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A searing look at honour killings in Pakistan earned Pakistani-Canadian filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy an Academy Award on Sunday night.

Alicia Vikander accepts the award for best actress in a supporting role for “The Danish Girl” at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

The winners will be announced at Sunday’s 88th annual Oscar award ceremony.

“I think Chris Rock will address it head on, which is exactly what the show and the Academy needs”, said Variety awards editor Tim Gray.

Smith and Napes beat out Lady Gaga and Diane Warren’s “Til It Happens to You”; The Weeknd’s “Earned It” (Fifty Shades of Grey); “Simple Song #3” (Youth), composed by David Lang and performed by South Korean soprano Sumi Jo; J. Ralph...

It’s been quite a year for the 27-year-old.

But while other Oscar nominees obsess about hair and make-up, the 37-year-old filmmaker has a much bigger fight on her hands: how to stop honor killings in Pakistan.

They received an Oscar for their work on Birdman at last year’s Oscars. But Inarritu became a clear frontrunner to win best director for “The Revenant” after pulling off a victory at the Directors Guild of America awards.

The Reds were floored 3-1 in a penalty shoot-out at Wembley after Philippe Coutinho’s late strike cancelled out Fernandinho’s opener and forced the fixture into extra-time on Sunday evening. It was impossible for Willy Caballero not to play tonight. “I’m...

Jesus, meanwhile, is turning out to be an interesting character, and less self-consciously cool than he appeared last week, though the hair and beard still look incredibly fake.

Brie Larson, 26, has won the Best Actress award for her portrayal of Ma, an abducted and imprisoned mother in Lenny Abrahamson’s Room.

“To my mum and dad, thank you for giving me the belief anything can happen”, she said.

Chris Rock, in a white tux, opened the 88th Academy Awards with a blistering monologue that addressed the #OscarsSoWhite controversy that hung over the ceremony like a white cloud.

For example, the victor of the Directors’ Guild award for best director (Alejandro G. Inarritu, for “The Revenant”) will in all likelihood be the Academy’s choice as well.

LOS ANGELES Suspense and surprises mark the Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday after a rollercoaster awards season dominated by the #OscarsSoWhite controversy and no clear front-runner for the top honor of best picture. “You’d be watching Neil Patrick Harris right...