A new exhibition ‘The Art of Illusion’ delving into the work of Oliver Messel opens this month at Nymans in West Sussex, one ...

Sometime back, theItalian Consulate of Kolkata organised a grand celebration, re-creating a dinner from Firpo’s, the reputed ...

Hollywood actress Merle Oberon was born in poverty in India. To make it in the movies, first in London and then Hollywood, ...

Here we review the latest titles.See all 51 stories. CINEMA Love, Queenie: Merle Oberon, Hollywood’s First South Asian Star Mayukh Sen W.W. Norton & Company, $29.99 Who was the most beautiful ...

Mayukh Sen: Yes. So Merle Oberon, she was born as Queenie Thomson in India, right? And many Anglo-Indians, Merle Oberon included, grew up having to deal with intense social discrimination because ...

As the first Asian, and only South Asian, to be nominated for a Best Actress Oscar, Merle Oberon’s place in the pantheon of cinema is historic. But it came with enormous sacrifice as Oberon had ...

As Wuthering Heights’ Catherine Earnshaw, Merle Oberon runs through a gamut of emotions over her tumultuous love affair with Heathcliff, played by Sir Laurence Olivier. “I’m yours Heathcliff ...

These basic facts were never disclosed to Queenie, as she embarked on her quest to become a movie star with a new name, Merle Oberon. Born Sándor László Kellner, Alexander Korda barged his way into ...

Robbie takes on the iconic role of Catherine Earnshaw in the latest big screen adaptation of Emily Bronte’s classic novel Wuthering Heights, with fellow Aussie Jacob Elordi playing Heathcliff.

First Latvian film to win an Oscar (“Flow”). But one first that’s often overlooked is Merle Oberon’s. In 1936, Oberon became the first Asian actress to be nominated for an Oscar for her ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Merle Oberon was a popular actress who was once nominated for an Oscar. But a fact that she hid from the public threatened to unspool her entire life’s work. Merle Oberon in the 1935 Oscar ...