Oscars

Cinematic titan James Cameron has come out in opposition to Netflix getting Oscar nominations and called the streaming giant’s theatrical release strategy “rotten to the core.” 

Depending on who you talk to, director Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest epic “One Battle After Another” is either an unparalleled masterpiece worthy of an Oscar sweep or a pro-Antifa screed that endorses left-wing revolutionary violence; acclaimed author Brett Easton Ellis thinks it all comes down to the audience’s personal politics.

Beloved actor Denzel Washington revealed that he does not make make movies to win Oscars, adding that he makes them out of passion for the work.

Actress, choreographer and producer Debbie Allen, actor Tom Cruise and production designer Wynn Thomas are set to receive honorary Oscars during the upcoming Governors Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Tuesday.

Actress Zoe Saldaña won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar this year for her performance in “Emilia Pérez” and the statue apparently went transgender in the process.

Dr. Stacy Smith, a USC professor and founder of something called the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, says the stupid and bigoted diversity and inclusion rules the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has already laid down in order to ensure your movie qualifies for an Oscar are not woke enough.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS) announced on Thursday that it will finally include a “Best Stunt Design” category.

The streaming platform Hulu, a subsidiary of Disney, has apologized for tech glitches and outages during its livestream of the Oscars telecast on Sunday.

Last night’s Academy Awards had a handful of surprises though none were as shocking as those seen on the red carpet. 

This year’s Academy Awards broadcast attempted to walk a fine line to avoid annoying viewers by steering clear of politics and controversy as much as possible. Donald Trump was not mentioned, for instance, and even the winners who won their Oscars for a transgender movie did not use the word transgender on the stage.

Dancer and singer Julianne Hough delivered a woke “land acknowledgment” while on the red carpet at the Academy Awards on Sunday, leading to mass mockery on social media. “Land acknowledgments don’t mean anything unless you are prepared to hand back the land,” one viewer commented, adding, “It is performative crap. Insulting for indigenous people, nauseating for the rest of us.”

Independent film “Anora” — the tale of a sex worker whose marriage to the son of a Russian oligarch quickly unravels — was the big winner at the Oscars on Sunday, scooping five awards including best picture.

Actress KJ Smith bizarrely suggested that the black community “start looking into” moving to Africa due to the political climate in the United States during a red carpet event at the Oscars on Sunday evening.

Kieran Culkin reminded his wife of a deal they made to have more children, after he had won an award for Best Supporting Actor at the 2025 Oscars for his role in the film “A Real Pain.”

Conan O’Brien remained largely apolitical while hosting the Oscars on Sunday night, save for his one sublte dig at President Donald Trump and Russia.

The filmmakers for “No Other Land” accused the US of blocking peace in Israel after winning the Oscar for Best Documentary on Sunday night. 

“Kill Bill” and “Blade Runner” star Daryl Hannah showed support for Ukraine during the 2025 Oscars when presenting the award for Best Editor.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Captain America: Brave New World” kept falling but still hovered above all others at a weak weekend box office.

This year’s swag bags for Oscar nominees are valued over $200,000, with dozens of gifts ranging from liposuction vouchers to international resort stays — and in the wake of the historic Los Angeles wildfires, some of the freebies may help victims with repairing or rebuilding their properties or family members’ homes.

A Hollywood Jewish group called out those in the industry looking to wear red hand pins in support of Gaza at the 2025 Oscars. 

Acclaimed actress Angela Bassett publicly reacted to her losing the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in Black Panther II.

Netflix broke its silence on the scandal surrounding its drug cartel musical, Emilia Pérez, in which the film’s transgender star, Karla Sofia Gascón, has come under fire for his previous social media posts disparaging Muslims, the Chinese, and black people.

The idea that Netflix never bothered to vet Karla Sofia Gascón’s social media accounts before dropping a reported $30 million into an Oscar campaign is really something.

Netflix has dropped Karla Sofia Gascon, the star of “Emilia Perez,” from its high-profile Oscars campaign and distanced itself from the best actress nominee over her offensive social media posts, Hollywood trade outlets reported Tuesday.

Netflix has taken the extraordinary step of removing best actress Oscar nominee Karla Sofia Gascón from its Academy Awards campaign for “Emilia Perez,” cancelling appearances by the transgender performer and deleting any reference to Gascón from its Oscar-themed advertisements.

“Emilia Perez” star Karla Sofía Gascón — the first transgender performer ever nominated for an Academy Award — also penned a lengthy apology amid the continued publicity crisis over the actor’s past social media posts in which Gascón repeatedly insulted Muslims, mocked George Floyd, and ridiculed diversity.

NEW YORK (AP) — Karla Sofía Gascón, the Oscar-nominated trans actor and star of the movie “Emilia Pérez,” is apologizing for her old posts on social media that denigrated Islam and that called George Floyd “a drug addict and a hustler.”

Oscar-nominated “Emilia Perez” star Karla Sofia Gascón has come under fire after old tweets have resurfaced showing Gascón making derogatory comments about Muslims, George Floyd, the COVID-19 vaccine, and Oscars diversity.

The Oscar race for best actress is getting nasty, with Karla Sofia Gascón — the first transgender performer ever nominated for an Academy Award — accusing the team behind a rival nominee of launching a smear campaign.

This pathetic culture of ours marches on with the news that Best Actress nominee Fernanda Torres has been forced to apologize for a 17-year-old blackface skit.

Oscars host Conan O’Brien says he’s still unable to live in his home due to the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles and that the show’s organizers “want to be sensitive to what’s happened” to residents.

Netflix’s transgender best actress Oscar nominee Karla Sofía Gascón raged at President Donald Trump over his executive order stating the U.S. government will recognize only “two sexes,” calling the president “shameless.”

The United States may have swung to the political right by re-electing President Donald Trump and putting the Republicans in charge of both houses of Congress, but Tinseltown’s progressive politics were on full display Thursday.

Barely anyone turned out to see the controversial Donald Trump biopic “The Apprentice” when it opened in cinemas late last year. But Academy voters clearly loved it enough to reward its two main actors — Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong — with Oscar nominations on Thursday.

Transgender cartel musical “Emilia Perez” topped this year’s Oscar nominations, earning 13 nods in an announcement on Thursday postponed by the devastating Los Angeles wildfires.