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Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission.“Coda” won the Oscar for best picture Sunday night, becoming the first Sundance film to take home the night’s most coveted honor — and also helping Apple make history for becoming the first streamer to win best picture. The Apple Original film, which features a predominately Deaf cast, enjoyed a successful awards season all the way through Sunday night; Tony Katsur made history at the SAG awards after becoming the first Deaf nominee and winner to take home the prize for best supporting actor, going on to nab the same award at the Oscars. His win marks the second Deaf actor to ever land an acting Oscar, after his “Coda” co-star Marlee Matlin won in 1986.

“It makes me nostalgic for the year of La La Land and Moonlight,”  one executive lamented about the now infamous Will Smith/Chris Rock debacle that is all anyone is talking about post-94th Oscar show.

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Will slapped Chris Rock live on air during the Oscars.Rock seemed to mock Jada’s alopecia battle with a camera picking up her sad expression in its aftermath, prompting Smith to storm on stage and hit Rock. The extreme reaction might be surprising to some but the couple have had a tumultuous time, with Jada having had a steamy extramarital relationship with singer August Alsina behind Will's back.August Alsina and Jada were introduced by Jada and Wills’ son, Jaden, while the married couple were on a break.

Beverly Callard chatted to Lorraine Kelly about her career post-Coronation Street and admitted that her “whole world opened up” after she left the soap.Lorraine welcomed the actress on to the show to talk about what she has been up to since she left the cobbled streets behind two years ago.Beverly mentioned her a recent filming project in which she was “flirting with Johnny Vegas”.Lorraine complimented her: “I feel though you’re having a great time right now, your personal life is great, you’ve got a lovely man, your career’s really good, you look terrific. This is probably one of the best times for you!”Beverly said: “When you hand in your notice to something like Coronation Street, which I love and always will love, after 32 years I thought: ‘No, this is it.

properties in the future. She told Fabulous : "I started saving when I was 21.

Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith have become the “butt of the joke” in the US as a result of “oversharing” about their sex lives, a commentator has claimed.The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air star became embroiled in controversy at last night’s (March 27) Oscars ceremony, when he stormed on stage to slap host Chris Rock after the comedian made a joke about Jada’s hair.Aiming a barb at Jada’s shaved head – an appearance resulting from her alopecia – Chris said: “Jada, I love you. GI Jane 2, can’t wait to see it.”Smith appeared to laugh at the joke initially, before taking to the stage to hit the Madagascar star and yelling: “Keep my wife’s name out of your f***ing mouth.”Providing context for British viewers about why Rock made the dig at the couple on GB News, Kinsey Schofield explained: “As an American, I have to tell you that Will and Jada Smith have become the butt of the joke here lately.

electric car has warned other motorists about the possibility of being fined when charging their car at his local supermarket.Max Wilkinson, a councillor in Cheltenham, recently bought his Mini Countryman and went to his local Lidl supermarket to give it a charge.He left the vehicle charging as he went to get groceries and returned around two hours later, Gloucestershire Live reports. But a week later Mr Wilkinson was slapped with a fine of £90 (reduced by half if he paid quickly).The councillor hadn't seen signs around the supermarket car park that specified you could only park for 90 minutes – which included the EV charge points.

prison staff ended his suicide watch "prematurely", the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) has revealed. Paul Cavner, 56, was pronounced dead by paramedics after he was found hanged with a blanket in his cell at HMP Northumberland on November 1,2020.

Georgie Clarke has is known for debunking 'perfect' snaps on Instagram.And the body positive influencer, who boasts 698,000 Instagram followers, focused on bum photos in her latest post.Georgie showed her fans how models take 'perfect' booty shots by using different lighting and angles.And she took photos seconds apart to prove her point.The photo on the left saw Georgie expose the skin dimples on her rear in her nude bikini as she faced the shade and rocked a relaxed posed.This was compared to the right-hand picture, where her behind appeared to be silky smooth.The brunette said this was because she was facing the sunlight.She was also sporting a straight-back pose which helped the illusion.Captioning the post, Georgie wrote: "Facing the shade VS Facing the sunlight."When the camera is from a side & low angle… facing the shade means that the harshest part of the light hits your body."When you face the sunlight directly on and the camera is shooting from the side, it softens the skin and creates lots of shadow effects appearing to be toned muscles."She added: "These were taken 5 seconds apart from each other, they’re the exact same body in different lights."Lighting had a huge impact on how our bodies appear on camera so please don’t be fooled when you see magazine pictures or IG shots where the person looks flawless.

Will Smith did early Monday morning at the Vanity Fair Oscars after party in Hollywood hours after he slapped Chris Rock across the face during the live award show.Smith, with wife Jada Pinkett Smith nearby, cheerfully sang along as the DJ played his songs “Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It” and “Miami,” according to tweets from Variety editors Marc Malkin and Ramin Setoodeh. “Asked Will Smith how he’s doing and he said, ‘It’s all love,'” Malkin shared with four pictures of Smith clenching his golden statue. Vanity Fair correspondent Rebecca Ford said Smith was also smiling for pictures throughout the night.Asked Will Smith how he’s doing and he said, “It’s all love.”#JustforVariety pic.twitter.com/E2EPiYx3XhBut Will was singing a different tune during the show’s live broadcast.

Christopher Vourlias “Taylor Swift: Miss Americana” director Lana Wilson is developing a documentary feature about psychics that she’ll be presenting this week at CPH:FORUM, the international financing and co-production event held during the Copenhagen Intl. Documentary Film Festival (CPH:DOX), which runs March 23-April 3.“Look Into My Eyes” is a poetic exploration of what Wilson describes as “the oldest and most popular form of therapy,” told through a series of intimate sessions with psychics and their clients.

Gallery: Oscars 2022: The Best Dressed Stars On The 94th Academy Awards Red Carpet (ELLE (UK))During a chat with E! News, the Being the Ricardos actress revealed the designers created a specific shade of blue just for her. "They dyed it," she told the outlet.

that incident, but because the best dressed on the red carpet passed on the fairytale frocks and chose white shirts instead. Related: Oscars 2022: the red carpet – in pictures Zendaya, star of the six-statuette winning Dune, wore an ivory silk shirt with a deep collar and pearl-buttoned cuffs, cropped mid-ribcage above a sequined silver maxi skirt. The look was custom-made by Valentino Haute Couture for Zendaya, whose longtime stylist Law Roach has become one of Hollywood fashion’s most formidable power players, and who also dressed Venus Williams for the ceremony.

Richard Madeley described Chris Rock as the "worst celebrity" he's ever interviewed after Will Smith hit him at the Oscars. The 65-year-old TV presenter discussed his own experience of interviewing Chris, 57, during a conversation about the Oscars incident on 'Good Morning Britain'. Speaking to his co-host Susanna Reid, he said: "I was asked by GQ Magazine some years ago.

Sir Kenneth has notched up eight Oscar nominations over four decades of acting, writing and directing, spanning seven different award categories, itself a record, but until this year had always come away empty-handed. His win for best original screenplay, for the film Belfast, comes 40 years after he made his screen acting debut on BBC television in 1982. The Oscar for best short film went to The Long Goodbye, a 11-minute feature that was released alongside the album of the same name by British actor and musician Riz Ahmed.

94th Academy Awards will go down in history for many reasons, but one moment we know we'll all be talking about for some time to come is the heated altercation between Will Smith and Chris Rock. MORE: The most glamorous red carpet looks from the Oscars 2022And now it's been revealed that the King Richard star's controversial outburst cost him the chance to take part in one very important Oscars ritual following the ceremony. 14 times Disney Princess characters inspired us with their acts of kindnessSelling Sunset star Mary Fitzgerald on feuds, break-ups and weddings: 'There's always going to be drama'WATCH: Will Smith apologises to Academy after Chris Rock altercation in Best Actor speechTraditonally every year, all four acting award recipients are photographed together proudly displaying their statuettes.

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Strictly Come Dancing is tipped to sign up RuPaul's Drag Race star Divina De Campo, as she's "desperate" to dance with Anton Du Beke.

The Strictly Come Dancing professional dancers have been spotted arriving at a secret hotel ahead of the launch show.

A post shared by Neil Jones (@mr_njonesofficial) on Aug 19, 2020 at 9:45am PDTThe couple seemed happy to both go public with their relationship as Luisa also posted a boomerang with Neil to her Instastories that showed him kissing her on the neck while they were in an elevator.Members of the Strictly family were quick to comment on the pic with current champion Kelvin Fletcher commenting: ‘Shots fired.’Fellow Strictly pros Giovanni Pernice and Dianna Buswell commented with a heart and nerd emojis, with Gorka Marquez adding: ‘So now you’re half Spanish!’Neil recently admitted during an Q&A that he wasn’t single but didn’t elaborate on his newfound romance at the time.