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Emma Stone: I Prefer to Be Called by My Birth Name

Which is Emily

(Newser) - You know her as Emma Stone, but she was born Emily Stone—and that's what she'd prefer to be called, if you ever happen to meet her. The actress and her co-star in the limited Showtime series The Curse, Nathan Fielder, did an interview with the Hollywood Reporter...

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...

Oppenheimer Continues Its Roll
Oppenheimer Continues Its Roll
Feb 25, 2024 6:42 AM CST

Oppenheimer Continues Its Roll

Christopher Nolan's biopic wins big at SAG Awards, heads into Oscars with more steam

(Newser) - Oppenheimer continued to steamroll through Hollywood's awards season on Saturday, winning the top prize, for outstanding cast, along with awards for Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr., at the 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards. As the Academy Awards draw closer, Christopher Nolan's blockbuster biopic—already a winner at...

Emma Stone Is Really Off the Market
Emma Stone Is
Really Off the Market
Sep 26, 2020 12:00 PM CDT

Emma Stone Is Really Off the Market

The Oscar winner has married her boyfriend of 3 years

(Newser) - Looks like Emma Stone has secretly said "I do." A source tells People that the La La Land star has tied the knot in an off-the-radar ceremony with Dave McCary, her boyfriend of three years. The couple had postponed their March wedding due to the coronavirus pandemic but...

Emma Stone Is Getting Hitched
Happy News
for Emma Stone
Dec 5, 2019 5:29 PM CST

Happy News for Emma Stone

She's engaged to 'SNL' writer Dave McCary

(Newser) - Congratulations are in order for Emma Stone and Dave McCary, who announced their engagement Wednesday night with a picture on McCary's Instagram feed featuring Stone showing off a shiny ring. The caption was simply a hearts emoji, but a rep for Stone confirms the engagement to CNN . The actress,...

SNL Tackles College Admissions Scandal

And Michael Keaton shows up as Julian Assange

(Newser) - Saturday Night Live gave President Trump a rare night off in its latest Cold Open, focusing instead on the college admissions scandal and Julian Assange's arrest. Opening with jail inmates bragging about their misdeeds, Kate McKinnon as Lori Loughlin says, "You think that’s insane? I paid 500...

Hollywood A-Listers Revolt Against Oscars

Hundreds of big-name actors, directors, cinematographers slam Academy decision

(Newser) - The backlash against the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences continues, and increasingly bigger names are joining the fray. After announcing that four awards would be bestowed during commercial breaks at the Feb. 24 Oscars, there was immediate pushback from those who said it was insulting to recipients in...

Battle of the Sexes Is a Timely 'Pleasure'
Carell Brings
His 'A Game' in
Battle of the Sexes
MOVIE REVIEW
Sep 22, 2017 10:04 AM CDT

Carell Brings His 'A Game' in Battle of the Sexes

The film is timely and 'earnestly entertaining,' critics say

(Newser) - Battle of the Sexes takes viewers back to 1973 and the Houston Astrodome, the setting of the famous exhibition tennis match between feminist icon Billie Jean King (Emma Stone), then 29, and chauvinist Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell), then 55. As viewers learn, the game wasn't the only thing...

The Highest-Paid Women in Hollywood
Emma Stone Had
a Really Good Year
Aug 17, 2017 1:17 AM CDT

Emma Stone Had a Really Good Year

She tops the Forbes list of highest-paid actresses

(Newser) - It wasn't just her Best Actress Oscar that made the last year a good one for Emma Stone. She also took home more money than at any other point in her career, becoming the highest-paid actress in Hollywood based on pre-tax earnings between June 2016 and June 2017, per...

Could a Backstage Tweet Have Led to Massive Oscars Mix-Up?

The 'Wall Street Journal' lays out what appears to have happened

(Newser) - The Wall Street Journal may have figured out how exactly the biggest flub in Oscars history happened Sunday night. As the paper explains, Brian Cullinan and Martha Ruiz are the two PwC partners who stand at opposite ends of the Academy Awards stage with the envelopes containing the winners, ready...

This Year's Most Talked-About Looks
Best, Worst Dressed at Oscars
OSCARS 2017
Feb 27, 2017 2:33 AM CST

Best, Worst Dressed at Oscars

Dressing like the statuette 'not a winning move'

(Newser) - They may not be getting as much press as the "Wrong Picture" howler , but this year's Oscars had the traditional assortment of dazzling looks on the red carpet—and a few big misses along with the hits. Here are some of the most-talked about looks:
  • Emma Stone. The
...

Late Arrival La La Land Is the 'Movie of the Year'
Late Arrival
La La Land
Is the 'Movie
of the Year'
MOVIE REVIEW
Dec 9, 2016 10:59 AM CST

Late Arrival La La Land Is the 'Movie of the Year'

Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling are 'dazzling'

(Newser) - Apparently the third time's the charm for Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling. After starring together in Crazy Stupid Love and Gangster Squad, they're wowing audiences in Damien Chazelle's musical La La Land, which has a 95% approval rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes . Here's what they'...

10 Celebs You Didn't Realize Voiced Animated Characters

Katy Perry, is that you?

(Newser) - Whose voice is that? You may not have realized these stars rounded up by the Stir were behind animated characters. A sampling:
  1. Kristen Wiig: Lucy in Despicable Me 2 and Miss Hattie in Despicable Me
  2. Amy Poehler: Joy in Inside Out
  3. Zac Efron: Ted in The Lorax
  4. Bill Hader: Flint
...

Aloha Stinks of 'Flop Sweat'
 Aloha Stinks of 
 'Flop Sweat' 
MOVIE REVIEW
May 29, 2015 11:37 AM CDT

Aloha Stinks of 'Flop Sweat'

All-star cast can't save a messy script: critics

(Newser) - An all-star cast of Bradley Cooper, Rachel McAdams, Emma Stone, and Bill Murray comes together in Aloha, a love-triangle romantic comedy set in, you guessed it, Hawaii. But that all-star cast wasn't enough to win over most critics:
  • "Aloha is a marshmallow of a film: soft on the
...

7 Celebs Who Changed Their Names

Demetria Guynes? Who's that?

(Newser) - Sometimes you're born with a name that seems destined for bright lights ... and sometimes you're just not. ETOnline rounds up celebrities who changed their birth names:
  • Joaquin Phoenix: Born Joaquin Rafael Bottom, his parents changed the family's last name after leaving the "Children of God" religion
...

8 Stars Who Voiced Video Game Characters

If you thought that character sounded familiar, you were probably right

(Newser) - "That voice sounds familiar..." If you've ever found yourself saying that while playing a video game, well, check out ETOnline 's list of 19 celebrities who've lent their voices to game characters. A sampling:
  • Emma Stone: Amanda Cartwright in Sleeping Dogs.
  • Kristen Bell: Lucy in
...

5 Celeb Co-Stars Who Became Couples

Any chemistry you saw onscreen was apparently real

(Newser) - Sparks flew on set for these Hollywood co-stars rounded up by Gossip Girl —in all 10 cases, they ended up together in real life. A sampling:
  • Leighton Meester and Adam Brody: The stars of The OC and Gossip Girl met while filming The Oranges. They got married in February.
...

Celeb Couple Put Paparazzi to Good Use

Emma Stone, Andrew Garfield hold up signs promoting charities

(Newser) - Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield are a much beloved celebrity couple, thanks in part to stunts like this: When they noticed paparazzi photographing them yesterday, they took advantage of the situation by holding signs in front of their faces that promoted charities, Teen Vogue reports. "We don't need...

Spider-Man 2 Opens Strong, Falls Short

Andrew Garfield-Emma Stone reboot is playing as well with audiences

(Newser) - The Amazing Spider-Man 2 kicked off what's seen as the start of Hollywood's summer season this weekend with a muscular $92 million haul that nonetheless fell well short of others in the franchise, short of expectations, and short of the biggest opening of 2014—which the LA Times ...

Latest Spider-Man Too Long, Tangled
 Latest Spider-Man 
 Too Long, Tangled 
reviews
May 2, 2014 12:03 PM CDT

Latest Spider-Man Too Long, Tangled

Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone boost Marc Webb's film

(Newser) - The latest Spider-Man movie, yet another story of balancing love and crime-fighting, is no revolution in superhero filmmaking. Still, Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone have their moments, say critics:
  • "The fifth Spidey movie in 12 years is overlong, underwhelming, unnecessary, and sure to be a hot ticket," writes
...

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