‘2022 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Live Action’ Review: This Wasn’t the Year to Cut the Category

Two days after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Board of Governors initiated self-described “disciplinary proceedings: against Will Smith over his slap of Chris Rock at Sunday’s Oscars, the Oscar winner has preempted the harsh punishment that he could have received and left the organization.

In his 2019 HBO special, Home Videos, comedian Jerrod Carmichael asks his mother if she has ever done cocaine or had a same sex relationship. When she says no, Carmichael says bluntly, “I’ve hooked up with dudes before.”

Channel 4 viewers couldn't stop blushing after they tuned in to watch Open House: The Great Sex Experiment.The racy new show sees couples try out their wildest sexual fantasies on screen, with the broadcaster branding it the "most shocking show ever".In six episodes, curious couples try out polyamorous experiences at a luxurious stately home with an intimacy therapist on hand to keep them safe - Dr Lori Beth.The first episode aired on Friday night (April 1), but viewers perhaps weren't prepared for how explicit the show's sex scenes were.In fact, within minutes of the show starting, nude couples were getting down to business under the sheets and moaning with pleasure in the bedroom.Red-faced fans rushed to comment on the show on Twitter, with some comparing it to ITV's hit villa dating show, Love Island.One wrote: OMG THEY'RE GOING TO SHOW ALL OF THE SEX #OPENHouse"A second said: "It's like a post watershed Love Island" as they attached a laughing-emoji.They added: "I've got a feeling this is going to be a very interesting hour #OpenHouse"A third quipped: "Went to get a cuppa after gogglebox and came back to porn" A fourth agreed: "This looks like it's going to be pure madness #OpenHouse".The episode involved couples trying threesomes, but conflicted couple Nathan and Maddy from Swansea found the experience difficult to process.Nathan had high hopes, saying: "It's going to be so good, more women, more pleasure." But he did not enjoy the experience.He felt left out and like a "spare part" and when Nathan did not want to get involved, Maddy said to Precious: "It is a shame we can't go off and leave him to sleep."Nathan told Maddy: "You've made my first experience a bad one.

“And I hope that she’ll have as much fun as I’ve had, and I hope that you’ll be as generous to her as you’ve been to me.”Upon his departure from the programme last year, Anne took his place alongside numbers whizz Rachel Riley and wordsmith Susie Dent.Before joining Countdown, Anne hosted The Weakest Link for 12 years before leaving the show in 2012 upon completing her contract.The so-called Queen-of-Mean hosted over 1,600 episodes of The Weakest Link during her tenure.Speaking to the BBC back in 2011, Robinson explained that it was a “hard decision,” to leave the Weakest Link and that her time on the show had “been superb”.“I’ll miss it,” Robinson continued, adding: “If there's anything about longevity in television, it's about knowing what to take and what to turn down, and what to stop.“It's often about what not to do anymore.

BBC journalist Clive Myrie, 57, made a couple of well-aimed jokes about Will Smith on Have I Got News For You tonight. Will Smith, 53, caused an uproar last Sunday after he slapped Chris Rock, 57, across the face live on the Oscars stage after the comedian made a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith, 50. Clive hosted popular BBC One political show Have I Got News For You tonight. When he was introducing the show, Clive said: “Now, just to be on the safe side after what happened at the Oscars, I’ve cut all the jokes about Ian’s wife."At this point, the camera panned to Ian Hislop, 61, who chuckled amusedly as Clive made a hand gesture to indicate a slap. Ian added in: “And I’m going to repeat the ones about Rishi Sunak’s wife.”Ian, who is married to popular author Victoria Hislop, made the quip in reference to the Chancellor of the Exchequer following his comparisons he made to Hollywood actors Will and Jada.Mr Sunak said he finds it "very upsetting" that his wife has faced criticism over shares she owns in a tech company operating in Russia.He then likened his feelings to that of Will, whose wife Jada was mocked at the Oscars. Joking about the slap Will administered to Chris, however, he pointed out: “At least I didn't get up and slap anybody, which is good.” Mr Sunak's wife Akshata Murty owns shares thought to be worth more than £400m in Indian firm Infosys, founded by her father, Narayana."I think it's totally fine for people to take shots at me.

BTS’ agency is taking legal action.

Kelly Ripa had some tricks up her sleeve on April Fools’ Day.

The Drew Barrymore Show has been renewed through the 2022-2023 season, CBS Media Ventures announced today.

FORMER Love Island contestant Jamie Jewitt has launched a major new $1million crypto lottery. Jamie, who was a contestant on the third series of the ITV show in 2017, is one of the founding shareholders of the Lucky Block lottery.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving following the tragic death of a five-year-old girl after she was hit by a car.

Variety‘s ranking of Apatow’s best work, limited to feature directing but including his documentaries.

Bruce Willis' co-star and director from one of his biggest (and most surprising) hits, The Sixth Sense, are showing their support for the actor on social media.The 67-year-old actor announced on Wednesday, through his daughter Rumer's Instagram, that he was diagnosed with aphasia, a condition which affects his cognitive functions, and that he is retiring.Both Willis' co-star Haley Joel Osment, who was just 11 when The Sixth Sense was released in 1999, and director M. Night Shyamalan, took to social media to pay tribute to the actor.

Andrew Garfield and Alyssa Miller have reportedly called it quits.

The filmmakers and corporations behind Sony’s Marvel Comics adaptation Morbius (★☆☆☆☆) have had ample time to consider what they’re aiming for with this big-budget film intro for living vampire, and vintage Spider-Man nemesis, Dr. Michael Morbius.Namely they should have figured out by now whether their version of the character — portrayed in astonishingly muted fashion by Oscar-winner and accent devourer Jared Leto — exists in any known Spider-Man film universe, or maybe one that’s merely Spidey-adjacent, à la Venom.After half a decade and at least seven release date delays, moviegoers and Marvel fans (not mutually exclusive) also have had ample time to try to make sense of every hint in the marketing, and every detail of speculation.But the murky, mundane origin story that director Daniel Espinosa and credited writing team Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless have come up with treats making sense more as a perk than a prerequisite, so dial down expectations accordingly.Ultimately, Morbius is a setup — a long-winded prologue to some prospective later franchise entry, teased in the two underwhelming mid-credits sequences that will prolong this experience for many who would otherwise be ready to bolt by then. Strangely enough, the movie checks out first, practically stopping on a dime following a listless showdown between super-vampire-powered Morbius and friend-turned-foe Milo, played by past and perennial Dr.

Good Morning Britain star, 40, knew from the age of 14 that being able to determine the weather and climate was something she had a deep passion for. Fast-forward 26-years and the mum-of-one TV personality has gone on to become one of the most loved and well-respected broadcast meteorologists in the UK, but it wasn’t always the path that she wanted to go down.In her brand-new book, Every Day Ways To Save The Planet, Laura detailed her journey to becoming a weather whizz which originally started out in the Royal Air Force (RAF).The dedicated scientist confessed how to this day she still tries to avoid speaking in front of large crowds and has always been one to shy away from the camera despite working for ITV for more than nine years.Now, in an exclusive interview with the Daily Star, the brunette beauty confessed how she first started searching for jobs that didn’t require speaking in front of large crowds.She said: “I never actually wanted to be on telly, ever, because as soon as you’re a girl and you say, ‘I love the weather, I want to forecast the weather’ they just go, ‘Aww are you gonna be a weather girl?’“And I just thought, ‘Well, no’.

Netflix show, Bridgerton.

The Willis family is feeling the love.

Kellan Lutz and Nikki Reed had a special connection on the set of Twilight and he’s surprised that they never actually dated in real life.

Trevor Noah is returning to the GRAMMYs! The host is gearing up to helm music's biggest night on Sunday — all the way from Las Vegas, baby!«First of all, it's an honor,» Noah shared in interviews ahead of the big night. «I mean, hosting the GRAMMYs one time, it is a lifetime achievement. Hosting it twice is an opportunity to mess things up, so it's terrifying, it's exciting, it's an honor and most importantly, I think it's a celebration, because the first one was deep in the pandemic and now cases are going down, people are getting back together, we're gonna have an audience and I'm really excited to share it with people in the crowd.»While Noah said he appreciated the «intimacy» of the 2021 GRAMMYs — where the performances took place inside on a sequestered soundstage, while nominees received their awards on a socially-distanced outdoor stage — he admitted that he's excited for the whole show to be back under one roof this year.«Whenever people ask me what performances I'm most excited to see, I realize that my answers are almost always lies, because I haven't yet seen the performances,» he joked. «I have ideas of who I think I want to see in my head, but then I'm always surprised on the night. Last year was a perfect example of that… You don't know who's gonna bring something up, you don't know who's gonna do something different, you don't know who's gonna roll out a giant bed and twerk on it, so yeah, this year I'm excited to see anybody on stage because that's what makes the GRAMMYs amazing is it's basically the year's biggest all-around concert: Everything country, hip-hop, jazz, whatever it is everything, on one stage, which is what I love.»Dear @cbs … 1.

Sony’s dive into the deeper waters of Marvel with vampire anti-hero Morbius looks to be shaping up to be a new franchise for the Culver City studio. Industry estimates are pegging around $17M today with a shot at an opening north of $40M for the $75M feature production.

Elisabeth Moss was seen filming scenes for the fifth season of The Handmaid's Tale at a Toronto park on Thursday.The actress, 39, wore a long, dark coat with a mauve sweatshirt as she embodied her character June Osborne.The star was seen with a baby that plays her baby daughter Nichole. The child was in a swing at a playground and also pushed in a stroller.