Jamie Lee Curtis had the crowd loudly cheering when she won her first Oscar — everyone except Angela Bassett. Bassett, 64, and Curtis, 64, were both nominated for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for their roles in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” and “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” respectively. When it was announced that Curtis … Read more
Even if there wasn’t a slap on Sunday, Jimmy Kimmel’s jokes slapped. The 55-year-old late-night host opened the 2023 Oscars with a monologue that took a swipe at Will Smith — and he continued to take jabs at him all night. Taking to the Dolby Theatre’s stage, the “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” host arrived by dropping … Read more
Hugh do you think you are? “Notting Hill” star Hugh Grant has been blasted for giving a “rude” red carpet interview at Sunday night’s Academy Awards. The British actor was interviewed by model and ABC Oscars red carpet host Ashley Graham, 35, whose attempts to ask him a series of stock-standard questions were met with … Read more
Love me timbre! Austin Butler rocked his infamous “Elvis” accent at the Oscars on Sunday — much to the chagrin of fans tired of hearing his take on the southern drawl. Live from the champagne carpet, Butler told ABC that being at the Oscars as a nominee “feels like an impossible dream” and he has … Read more
This awards show still slaps — even without Will Smith and Chris Rock. Hollywood A-listers are hitting the “Champagne” carpet and doing for the gold again — likely with less controversy than last year — during the 95th Academy Awards on Sunday, March 12. The 2023 Oscars ceremony — held at the Dolby Theatre in … Read more
James Hong brought a piece of “Everything Everywhere All At Once” to the Oscars red carpet. Hong, 94, walked the champagne-colored carpet wearing a bowtie with googly eyes — an ode to the movie. He portrays Gong Gong in the film, the father of Michelle Yeoh’s character, Evelyn Quan Wang. Googly eyes play a big … Read more
Erik Hemmendorff, the producer of the Oscar-nominated movie “Triangle of Sadness,” paid tribute to the late actress Charlbi Dean ahead of the 2023 award show. Dean died last August at a New York City hospital after getting bacterial sepsis. She was 32. The South African actress starred as the lead character, a spoiled influencer named … Read more
Lady Gaga will perform her Oscar-nominated song at the awards show after all. Just a few days after Oscars producer Glenn Weiss said that Gaga will not be performing at the ceremony, a source close to production confirmed to The Associated Press that she will actually be singing “Hold My Hand” from “Top Gun: Maverick.” … Read more
2022 won’t be remembered as a banner year for film. But we might look back on it as the storybook time when a new superstar was crowned. That would be Austin Butler, who wowed the world with his performance as the King in “Elvis,” and who’s nominated for Best Actor at the Oscars on Sunday. … Read more
The road to an Oscar winds through a long awards season, which finally culminates Sunday at the Academy Awards. We take you through the process of getting that golden statuette into a winner’s hand — this is how Oscar voting works: Who votes on the Oscars? The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences boasts some 10,000-plus members, divided … Read more
Hollywood’s biggest night is just around the corner, with the 2023 Oscars airing Sunday. And after the slap that was heard around the world last year, the Academy is determined to avoid another debacle. “We have a whole crisis team, something we’ve never had before, and many plans in place,” the Academy of Motion Picture Arts … Read more
It’s been one year since Will Smith slapped Chris Rock onstage at the Oscars on March 27, 2022. The “slap heard around the world” became an instant pop culture phenomenon as one of the most — if not the most — unhinged, unexpected moments in the prestigious show’s 94-year history. “Jada, I love you. ‘GI Jane … Read more
The 2023 Oscars, airing Sunday, March 12 at 8 p.m. on ABC, won’t be the starriest of all time, but there are still plenty of controversies swirling around Hollywood’s biggest night. From getting over “the slap” to totally unexpected nominees crashing the party, here are the biggest scandals going into the 95th Academy Awards, hosted … Read more
Oscars night is here, and award-season behemoth “Everything Everywhere All At Once” looks like a shoo-in for Best Picture — but everything everywhere else this year is anybody’s guess. Here, Post critic Johnny Oleksinski picks who will win and who should win at the 2023 Academy Awards Sunday March 12 at 8:00 p.m. ET on ABC. Best … Read more
Debating the merits of the Academy’s Best Picture winner is a time-honored tradition for any Oscars fan. As it turns out, even the Academy’s voters sometimes have second thoughts. In 2015, a Hollywood Reporter survey found that a majority would like to go back and change their 1977 votes for “Rocky” to “All the President’s … Read more
“Top Gun: Maverick” — nominated for six Academy Awards, including best picture — has a dark secret. The blockbuster, which celebrates the scrappy nature of US fighter pilots flying dangerous missions to keep the world safe, is being targeted for being funded in part by a Russian oligarch named Dmitry Rybolovlev, who is close to … Read more
The slap heard ’round the world was – hopefully – a one-hit-wonder. The Academy is now implementing measures to avoid “unprecedented” spectacles at this year’s 95th Academy Awards on Sunday after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock during the live broadcast last year. During the ceremony, a “crisis team” will be poised to intervene should anything … Read more
Well before the grandiloquently dubbed Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hosted its inaugural award ceremony at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles on May 16, 1929, the movie industry was already up to it eyeballs in stink. Star Fatty Arbuckle had been acquitted for rape and murder. Director William Desmond Taylor was a cold case, … Read more
Chris Rock was spectacularly slapped by Will Smith at last year’s Academy Awards, but it’s the Duke and Duchess of Sussex who could be getting their own smackdown at the 2023 Oscars. A public relations expert believes that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle may be roasted by big names at the ceremony, set to take … Read more
She’s put her heart and sole into it. Amira-Dior Traynham-Artis, a 14-year-old entrepreneur from Brooklyn, will have her custom sneakers featured in the gift bags at the Oscars 2023. The teen says having her Lane 1 kicks offered up as congratulatory swag for A-listers such as Angela Bassett, Michelle Yeoh and Austin Butler is a … Read more