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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 643

Academy Awards Oscars

Hamdan Ballal, Oscar-winning Palestinian director of 'No Other Land,' is released from a police station in the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba a day after being detained by the Israeli army following an alleged attack by Jewish settlers, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
March 29, 2025, 3:11 pm
Academy apologizes after stars say it ‘failed to defend’ Palestinian Oscar winner
Hamdan Ballal was interrogated for allegedly throwing stones as settlers attacked West Bank village; Awards body’s initial response condemned ‘suppressing artists’ without naming him
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Hamdan Ballal, Oscar-winning Palestinian director of 'No Other Land,' is released from a police station in the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba after being detained by the Israeli army following an alleged attack by Jewish settlers, March 25, 2025. (AP/Leo Correa)
March 28, 2025, 8:39 am
Jewish filmmakers join call to protect ‘No Other Land’ team after director beaten, arrested
Maya Rudolph, James Schamus among signatories of petition saying treatment of Palestinian co-director Hamdan Ballal undermines ‘core values vital to democratic societies’
By Grace Gilson
(From left) Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal, and Yuval Abraham, winners of best documentary feature film award for 'No Other Land,' at the Oscars on March 2, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
March 14, 2025, 5:40 am
Florida theater at risk of closure for showing doc critical of Israeli policy in West Bank
Miami Beach mayor wants to terminate lease of independent theater that screened ‘antisemitic’ Oscar-winning documentary ‘No Other Land’ about IDF demolitions in Masafer Yatta
By AP
Jesse Eisenberg arrives at the Oscars on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
March 8, 2025, 3:26 pm
Jesse Eisenberg receives Polish citizenship after film wins Oscar
At NY ceremony, actor, screenwriter and director tells Polish president it’s the ‘honor of a lifetime’; movie ‘A Real Pain’ tells story of 2 cousins exploring family’s Holocaust history
By Shira Li Bartov
Eli Sharabi is interviewed on Channel 12's 'Uvda' program, in a segment aired on February 27, 2025. (Screenshot: Channel 12, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 3, 2025, 2:36 pm
Daily Briefing March 3: Day 514 – Freed hostage Eli Sharabi is all business with PM
Zman Yisrael founding editor Biranit Goren discusses the deadly Haifa terror attack, a former hostage’s strength, and the Oscar that went to Israeli-Palestinian film ‘No Other Land’
By Jessica Steinberg and Biranit Goren
Adrien Brody accepts the award for best performance by an actor in a leading role for "The Brutalist" during the Oscars on March 2, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
March 3, 2025, 11:39 am
Adrien Brody wins best actor Oscar for Holocaust survivor drama ‘The Brutalist’
Underdog ‘Anora’ takes home five awards, including best picture; Keiran Culkin wins for portrayal of cousin on Jewish heritage trip to Poland
By Agencies
Basel Adra, from left, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal, and Yuval Abraham accept the award for best documentary feature film for 'No Other Land,' during the Oscars on March 2, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP/Chris Pizzello)
March 3, 2025, 5:21 am
‘No Other Land,’ about Israel razing Palestinian village, wins best documentary Oscar
Two of film’s four co-directors, an Israeli and a Palestinian, use acceptance speeches to call for Palestinian rights; Israeli Yuval Avraham also calls for release of hostages
By Ben Sales
Adrien Brody in 'The Brutalist.' (Lol Crowley/A24)
March 2, 2025, 12:54 am
What’s Jewish about this year’s Academy Awards? Lots of controversy, of course
As Hollywood gears up to give itself its annual pat on the back, there’s a top-notch crop of films to pique The Tribe’s interest – and a healthy dose of off-screen drama, to boot
By Jordan Hoffman
This image released by A24 shows Adrien Brody, left, and Guy Pearce in a scene from 'The Brutalist.' (Lol Crawley/A24 via AP)
March 1, 2025, 4:08 pm
Daily Briefing Mar. 1: Day 512 – All that is Jewish and controversial at the Oscars
ToI’s New York-based Hollywood maven Jordan Hoffman weighs in on this year’s Jewish Academy Awards scuttlebutt — and whether Israel will be on the main stage again
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jordan Hoffman
This image released by A24 shows Adrien Brody, left, and Guy Pearce in a scene from 'The Brutalist.' (Lol Crawley/A24 via AP)
February 27, 2025, 11:33 pm
What Matters Now to critic Jordan Hoffman: 5 films for Jews to follow at the Oscars
ToI’s New York-based Hollywood maven weighs in on this year’s Jewish Academy Awards scuttlebutt — and whether Israel will be on the main stage again
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jordan Hoffman
Sunrise Coigney (L) and Mark Ruffalo (R) attend the 96th Annual Academy Awards on March 10, 2024 in Hollywood, California. Ruffalo is wearing a pin depicting an orange hand holding a heart, which calls for a ceasefire in Gaza. (JC Olivera/Getty Images North America/Getty Images via AFP)
February 25, 2025, 1:12 pm
Jewish Hollywood group pans bid for Oscar attendees to wear pro-Gaza pin
Brigade organization slams use of symbol depicting orange hand with red background in light of Bibas boys’ slaying, says pin evokes image of 2000 Ramallah lynching
By ToI Staff
This image released by A24 shows Adrien Brody, left, and Guy Pearce in a scene from 'The Brutalist.' (Lol Crawley/A24 via AP)
February 7, 2025, 9:18 am
‘The Brutalist’s Adrien Brody says makeup artist tried to remove his nose
Star tapped for Best Actor at Oscars for role as Holocaust survivor says his schnoz was mistaken for a prosthetic; he explained that it ‘doesn’t come off’
By ToI Staff
This image released by Netflix shows Karla Sofía Gascón as Emilia Pérez in a scene from "Emilia Pérez." (Shanna Besson/Netflix via AP)
February 2, 2025, 2:01 pm
Oscar-nominated actress apologizes for tweets praising Hitler, denigrating Muslims
Karla Sofía Gascon, star of ‘Emilia Pérez,’ deletes X account, says ‘I am deeply sorry to those I have caused pain’; in 2019, she tweeted Hitler ‘just had his opinion about Jews’
By AP and ToI Staff
Guy Pearce (front), Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones in a scene from "The Brutalist." (Lol Crowley/A24 via JTA)
January 23, 2025, 6:39 pm
Holocaust survivor epic, Bob Dylan biopic among films leading Oscar nominations
Documentaries about West Bank, 1972 Munich massacre also get nods; ‘Emilia Pérez’ features Tel Aviv gender clinic; ‘Bibi Files’ doc was shortlisted, but doesn’t make the cut
By Andrew Lapin
Benjamin Netanyahu during a visit to the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, January 12, 2009, from "The Bibi Files." (Jigsaw Pictures)
December 18, 2024, 12:39 am
‘The Bibi Files’ makes Academy Awards shortlist for best documentary
Film is one of several Israel-related movies to advance to next round of voting, including Norwegian-Palestinian documentary ‘No Other Land’ about West Bank settler violence
By Jessica Steinberg, Agencies and ToI Staff
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