{"id":618323,"date":"2026-05-02T01:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T01:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/618323\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T01:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T01:06:09","slug":"missing-oscar-statuette-of-russian-director-is-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/618323\/","title":{"rendered":"Missing Oscar statuette of Russian director is found"},"content":{"rendered":"

A missing Oscar statuette belonging to \u201cMr. Nobody Against Putin\u201d co-director Pavel Talankin was finally recovered after TSA agents at JFK Airport barred the newly minted Academy Award winner from carrying the trophy onboard<\/a> \u2014 sparking a surreal travel nightmare with a Hollywood ending.<\/p>\n

Talankin\u2019s golden prize vanished after security agents allegedly told him the Oscar \u201ccould be used as a weapon,\u201d forcing him to check the coveted statuette while flying from New York to Frankfurt \u2014 despite having traveled with it many times before without issue.<\/p>\n

\"PavelSince Talankin had no checked luggage, the award was boxed and sent via cargo \u2014 but it disappeared after landing in Germany. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Since Talankin had no checked luggage, the award was boxed and sent via cargo \u2014 but it disappeared after landing in Germany.<\/p>\n

The strange mishap triggered panic until Lufthansa confirmed the missing trophy had been found, according to Rolling Stone<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"PavelLufthansa later issued an apology, bringing an end to the saga that had momentarily turned Talankin\u2019s Oscar victory into a nerve-wracking ordeal. John Locher\/Invision\/AP<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Oscar statue has now been located and is safely in our care,\u201d the airline said, adding it would be returned \u201cas quickly as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lufthansa later issued an apology, bringing an end to the saga<\/a> that had momentarily turned Talankin\u2019s Oscar victory into a nerve-wracking ordeal.<\/p>\n

Co-director, David Borenstein, blasted the situation on Instagram<\/a>: \u201cI\u2019ve looked, and I can\u2019t find a single other case of someone being forced to check an Oscar,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

He also questioned whether Talankin, a Russian exile, would have faced similar treatment if he were a more famous Hollywood figure.<\/p>\n

Talankin, a former grade school teacher from an industrial Russian town, has been living in exile after refusing to comply with Kremlin orders to implement a state-driven nationalist curriculum following Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

His documentary chronicles that personal fallout, showing his transformation from a respected educator to an outcast.<\/p>\n

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