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'Terminator' With 0-16 Oscars Record Vows: 'I'll Be Back'

Songwriter Diane Warren jokes about losing yet another bid for Academy Award

(Newser) - Diane Warren just lost her 16th straight Oscar nomination, but the prolific songwriter doesn't appear to have lost her sense of humor about it. The 68-year-old, who has penned nine No. 1 songs and dozens of top 10 entries on Billboard's "Hot 100" list, spoke with Marc...

Biggest Oscar Surprises, Milestones


Biggest
Oscar
Surprises,
Milestones
the rundown
Mar 3, 2025 6:27 AM CST

Biggest Oscar Surprises, Milestones

Demi Moore doesn't win, the Bob Dylan biopic is shut out, and Diane Warren is 0 for 16

(Newser) - The 97th Academy Awards are in the books, and Anora led the way with five victories including best film. (See a list of winners here .) The night seemed to have fewer surprises and snubs than in other years, but entertainment outlets still had a number of notable moments to...

The Oscars' In Memoriam Had Some Notable Snubs

Michelle Trachtenberg, Shannen Doherty were among the exclusions

(Newser) - The Academy Awards were held just days after iconic actor Gene Hackman was found dead alongside his wife, classical pianist Betsy Arakawa, and Hackman was mourned on the red carpet as well as onstage. Morgan Freeman led a tribute to Hackman, saying, "He received two Oscars and more importantly...

5 Notable Moments From the Oscars
5 Notable Moments
From the Oscars
Mar 2, 2025 11:22 PM CST

5 Notable Moments From the Oscars

From Kieran Culkin's talk about procreating to an iconic reunion, and more

(Newser) - The first award of the 97th Academy Awards went to Kieran Culkin for best supporting actor in A Real Pain, and he spent much of his very first Oscars acceptance speech getting, perhaps, a little bit TMI. He says his wife Jazz Charton, just over a year ago, promised him...

Here Are Your Oscar Winners
Here Are Your
Academy Award
Winners
Mar 2, 2025 10:15 PM CST

Here Are Your Academy Award Winners

Anora is the night's biggest winner

(Newser) - Sean Baker made Oscar history Sunday at the 97th Academy Awards. Anora won best picture, his fourth win of the night and tying Walt Disney for the most in a single year in Academy Award history, the AP reports. Anora was the night's big winner with five statuettes overall,...

See Some of the Best Oscars Red Carpet Looks

Cynthia Erivo arrived in green, Ariana Grande in pink at Academy Awards

(Newser) - Ariana Grande did her Glinda proud in a pale pink stunner, and her Wicked bestie Cynthia Erivo did Elphaba proud in deep forest green on the Oscars carpet as high glam took over Sunday. Others went for bold red, classic black, and pops of pink, the AP reports. Grande wore...

Oscars Cap Dramatic Season
Oscars Cap Dramatic Season
Mar 2, 2025 3:25 PM CST

Oscars Cap Dramatic Season

Ceremony to acknowledge Los Angeles fires

(Newser) - After a topsy-turvy Oscar season in which frontrunners were constantly shuffled and old tweets hobbled a top contender, the Academy Awards finally will be presented.
  • How to watch: ABC will broadcast the ceremony, hosted by Conan O'Brien, beginning at 7pm EST, and Hulu will stream it, the AP reports.
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Chalamet's Oscar Campaign Worthy of Its Own Award

Guardian columnist commends Timothee Chalamet for upending tradition

(Newser) - Actors have always campaigned during an Oscar season, but they usually do so in an understated and oh-so-serious manner. That's why Adrian Horton at the Guardian is so tickled to see Timothee Chalamet—up for his portrayal of Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown—having so much goofy fun...

Emilia Perez Triumphs at French Oscars

Despite the controversy around it, the celebrated French film dominated at the Césars awards

(Newser) - Oscar contender Emilia Pérez was named the best French film of the year at the Césars awards—France's equivalent of the Oscars—and under-fire Karla Sofia Gascón , the star of Jacques Audiard's Mexico-set melodrama, made a rare public appearance. The musical is one of the...

See Critic's List of Oscar Mistakes on Best Film

Brian Truitt argues the best film of the entire 1990s, Pulp Fiction , was snubbed

(Newser) - Ahead of Sunday's Oscars, movie critic Brian Truitt has reason to hope the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will choose a deserving Best Picture. "Amazingly, they got it pretty right in recent years," he writes at USA Today , though he can't help but think...

Gascon to Attend Oscars: 'I'm Grateful to Be Back'

Variety reports that Netflix has agreed to pay for Emilia Perez star's showing amid controversy

(Newser) - The distance between Netflix and Karla Sofia Gascon just got a bit smaller. Variety reports that best actress nominee Gascon, 52, will indeed attend the Academy Awards on Sunday at Hollywood's Dolby Theatre—and that the streaming service has agreed to pick up the tab, despite the "nightmare"...

Gascon Faces Oscars 'Nightmare' in Wake of Tweets
Gascon Faces
Oscars 'Nightmare'
in Wake of
Tweets
THE RUNDOWN
Feb 5, 2025 1:20 PM CST

Gascon Faces Oscars 'Nightmare' in Wake of Tweets

Netflix is distancing itself from trans Emilia Perez actress after eyebrow-raising posts

(Newser) - The controversy surrounding the past tweets of Karla Sofia Gascon—the first transgender individual nominated for an acting Oscar, for her starring role in Emilia Perez—isn't going away. And it's apparently affecting the Oscar campaign that Netflix, the movie's distributor in the US and UK, is...

Emilia Perez's Gascon: I've Been 'Crucified' Over Tweets

Oscar-nominated trans actor says she's not bowing out of awards race over past social media posts

(Newser) - The most nominated film heading into the upcoming Academy Awards is at the center of a controversy , spurred by its lead, Karla Sofia Gascon—but Gascon, the first openly transgender actor up for a golden statue in an acting category, isn't taking herself out of the race. In a...

5 Surprising Oscar Snubs
5 Surprising Oscar Snubs
Jan 24, 2025 6:37 AM CST

5 Surprising Oscar Snubs

Challengers was shut out

(Newser) - The 2025 Oscar nominations were released Thursday—and as ever, critics had plenty to say about contenders they felt were overlooked. Five of the most-talked about snubs:
  • Gladiator II. Gladiator was nominated for 12 Oscars, and won five, including best picture and best actor, but 24 years later, Ridley Scott'
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Oscar Nominations Pushed Back Amid Fires

Academy has also extended voting period

(Newser) - The Oscar nominations are being pushed back almost a week from their original date amid the ongoing California wildfires. Nominations will now be announced on Jan. 23, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Monday. "We are all devastated by the impact of the fires and the...

Your 97th Oscars Host Is a First-Timer

2-time Emmy host Conan O'Brien nabs the gig

(Newser) - The host of the 2025 Academy Awards will be newbie on the Oscars stage. But he's "a beloved comedian with decades of experience in everything from comedic opening monologues to silly skits and energetic musical numbers," per Vanity Fair . His name: Conan O'Brien. The former late-night...

Pacino Says He Was Asked to Skip Reading Nominees

Oscars producer apologizes for putting him in 'tough spot'

(Newser) - Al Pacino says he was following the instructions of the Oscars producers when he omitted the names of the best picture nominees while announcing the winner of the show's biggest category. The Oscar-winning actor was Sunday night's final presenter and announced Oppenheimer as the best picture winner without...

Pacino's Oscar Moment Causes a Stir
Pacino's Oscar
Moment Causes
a Stir
Mar 11, 2024 6:18 AM CDT

Pacino's Oscar Moment Causes a Stir

His presentation for best picture caught people by surprise for its unexpected brevity

(Newser) - Oppenheimer was expected to dominate the Oscars on Sunday night—and it did just that, winning seven Oscars including best picture and best director for Christopher Nolan. But while the night was relatively short on big surprises, it still generated some buzzy moments:
  • Surprise: In terms of the big awards,
...

Robert Downey Jr. Wins His First Oscar

Plus more from the Academy Awards

(Newser) - Oppenheimer, the solemn three-hour biopic that became an unlikely billion-dollar box-office sensation, was crowned best picture at a 96th Academy Awards that doubled as a coronation for Christopher Nolan, the AP reports. After passing over arguably Hollywood's foremost big-screen auteur for years, the Oscars made up for lost time...

Protesters at Oscars Call for Ceasefire in Gaza

Russia's war with Ukraine is also a topic at Academy Awards

(Newser) - Protest and politics intruded on an election-year Academy Awards on Sunday, where demonstrations for Palestinians raged outside the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, the AP reports. Protests over Israel's war in Gaza snarled traffic around the Academy Awards on Sunday, slowing stars' arrival on the red carpet and turning...

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