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The Emilia Pérez saga is over. Thank God. At Sunday night’s Academy Awards, the controversial film ended its fraught awards-season run with two trophies: One went to Zoe Saldaña for Best Supporting Actress; the other was for Best Original Song for “El Mal,” a track that sounds like it was …

After several years of hosting the Academy Awards, Jimmy Kimmel stepped back this year, leaving the stage to Conan O’Brien. But on last night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live the late-night host took the opportunity to share his thoughts on how it all went. Kimmel explained that both the Oscars and an …

Much like the three-and-a-half hour epic The Brutalist, Adrien Brody‘s Oscar-winning speech at the Oscars went on longer than anticipated. Brody, who won the Oscar for Best Actor on Sunday, discussed the fragile profession that is acting, the career-topping accolade, and his talented co-stars and director for a record-breaking five …

As a first time Oscar attendee, Raye had big shoes to fill. The “Oscar Winning Tears” singer-songwriter performed Adele‘s orchestral ballad “Skyfall” to close out the James Bond tribute, and told Entertainment Tonight that performing the award-winning tune was a daunting task. “It was such an exhilarating performance, also no …

Conan O’Brien isn’t sure yet if he’d host the Oscars again. “Hey, ask me in a few months,” he told Entertainment Tonight, though he added that after the show he was “very happy, and I’m never happy…. The audience was really good.” In the same interview, O’Brien revealed how Adam …

No one mourns the Wicked awards season campaign. Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo opened the 2025 Academy Awards on Sunday evening with a medley highlighting musical selections from their performances as Glinda and Elphaba. The two actresses paid tribute to the Oz cinematic universe, performing songs fromboth The Wizard of …

Conan O’Brien had a unique way of preparing to host tonight’s Oscars ceremony: he took the Substance before opening the 97th Academy Awards. The comedian’s monologue began with him crawling out of Demi Moore’s body — with a brief delay after losing his shoe somewhere in between her small intestines …

Agent 007 made it to the Oscars. On Sunday, Lisa, Doja Cat, and Raye performed a tribute to the James Bond franchise in celebration of the film series’ producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, who received Honorary Oscars at the Governors Awards. Halle Berry took the stage at the …

Diane Warren’s streak of Oscar losses continues, as the songwriter — on her 16th Best Original Song nomination — once again lost in the category for The Six Triple Eight’s “The Journey.” Despite the 16 nominations — and eight consecutive Best Original Song nominations, dating back to 2017’s “Stand Up …

The Academy Awards honored late titans of the film industry, including actors Gene Hackman, Dame Maggie Smith, James Earl Jones, Donald Sutherland, and legendary director David Lynch, during the 2025 Oscars on Sunday night. Morgan Freeman paid a special tribute to his “dear friend,” the two-time Oscar winner Hackman, who …