Oscar goes missing: Statuette for 'Mr. Nobody Against Putin' lost on flight

The Oscar statuette belonging to the Russian director who won best documentary this year for "Mr. Nobody Against Putin" has gone missing after he was forced to check the award into hold ‌luggage on a flight from New York to Germany.

Award winner Pavel Talankin's co-director said Talankin was due to fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Frankfurt on German carrier Lufthansa.

While Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents told him that the 8.5 lb (3.8 kg) statuette posed a........

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