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What Oscar Nominations Do These Six Best Picture Contenders Need in Order to Win? P4-5 Community Community Nepal Rashmi Engineers’ Agarwal, P6Association P16 Indian expat, Qatar organises bags ‘Best NRI Woman an event to Entrepreneur Award’ mark its 57th at WASME Excellence Engineers’ Day. Awards 2019. Monday, December 30, 2019 Jumada I 4, 1441 AH Doha today: 170 - 260 ACTION: Yeo-jeong Jo in the film Parasite. COVER The lowdown STORY What Oscar nominations do these six best picture contenders need in order to win? P4-5 BOLLYWOOD HOLLYWOOD Bollywood’s Class Cats is a disaster, but a slew of 2020. of actors hold out dignity. Page 14 Page 15 2 GULF TIMES Monday, December 30, 2019 COMMUNITY ROUND & ABOUT PRAYER TIME Fajr 4.56am Shorooq (sunrise) 6.20am Zuhr (noon) 11.37am Asr (afternoon) 2.35pm Maghreb (sunset) 4.55pm Isha (night) 6.25pm Driving Licence the fi lms starring Hareendran and even watch them multiple USEFUL NUMBERS DIRECTION: Jean Paul Lal times. 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Ages between 5 and 10 The third edition of the Spring Festival at years old after school hours. features an array of cultural programmes and entertainment activities. Around 60 games Ballet Lessons and rides are open. Circus shows will be also WHERE: Music and Arts Atelier staged. WHEN: Ongoing TIME: 4pm – 8pm For more info e-mail at registration@ atelierqatar.com or call on 33003839. Winter Dragon Boat Festival 2020 WHERE: Museum of Islamic Art WHEN: January 24 Public Speaking Classes for Adults Row, paddle, hurry up! Qatar’s largest WHERE: Sharq Capital, C Ring Road Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change 4 GULF TIMES Monday, December 30, 2019 COMMUNITY COVER STORY Oscar nominations Judging from the early slates of winners and nominees for other awards, you could make a case for six movies. Each one needs things to break a certain way to bolster their chances, writes Glenn Whipp scar voting begins the Golden Globes and SAG Awards, day after New Year’s, leading to speculation that voters meaning academy are latching onto Al Pacino’s showy members should turn as the belligerent Jimmy Hoff a be busy powering and Joe Pesci’s subtle work playing Othrough movies and preparing their mob boss Russell Bufalino at his hangover remedies so they can be expense. good to go on January 2. Lead actor is the season’s most We’re pretty sure about the competitive category. De Niro, movies that will be nominated for playing a passive character doing best picture. But which fi lm will others’ bidding in The Irishman, go on to take the top prize at the will have to elbow his way through Oscars? Judging from the early competition that includes Leonardo slates of winners and nominees DiCaprio, Adam Driver, Joaquin for other awards, you could make Phoenix, Christian Bale and Antonio a case for six movies. Each one Banderas. Voters who watch The needs things to break a certain way Irishman in a single sitting will on Oscar nomination morning appreciate the cumulative power of to bolster their chances in what De Niro’s performance and feel the remains a fairly fl uid race. Song Kang Ho has received acclaim for his portrayal of the patriarch in Parasite. impact of its abject ending. But how Here are the six leading many people are watching this 3½- contenders, along with the hour movie straight through? We’ll nominations they hope to earn and have that answer soon enough. the nominations they need to earn when the motion picture academy Once Upon a Time … In reveals its choices January 13. Hollywood Optimal Oscar nominations Parasite morning: Nine nods (picture, Optimal Oscar nominations director, lead actor, supporting morning: Eight nods (picture, actor, original screenplay, director, supporting actor, original cinematography, costume design, screenplay, cinematography, fi lm editing, production design) fi lm editing, production design, Nomination it needs: Leonardo international fi lm) DiCaprio for lead actor. Nomination it needs: Song DiCaprio faces the same problem Kang Ho for supporting actor. as De Niro — too many noteworthy Parasite earned a SAG Awards performances and just fi ve slots ensemble nomination, and Song to contain them. And, like De has taken a couple of critics prizes, Niro, he has often found himself including an honour from the Los overshadowed by a castmate. Brad Angeles Film Critics Association. Pitt’s swaggering minimalist turn, If Song can land a supporting nod, which could easily be considered it would indicate support from the as a co-lead, has found favour with acting branch voters, the academy’s critics groups, though DiCaprio did largest bloc, and also boost the pick up noms from the SAG Awards movie’s profi le in a prominent Robert De Niro is competing for a lead actor nomination for The Irishman.
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