Oscars 2024
Oscars: Hungary Submits ‘Semmelweis’ for International Feature Race
Hungary has picked Lajos Koltai’s biopic Semmelweis as its contender for the 2025 Oscars in the best international feature category. The feature traces the life of Hungarian doctor Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis, an early pioneer of antiseptic procedures who became known as “the savior of mothers” for his efforts in fighting deadly infections following childbirth. Set […]
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‘The Teachers’ Lounge’ Wins Inaugural Latin American Critics’ Award as Best European Film
İlker Çatak’s German schoolhouse thriller The Teachers’ Lounge has won the inaugural Latin American Critics’ Award for European Films. The award was announced Sunday, June 9, at the Guadalajara International Film Festival in Mexico. Leonie Benesch stars as a young idealistic teacher who gets caught up in a web of internal intrigue in Çatak’s taut […]
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Lily Gladstone Says “It’s Irrelevant Whether or Not” She Won the Oscar for ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
Lily Gladstone is opening up about the reaction to her Oscars loss once she went back home to the Blackfeet Nation following her busy awards season with Killers of the Flower Moon. The actress was nominated for best actress during the March ceremony, but the Academy Award ultimately went to Emma Stone for Poor Things. […]
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Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert Fire Back at Donald Trump Over Renewed Oscars Criticism
Former President Donald Trump was roundly mocked on late night television for an error-laden social media post in which he confused Jimmy Kimmel and Al Pacino as the presenter of this year’s best picture Oscar. On Wednesday, the presumptive Republican nominee for president drew some attention away from his hush money trial, which is now in […]
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Ryan Gosling on Why He Originally Turned Down “I’m Just Ken” Oscars Performance
Despite Ryan Gosling’s Oscars performance of “I’m Just Ken” being a highlight of the 2024 show, the actor admits he originally did not want to perform the nominated song. During an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Thursday, the Barbie actor said his answer was “100 percent no” when he was first […]
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Jonathan Glazer Open Letter Gets More Than 500 Additional Signatures Overnight (Exclusive)
More than 500 additional Hollywood figures signed the letter overnight condemning Jonathan Glazer’s Oscars 2024 speech for his best international film win for The Zone of Interest. The letter, which was published yesterday with 450 signees already attached, denounced the director’s speech, mimicking his own phrasing at the awards show on March 10. The signatories […]
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Open Letter Condemning Jonathan Glazer’s ‘Zone of Interest’ Oscars Speech Garners Over 450 Signatures
An open letter condemning Jonathan Glazer’s Zone of Interest Oscars acceptance speech has been signed by more than 450 Jewish Hollywood professionals. The group consists of actors, executives, directors, creators, producers and representatives denouncing Glazer’s controversial comments made when accepting the Academy Award for best international film on March 10. “We refute our Jewishness being […]
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Which Star Won the Oscars Red Carpet — Zendaya or Emma Stone?
Beyond sending congratulatory bouquets to the 2024 Oscars winners, execs from luxury brands should be doing cartwheels down posh streets this week, if the latest Red Carpet Power Rankings are any indication. The earned-exposure data for the 2024 Oscars by Launchmetrics — in partnership with The Hollywood Reporter throughout this awards season — reveals the […]
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‘Zone of Interest’ Financier Danny Cohen Rejects Jonathan Glazer’s Oscar Speech: “I Fundamentally Disagree”
The Zone of Interest executive producer and co-financier Danny Cohen has come out against director Jonathan Glazer’s 2024 Oscars acceptance speech, while defending the film itself as a “great piece of art.” “It’s really important to recognize [the speech has] upset a lot of people and a lot of people feel upset and angry about […]
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Roger Federer “Cried Like Six Times” Watching Amazon Doc About Last 12 Days of His Tennis Career
Roger Federer — who’s about to get the sports doc treatment on Amazon — has had a busy few days in Los Angeles. On March 10, he attended the Oscars for the second time with his wife Mirka, and afterward hit the Vanity Fair Oscar Party. Two nights later, Federer and eyewear company Oliver Peoples […]
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Michael Keaton Breaks Down His Oscars Appearance as Batman
Michael Keaton is sharing how his Batman appearance at the Oscars 2024 came to be. During an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the actor-director explained that either Jimmy Kimmel or Oscars producer Molly McNearney reached out to him about the bit ahead of the awards show, and he thought it would be fun. The bit […]
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RTL, Fremantle Revenue Dips Amid Ad Troubles, Streaming Shifts
RTL Group, the European media giant that owns Fremantle, saw revenues and profits slip in the second half of 2023, amid a stubbornly weak market for traditional TV advertising. Group revenue at Bertelsmann-owned group was down 5.4 percent to €6.2 billion ($6.8 billion), which RTL attributed to “lower TV advertising revenue and lower Fremantle revenue.” […]
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