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‘This wouldn’t happen to Leonardo DiCaprio’: Oscar winner’s statuette goes missing on flight

The Independent·Rachel McGrath·30 days ago
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Oscar-winning director Pavel Talankin has revealed his Academy Award went missing after he was forced to check it in for a flight. Talankin, a Russian teacher and documentary-maker, took home the statuette after his film Mr Nobody Against Putin won the Best Feature Documentary accolade at this year’s ceremony. But the award went missing after he was forced to put it in the hold compartment on a flight. Thankfully, airline Lufthansa has since confirmed the Academy Award has been found, saying they are arranging for its return "as quickly as possible". Talankin told Deadline that he arrived for a flight from New York’s John F. Kennedy airport with his Oscar in hand on Wednesday, but Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials told him he couldn’t take the prize onboard as it could be used as a weapon.…

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