The most anticipated night in Hollywood is finally here! On Sunday, the biggest names in film gathered for the 96thAcademy Awards, marking the official end to awards season.Jimmy Kimmel returns to hostthe ceremony for the third time, which is airing live from Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre on ABC. Check below for …
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The film season leading up to the 2024 Academy Awards provided four-time host Jimmy Kimmel with endless material for this year’s opening monologue. Taking his pick, the late-night comedian kicked off the night with a skit, complaining about being hungry while sitting alongside a teary-eyed Margot Robbie in place of …
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Billie Eilish‘s ex can now blame Christian Bale for the end of their relationship. In a new interview with Amelia Dimoldenberg ahead of the Academy Awards, Eilish shared that she had an epiphany about her relationship after seeing The Dark Knight actor in a dream. “I got to be real,” …
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The director Noora Niasari deeply understands the personal struggles of people who often go unnoticed by the mainstream flow of life. Her last short film, the 2020 thriller Tâm, about a Vietnamese woman trapped in a cataclysmic sexual encounter, is a haunting gut punch. Noora and I are from different …
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The 96th Academy Awards ceremony will have its fair share of stars in the crowd — and on stage. On Monday, the Oscars announced that Zendaya, Nicolas Cage, Michelle Yeoh, and Michelle Pfeiffer are among the actors confirmed to present trophies at the March 10 awards ceremony. The first cohort …
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You may know Kōji Yakusho as the oyster-slurping mystery man from the noodle-Western extraordinaire Tampopo (1985). Perhaps you remember him as the depressed suburbanite who ballroom dances his blues away in the international feel-good hit Shall We Dance? (1996). He’s the reformed felon in the Cannes-winning character study The Eel …
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Now that the 2024 Oscar nominations have been announced, and the voting window for eventual winners is around the corner, awards season has kicked into high gear. Moviegoers had a lot of thoughts, feelings, opinions, and reactions to this year’s nominations, including how Greta Gerwig wasn’t nominated in the Best …
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Tótem, Mexico‘s submission for this year’s Oscars, drops a bomb on you before the opening credits have even rolled. A mother, Lucia (Iazua Larios) and her daughter, Sol (Naíma Sentíes, luminescent), are goofing around in a public restroom. The seven-year-old girl is sitting on a toilet, unable — or maybe …
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Hollywood’s biggest night is almost here. Jimmy Kimmel is scheduled to host the 96th Academy Awards on Sunday, March 10. And the only thing as exciting as seeing which directors, actors, screenwriters, and more take home an Oscar is knowing which ones have earned nominations for film’s top honor in …
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For Ava DuVernay, whose projects like 13th, Selma, and When They See Us challenge viewers to contend with the gut-wrenching racism that’s colored American history, Origin provides a more global perspective on racial inequality and its foundation within social hierarchies. “I try to make soul food with my movies, not …
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