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Union Station in downtown Los Angeles, the venue for the 2021 Oscars show. Many overseas contenders will link in remotely to the 93rd Academy Awards but a surprising number — from Korea, Romanian, Italy and elsewhere — are determined to be there in person. If you're an Academy Award nominee this year and you live outside the U.S., getting to L.A. to attend the Oscars in person has been a major hassle. COVID-19 travel restrictions and California's 10-day quarantine rule for anyone arriving from outside the country has meant many of the international contenders for the 2021 awards will be w...

Willamette Week The need for strong, independent local journalism is more urgent than ever. Please support the city we love by joining Friends of Willamette Week. Your Weekly Roundup of New Movies: Oscar Nominee “Do Not Split” Presents Gripping Reportage of Hong Kong’s Past Two Years What to see and skip while heading out to the theaters or streaming at home. Movies_Do-Not-Split (Shorts TV) Updated April 20 at 9:00 PM TOP PICK OF THE WEEK Do Not Split *** Frontline crisis journalism has long been a staple of the Oscars’ Best Documentary (Short Subject) category. Unmercifully,...

China's 'Oscar ban' draws attention to a film on Hong Kong protests "Do Not Split," a short Oscar-nominated documentary about the Hong Kong protests, has gained visibility through Beijing's boycott of the Academy Awards. Pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong, in March 2021 When the 2021 Academy Awards are handed out on Sunday, April 25, Oscar nominee Anders Hammer won't be at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. COVID-19 restrictions mean that the Norwegian director, whose film Do Not Split on the Hong Kong pro-democracy protests is nominated in the best documentary short subject category, wil...

Oscar-nominated 'Do Not Split' now part of Hong Kong's story of waning freedoms - director By Aleksander Solum Reuters HONG KONG (Reuters) - The decision in Hong Kong not to air this year's Oscars has only brought more global attention to its struggle for democracy, said the director of the "Do Not Split" documentary about the city's 2019 protests, which has been short-listed for an award. Free-to-air broadcaster TVB, which has broadcast the Oscars every year since 1969, said it would not carry the ceremony this year for commercial reasons. TVB's decision has fuelled concerns abou...

By Aleksander Solum HONG KONG, April 20 (Reuters) - The decision in Hong Kong not to air this year's Oscars has only brought more global attention to its struggle for democracy, said the director of the "Do Not Split" documentary about the city's 2019 protests, which has been short-listed for an award. Free-to-air broadcaster TVB, which has broadcast the Oscars every year since 1969, said it would not carry the ceremony this year for commercial reasons. TVB's decision has fuelled concerns about dwindling freedoms in Hong Kong, which has taken an authoritarian path since China imposed a sweepi...