John Nash, Nobel laureate in ‘A Beautiful Mind,’ dies in car crash

Renowned Princeton Mathematician John Nash, a Nobel Prize laureate whose life story inspired the movie “A Beautiful Mind“, was killed in a car accident together with his wife Alicia Nash in New Jersey. Nash, the 1994 Nobel Prize winner for Economics, had struggled with paranoid schizophrenia and his life was depicted in a 2001 Hollywood blockbuster “A Beautiful Mind”, which won four Oscars including Best Picture.

Cannes Palme d’Or awarded to French film Dheepan

French film Dheepan has been awarded Palme d’Or Award at 68th Cannes Film Festival. The film is directed by Jacques Audiard. Dheepan story revolves around the trio of Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka’s who pretend to be a family in order to flee their war-torn country to France.

68th Cannes Film Festival top awards:

  • Palme D’Or: Dheepan
  • Grand Prix: Son of Saul
  • Jury Prize: The Lobster
  • Best Director: Hou Hsiao-hsien
  • Best Actor: Vincent Lindon
  • Best Actress: Rooney Mara and Emmanuelle Bercot
  • Best Screenplay: Michel Franco (Chronic)
  • Camera d’Or (Best first feature): La Tierra Y la Sombra

Indian filmmaker Neeraj Ghaywan’s Masaan won the prestigious critics prize in the Un Certain Regard category at 68th Cannes Film Festival.

Mumbai Indians defeat Chennai Super Kings to win IPL 2015 for second time

Mumbai Indians (MI) won the 8th edition of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2015 by defeating Chennai Super Kings (CSK). In the final match played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata they defeated CSK by 41 runs. This is the second IPL title triumph for MI after their maiden win in the season six in 2013.

Brief score: MI 202-5 in 20.0 Overs (Lendl Simmons 68, Rohit Sharma 50, Dwayne Bravo 2-36) beat CSK 161-8 in 20.0 Overs (Dwayne Smith 57, Mitchell McClenaghan 3-25). Man of the Match:  Rohit Sharma.

Other highlights of IPL 2015

  • Player of the Tournament: Andre Russell (KKR).
  • Orange Cap awarded to: David Warner (Sunrisers Hyderabad).
  • Purple Cap awarded to: Dwayne Bravo (CSK).
  • Emerging Player of the Season: Shreyas Iyer (Delhi Daredevils).
  • Most Valuable Player: Andre Russell (KKR).