5 h. ago Russian state propagandists overjoyed at Anora’s Oscar triumph

The film’s five Academy Awards seen as act of normalisation by commentators in country still persecuting critics of its war on Ukraine• Anora dominates the Oscars as Mikey Madison named best actress• How Anora swept the OscarsIt was an unfamiliar sight for Russians watching state TV on Monday morning. For the first time since Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine three years ago, the Oscars made the news.The state anchor devoted the tightly controlled news bulletin to Anora, the night’s runaway success, spotlighting its cast of Russian actors – chief among them best supporting actor nominee Yura Borisov, who earned global praise for his performance as a brutish yet unexpectedly sensitive Russian bodyguard. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Where was Anora filmed? As 2025's biggest Oscar winner breaks awards records

Sean Baker's low-budget indie film won five Oscars at last night's ceremony.

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12 h. ago Oscars 2025: The full list of Oscar 2025 winners, as Anora and Mikey Madison shine

No film won more than five Oscars on a night where the honours were largely split at the 97th Academy Awards ceremony - and at least one favourite missed out

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13 h. ago Anora has swept the Oscars. I can’t help feeling that shouldn’t have happened | Catherine Shoard

Sean Baker’s film is muddled, hollow at the middle and about the fifth least vital of the best picture lineupHow Anora swept the Oscars – and the complete list of winnersThe red carpet and Oscars ceremony – in picturesIt is hard to imagine a more charming Oscar winner than Sean Baker. The director – and writer, editor and producer – of Anora was wonderfully persuasive and gracious and fluent at the Academy Awards. He was funny picking up best editing, and then he was sweet accepting the screenwriter prize.When it came to the directing gong, he was downright godlike: the podium his soapbox, superbly leveraged for a gang-busting call to arms about the importance of cinema and the need for people to support bricks and mortar venues. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Oscars 2025: Adrien Brody and Mikey Madison triumph as Anora takes top honours

Anora won five gongs, with The Brutalist winning three and Wicked winning two Oscars

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14 h. ago The dazzling underdog with amazing legs: how Anora swept the Oscars

Sean Baker’s film took five Academy Awards on Sunday evening. Here’s how it triggered the landslide• Anora dominates the Oscars – here’s the complete list of winnersAnora is officially film of the year, crowned supreme at the Oscars, just as it was at Cannes when it was anointed with the Palme d’Or last May. That’s a long path to glory, and a fairly untrodden one. Parasite made it five years ago; the previous film to do so was Marty in 1955. (In fact, Billy Wilder’s The Lost Weekend achieved a similar feat 10 years before that, but then the top prize at Cannes was the Grand Prix, and it was shared.)Anyway: a small number. Acquired by Neon for the US before Cannes, Anora opened there last October in an effective rollout. Half of its earnings were made stateside, with the rest predominantly in Europe, and France – which takes Cannes seriously – proving the major market. It has also done brisk trade in Russia ($3m so far), which can’t be said for a lot of the other nominees, and says s...

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15 h. ago Oscar winners 2025 in full as Emilia Perez suffers huge loss after record 11 nominations

The Oscars 2025 provided some huge wins for hit movie Anora - but it was a difficult night for Emilia Perez, who won just two out of the 11 categories they were nominated in

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15 h. ago Was Demi Moore snubbed? Anora best picture win at 2025 Oscars divides fans

Anora was the night's big winner at the 2025 Oscars, although many fans made it clear online that The Substance's Demi Moore deserved to scoop an Academy award for Best Actress

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15 h. ago Anora best picture win at Oscars divides fans as they say Demi Moore 'snubbed'

Anora was the night's big winner at the 2025 Oscars, although many fans made it clear online that The Substance's Demi Moore deserved to scoop an Academy award for Best Actress

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15 h. ago Anora dominates Oscars 2025 as The Brutalist and Demi Moore miss out on top prizes

Sean Baker’s comedy-drama completed a near-perfect sweep

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15 h. ago Oscars 2025 full winners list as Anora, Dune Part Two and Wicked scoop top awards

The 2025 Oscars took place on Sunday evening, celebrating the best of the big screen, with Anora, Dune Part Two and Wicked among the big winners on the night

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15 h. ago Anora takes home Best Picture as it wins big at the 2025 Oscars

Anora was the big winner at the 97th Academy Awards on Sunday night as it took home the Best Picture prize

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15 h. ago Full list of Oscars 2025 winners ‘Anora’ takes home best picture

Anora dominated the 97th Academy Awards, winning big with five golden statues, including Best Picture and Best Actress for Mikey Madison, beating out favourite Emilia Perez

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15 h. ago Full list of Oscars 2025 winners as Anora takes home best picture

Anora dominated the 97th Academy Awards, winning big with five golden statues, including Best Picture and Best Actress for Mikey Madison, beating out favourite Emilia Perez

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15 h. ago Oscars 2025 winners list in full as Anora, Dune Part Two and Wicked take home gongs

The 97th Academy Awards took place this evening and saw the likes of Anora, Dune Part Two, Wicked and Conclave hoping to take home some of the iconic golden Oscars

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15 h. ago Anora wins Best Picture Oscar as 2025's biggest winner of the night

Sean Baker's Anora took home the Best Picture award at the 97th Academy Awards, marking a groundbreaking win for independent cinema...

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15 h. ago Oscars 2025 full list of winners and nominees as Anora stuns Hollywood

Anora won five of the biggest awards on offer at the 97th Academy Awards

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15 h. ago Oscars 2025: Anora's Sean Baker issues 'battle cry' to save cinemas as he wins Best Director

Sean Baker picked up his third prize of the night for 'Anora', after wins for Best Original Screenplay and Best Editing, to take the statuette ahead of Brady Corbet, James Mangold, Jacques Audiard and Coralie Fargeat

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15 h. ago Oscars 2025 LIVE: Anora wins Best Picture as it dominates the Oscars, winning five awards

Conclave, Wicked, The Substance, Emilia Pérez, and Dune: Part Two all claimed awards

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16 h. ago Oscars 2025 live: Anora sweeps awards with best picture, best director and best actress

At the 97th Academy Awards in Los Angeles, Adrien Brody wins best actor for The Brutalist, while Zoe Saldaña and Kieran Culkin take prizes. Join us for full coverage• The complete list of winners• The red carpet – in picturesAnd now a special live update from the Guardian’s Xan Brooks at the Dolby theatre in Hollywood First trip to the Oscars. Impossibly glamorous arrival. Non-celebrity guests, I discover, access the Dolby theatre by walking around the police cordons, across a filling station forecourt and past a shuttered bowling alley to the theatre doors. This is perhaps what’s known unofficially as the Karla Sofía Gascón Entrance. But I’m now safely inside and have been handed a spring roll to eat. Continue reading...

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