Angela Bassett ‘gobsmacked’ Jamie Lee Curtis won Oscar over her: ‘Supreme disappointment’

Angela Bassett ‘gobsmacked’ Jamie Lee Curtis won Oscar over her: ‘Supreme disappointment’

She might have “done the thing,” but Jamie Lee Curtis … won the thing. Angela Bassett felt “gobsmacked” after losing the 2023 Oscar for Best Supporting Actress to Jamie Lee Curtis. “I was,” Bassett, 65, told Oprah Winfrey during a recent interview on the Oprah Winfrey Network. “I thought I handled it very well, and … Read more

‘Barbie’ was not ‘Kenough’ for the BAFTAs in surprising snub

‘Barbie’ was not ‘Kenough’ for the BAFTAs in surprising snub

“Barbie” was not “Kenough” for the Brits.  The nominations for British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards — aka the BAFTAs — were announced on Thursday,  but missing from the best film category was Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie’s juggernaut doll movie. The roster instead included prestige favorites such as “Oppenheimer,” “Poor Things,” “The … Read more

Angela Bassett finally breaks silence over Oscars 2023 snub

Angela Bassett finally breaks silence over Oscars 2023 snub

Angela Bassett is opening up about her snub at the 2023 Oscars. Bassett, 64, wrote about the moment she shared with Austin Butler in his write-up for the Time 100 Most Influential People of 2023 series, saying that she “understood intimately” how he was feeling in the moment. Bassett and Butler both failed to win … Read more

Michelle Yeoh makes emotional visit to dad’s grave with her Oscar: ‘So much love’

Michelle Yeoh makes emotional visit to dad’s grave with her Oscar: ‘So much love’

It was an emotional homecoming. One month after winning the Best Actress Oscar for her role in “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” Michell Yeoh has taken the statuette to her father’s grave in Malaysia. The 60-year-old shared a snap to her Instagram page on Wednesday that showed her visiting the burial ground for Qing Ming … Read more

Chris Rock calls out Oscars for snubbing Adam Sandler: ‘F–king a–holes’

Chris Rock calls out Oscars for snubbing Adam Sandler: ‘F–king a–holes’

Chris Rock is not too pleased with the Academy these days, it seems. While making a tribute speech in honor of his friend Adam Sandler being awarded this year’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the comedian called out the Oscars for snubbing the “Uncut Gems” star. “I’ve known this guy for 30 years,” Rock, 58, said … Read more

Helen Mirren cried for ‘magical’ Brendan Fraser after ‘Whale’ Best Actor win

Helen Mirren cried for ‘magical’ Brendan Fraser after ‘Whale’ Best Actor win

It was a mammoth win for Fraser. Helen Mirren revealed Friday that she shed tears of joy when her pal Brendan Fraser won an Academy Award for Best Actor during the 95th Oscars last Sunday. The “Catherine the Great” actress made the revelation while appearing on “The Kelly Clarkson” show while promoting her new film … Read more

Drew Barrymore stands up for ‘grumpy’ Hugh Grant following viral Oscars interview

Drew Barrymore stands up for ‘grumpy’ Hugh Grant following viral Oscars interview

Drew Barrymore is sticking up for actor Hugh Grant amid his Academy Awards 2023 interview backlash with model Ashley Graham. Grant, 62, was interviewed by Graham on the Oscars red carpet, where many viewers noticed that he gave short answers back to her and seemingly rolled his eyes after it wrapped. When Graham asked the … Read more

Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan ‘worried’ comeback is ‘one-time thing’

Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan ‘worried’ comeback is ‘one-time thing’

Having everything, everywhere, all at once might just be too much for him. Oscar-winning actor Ke Huy Quan has admitted that despite his prestigious honor just days ago, he is still “worried” about what’s to come in his acting career. On Sunday, Quan, 51, took home the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his … Read more

Rare behind-the-scenes ‘Indiana Jones’ photos of Ke Huy Quan and Harrison Ford reveal emotional bond

Rare behind-the-scenes ‘Indiana Jones’ photos of Ke Huy Quan and Harrison Ford reveal emotional bond

When Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan hugged Harrison Ford at the Academy Awards after Quan’s “Everything Everywhere All at Once” won Best Picture, it was more than just a celebration of one movie’s victory.  The teary embrace was an emotional reunion with Ford, Quan’s co-star in 1984’s “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” — … Read more

Disney paid ABC $10M to show ‘The Little Mermaid’ teaser at 2023 Oscars

Disney paid ABC M to show ‘The Little Mermaid’ teaser at 2023 Oscars

Fans went wild during Sunday’s Academy Awards ceremony when a teaser clip of the live-action version of “The Little Mermaid” aired during the telecast. The two-minute-long trailer debuted when the film’s stars Melissa McCarthy and Halle Bailey presented it onstage at the Dolby Theatre. Disney is said to have forked over $10 million to unveil … Read more

Tom Cruise celebrates Michael Caine’s 90th birthday after ditching Oscars

Tom Cruise celebrates Michael Caine’s 90th birthday after ditching Oscars

While he skipped this year’s Oscars festivities, Tom Cruise couldn’t pass up an opportunity to celebrate Michael Caine’s 90th birthday. The 60-year-old “Top Gun: Maverick” actor was noticeably absent from the 2023 Academy Awards on Sunday, despite the blockbuster film being nominated for six awards. But as the celebrities got suited and booted for Hollywood’s biggest night, Cruise … Read more

The biggest sore losers in Oscars history: From Angela Bassett to Jack Nicholson

The biggest sore losers in Oscars history: From Angela Bassett to Jack Nicholson

Losers can be as sour as lemons and as sore as a pulled hamstring. The dream of many A-listers in Hollywood is to win a coveted Academy Award and add it to their shelves of accolades. However, there are only a handful of lucky winners who grab the gold every year, and sometimes fellow nominees … Read more

Will Smith can still get Oscar engraved but shouldn’t ‘personally come’: Academy president

Will Smith can still get Oscar engraved but shouldn’t ‘personally come’: Academy president

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

Oscars 2023 producer says ‘harder’ Will Smith jokes were cut

Oscars 2023 producer says ‘harder’ Will Smith jokes were cut

Though there was no shortage of Will Smith jokes at the 2023 Oscars, it appears that only the best ones made the cut. Molly McNearney, the ceremony’s executive producer — and host Jimmy Kimmel’s wife — revealed why a lot of other jokes were cut from her husband’s monologue. “We didn’t want to make this … Read more

Oscars 2023 see ratings bounce, hit 3-year high

Oscars 2023 see ratings bounce, hit 3-year high

LOS ANGELES — Whether it was the lingering drama of The Slap or the prominence of blockbusters in the best picture race, a bigger audience was lured back to the Oscars this year. The 95th Academy Awards, which aired Sunday night on ABC, was viewed by an estimated 18.7 million, according to preliminary Fast National … Read more

Tom Cruise missed Oscars to avoid seeing ex Nicole Kidman in person: report

Tom Cruise missed Oscars to avoid seeing ex Nicole Kidman in person: report

Tom Cruise allegedly feels the need, the need — to stay far away from his ex-wife, Nicole Kidman. The 60-year-old “Top Gun: Maverick” actor was noticeably absent from the 2023 Oscars on Sunday, despite the movie being nominated for six awards. He reportedly was MIA because he wanted to avoid an “awkward run-in” with Kidman, … Read more

Hugh Grant did nothing wrong in Ashley Graham Oscars interview — she did

Hugh Grant did nothing wrong in Ashley Graham Oscars interview — she did

In the absence of a violent slap assault at the 2023 Oscars, audiences focused on the red-carpet massacre — where Hugh Grant eviscerated model Ashley Graham during a vapid pre-show interview. Some said Grant was rude, snobby or a plain ol’ “a- -hole,” but Graham was equally underwhelming in her repartee. The model asked Grant … Read more

Ashley Graham responds to Hugh Grant’s ‘rude’ Oscars interview

Ashley Graham responds to Hugh Grant’s ‘rude’ Oscars interview

Mama knows best. Ashley Graham, 35, is taking her mother’s advice after her awkward interview with Hugh Grant, 62, at the 2023 Oscars on Sunday. “You know what? My mama told me to kill people with kindness, so there you go,” Graham told TMZ about the instantly viral moment at LAX on Monday morning. “You … Read more

Nick Cannon reacts to Jimmy Kimmel’s Oscars joke about his fertility

Nick Cannon reacts to Jimmy Kimmel’s Oscars joke about his fertility

It’s all love between Oscar’s host Jimmy Kimmel and fertile father Nick Cannon. The 42-year-old “Masked Singer” host did not attend the 95th Academy Awards on Sunday night but gave TMZ his feedback on Kimmel’s opening monologue, which included a joke about him and his 12 offspring. “Disney spent $2 billion on this movie, and … Read more

Ke Huy Quan, Harrison Ford hug it out at Oscars — decades after ‘Indiana Jones’

Ke Huy Quan, Harrison Ford hug it out at Oscars — decades after ‘Indiana Jones’

It was a reunion fans were jonesing for. Harrison Ford, 80, and his “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” co-star Ke Huy Quan, 51, sent social media into a meltdown Sunday after they were pictured hugging at the 2023 Academy Awards. Quan — who won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in … Read more

Lady Gaga’s chapped lips at Oscars spark scorn from fans: ‘There’s no excuse’

Lady Gaga’s chapped lips at Oscars spark scorn from fans: ‘There’s no excuse’

She left her “head and heart on the dance floor” … as well as, apparently, her chapstick. During Lady Gaga’s surprise performance at the 2023 Academy Awards on Sunday, fans took to Twitter not to praise the singer, but to express concern about her chapped lips. Gaga’s 2022 single “Hold My Hand,” featured on the … Read more

Rihanna fans attack Jimmy Kimmel’s pronunciation skills at Oscars 2023

Rihanna fans attack Jimmy Kimmel’s pronunciation skills at Oscars 2023

Ooh na na, what’s her name? Fans took to Twitter to critique Jimmy Kimmel’s pronunciation of Rihanna’s name Sunday night during the Oscars 2023 telecast — but was he wrong? Throughout the show, Kimmel was heard introducing the first time nominee as “Rih-Ann-uh,” which didn’t sit right with some of the “Bad Girl” icon’s fans. … Read more

‘Banshees of Inisherin’ Jenny the Donkey Oscars cameo was a fraud

‘Banshees of Inisherin’ Jenny the Donkey Oscars cameo was a fraud

Fans of “The Banshees of Inisherin” were excited to see what they assumed was Jenny the Donkey make a cameo at the 2023 Oscars, but you know what they say about assumptions… It turns out the donkey that host Jimmy Kimmel brought on stage at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles was not the infamous … Read more

Angela Bassett comforts Austin Butler amid Oscars losses: viral video

Angela Bassett comforts Austin Butler amid Oscars losses: viral video

Neither Angela Bassett nor Austin Butler “did the thing” — but at least they had each other at Oscars 2023. Bassett, 64, and Butler, 31, both lost out on their nominations at the 95th Academy Awards ceremony Sunday night — and now a touching video of the two holding hands has gone viral. Bassett was … Read more

Pedro Pascal tells reporter he’d ‘shove’ her out of the way to get to Rihanna

Pedro Pascal tells reporter he’d ‘shove’ her out of the way to get to Rihanna

When it comes to loving Rihanna, the “Last Of Us” star is just like the rest of us. Pedro Pascal is going viral after telling a reporter at the 2023 Oscars that he’d literally push her aside to meet the “Pon De Replay” singer. The 47-year-old Chilean-American actor had been chatting backstage to red carpet … Read more

Lady Gaga kisses Brendan Gleeson at Oscars: Fans are ‘traumatized’

Lady Gaga kisses Brendan Gleeson at Oscars: Fans are ‘traumatized’

Lady Gaga played a love game at the 2023 Oscars when she gave her “Joker: Folie à Deux” co-star Brendan Gleeson an on-the-mouth smooch on the champagne-colored carpet. The “A Star Is Born” actress, 36, raised eyebrows after sharing a hug and kiss with the Oscar-nominated “The Banshees of Inisherin” star, 67, just before the … Read more

Angela Bassett loses, ‘Elvis’ shut out: Oscars 2023 snubs and surprises

Angela Bassett loses, ‘Elvis’ shut out: Oscars 2023 snubs and surprises

The 2023 Oscars went down largely as expected.  However, there were some tight acting races that turned out differently from what many pundits assumed and some shocking slights in the less-glamorous categories.  Here are the biggest snubs and surprises from the 95th Academy Awards. Austin Butler lost Best Actor in a tight race to Brendan … Read more

Best and worst moments of Oscars 2023: From Brendan Fraser to Lady Gaga

Best and worst moments of Oscars 2023: From Brendan Fraser to Lady Gaga

All eyes were on the 2023 Oscars, following last year’s shocking slap scandal with Will Smith and Chris Rock.  This year’s ceremony, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, had a crisis team in place ready for any potential snafus. It was a stacked year for Best Picture, with the likes of “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” “Women … Read more

Paul Sorvino, Anne Heche snubbed by Oscars: Stars missing from In Memoriam

Paul Sorvino, Anne Heche snubbed by Oscars: Stars missing from In Memoriam

Paul Sorvino and Anne Heche were just two of the big names missing from the Oscars In Memoriam montage on Sunday night. The segment, which was introduced by a teary-eyed John Travolta who lost his “Grease” co-star Olivia Newton-John and longtime friend and co-star Kirstie Alley, included a performance of “Calling All Angels” by Lenny … Read more

I missed the Slap: Oscars 2023 were boringly drama-free

I missed the Slap: Oscars 2023 were boringly drama-free

To be honest, I missed the Slap. Sadly, there was no juicy drama at the 2023 Oscars on Sunday. Will Smith didn’t return to violently clobber Chris Rock. He couldn’t. The Fresh Prince is banned from the Academy Awards for 10 years.   But no other celeb did much of anything either, save for the … Read more

Michelle Yeoh wins Best Actress at Oscars 2023: ‘Beacon of hope’

Michelle Yeoh wins Best Actress at Oscars 2023: ‘Beacon of hope’

Michelle Yeoh is taking home the Oscar for Best Actress for her role in “Everything Everywhere All At Once.” Yeoh, 60, is the first Asian woman to win in the “lead actress” category, making history. She is the second woman of color to win in the category, following Halle Berry for “Monster’s Ball” (2001). In … Read more

‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ wins Oscars 2023 Best Picture

‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ wins Oscars 2023 Best Picture

“Everything Everywhere All At Once” continued its winning streak, scoring the award for Best Picture at the 2023 Oscars. Harrison Ford presented the award onstage at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, where Hollywood’s biggest stars gathered to celebrate the big night, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. Directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, who had won … Read more

Brendan Fraser gets emotional over comeback Best Actor win at 2023 Oscars

Brendan Fraser gets emotional over comeback Best Actor win at 2023 Oscars

Brendan Fraser won the Best Actor award at the 2023 Oscars for his role in “The Whale,” presented by Jessica Chastain and Halle Berry. “I started in this business 30 years ago and things didn’t come easily to me,” he said in his speech on stage at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. “I wanted … Read more

Jimmy Kimmel, ‘Cocaine Bear’ make Malala Yousafzai uncomfortable at 2023 Oscars

Jimmy Kimmel, ‘Cocaine Bear’ make Malala Yousafzai uncomfortable at 2023 Oscars

Things got a little awkward between Jimmy Kimmel and Malala Yousafzai at the 2023 Academy Awards. Kimmel approached Yousafzai, 25, during the telecast to ask her very pressing question from a fan named Joanne. “She asked, your work on human rights and education for women and children is an inspiration–as the youngest nobel prize winner … Read more

Morgan Freeman wears glove on left hand to Oscars 2023 — here’s why

Morgan Freeman wears glove on left hand to Oscars 2023 — here’s why

Morgan Freeman was a presenter Sunday night at the 2023 Oscars — and viewers were left wondering why he was wearing a black glove on his left hand. While people were concerned, wearing a glove isn’t out of the ordinary for Freeman, and there’s a reason behind it. Freeman, 85, was in a serious car … Read more

Rihanna delivers ‘Lift Me Up’ as A$AP Rocky cheers her on at Oscars 2023

Rihanna delivers ‘Lift Me Up’ as A$AP Rocky cheers her on at Oscars 2023

Rihanna had a very special plus-one lifting her up during her Oscars performance to remember on Sunday night at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. After a moving introduction by “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” star Danai Gurira, the mother-to-be glowed as she delivered “Lift Me Up,” the poignant ballad that she co-wrote in dedication to … Read more

Jenny the Donkey and Colin Farrell become 2023 Oscars meme

Jenny the Donkey and Colin Farrell become 2023 Oscars meme

On Sunday night, the 2023 Academy Awards had an extra special guest join them — and that was Jenny the Donkey, the sidekick to Colin Farrell’s character, Pádraic in “The Banshees of Inisherin.” Shortly before the Oscar for best costume design was presented, host Jimmy Kimmel brought out the real star of the show, Jenny. … Read more

Oscar nominee Tems slammed for ‘rude’ view-blocking outfit

Oscar nominee Tems slammed for ‘rude’ view-blocking outfit

She stole the show — at least for the guests behind her. Oscar nominee Tems has been slammed on social media after her elaborate outfit blocked the view of fellow attendees at Sunday night’s Academy Awards. The songstress — who is nominated for Best Original Song for the “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” track “Lift Me … Read more

Lady Gaga brings down the house with ‘Hold My Hand’ at Oscars 2023

Lady Gaga brings down the house with ‘Hold My Hand’ at Oscars 2023

Lady Gaga definitely knows how to make everyone gag. And she did just that during a raw, stripped-to-the-bone Oscar performance of her nominated “Top Gun: Maverick” tune “Hold My Hand” that was a last-minute surprise. Dressed in a black T-shirt and ripped jeans and makeup free, she wrung every bit of emotion out of the … Read more

Angela Bassett reacts to Jamie Lee Curtis’ 2023 Oscars win: ‘Kinda shady’

Angela Bassett reacts to Jamie Lee Curtis’ 2023 Oscars win: ‘Kinda shady’

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

Jimmy Kimmel takes swipe at Will Smith slap in 2023 Oscars opening monologue

Jimmy Kimmel takes swipe at Will Smith slap in 2023 Oscars opening monologue

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 Grant slammed for rude responses during Oscars interview: ‘Total a–hole’

Hugh Grant slammed for rude responses during Oscars interview: ‘Total a–hole’

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

Austin Butler brought his Elvis accent to the 2023 Oscars: ‘It’s so cringe’

Austin Butler brought his Elvis accent to the 2023 Oscars: ‘It’s so cringe’

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

Oscars 2023 live updates: Full list of winners and nominees

Oscars 2023 live updates: Full list of winners and nominees

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’s Oscars outfit has secret ode to ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’

James Hong’s Oscars outfit has secret ode to ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’

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

‘Triangle of Sadness’ producer pays tribute to Charlbi Dean at 2023 Oscars

‘Triangle of Sadness’ producer pays tribute to Charlbi Dean at 2023 Oscars

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 ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ song at the Oscars after all

Lady Gaga will perform ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ song at the Oscars after all

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

Oscars 2023 nominee Austin Butler is the leading man Hollywood needs

Oscars 2023 nominee Austin Butler is the leading man Hollywood needs

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

How does Oscars voting work? This is how winners are decided

How does Oscars voting work? This is how winners are decided

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

How to watch the 2023 Oscars: Time, channel and what you need to know

How to watch the 2023 Oscars: Time, channel and what you need to know

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

Oscars 2023: The Will Smith slap one year later — a timeline

Oscars 2023: The Will Smith slap one year later — a timeline

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 biggest Oscars controversies of 2023: ‘Whale’ fat suit, Slap fallout

The biggest Oscars controversies of 2023: ‘Whale’ fat suit, Slap fallout

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

Oscar predictions 2023: Who will win vs. who should win this year

Oscar predictions 2023: Who will win vs. who should win this year

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

These Oscar Best Picture winners wouldn’t get the award in 2023

These Oscar Best Picture winners wouldn’t get the award in 2023

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’ Oscar 2023 noms questioned amid Russia accusations

‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Oscar 2023 noms questioned amid Russia accusations

“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

Oscars president reveals how they will prevent another Will Smith slap in 2023

Oscars president reveals how they will prevent another Will Smith slap in 2023

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

How the Oscars got started—and all the flops that almost did it in

How the Oscars got started—and all the flops that almost did it in

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

Harry, Meghan are fair game at Oscars — thank Chris Rock, ‘South Park’

Harry, Meghan are fair game at Oscars — thank Chris Rock, ‘South Park’

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

How a teen sneaker designer from Brooklyn snagged a spot in the Oscar gift bag

How a teen sneaker designer from Brooklyn snagged a spot in the Oscar gift bag

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

Oscars 2023 has a $56.8M price tag — here’s how it all breaks down

Oscars 2023 has a .8M price tag — here’s how it all breaks down

The Academy Awards offer a chance for Hollywood to show off its glitz, glam and gold. And it can cost a pretty penny for celebrities to attend the evening in style. The 2023 Oscars ceremony itself has a staggering $56.8 million price tag, according to a report by WalletHub. It’s apparently a boon for the … Read more

Jimmy Kimmel roasts Golden Globes as fake ‘nonsense,’ HFPA hits back

Jimmy Kimmel roasts Golden Globes as fake ‘nonsense,’ HFPA hits back

Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel took a swipe at the Golden Globes in a new interview with Rolling Stone — and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association hit back. Kimmel, 55, was asked about the “no-holds-barred roast” approach to hosting award shows — popularized by Ricky Gervais at the Golden Globes — and if it’s “representative of … Read more

Mo’Nique reveals how she forgave Lee Daniels after 13-year feud

Mo’Nique reveals how she forgave Lee Daniels after 13-year feud

Mo’Nique has finally moved on from her 13-year feud with her “Precious” director Lee Daniels. “It’s a new chapter,” the Oscar winner, 55, said regarding their ongoing drama in a lengthy profile by the Hollywood Reporter. “But not because of Hollywood,” she clarified, saying that it’s a “new chapter” because her grandchildren are growing up. … Read more

Michelle Yeoh in hot water over ‘forbidden’ post about Oscars nominee Cate Blanchett

Michelle Yeoh in hot water over ‘forbidden’ post about Oscars nominee Cate Blanchett

Michelle Yeoh narrowly avoided a slap on the wrist from the Academy. Yeoh, 60, was in hot water Tuesday for possibly violating the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “References to Other Nominees” rule after reportedly posting a photo of a Vogue article, which suggested Blanchett doesn’t need a third Oscar. The “Everywhere Everything … Read more

Sarah Ferguson to present at the Oscars — thanks to the Presleys: report

Sarah Ferguson to present at the Oscars — thanks to the Presleys: report

Sarah Ferguson could be making a surprise appearance at the Oscars 2023 telecast on March 12. The Duchess of York, 63, is rumored to be presenting at the 95th annual Academy Awards on Sunday — on behalf of her late pal Lisa Marie Presley. The acclaimed Baz Luhrmann biopic “Elvis” is nominated for eight of … Read more

‘Liar’ Sacheen Littlefeather’s sisters: Leave her out of Oscars’ In Memoriam

‘Liar’ Sacheen Littlefeather’s sisters: Leave her out of Oscars’ In Memoriam

As one of the most memorable figures in the history of the Oscars — Will Smith notwithstanding — Sacheen Littlefeather is virtually assured a spot in the In Memoriam segment when the show airs Sunday, March 12, on ABC. But her family would rather the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences just forgot about … Read more

Chris Rock to get his revenge on Will Smith after that slap with these vicious jabs on Netflix special

Chris Rock to get his revenge on Will Smith after that slap with these vicious jabs on Netflix special

Chris Rock is slapping back. On Saturday at 10 p.m. ET, Netflix will debut the comedian’s live and unedited stand-up special called “Selective Outrage,” in which Rock will reportedly speak out about the night Will Smith smacked him onstage at the Oscars. A source told Page Six that “the comedian is waiting to spill his … Read more

The 2023 Oscar actors races are getting vicious

The 2023 Oscar actors races are getting vicious

“Everything” won everything. Two important Oscar bellwethers went down this weekend in Hollywood — the Screen Actors Guild Awards and the Producers Guild Awards.  “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” the trippy and moving arthouse film that was a big theatrical hit last summer, won the top prizes at both, all but guaranteeing that it will … Read more

SAG Awards 2023 live updates: Full list of winners and nominees

SAG Awards 2023 live updates: Full list of winners and nominees

The show will go online. The 2023 Screen Actors Guild Awards kick off at 8 p.m. EST on Sunday, Feb. 26. But in a shift away from longtime previous broadcasters TNT and TBS, they’re instead streaming on Netflix’s YouTube channel. The ceremony honors both television and film and is a dependable predictor of how the … Read more

Rihanna to perform ‘Black Panther’ song ‘Lift Me Up’ at Oscars 2023

Rihanna to perform ‘Black Panther’ song ‘Lift Me Up’ at Oscars 2023

Rihanna’s pulling double duty Oscars night. Fresh off her eclectic Super Bowl halftime performance earlier this month, the Oscar nominee will perform at the Academy Awards ceremony on March 12. The “Shut Up and Drive” crooner, 35, will sing “Lift Me Up” — the theme from the Marvel film “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” the Academy … Read more

Oscars ‘crisis team’ in place if Will Smith-type slap happens: report

Oscars ‘crisis team’ in place if Will Smith-type slap happens: report

They’re trying to get ahead of any drama. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will have a “crisis team” on standby at the 2023 Oscars, a year after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock in a shocking moment that overshadowed Hollywood’s biggest night, TMZ reported Wednesday. The outlet cited unidentified Academy insiders who reportedly … Read more

Will Smith jokes about Chris Rock slap ahead of 2023 Oscars

Will Smith jokes about Chris Rock slap ahead of 2023 Oscars

If these trophies could talk … Nearly a year after the “slap heard around the world,” Will Smith seems to be poking fun at the 2022 Oscars incident in a new video on TikTok. On Tuesday, the “Emancipation” star posted a “duet” with TikTok user who prompts others on the app to ask an inanimate … Read more

Jamie Lee Curtis: My ‘secret sauce’ for getting more screen time

Jamie Lee Curtis: My ‘secret sauce’ for getting more screen time

Jamie Lee Curtis is embracing her A game and spilling her key secret about making it in Hollywood. The 64-year-old Oscar nominee revealed the crafty way she scores more screen time during filming: never going back to her trailer. “Here’s the deal,” she explained to Insider at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Saturday. … Read more

Irish pub lifts Colin Farrell ban after 25 years: ‘He was outrageous’

Irish pub lifts Colin Farrell ban after 25 years: ‘He was outrageous’

He’s getting another shot. An Irish pub has officially lifted its quarter-century ban on Oscar-nominated actor Colin Farrell — just in time for next month’s awards show. He was barred from MacCarthy’s Bar in Cork in 1997 for his “outrageous” antics when he was just entering his 20s. Adrienne MacCarthy revealed she threw the actor, … Read more

Andrea Riseborough will keep Oscar nomination after Academy review

Andrea Riseborough will keep Oscar nomination after Academy review

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

Austin Butler blames ‘muscular habits’ for Elvis accent

Austin Butler blames ‘muscular habits’ for Elvis accent

Austin Butler could use a little less conversation about his post-“Elvis” accent. Butler, 31, was nominated Tuesday for an Oscar for his role as Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann’s biopic — but instead of his performance, people can’t stop talking about his “cringe” voice. “It’s funny to me because I don’t even think about it,” … Read more

Oscar Mayer blew off ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ collaboration

Oscar Mayer blew off ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ collaboration

A24 is relishing their big moment. The entertainment company is on a roll after “Everything Everywhere All at Once” dominated the 2023 Oscars with 11 nominations — more than any other film this year. But hot dog brand Oscar Mayer missed out on their big shot when they failed to respond to a direct message … Read more

‘Till’ director Chinonye Chukwu calls out racism after Oscars 2023 snub

‘Till’ director Chinonye Chukwu calls out racism after Oscars 2023 snub

There are always a few big surprises and heartbreaks come the morning of Oscar nominations, as much as awards strategists try to mitigate those. But the batch of nominees for the 95th Academy Awards seemed to have more than its fair share of shockers, good and bad. “Till” director Chinonye Chukwu claimed that Hollywood has a history of “unabashed misogyny towards … Read more

Spielberg: ‘Dark Knight’ should’ve been Oscars’ first Best Picture blockbuster

Spielberg: ‘Dark Knight’ should’ve been Oscars’ first Best Picture blockbuster

Steven Spielberg believes “The Dark Knight” should have been the first blockbuster nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars. The 76-year-old director, who got his first best original screenplay nomination Tuesday when the 2023 Oscars were announced, has reflected on the category of Best Picture. Of the nominees this year, Spielberg was happy to see … Read more

Angela Bassett becomes first Oscar-nominated Marvel actress

Angela Bassett becomes first Oscar-nominated Marvel actress

After 15 years and 30 films, an actor from the Marvel Cinematic Universe has finally received an Academy Award nomination. When the nods for the 2023 Oscars were announced Tuesday, included among the Best Supporting Actress nominees was Angela Bassett for her role as Queen Ramonda in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” Before now, none of … Read more

Oscar nominations prove ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ can’t win Best Picture

Oscar nominations prove ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ can’t win Best Picture

Like a jet during takeoff, “Top Gun: Maverick” has been gaining momentum all awards season long, with some pundits saying the popular sequel has a decent shot at winning Best Picture. I’m afraid its Goose is cooked. The 2023 Oscar nominations were announced Tuesday morning and, although “Maverick” managed a Best Picture nod, it appears … Read more

2023 Oscar nominations announced: Live updates

2023 Oscar nominations announced: Live updates

The 2023 Oscar nominations will be announced on Tuesday morning by Riz Ahmed and Allison Williams at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Los Angeles live on “Good Morning America.” The pair will reveal the nominees for the 95th Academy Awards honoring the best in film release last year in a live stream that begins at 8:30 … Read more

Golden Globes 2023 nominations: More diverse voters didn’t change a thing

Golden Globes 2023 nominations: More diverse voters didn’t change a thing

The Golden Globe Awards, like it or not, are back.  In 2021, celebs denounced the organization behind the trophies — the kooky Hollywood Foreign Press Association — after it was revealed that the ethically questionable group did not count a single black member among its ranks. NBC decided not to air the broadcast, and the … Read more

Will Smith, who’s banned from the Oscars, could get a nom for ‘Emancipation’

Will Smith, who’s banned from the Oscars, could get a nom for ‘Emancipation’

Just eight months after Will Smith took the stage of the Oscars and smacked comedian Chris Rock in the face, receiving a 10-year ban from the ceremony as a result, the actor is back in a major film.  Too soon? Probably. But the 54-year-old is very good in the movie, and maybe even — buckle … Read more