Governments, Regulatory Statutory Authorities and the Ministries of the Government of India. The Survey compiles and manages statistics directly online from respondent institutions. The main items of data collection under survey are Basic details, Programme details, Teaching & Non-Teaching Staff, Student Enrolment, Examination Result, Infrastructure, Scholarships, and Foreign students. The AISHE data is the main source of information for “Know Your College” portal.
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All India Survey of Higher Education Report has detailed information on 864 universities and 40,026 colleges The portal based survey method has reduced the time-lag in bringing out the report to a bare minimum. #AISHE #SabkoSikshaAcchiSiksha pic.twitter.com/6oZld4ScV9
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