Author: UAP Staff

4 min readKyivMar 17, 2026 12:06 PM IST On Sunday, Sean Penn won his third Oscar at the 98th Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor for his performance of Colonel Steven J Lockjaw in Paul Thomas Anderson’s period political drama One Battle After Another. However, he gave the ceremony a miss, prompting the presenter, actor Kieran Culkin, to receive the award on his behalf. “He couldn’t be here tonight, or he didn’t want to,” Kieran Culkin said on the stage, sporting his irreverent humour. The latter case turned out to be true as Penn was instead spotting in Ukraine. Ukraine…

Seth Chambers, a man from Texas County, Missouri, identified as a former Marine Intelligence analyst, was indicted on Friday on two counts of wilfully transmitting national defence information. The indictment states that his official duties granted him security clearance and authorised access to classified material up to the top-secret level, giving him access to sensitive national defence information.According to the US Department of Justice, the first alleged transmission took place on 10 December 2022, when he shared a white paper containing verbatim and near-verbatim excerpts from classified US government documents with an individual in Maryland. A second alleged transmission occurred…

Timothee Chalamet has come out of the 98th Academy Awards with perhaps the biggest upset in recent memory. Not only he lost the Best Actor Oscar to Michael B Jordan for Ryan Coogler’s vampire movie Sinners, but also his film, Josh Safdie’s period drama Marty Supreme, failed to win any Oscar across the nine categories it was nominated in. The internet is speculating that it may have to do with Timothee’s snide remarks on ballet and opera last month, but that may not be the whole truth.Kevin O’Leary, who played Milton Rockwell in Marty Supreme, said on the Oscars 2026…

Although the 98th Academy Awards ceremony passed off without any untoward incidents, in contrast to the reported FBI warning of a possible attack on California by Iran in light of the ongoing war launched by the US and Israel against the West Asian country, it wasn’t devoid of political references.From veiled digs at US President Donald Trump by comedian Jimmy Kimmel, who took part in the show as an award presenter, to Spanish actor Javier Bardem’s politically charged short speech extending solidarity with Palestine, the Oscars stage once again became a platform for political statements. ‘No to war and free…

4 min readMumbaiMar 16, 2026 10:04 AM IST At the 98th Academy Awards on Sunday night in California, KPop Demon Hunters emerged as one of the evening’s big winners, taking home the Oscar for Best Animated Feature and later securing Best Original Song for its breakout track Golden. The double victory capped a remarkable awards-season run for the Netflix phenomenon and marked a milestone moment for Korean representation on Hollywood’s biggest stage. Directed by Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans, and produced by Michelle L. M. Wong, the animated feature beat contenders that included Elio, Arco, Little Amélie or the Character…

4 min readMumbaiMar 16, 2026 08:30 AM IST Set in a dystopian world, where kissing is considered a crime that is punishable by death, ‘Two People Exchanging Saliva’ directed by Franco-Indian Alexandre Singh with Natalie Musteata shared the Oscar with The Singers for Best Live-Action Short Film in a tie-up. The 36-minute ‘Two People Exchanging Saliva’, which is narrated by Vicky Krieps, is also written by Singh and Musteata. Two People Exchanging Saliva, which is available for streaming on The New Yorker’s YouTube channel, had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival in 2024. The black-and-white film follows Angine,…

3 min readLos AngelesMar 16, 2026 07:03 AM IST After India’s official Oscars 2026 entry — Neeraj Ghaywan’s Homebound, starring Ishaan Khatter, Vishal Jethwa, and Janhvi Kapoor — couldn’t make the cut in the Best International Feature category at the 98th Academy Awards, all of the country’s hopes were riding on Indian-American filmmaker Geeta Gandbhir, who became the first woman ever to score double nominations in the Best Documentary Feature and the Best Documentary Short categories. However, she couldn’t win in both the categories. Geeta Gandbhir and Christalyn Hampton co-directed The Devil Is Busy. It competed against All the Empty…

Oscars 2026 Winners List: The 98th Academy Awards ceremony are taking place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles today (Monday, March 16 as per IST), with Conan O’Brien returning to host for the second consecutive year. The ceremony is being held amid heightened security due to the ongoing attacks by the US and Israel on Iran and escalating political tensions across the globe.With Sinners and One Battle After Another being the hot favourites at the Oscars — while the Ryan Coogler film broke the record for most nominations with 16, Paul Thomas Anderson’s directorial received 13 nods — all…

Oscars 2026 Winners LIVE Updates: Sinners (R) clinched 16 nominations this time, while One Battle After Another follows closely behind with 13. (Credit: IMDb)Oscars 2026 Winners LIVE Updates: Amid the ongoing attacks by the US and Israel on Iran and escalating geopolitical turmoil, the 98th Academy Awards ceremony is currently underway at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. While director Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, which made history by receiving the most nominations (16) for a film ever, is leading the pack this time, Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another follows closely behind with 13 nods. The battle for Best Picture is…

A Pentagon contractor was indicted Thursday on charges that he illegally removed and shared classified national defense information with a journalist, a case that has drawn national attention after federal agents searched a reporter’s home as part of the investigation. Aurelio Luis Perez-Lugones was charged with five counts of unlawfully transmitting and one count of unlawfully retaining classified national defense information, the Justice Department said Thursday. The case, which has been linked to last week’s search of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s home in Virginia, has drawn scrutiny from press freedom advocates who say it reflects a more aggressive posture…