Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update mocked Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s characterization of the Jan. 6 insurrection, as well as his revealing text messages about Donald Trump. Carlson, joked Colin Jost, “released securityfootage from the January 6attacks with the violence editedout and said it proves it was apeaceful gathering, which …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. If Lady Gaga wins the Oscar for Top Gun: Maverick‘s “Hold My Hand” Sunday, she has a bottle of Dom Pérignon with a post-it note that reads “for …
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The most anticipated night in Hollywood is finally here! On Sunday, the biggest names in film gathered for the 95thAcademy Awards, marking the official end to awards season. Jimmy Kimmel returns to host the ceremony, which is airing live from Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre on ABC. Check below for the full …
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We have just one question for you regarding the Oscars: How do you feel about hot-dog fingers? When the nominees for the 95th Academy Awards were announced on Jan. 24, the lineup was a traditional combination of the usual suspects and welcome outliers. The expected standouts from the fall festival …
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The early years of the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature promised a future that never came to pass. Its current state as a depressingly predictable category dominated by whatever Disney released that year is one that feels limited through intention rather than ignorance, and it was 2003’s awarding of …
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With blockbuster movies like Top Gun: Maverick and Avatar: The Way of Water nominated for Best Picture, more eyes will be on this Sunday’s Academy Awards — and the night’s host, Jimmy Kimmel. The Jimmy Kimmel Live! ringleader will be hosting the Oscars for the third time. He was, of …
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Will Smith flouncing onto the Dolby Theatre stage, winding up, and walloping host Chris Rock is a moment that will live in Oscar-night infamy, but it’s far from the most egregious episode in the ceremony’s 94-year history. This is an event, after all, that made nominee Hattie McDaniel sit at …
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Lenny Kravitz is the latest performer to join the lineup at the upcoming 95th Academy Awards. The musician has been tasked with helming the Oscars’ annual “In Memoriam” tribute honoring those in the film industry that have died over the past year. Following the televised tribute, the Academy of Motion …
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Every year, the Oscar nomination announcements tend to inspire shrieks of joy, yelps of surprise, and the loud gnashing of teeth and rending of garments. This year was no different, with gasps soundtracking Andrea Riseborough’s somewhat out-of-left-field (and controversial) Best Actress nomination for To Leslie, some scattered “hell-yeahs” accompanying Paul …
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In the eight years since activist April Reign’s #OscarsSoWhite went viral, the Academy Awards have made some changes to improve diversity and inclusion — but a new study from USC Annenberg’s Inclusion Initiative found that, for the most part, the Oscars nominees remain so white. Among the good bits from …
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