11 Mar 2024

Plagiarism controversy casts shadow over Oscars

From Midday Report, 12:46 pm on 11 March 2024

A plagiarism controversy has broken out and is casting a shadow over the 96th Academy Awards as the ceremony gets underway in Los Angeles.

It's alleged the story of the film The Holdovers is remarkably similar to a script written by screenwriter Simon Stephenson called Frisco, which was never made into a movie.

RNZ lifestyle and entertainment journalist Jogai Bhatt joins Ben Strang to discuss it.