Azerbaijani Border guards detain 3 Afghan citizens trying to cross border with Iran-VIDEO

On March 12, at 7:35 p.m., in the service territory of the border outpost of the “Horadiz” border detachment of the State Border Service Border Troops, located near the village of Beyuk Bahmanli, Fuzuli region, the border guard observed via thermal video surveillance cameras that 3 unknown people violated the state border from the Islamic Republic of Iran in the direction of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the press service of the State Border Service said, APA reports.

According to the information, the service area of the border outpost was closed, the border violators were detained by the border guards using technical means.

During the investigation, it was determined that the detained persons are Afghan citizens Davud Afshar Janmurad, Nadir Juma Abdulrauf and Najibullah Halili Abdulnazar.

Source: Azeri-Press News Agency

Kenzaburo Oe, Japanese Nobel literature laureate, dies at 88

Japanese novelist Kenzaburo Oe, the winner of the 1994 Nobel Prize in Literature who was also known as a campaigner for the pacifist Constitution and against nuclear power, has died at the age of 88, publisher Kodansha said Monday, according to Nikkei Asia.

One of the most celebrated authors in Japan in the post-World War II era, Oe spearheaded a civic movement calling for the elimination of nuclear plants in his late 70s, in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster triggered by a massive earthquake and tsunami.

“To repeat the error by exhibiting, through the construction of nuclear reactors, the same disrespect for human life is the worst possible betrayal of the memory of Hiroshima’s (atomic bombing) victims,” Oe wrote in an article for U.S. magazine The New Yorker, dated 10 days after the triple disaster.

Born in 1935 in the western prefecture of Ehime, Oe debuted as a writer in 1957 while studying French literature at the University of Tokyo.

He was awarded Japan’s prestigious Akutagawa Prize for literature the following year at age 23 for “The Catch,” a short story about the capture of a black American airman in a Japanese village during the war.

In 1994, he became the second Japanese author to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, after Yasunari Kawabata. “With poetic force (Oe) creates an imagined world, where life and myth condense to form a disconcerting picture of the human predicament today,” said the Swedish Academy in awarding the prize.

The author gained critical acclaim around the world, with many of his novels, including “The Silent Cry,” translated in several languages.

Oe penned several works reflecting his personal experience as the father of composer Hikari Oe, who was born with disabilities. Among them is his novel “A Personal Matter,” published in 1964, in which he depicted a man struggling to come to terms with the birth of a brain-damaged son in a failing marriage.

He also wrote reportage on the horrors of the war and nuclear weapons, “Hiroshima Notes” in 1965, and “Okinawa Notes” in 1970.

Source: Azerbaijan State News Agency

‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ wins seven Oscars, is most-awarded best picture since ‘Slumdog Millionaire’

Winning best picture at the Academy Awards, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” capped off a ground-breaking awards season and became the most-awarded best picture winner since 2008’s “Slumdog Millionaire,” according to Variety.

“Everything Everywhere” took home seven Oscars on Sunday night, including best picture, director, original screenplay, lead actress, supporting actress, supporting actor and editing.

At the 2009 Oscars, Danny Boyle’s “Slumdog Millionaire” scored eight awards, including best picture, director, adapted screenplay, cinematography, editing, score, original song and sound mixing. Before “Everything Everywhere,” the closest a best picture winner has gotten to topping that number was the 2010 ceremony, when “The Hurt Locker” won six Oscars.

It’s been a while since the Academy Awards have seen a motion picture steal the show like William Wyler’s “Ben-Hur,” which made history in 1960 as the first best picture winner to receive 11 Oscars. Only two other films have reached the same milestone: “Titanic” in 1988 and “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” in 2004.

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” led in nominations at this year’s ceremony with 11 nods in 10 categories. Directing duo Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan won best director, Michelle Yeoh won lead actress, Ke Huy Quan won supporting actor and Jamie Lee Curtis won supporting actress.

Close behind in total nominations was the historical epic “All Quiet on the Western Front” and Martin McDonagh’s Ireland-set black comedy “The Banshees of Inisherin,” which each received nine nods, including best picture.

Just a few weeks prior to the Oscars, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” won four awards at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, breaking the SAG record for most wins by a single film. The A24 film also swept the Film Independent Spirit Awards this month with eight nominations and seven wins, including best feature.

Source: Azerbaijan State News Agency

Oscars 2023 Best Film Named-UPDATED-1

The 95th Academy Awards were presented on Sunday, APA reports citing CNN.

See below for a full list of the nominees. The winners are indicated in bold.

BEST PICTURE

“All Quiet on the Western Front”

“Avatar: The Way of Water”

“The Banshees of Inisherin”

“Elvis”

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” *WINNER

“The Fabelmans”

“Tár”

“Top Gun: Maverick”

“Triangle of Sadness”

“Women Talking”

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Angela Bassett, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”

Hong Chau, “The Whale”

Kerry Condon, “The Banshees of Inisherin”

Jamie Lee Curtis, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” *WINNER

Stephanie Hsu, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Brendan Gleeson, “The Banshees of Inisherin”

Brian Tyree Henry, “Causeway”

Judd Hirsch, “The Fabelmans”

Barry Keoghan, “The Banshees of Inisherin”

Ke Huy Quan, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” *WINNER

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

“All Quiet on the Western Front,” Germany *WINNER

“Argentina, 1985,” Argentina

“Close,” Belgium

“EO,” Poland

“The Quiet Girl,” Ireland

DOCUMENTARY (SHORT)

“The Elephant Whisperers” *WINNER

“Haulout”

“How Do You Measure a Year?”

“The Martha Mitchell Effect”

“Stranger at the Gate”

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

“All That Breathes”

“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed”

“Fire of Love”

“A House Made of Splinters”

“Navalny” *WINNER

ORIGINAL SONG

“Applause” from “Tell It like a Woman”

“Hold My Hand” from “Top Gun: Maverick”

“Lift Me Up” from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”

“Naatu Naatu” from “RRR” *WINNER

“This Is A Life” from “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” *WINNER

“Marcel the Shell With Shoes On”

“Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”

“The Sea Beast”

“Turning Red”

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

“All Quiet on the Western Front”

“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”

“Living”

“Top Gun: Maverick”

“Women Talking” *WINNER

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

“The Banshees of Inisherin”

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” *WINNER

“The Fabelmans”

“Tár”

“Triangle of Sadness”

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Austin Butler, “Elvis”

Colin Farrell, “The Banshees of Inisherin”

Brendan Fraser, “The Whale” *WINNER

Paul Mescal, “Aftersun”

Bill Nighy, “Living”

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Cate Blanchett, “Tár”

Ana de Armas, “Blonde”

Andrea Riseborough, “To Leslie”

Michelle Williams, “The Fabelmans”

Michelle Yeoh, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” *WINNER

DIRECTOR

Martin McDonagh, “The Banshees of Inisherin”

Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” *WINNER

Steven Spielberg, “The Fabelmans”

Todd Field, “Tár”

Ruben Ostlund, “Triangle of Sadness”

PRODUCTION DESIGN

“All Quiet on the Western Front” *WINNER

“Avatar: The Way of Water”

“Babylon”

“Elvis”

“The Fabelmans”

CINEMATOGRAPHY

“All Quiet on the Western Front” *WINNER

“Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths”

“Elvis”

“Empire of Light”

“Tár”

COSTUME DESIGN

“Babylon”

“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” *WINNER

“Elvis”

“Everything Everywhere All at Once”

“Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris”

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND

“All Quiet on the Western Front”

“Avatar: The Way of Water”

“The Batman”

“Elvis”

“Top Gun: Maverick” *WINNER

ANIMATED SHORT FILM

“The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse” *WINNER

“The Flying Sailor”

“Ice Merchants”

“My Year of Dicks”

“An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It”

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

“An Irish Goodbye” *WINNER

“Ivalu”

“Le Pupille”

“Night Ride”

“The Red Suitcase”

ORIGINAL SCORE

“All Quiet on the Western Front” *WINNER

“Babylon”

“The Banshees of Inisherin”

“Everything Everywhere All at Once”

“The Fabelmans”

VISUAL EFFECTS

“All Quiet on the Western Front”

“Avatar: The Way of Water” *WINNER

“The Batman”

“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”

“Top Gun: Maverick”

FILM EDITING

“The Banshees of Inisherin”

“Elvis”

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” *WINNER

“Tár”

“Top Gun: Maverick”

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

“All Quiet on the Western Front”

“The Batman”

“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”

“Elvis”

“The Whale” *WINNER

***05.11

Stars of Everything Everywhere All at Once Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis won best supporting actor and actress Oscars at the 95th Academy Awards, APA reports citing Teletrader.

Their movie is nominated in 11 categories and is the favorite to win best picture.

Meanwhile, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio won best animated feature, beating Pixar’s Turning Red. The best documentary feature film went to Navalny, about Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, who is currently serving a prison sentence in Russia.

Source: Azeri-Press News Agency

‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ wins Oscar for best international film

Germany’s “All Quiet on the Western Front,” a World War One epic with nine Oscar nominations this year, won the Academy Award for best international film on Sunday, Trend reports citing Reuters.

The Netflix Inc film, directed by Edward Berger, depicts the horrors of trench warfare through the eyes of a young man initially keen to join the fight. It is the first German-language adaptation of a 1928 novel by Erich Maria Remarque, which was also made into a best picture-winning film in 1930.

“All Quiet on the Western Front” tells a story of a young man who, poisoned by right-wing political nationalist propaganda, goes to war thinking it’s an adventure, and war is anything but an adventure,” producer Malte Grunert said in his acceptance speech for best film at the BAFTA awards last month.

Source: Trend News Agency