Updated: 8am GMT -- 2007/02/23

Features

Ugandans give Whitaker Oscar nod
Africans are impressed with US actor but critical of the film, writes Vincent Mayanja ‘I think Forest Whitaker should win the Oscar because he presented Idi Amin in a way that made you think he was Ugandan. He deserves the Oscar’ – Alex Makuru, ...

Awards race is heating up
Unlike in previous years, the Oscars present voters with a dilemma, writes Bob Longino THE OSCARS are usually about the clear favourite, the classic showdown (Saving Private Ryan vs Shakespeare in Love) or the expected third-place best picture ...