Event Coverage
Golden Globe nominations out
MUMBAI: The Golden Globe Awards has released its list of nominations for the upcoming award ceremony scheduled to be held on 17 January at the Beverly Hilton.
The nominations are:
Best Motion Picture – Drama
Avatar, Lightstorm Entertainment; Twentieth Century Fox
The Hurt Locker, Voltage Pictures ; Summit Entertainment
Inglourious Basterds, The Weinstein Company
Precious: Lee Daniels Entertainment / Smokewood Entertainment Group Production; Lionsgate
Up In The Air, Paramount Pictures; Paramount Pictures
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Emily Blunt, The Young Victoria
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Helen Mirren, The Last Station
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
George Clooney, Up In The Air
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Tobey Maguire, Brothers
Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
(500) Days of Summer, Watermark Pictures; Fox Searchlight Pictures
The Hangover, Warner Bros. Pictures; Warner Bros. Pictures
It‘s Complicated, Relativity Media, Scott Rudin Productions; Universal Pictures
Julie & Julia, Columbia Pictures; Sony Pictures Releasing
Nine, The Weinstein Company; The Weinstein Company
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picturee – Comedy or Musical
Sandra Bullock, The Proposal
Marion Cotillard, Nine
Julia Roberts, Duplicity
Meryl Streep, It‘s Complicated
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Matt Damon, The Informant!
Daniel Day-Lewis, Nine
Robert Downey Jr., Sherlock Holmes
Joseph-Levitt, (500) Days of Summer
Michael Stuhlbarg, A Serious Man
Best Animated Feature Film
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation; Sony Pictures Releasing
Coraline, Laika, Inc.; Focus Features
Fantastic Mr. Fox, American Empirical Picture; Twentieth Century Fox
The Princess and The Frog, Walt Disney Pictures/Walt Disney Animation Studios; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
UP, Walt Disney Pictures/PIXAR Animation Studios; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Best Foreign Language Film
Baaria (Italy), Medusa Film; Summit Entertainment
Broken Embraces (Spain), El Deseo SA; Sony Pictures Classics
The Maid (Chile), (La Nana), Forastero; Elephant Eye Films
A Prophet (France), Chic Films; Sony Pictures Classics
The White Ribbon (Germany), (Das Weisse Band – Eine Deutsche Kindergeschichte), Wega Films; Sony Pictures Classics
Event Coverage
Anime India announces Amazon MX Player as co-presenting partner for Anime India Kolkata 2026
MUMBAI: Riding high on the success of its blockbuster Mumbai debut, Anime India is accelerating its nationwide expansion with the announcement of Amazon MX Player as the co-presenting partner for Anime India Kolkata. The partnership marks a significant step forward in the festival’s mission to deliver large-scale, accessible, and fan-first anime experiences across the country.
Scheduled for 14 and 15 February 2026 at the iconic Biswa Bangla Mela Prangan, Anime India Kolkata will launch the first regional chapter of what is set to be a year-long, multi-city tour. As the curtain-raiser for the 2026 circuit, the Kolkata edition aims to fuse the energy of global Japanese pop culture with India’s fast-growing community of anime, manga, and pop-culture fans.
A household name in digital entertainment, Amazon MX Player brings unmatched reach and cultural relevance to the Anime India platform. With its expanding focus on anime and youth-driven content, Amazon MX Player’s involvement as co-presenting partner reinforces Anime India’s vision of making anime culture more inclusive breaking barriers of language, geography, and accessibility to connect with fans nationwide.
Anime India Kolkata 2026 will showcase cosplay competitions, interactive zones led by the Indian Gunpla Community, India-39 Vocaloid Community, The Japan Curry, and Adda-o-Otaku by The Otaku Guild. Fans can join tournaments across fighting games, Pokémon VGC, and more. Acclaimed Japanese director Susumu Mitsunaka (Haikyu!!) will attend as guest of honour, appearing in panels and live sessions. Positioned as an immersive celebration of fan culture and industry collaboration, the Kolkata edition marks the beginning of Anime India’s nationwide expansion.
Sharing their perspective on the partnership, Amazon MX Player director Aruna Daryanani expressed, “Anime in India has evolved from a niche interest into a mainstream cultural movement, driven by an increasingly engaged and passionate fanbase. At Amazon MX Player, our focus is on expanding access by bringing anime to audiences across the country for free and in multiple local languages. Our association with Anime India reflects our commitment to supporting the growth of anime in India and deepening connections with fans, while continuing to build Amazon MX Player as a trusted destination for free, high-quality entertainment.”
“Anime India Kolkata is a celebration of how anime has grown beyond entertainment into a powerful cultural and creative force. By bringing fans, creators, and industry leaders onto one shared platform, the festival is helping define the future of pop culture in India,” said Anime India co-founder and director Neha Mehta.
The debut edition of Anime India 2025 in Mumbai attracted over 29,000 fans, quickly cementing its status as a landmark celebration of anime and Japanese pop culture. Riding on this overwhelming response, the Kolkata chapter is projected to draw more than 40,000 visitors across two days, positioning it as one of the biggest anime conventions ever held in eastern India.
Anime India is focused on bringing together fans from across the country to create a truly pan-India celebration of anime, manga, cosplay, gaming, and Japanese culture. With plans to expand into four key metropolitan hubs in 2026—east (Kolkata), north (Delhi), west (Mumbai), and south (Hyderabad)—the festival seeks to deliver globally benchmarked experiences while supporting and uplifting creators, artists, and fan communities throughout India.
