The Brooklyn neighborhoods of Brighton Beach and Coney Island are basking in the glow of Oscar success as "Anora," a film shot in their streets, swept the 97th Academy Awards.

Anora, the indie film about a Brooklyn stripper marrying the son of a wealthy Russian oligarch, dominated last night's Oscars, taking home five awards in total, including best picture, best director ...

Mikey Madison, the film’s Oscar-winning star was born Mikaela Madison Rosberg. She is Jewish, if not particularly religious, ...

Brooklyn took center stage at the 2025 Academy Awards on Sunday night as “Anora,” which was based and filmed in southern ...

Take New York's B train south to the end of the line and you'll step into the post-Soviet enclave Brighton Beach, whose ...

Sean Baker won Academy Awards on Sunday night for writing, editing and directing his film Anora, a Cinderella story set in Brooklyn's Russian emigre communities of Brighton Beach and Coney Island. By ...

The explorer Henry Hudson, commanding the "Half-Moon," puts in at Coney Island before continuing into what is now called New York Harbor. According to tradition, his right-hand man, John Coleman ...

Baker conceived of the film as being rooted in a home invasion scene. Madison gets her screams in — and some punches — when ...

Sean Baker broke Oscar records as the first person to personally win four Academy Awards for a single film - for directing, ...

The vibrant Brooklyn neighborhoods of Brighton Beach and Coney Island are basking in the glow of Oscar success as “Anora,” a film shot in their streets, ...