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Everything the desk has filed on Oscars.
At 83, Ilaiyaraaja sees his scores for the Marathi film Kondhal and the Sri Lankan movie Anthony enter the 2027 Oscars’ Best International Feature shortlist, reviving talk of his first global trophy.
The Television Academy is in discussions to move the Emmy Awards to Amazon Prime Video, ending decades of rotation across the four big broadcast networks, following a ceremony where streaming programs won almost everything.
Angh, a Konyak-language film set in 1960s Nagaland, premieres in competition at TIFF this week. Distributor Gaurav Dhingra says a win there means an automatic Oscar berth, and India release plans will follow the film's festival momentum.
Bruce Davis, the longtime chief executive of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, has died at 83 after a battle with leukemia. He led the Oscars organisation for 22 years.