Oscars 2023: List of winners
Los Angeles (PTI): Multiverse dramedy "Everything Everywhere All at Once" emerged as the big winner at the 95th Academy Awards, taking home the coveted best picture trophy along with awards for its star cast --Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis.
Yeoh became the first Asian woman to win the best actress trophy, while Brendan Fraser returned to centre stage with his best actor award for his role as an overweight reclusive professor in "The Whale".
Filmmaking duo Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, known as the Daniels, won for both directing and original screenplay for "Everything Everywhere All at Once".
"Naatu Naatu", the peppy, foot-tapping chartbuster from SS Rajamouli's Telugu blockbuster "RRR", created history by becoming the first Indian track to win the Academy Award in the best original song category.
Here are the list of winners -
Best picture: "Everything Everywhere All at Once"
Best director: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert for "Everything Everywhere All at Once"
Best actress: Michelle Yeoh for "Everything Everywhere All at Once"
Best actor: Brendan Fraser for"The Whale"
Best supporting actor: Ke Huy Quan for "Everything Everywhere All at Once"
Best supporting actress: Jamie Lee Curtis for "Everything Everywhere All at Once"
Best original song: "Naatu Naatu" from "RRR"
Best original screenplay: "Everything Everywhere All at Once"
Best adapted screenplay: "Women Talking"
Best film editing: "Everything Everywhere All at Once"
Best animated feature: "Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio"
Best international feature film: "All Quiet on the Western Front"
Best documentary feature: "Navalny"
Best live action short: "An Irish Goodbye"
Best cinematography: James Friend for "All Quiet on the Western Front"
Best makeup and hairstyling: "The Whale"
Best costume design: "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever"
Best documentary short: "The Elephant Whisperers"
Best animated short: "The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse"
Best production design: "All Quiet on the Western Front"
Best music (original score): Volker Bertelmann for "All Quiet on the Western Front"
Best visual Effects: "Avatar: The Way of Water"
Best sound: "Top Gun: Maverick"
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Govt floats tender for new Shivaji Maharaj statue in Maharashtra's Sindhudurg
Mumbai (PTI): In the wake of collapse of the Shivaji Maharaj statue in Sindhudurg, the Maharashtra government has issued a tender for the construction of a new 60-foot-tall statue there, nearly twice the size of the previous one, officials said on Wednesday.
The statue will be built at a cost of Rs 20 crore and the government has set a six-month timeframe for the completion of the work, they said.
A 35-foot-tall statue of the 17th century Maratha empire founder, unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Rajkot fort in Malvan tehsil of Sindhudurg district on December 4 (Navy Day) last year, collapsed on August 26 amid strong winds.
The statue's sculptor, Jaydeep Apte, was later arrested.
The government has faced flak as the opposition parties alleged the decision to install the statue in Sindhudurg was taken haphazardly, which resulted in poor quality of work.
Maharashtra Public Works Department (PWD) had flagged concerns over rust gathering on Shivaji Maharaj’s statue and suggested permanent measures in a letter sent to a Naval official just six days before the structure collapsed.
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde had said the statue was designed and constructed by the Indian Navy.
He claimed winds were blowing at 45 km per hour when the statue collapsed.
A tender has been issued for the construction of a new statue and its height would be 60 feet, a PWD official said.
"The total cost would now be Rs 20 crore, including its engineering, installation and maintenance. The government has given six months to complete the work. The height of the statue would be 60 feet," the official said.
