This is what she came for. Martha Stewart fangirled over Rihanna and A$AP Rocky after meeting the couple in New York City on Wednesday. The domestic doyenne, 83, ran into Rihanna and A$AP, both 36, at the Footwear News Achievement Awards (FNAA), sometimes known as the “Shoe Oscars.” The event celebrates outstanding achievement in the … Read more
Pity Ridley. Famed director Ridley Scott got mauled Thursday — by an award show. His “Gladiator II” was snubbed from the American Film Institute’s top ten films of 2024 list, an important early arbiter of Best Picture Oscar fortunes. “Gladiator II,” starring Paul Mescal, did not make AFI’s 2024 year-end list. ©Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection One … Read more
Chanel ambassador, Academy Award winner and otherworldly fashion icon: Tilda Swinton embodies a new kind of triple threat. On screen, the 64-year-old actress is known for frequent collaborations with directors like Wes Anderson, Bong Joon Ho and Luca Guadanino. Promoting her latest film “The Room Next Door” — directed by Spanish auteur Pedro Almodóvar and … Read more
“Wicked” has claimed victory at one of the first major stops on the road to the 2025 Oscars. As the opening lyric of Stephen Schwartz’s musical goes, “Good news!” Or is it? “Wicked” won the top prize from the National Board of Review. AP On Wednesday, the National Board of Review named the big-budget adaptation … Read more
Sean Penn went on a rant against the Oscars while defending the biopic about a young Donald Trump at the Marrakech Film Festival. The 64-year-old actor, who has won two Academy Awards, spoke during a press conference Tuesday and accused the Oscars of being “afraid” of embracing “The Apprentice” starring Sebastian Stan as the president-elect, … Read more
NEW YORK — The Oscar-winning screenwriter Marshall Brickman, whose wide-ranging career spanned some of Woody Allen‘s best films, the Broadway musical “Jersey Boys” and a number of Johnny Carson’s most beloved sketches, has died. He was 85. Brickman died Friday in Manhattan, his daughter Sophie Brickman told The New York Times. No cause of death was cited. Brickman was … Read more
Please don’t play it again, Diane. That’s the bah-humbug feeling you’ll be having after listening to Diane Keaton’s new holiday single “First Christmas.” Putting the “Black” in “Black Friday,” the yuletide tearjerker is much more mopey than merry, sucking all of the holiday spirit out of you. Why Diane Keaton felt that “First Christmas” was … Read more
Samuel L. Jackson is looking at the Academy Awards with a fresh perspective. Jackson, 75, did not mince words when sharing his thoughts about the coveted gong, saying Oscar nominations don’t mean much to him. “We’ve been in the business long enough to know that when folks go, ‘It’s just an honor to be nominated.’ … Read more
He’s going from being an author to a spy. Oscar-nominated actor Jeffrey Wright can next be seen in the spy thriller, “The Agency.” “I liked that it was grounded and going for realism that lent a real humanness to these characters,” Wright, 58, told The Post. “I’ve been a part of the James Bond franchise,” … Read more
My man. Actor Josh Brolin claims he nearly got into a fight with Oscar winner Denzel Washington on the set of “American Gangster.” The “No Country For Old Men” actor, 56, shared the details of their near encounter during an appearance on the “In Depth with Graham Bansinger” podcast this week while promoting his upcoming … Read more
Josh Brolin has a bone to pick with the academy. The actor, 56, shared that the Oscars got it wrong when they failed to nominated his “Dune” director Denis Villeneuve for the 2021 sci-fi movie. This year, Villeneuve is up for consideration for the award again for “Dune: Part Two.” The sequel received better reviews … Read more
He’s Conan the Entertainian! Comedian and former late-night host Conan O’Brien will host this year’s Oscars, for the first time in his career, ABC announced Friday “America demanded it, and now it’s happening: Taco Bell’s new Cheesy Chalupa Supreme. In other news, I’m hosting the Oscars,” O’Brien said in a statement released by ABC. O’Brien … Read more
I’ve got voting on the brain. That’s right, it’s only 113 days till the Oscars. And, this year, the race to the Academy Awards is starting to feel like a presidential election: frantic and down-to-the-wire. Not only is there no obvious frontrunner for Best Picture yet, with less than two months to go until the … Read more
Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren said it’s “sad” Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain died before he got to experience the “magical” functionality of using a GPS. “I always say, it’s so sad that Kurt Cobain died when he did, because he never saw GPS,” the 79-year-old actress said during an interview with the Evening Standard. “GPS is … Read more
movie review ANORA Running time: 139 minutes. Rated R (strong sexual content throughout, graphic nudity, pervasive language, and drug use). In theaters. It’s easy to fall hard for Mikey Madison in “Anora,” director Sean Baker’s exceptional film about a Brooklyn exotic dancer. The 25-year-old actress has been working for about a decade, with roles in … Read more
Taking home souvenirs from the set? Now that’s an offer Al Pacino can refuse. The 84-year-old revealed that despite starring in some of the most critically acclaimed films over the past several decades, including “The Godfather” and “Scarface,” he doesn’t take home mementos from filming. “I’ll probably lose them,” Pacino admitted to People in an interview published … Read more
Will Smith just won an Emmy. No, not that Will Smith. The 53-year-old British TV producer who created the Apple TV+ series “Slow Horses” went on stage to accept the award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series at the Emmys 2024 on Sunday night, and he poked fun about sharing the same name as … Read more
John Cena doesn’t like baring it all for the cameras. The actor and professional wrestler, 47, explained why he’s not a fan of doing sex scenes in movies on Wednesday’s episode of the “Club Shay Shay” podcast. “Oh my god, it’s the worst,” he said. “There are so many people you need to make a … Read more
In a simple twist of fate, Steve Martin is no longer interested in hosting the Oscars. In an interview published Monday, the 79-year-old star told the Los Angeles Times that if he were to host the coveted award ceremony for a fourth time, he’d have to start prepping “yesterday.” Steve Martin at the 82nd Academy Awards. … Read more
The fifth time isn’t a charm. In July, news broke that Jimmy Kimmel, 56, turned down the offer to host the 2025 Oscars. In recent years, the comedian and talk show host had become an Academy Awards favorite, as he acted as the emcee for the biggest night in Hollywood four times: in 2017, 2018, … Read more