Pavel Talankin's Oscar briefly disappeared after TSA agents at New York's JFK Airport required the Russian filmmaker to check the prized statuette before his Lufthansa flight to Germany. TSA Security Dispute Leads To Missing Oscar Scare Talankin,

Oscar statuette went missing after director had to check it in as hold luggage

The airline tells Deadline, “We can confirm that the Oscar statue has now been located and is safely in our care in Frankfurt. We are in direct contact with the guest to arrange its personal return as...