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Nikki Glaser shares her thoughts on the Oscars and grading Conan O’Brien’s hosting following Sunday’s ceremony.

Wicked stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo opened the 2025 Oscars with a medley of ‘Defying Gravity’, ‘Home’ and ‘Somewhere Over The Rainbow’ – watch footage of the moment below.The duo took to the stage at last night’s (March 2) Academy Awards ceremony after a montage of clips from previously Oscar-nominated films were shown.Grande kicked off the performance by singing the Wizard of Oz classic ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’, with Erivo taking on Diana Ross’ ‘Home’ from The Wiz.

American actors Adrien Brody and Mikey Madison were among the big winners at the Oscars on a night which saw Anora leading the pack with five wins. Madison, 25, beat Hollywood stalwart Demi Moore to take home the best actress gong for her role in the comedy Anora, in which she plays a stripper who falls for the son of a Russian oligarch. Speaking on stage at Los Angeles' Dolby Theater, she said: "Wow this is very surreal.

When the cameras weren’t rolling at the Oscars, there were photographers roaming around the audience and backstage to capture everything that we didn’t see on TV.

nearly four-hour Oscars is some undeniable fact of life. The sun rises in the east, the sky is blue, the Oscars take one-sixth of a day.But 30 minutes could’ve oh so easily been cut from Sunday night’s strange and sloooow Academy Awards.Why, exactly, did Margaret Qualley dance during a pointless tribute to James Bond that featured godawful covers of “Diamonds Are Forever” and “Live and Let Die”?Why, exactly, did Queen Latifah belt “Ease on Down the Road” from “The Wiz” as a tribute to Quincy Jones?Why, exactly, did “Wicked” stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande perform a “Wizard of Oz”-themed medley of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” “Home” and “Defying Gravity?”Friends, I have no idea.All of that stuff should’ve been axed.

Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande brought their characters — and their tunes — from the hit movie musical to life at the 97th Academy Awards on Sunday night at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California.Erivo and Grande — nominated for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, respectively — performed a medley of tunes from across the “Wizard of Oz” universe to open Hollywood’s biggest night.First Grande, decked out in a ruby red gown, sang “Over the Rainbow” from the 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz.” Then, Erivo, dressed in a white gown with adornments, belted out “Home” from “The Wiz” stage and screen adaptations. And the two divas brought it home with a showstopping rendition of “Defying Gravity” from “Wicked.”Follow The Post’s live updates from the Oscars 2025 for winners, red carpet pics and moreIt was a theater kid fantasy that brought a little bit of the Tonys to the Oscars.Second only to the 13 nods for “Emilia Pérez,” “Wicked” landed 10 Oscar nominations, tying with “The Brutalist.” In addition to Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, the movie is up for Best Picture, Best Visual Effects, Best Sound, Best Editing, Best Production Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Costume Design and Best Original Score.However, none of the film’s tunes were eligible for Best Original Song since they were written by Stephen Schwartz for the stage production that opened on Broadway in 2003.And in a change from years past, none of this year’s Best Original Song nominees will be performed during the awards ceremony.But “Wicked” gave the show a broom-flying boost to start the night.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic In a sense, you could say it was like the good old days. Oscar night, whether the telecast is great or just so-so (I’m all but incapable of finding the Oscars outright bad — I’m too much of an entertainment junkie), always gave you the feeling that Hollywood was at the center of the world.

did music a little differently. And instead of opening with Conan O'Brien's monologue, they opened with a Wizard of Oz tribute courtesy of Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande.Erivo and Grande, of course, were both nominated for their roles in , and, of course, their tribute included a rendition of “Defying Gravity,” complete with battle cry.

The first livestream of the Academy Awards was marred by a tech glitch, frustrating viewers trying to log in for the beginning of the 97th annual telecast.

Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo brought Oz to the Oscars, kicking off the 97th annual ceremony with a musical medley from “The Wizard of Oz,” “The Wiz” and “Wicked.” After a tribute to Los Angeles, which is recovering from devastating wildfires, Grande took the stage to perform a heartwarming rendition of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” before Erivo wowed the crowd with “Home” from “The Wiz.” Then, then joined forces for “Defying Gravity,” the show stopper at the end of the first act of “Wicked,” though Grande (whose sparkly dress was adorned with a ruby red slipper) briefly stepped aside to let Erivo (wearing a strapless white gown decorated with florals) belt out her character’s famous battle cry. Audiences embraced the leading ladies (both nominees tonight) with a standing ovation, so it’s safe to say the number was “pop-u-lar” at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles.

Wicked was one of the biggest movies of 2024, and it’s garnered a lot of love going into the 2025 Oscars on Sunday (March 2).

Jack Dunn As one of the most unpredictable award seasons in history comes to a close, the biggest stars of 2025 walk the red carpet Sunday at the 97th annual Academy Awards at Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre.“Emilia Pérez” leads with 13 nominations, setting the record for most nods by a non-English language film. But what once was a safe bet for several of Oscar’s most coveted categories has become an Academy pariah after offensive tweets from the film’s star Karla Sofía Gascón resurfaced.

Harrison Ford will no longer be presenting at the Oscars tonight (March 2) due to illness.The 97th Academy Awards, hosted by Conan O’Brien, will take place tonight at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood.The Indiana Jones actor was set to join a slate of presenters throughout the evening, including Halle Berry, Whoopi Goldberg, Scarlett Johansson, Cillian Murphy, Samuel L. Jackson, Miley Cyrus and many more.However, Variety reported that Ford’s reps said his last minute exit was due to a bout of shingles, with Ford said to have received the non-life threatening diagnosis Friday (February 28).Penélope Cruz, Amy Poehler, Bowen Yang, Emma Stone, Robert Downey Jr.

a controversy (Karla Sofia Gascon) and a mix of different winners, which should make for an unpredictable show on Sunday.The 2025 Oscars will honor popular films like “Wicked,” “Conclave,” “The Brutalist” and “Emilia Pérez” – but only one can take home the coveted Best Picture trophy.Keep reading for everything you need to know about this year’s ceremony.The 2025 Academy Awards will take place March 2 beginning at 7 p.m ET live at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The Oscars pre-show will begin with “On The Red Carpet at the Oscars” at 3:30 pm ET.

It's a question we might all be asking in years to come: where were you during Brat Summer? British singer Charli XCX could never have dreamt that her latest album would generate such global hype, but as music journalist Michael Cragg tells us, "She's now one of the UK's biggest exports, and the Brat craze captured people's imaginations in a way we hardly ever see nowadays." Brat was said to be a rejection of the "clean girl" aesthetic, with Charli herself explaining, "It can be like, so trashy. Just like a pack of cigs and a Bic lighter.

If the zodiac signs themselves were winners in academy categories, we’d place our bets that Aries would win Best Live Action Short Film, as they go hard but not for long.Taurus takes Best Production Design because they live to curate (cough) control an aesthetic agenda, Gemini is Best Adapted Screenplay as they are adept at manipulating other people’s messages, Cancer is Best Sound because, from the silent treatment to hysterics, they know how to play the decibel game.Leo is main character energy incarnate as Best Actor/Actress in a Lead Role, Virgo with their unblinking judgment and thankless efforts are Best Editing; Libra, superficial — but very good at it — is Best Cinematography; Scorpio is Best Director because they are power hungry puppet masters/shameless oligarchs, Sagittarius on account of their love of pageantry, is Best Hair and Makeup Styling. Libra is cinematography because they’re superficial but good at it.Capricorns, sluts for good tailoring, are Best Costume Design and Aquarius — with their pension for disappearing beneath masks of the literal and metaphorical variety — are Best Hair and Makeup Styling.Last but certainly not least deserving, Pisces, with their wild delusions and limited attention spans, are Best Animated Short.Now that you’ve been primed on the stars at their award show, read on to find out which nominated film matches each zodiac sign.Starring IRL Aries Adrien Brody, “The Brutalist” is an unflinching portrait of an immigrant architect living the post-war American Nightmare.

The Brutalist, Conclave, Anora and more are all competing for gongs at this year’s Oscars.The 97th Academy Awards, hosted by Conan O’Brien, will take place on Sunday, March 2 in the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood.Emilia Pérez leads this year’s pack with 13 nominations, followed by The Brutalist and Wicked with ten nods each, and Conclave and Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown with eight.All five of those films are up for Best Picture, alongside Anora, Dune: Part Two, I’m Still Here, Nickel Boys and The Substance. You can check out the full list of nominations here.This year’s Oscars will air live on ITV and ITVX in the UK on Sunday, March 2.

“Live With Kelly and Mark,” the talk show host, 54, donned an identical outfit to that of Grande’s Glinda the Good Witch. Ripa wore a pink dress, gray hat and matching pink purse in an Instagram photo shared by celebrity makeup artist Kristofer Buckle.

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Jack Dunn Nominees for the 97th Academy Awards gathered Tuesday night at the Academy Museum for a dinner and to keep up the annual tradition of taking a class photo of the year’s contenders. Among the stars sitting in the front row are Mikey Madison, Ariana Grande, Zoe Saldaña, Cynthia Erivo and Isabella Rossellini. Seated in the subsequent rows are Denis Villeneuve, Adrien Brody, Colman Domingo, Timothée Chalamet, Sean Baker, James Mangold, Sebastian Stan, Guy Pearce, Demi Moore Ralph Fiennes and Brady Corbet.