Disney/Scott Kirkland Emma Stone picked up her second Oscar for Best Actress Sunday night for her role as Bella Baxter in director Yorgos Lanthimos’ film Poor Things. Her speech got off to a funny start, with Emma acknowledging her broken dress, noting she thought it happened during “I’m Just Ken,” the show-stopping number by her La …
Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas (Disney/Scott Kirkland) Christopher Nolan won Best Director at the 96th Academy Awards on Sunday night, for helming the blockbuster biopic, Oppenheimer. This was his first-ever Oscar win after eight nominations. He was previously nominated in the Best Director category in 2018 for directing Dunkirk. Nolan made sure to thank his wife, …
Disney/Chris Willard Cillian Murphy continued his winning ways Sunday night, picking up the Oscar for Best Actor for playing Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, in Christopher Nolan’s epic Oppenheimer. “I’m a little overwhelmed,” Murphy started his speech before thanking Nolan and Nolan’s wife, Oppenheimer producer Emma Thomas. “It’s been the wildest, most …
Disney/Stewart Cook Billie Eilish and FINNEAS made Oscar history on March 10, when they became the only two people ever to win two Oscars before the age of 30. As expected, the two took home their second Best Original Song Oscar for “What Was I Made For?” from Barbie. The award was presented to them …
Disney/Scott Kirkland The Oscars saved the best for last when it came to performances of the Best Original Song nominees. Best Supporting Actor nominee Ryan Gosling, wearing a pink sparkly suit, took the stage to perform a show-stopping rendition of the show-stopping number from Barbie, “I’m Just Ken.” Joining him onstage were some of the …
Disney/Frank Micelotta Why was John Cena naked at the Oscars? In a bit alongside Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel, Cena was called to run across the stage naked, like the 1974 Oscars streaker. Cena joked that he didn’t actually want to do such a thing, so he proceeded to walk delicately across the stage holding the …
Disney/Scott Kirkland Mexican-American actress Eva Longoria directed the movie Flamin’ Hot, and personally tapped Mexican-American singer Becky G to perform its theme song, “The Fire Inside.” Becky sang the Best Original Song nominee on the Oscars stage March 10. The movie is based on the memoir of Richard Montañez, who claims to have invented the …
Jon Batiste and wife Suleika Jaouad; Disney/Scott Kirkland Grammy and Oscar-winning musician Jon Batiste performed his Best Original Song nominee “It Never Went Away” at the Academy Awards on March 10. The song is from the documentary American Symphony, which documents a year in Batiste’s life, during which he received 11 Grammy nominations, but also …
Jagged Edge Productions As is tradition, before Hollywood biggest night comes the winners list the stars don’t want to be on: The Golden Raspberry Awards. The “winners” of the 44th Annual Razzie Awards have been announced, and Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey led the pack with five, including Worst Picture, Worst Remake, and Worst …
Universal/DreamWorks Animation The fourth Kung Fu Panda film flew into theaters Thursday night with a respectable $3.8 million in sneak previews, Deadline is reporting. That number puts the Universal/DreamWorks Animation offering ahead of animated film debuts, including the threequel How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, which earned $3 million in sneaks back in …