Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro’s “Pinocchio” won the Academy Award for best animated feature film on Sunday, the third Oscar of his career.

Comedian Jimmy Kimmel, hosting the Oscars for a third time, led a back-to-basics show on Sunday that celebrated a moviegoing rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic while avoiding – and making light of – the kind of ugly outburst that marred the 2022 telecast.

Ke Huy Quan, a onetime child star who gave up acting for two decades, and Hollywood veteran Jamie Lee Curtis won Academy Awards for their roles in offbeat, dimension-hopping adventure “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”

Thousands of miles from the glitz of Sunday’s Oscars, the first Irish language film to earn a nomination is sparking renewed interest in a native tongue spoken by so few it is considered endangered by the United Nations cultural agency.

South Korean K-pop pioneer SM Entertainment Co Ltd (041510.KQ) is poised to fall under the grip of social media giant Kakao Corp (035720.KS) after HYBE Co Ltd (352820.KS), the agency representing boy band BTS, dropped a bid to take control.

Jamie Lee Curtis, Brendan Fraser and other Oscar nominees walked a champagne-coloured carpet as “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” “Top Gun: Maverick” and other blockbusters were competing for the coveted best picture prize.

Bill Tidy, the cartoonist who was known for his quick artistry on shows including Countdown and Countryfile, has died at the age of 89.

Hollywood stars will walk a champagne-coloured carpet at the Oscars on Sunday when organizers aim to keep the spotlight on “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” “Top Gun: Maverick” and other nominated films that brought crowds back to cinemas.

All eyes will be on Hollywood later to see whether Everything Everywhere All At Once can cap its extraordinary awards season by sweeping the Oscars.

The return of the British Museum’s Parthenon Marbles to Greece is possible even if the two sides cannot come to an agreement over who owns the sculptures, a campaign group working to resolve the long-standing dispute said on Sunday.

Kenyan fashion designer Nthenya Mwendwa is in Los Angeles with the aim of getting her luxury bags worn and photographed on the Oscars red carpet.

Lesley Paterson and All Quiet on the Western Front have both been to the Oscars before.