Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas (Disney/Scott Kirkland)Christopher Nolan won Best Director at the 96th Academy Awards on Sunday night, for helming the blockbuster biopic, Oppenheimer.This was his first-ever Oscar win after eight nominations. He was previously nominated in the Best Director category in 2018 for directing Dunkirk.Nolan made sure to thank his wife, Emma Thomas, who…… Read More…
Disney/Chris WillardCillian Murphy continued his winning ways Sunday night, picking up the Oscar for Best Actor for playing Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, in Christopher Nolan’s epic Oppenheimer. “I’m a little overwhelmed,” Murphy started his speech before thanking Nolan and Nolan’s wife, Oppenheimer producer Emma Thomas.“It’s been the wildest, most exhilarating, most creatively…… Read More…
Disney/Stewart CookBillie Eilish and FINNEAS made Oscar history on March 10, when they became the only two people ever to win two Oscars before the age of 30.As expected, the two took home their second Best Original Song Oscar for “What Was I Made For?” from Barbie. The award was presented to them by singer/actresses…… Read More…
Disney/Scott KirklandThe Oscars saved the best for last when it came to performances of the Best Original Song nominees.Best Supporting Actor nominee Ryan Gosling, wearing a pink sparkly suit, took the stage to perform a show-stopping rendition of the show-stopping number from Barbie, “I’m Just Ken.” Joining him onstage were some of the other Kens…… Read More…
Disney/Frank MicelottaWhy was John Cena naked at the Oscars?In a bit alongside Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel, Cena was called to run across the stage naked, like the 1974 Oscars streaker.Cena joked that he didn’t actually want to do such a thing, so he proceeded to walk delicately across the stage holding the card with the…… Read More…
Disney/Scott KirklandMexican-American actress Eva Longoria directed the movie Flamin’ Hot, and personally tapped Mexican-American singer Becky G to perform its theme song, “The Fire Inside.” Becky sang the Best Original Song nominee on the Oscars stage March 10.The movie is based on the memoir of Richard Montañez, who claims to have invented the popular snack…… Read More…
Jon Batiste and wife Suleika Jaouad; Disney/Scott KirklandGrammy and Oscar-winning musician Jon Batiste performed his Best Original Song nominee “It Never Went Away” at the Academy Awards on March 10.The song is from the documentary American Symphony, which documents a year in Batiste’s life, during which he received 11 Grammy nominations, but also saw his…… Read More…
Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesRobert Downey Jr. won Best Supporting Actor at the 96th Academy Awards on Sunday night.He won for his turn as Lewis Strauss in Christopher Nolan’s biopic blockbuster Oppenheimer.This was Downey Jr.’s third nomination and first-ever Oscar win. He was nominated alongside Sterling K. Brown, Robert De…… Read More…
Disney/Eric McCandlessIn what was surely one of the more unique performances in Oscar history, Scott George and the Osage Tribal Singers performed “Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People),” the Best Original Song nominee from Killers of the Flower Moon.The movie is about the real-life murders of members of the Osage Nation in 1920s Oklahoma after…… Read More…
Cord Jefferson, winner of the Best Adapted Screenplay award for “American Fiction” (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images)While many thought it would be a battle of Barbenheimer in the Best Adapted Screenplay category, it turns out neither Barbie nor Oppenheimer wound up with the trophy. Instead, Cord Jefferson took home the honor for American Fiction.In his acceptance speech,…… Read More…