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Dick Van Dyke Talks Oscar Plans, Having Much Younger Wife

Mary Poppins actor, 99, says he'd still like to achieve EGOT status

(Newser) - Most people retire in their 60s, but 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke has other plans. The last few years have seen Van Dyke involved in a Malibu car crash and make Emmy history , and the Mary Poppins actor is now talking about his next possible move: vying for an Oscar. "...

New Oscars Rule: Voters Have to Watch All Nominees

Previously, they were only encouraged to do so

(Newser) - Big changes are coming to Hollywood's biggest night—and not just on the red carpet. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has unveiled sweeping new rules touching everything from AI to international eligibility, the AP reports. In a news release Monday, the Academy said members must...

Stunt Designers Will Get Their Day at the Oscars
Oscars Is Adding a New Award
Apr 11, 2025 10:50 AM CDT

Oscars Is Adding a New Award

Stunt designers will be honored at the 100th award ceremony in 2028

(Newser) - After many years of impassioned calls for an Oscar recognizing the art of the stunt, the film academy has decided to give it an official award. As the AP reports, an achievement in stunt design prize will be added starting with the 100th Academy Awards, which will recognize films released...

Israel Frees Oscar-Winning Director Attacked by Settlers

Witnesses say Israeli settlers attacked Hamdan Ballal's West Bank village

(Newser) - The Palestinian director who earlier this month took home an Oscar has been released by Israel after being beaten by Israeli settlers and detained by the military. Hamdan Ballal and two other Palestinians were set free on Tuesday, report the AP and New York Times , with the No Other Land...

Conan Earns Return Invite as Oscars Host

'I want to hear Adrien Brody finish his speech,' he says

(Newser) - Conan O'Brien will return to host the Oscars next year after his well-received debut earlier this month, reports the New York Times . "The only reason I'm hosting the Oscars next year is that I want to hear Adrien Brody finish his speech," O'Brien said in...

Karla Sofia Gascon Speaks Out After Oscars

No best actress award for Emilia Perez , but she offers congrats to co-star, praises host O'Brien

(Newser) - Karla Sofia Gascon's Oscars "nightmare" wasn't as bad as it could've been—Emilia Perez, the film she starred in alongside Zoe Saldana and Selena Gomez, took home two Academy Awards on Sunday, including best supporting actress for Saldana and best song for "El Mal."...

Macaulay Culkin 'Cried' Over Brother Kieran's Academy Award

He says Kieran's category was the only one he watched

(Newser) - Macaulay Culkin is clearly proud of his younger brother. "I cried," the elder Culkin said of his reaction to Kieran Culkin's best supporting actor win at the Oscars Sunday night. Now, "he's Academy Award-winning actor Kieran Culkin," Culkin said of his little bro while...

'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...

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