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Thu Apr 30, 2026, 08:27 PM Thursday

Airline Lost Documentary Oscar for 'Mr. Nobody Against Putin,' Director Says

It may be the strangest lost luggage claim of the year: an Oscar statuette.

Pavel Talankin, co-director and subject of the Academy Award-winning Mr. Nobody Against Putin, says his trophy vanished after TSA agents forced him to check it — and the airline lost it.

Talankin, who was flying home to Europe out of New York’s JFK airport on Wednesday, claims airport security refused to let him take his statue on board as a carry-on and forced him to check it. The award was packed into a small box and put at the bottom of the aircraft. When Talankin arrived in Frankfurt, the little gold statue was gone. It is still missing.

Mr. Nobody Against Putin co-director David Borenstein posted the story of the lost Oscar on Instagram, complete with a before photo showing Talakin with the Oscar hanging in a mesh bag hooked to his belt, a photo of the box where the Oscar was stored, and an after photo of the lost baggage slip.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/movies/articles/airline-lost-documentary-oscar-mr-210435080.html

Probably gave it to Trump. He always wanted one of those.

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