Country’s hottest stars came in style for the 60th Academy of Country Music Awards at the Omni Frisco Hotel at The Star on Thursday, May 8, in Frisco, Texas. See their looks below! 1 of 33 Nicole Kidman LM Otero Invision/AP 2 of 33 Kelsea Ballerini LM Otero Invision/AP 3 of 33 Jelly Roll and … Read more
New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our links. Featured pricing is subject to change. Tonight, six decades of country music will be celebrated during the 60th annual Academy of Country Music Awards. The ceremony, celebrating country music released between January 1 and December 31, … Read more
It is the sort of buzzy production that was once a staple of the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Tennessee Williams’s “A Streetcar Named Desire,” with its Oscar-nominated lead man, Paul Mescal, has people clamoring for tickets to BAM’s production this month. The excitement recalls a period when the performing arts center consistently drew crowds to … Read more
Conan O’Brien is revealing secrets about hosting the Oscars 2025. The comedian, 61, recently had Oscars head writer Mike Sweeney on his “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend” podcast and they discussed the jokes and sketches that had to be cut from the 97th Academy Awards, including a promo that would’ve featured O’Brien and a 9-foot-tall … Read more
New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you buy through our links. You might think Tom Hopper has a hero complex. He’s played a knight (Sir Percival in “Merlin”), a viking (Asbjörn in “Northmen: A Viking Saga”), a pirate (as Billy Bones in “Black Sails”), a superhero (Luther Hargreeves in … Read more
In a time of flux in Hollywood, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the organization that oversees the Oscars, placed a bet on continuity, announcing Monday that it would extend Bill Kramer’s tenure as chief executive through July 2028. Kramer’s contract, which was up for renewal in 2025, was approved one year early … Read more
When the popular Academy Museum of Motion Pictures opened in 2021 with exhibits celebrating the diversity of the film industry, the museum was criticized for having largely omitted one group: the Jewish founders of Hollywood. Last month, the museum aimed to correct that oversight by opening a permanent new exhibition highlighting the formative role that … Read more
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Friday announced a global $500 million fund-raising effort to help diversify its base of support and ensure its financial future in a period of transformation for the film industry and the nonprofit cultural sector. “Both are going through radical business model shifts right now due to … Read more
Having initially drawn criticism for failing to acknowledge the formative role that Jewish immigrants like Samuel Goldwyn and Louis B. Mayer played in creating Hollywood and the film industry, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on Thursday announced the details of a new permanent exhibition that will spotlight their contributions. The show, called “Hollywoodland,” is … Read more
It’s a man’s world — except when it comes to scoring a date. Reddit boards are bursting with complaints from frustrated fellas who say they’re giving up on love because the fairer sex won’t give them the time of day. Infamous 2009 research found women rate a whopping 80% of men as unattractive or “below … Read more
LONDON — Atom bomb epic “Oppenheimer” won seven prizes, including best picture, director and actor, at the 77th British Academy Film Awards on Sunday. Gothic fantasia “Poor Things” took five prizes. Christopher Nolan was named best director for “Oppenheimer,” and Cillian Murphy won the best actor prize for playing J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb. Emma Stone … Read more
An advocacy group is blasting the Motion Picture Academy for its “inclusion effort that excludes Jews” — claiming it’s “steeped in antisemitism and misunderstands it.” A letter to the Motion Picture Academy from The JITC Hollywood Bureau for Jewish Representation — “The first and only Jewish Hollywood bureau,” launched in 2021 and founded by Allison … Read more
NEW YORK — A woman filed a lawsuit Wednesday against former Grammy Awards CEO Neil Portnow, accusing him of a 2018 sexual assault, and against the Recording Academy for negligence. The woman, who was not named, filed the lawsuit in state Supreme Court in Manhattan under the Adult Survivors Act. The measure, passed last year, created … Read more
It’s hard not to see the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures’s attempt to put on this year’s gala — a glamorous party that raises more than $10 million for the museum and burnishes its image by drawing Hollywood A-listers — as anything but ill-fated. First the Hollywood strikes complicated efforts to hold the party, since … Read more
Lainey Wilson was seemingly everywhere at the Academy of Country Music Awards, collecting four trophies on a night that saw Chris Stapleton win the entertainer of the year honor. Wilson performed twice Thursday –- back-to-back –- and delivered heartfelt speeches after her wins, which put her next to fellow winners and country music legends. She won album … Read more
It’s been a year since Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars — and the banned actor’s award still doesn’t have his name on it. Janet Yang, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, told The Hollywood Reporter’s “Awards Chatter” podcast that Smith, 54, may be prohibited from the show or any … Read more
Jamie Lee Curtis and her late mother have a lot more in common than what meets the eye. While speaking to People in an interview on Saturday, the actress revealed what it’s like to be nominated for this year’s Academy Awards in the same category that her late mother, Janet Leigh, once was. “You know, … Read more
The Academy has admitted that its handling of the infamous Will Smith “slapgate” at the 2022 Oscars was “inadequate.” The organization, which votes on nominees, winners, and hosts of the annual ceremony, said Monday that it will be “fully transparent” in the future. At the organization’s luncheon hosted for this year’s Oscar nominees, Academy of … Read more
George R. Robertson, who played police-chief-turned-commissioner Henry Hurst in the first six “Police Academy” films, died Sunday at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto. He was 89. Born April 20, 1933, in Brampton, Ontario, Robertson boasts 80 acting credits, including portraying former Vice President Dick Cheney in “The Path To 9/11” and the late US Sen. Barry … Read more
After a review of the awards campaign for the indie drama “To Leslie,” the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences said Tuesday that Andrea Riseborough will not be stripped of her Oscar nomination for best actress. The star-studded grassroots campaign for Riseborough had prompted skepticism from some academy voters and caused a stir in Hollywood. On Friday, … Read more