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The 2023 Awards season drew to a close on Sunday night, as the star studded Oscars ceremony took centre stage to conclude a jam packed year of film. Dressed in their finest outfits, the attending celebrities walked the red carpet in true Hollywood style, as presenters and nominees rubbed shoulders and celebrated the best and brightest talent within their craft.

Oscar winner Jamie Lee Curtis is set to play Jessica Fletcher in a movie reboot version of Murder, She Wrote.

Selena Kuznikov Jamie Lee Curtis was awarded with an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts by the American Film Institute at the conservatory‘s commencement ceremony. The Oscar winner was the keynote speaker at the event, held Aug. 10.

Kevin Hart‘s SiriusXM podcast Gold Minds to reveal that she has an unusual practice on set: asking the members of the crew to wear name tags. “There’s something really uneven about our position on a set, on a movie, in this arena,” the Oscar winning actress, 65, said. “You guys know our names, we don’t know yours.

Eric McCormack and his estranged wife, Janet Leigh Holden, were spotted together at the Elton John AIDS Foundation 2024 Oscars viewing party — months after she filed for divorce in November 2023. The “Will & Grace” star, 60, wore a simple tux, while Holden donned a silver dress with matching evening gloves in LA on Sunday. They were also spotted holding hands.

Janet Landgard, who played Paul Petersen’s love interest for three seasons on The Donna Reed Show and later costarred with Burt Lancaster in film drama The Swimmer, died Nov. 6 at age 75 of brain cancer, according to several friends on social media.

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis held a packed union meeting at their Beverly Hills home. Desi Arnaz poured his heart out in an open letter to the industry while Lew Wasserman worked the numbers quietly behind the scenes. And it was none other than future Oval Office occupant Ronald Reagan who led the Screen Actors Guild through the war in 1960, the last time that Hollywood experienced such a season of labor strife with actors and the Writers Guild of America on strike at the same time. And it was already a tumultuous time for the industry. In 1959, Congress and the Justice Department were deep into their investigation of “payola” corruption involving music labels and radio station owners. Congress also held hearings that year on the notorious TV quiz show scandals (see 1994’s “Quiz Show” for a primer).

A meant-to-be moment! Jamie Lee Curtis opened up about her family’s influence on her career before winning big at the 2023 Academy Awards.

Comedy drama Everything Everywhere All At Once has cleaned up at the 2023 Academy Awards – but there was glory for Scotland as a Stirling screenwriter's film was named best international flick.

Before best supporting actress winner Jamie Lee Curtis entered the press room to take questions, she grabbed the mic from the moderator to announce her presence.

Angelique Jackson Jamie Lee Curtis has picked up her first Oscar, winning the best supporting actress trophy for her performance in “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” “I know it looks like I’m standing up here by myself but I am not, I am hundreds of people. I’m hundreds of people. Where are the Daniels?,” she asked in her emotional acceptance speech, continuing to list of all the people who supported her. “Halloween” director John Carpenter was one of the first to congratulate the longtime horror star, tweeting “Congratulations Jamie Lee! You are the bomb!”“To all the people who have supported the genre movies that I’ve made for these years, the thousands and hundreds of thousands of people, we just won an Oscar together!,” she said.

Jamie Lee Curtis is now an Oscar winner, taking home the golden statuette for her first career nomination during Sunday night’s 95th annual Academy Awards.

The scream queen! Jamie Lee Curtis has had a long and successful career, starting off in iconic horror films before venturing into hit comedies.

Jamie Lee Curtis is adamant about getting a full night's rest, even if that means sitting out for an Academy Award event.  On Saturday, Curtis, 64, appeared at the Film Independent Spirit Awards where she told the Hollywood Reporter that the Oscars nominees' dinner held on Thursday is too late for her. The "Scream" actress received her Oscar nomination in the best actress in a supporting role category for her role as Deirdre Beaubeirdre in "Everything Everywhere All at Once." "Now you might say, 'Jamie, you're nominated for an Academy Award. You're gonna be in the room with only nominees for the Academy Award,' and I have declined," Curtis told the outlet.

to People in an interview on Saturday, the actress revealed what it’s like to be nominated for this year’s Academy Awards in the same category that her late mother, Janet Leigh, once was.“You know, I didn’t think about that,” Curtis, 64, told the outlet while at the Independent Spirit Awards.“I mean, I knew it, I was aware of it. I never thought that would happen. Like my parents and their fame and their stardom was so legendary that I’ve never felt like I would be anywhere near the level.

Jamie Lee Curtis was only too happy to indulge in the conversation of nepotism surrounding current stars, going so far as to address it at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday night, where she looked incredible.After winning the Best Actress in a Supporting Role prize for Everything Everywhere All At Once, during her speech, she deemed herself a "Nepo Baby".WATCH: Jamie Lee Curtis' Rise to FameDespite having been championed for her strong work over her decades in the business, the actress was certainly motivated by her parents' influence in Hollywood.

Jamie Lee Curtis addressed nepotism in Hollywood after winning a Screen Actors Guild Award on Sunday. "I'm wearing the wedding ring that my father gave my mother," Curtis told the audience as she accepted the award for her role in "Everything Everywhere All At Once." She reminded the room at the Fairmont Century Plaza that her famous parents, Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis, didn't always have the perfect love story. "They hated each other, by the way.

Jamie Lee Curtis paid tribute to her parents and Michelle Yeoh while picking up her win during the 2023 Screen Actors Guild Awards.

the 2023 SAG Awards on Sunday.“I got my SAG card when I was 19 years old, when I signed a seven-year contract to Universal Studios and starred in an ABC TV series called the ‘Operation Petticoat,’ which was based on the movie that my father, Tony Curtis — nepo baby! — starred in,” Curtis — the daughter of “Psycho” star Janet Leigh and the “Some Like It Hot” actor Curtis — said during the “I Am an Actor” opening.“I was fired from that TV show a year later and I thought my life was over,” she continued. “But the good news is that if I hadn’t been fired from ‘Operation Petticoat,’ I would have never had the opportunity to audition for a little tiny, no-budget horror movie called ‘Halloween.’ My name is Jamie Lee Curtis, and I am, proudly, an actor.”Jamie Lee Curtis proudly referring to herself as a nepo baby during her “I am an actor” speech was perfection #SAGAwards pic.twitter.com/5vksrPUHThThe “Everything Everywhere All at Once” star, 64, also made a joke about being a nepo baby — a contentious title much-discussed after a recent New York Magazine cover story diving into Hollywood’s dynasty — while accepting her award for best female supporting actor for her performance.“I know you look at me and think, ‘Nepo baby, that’s why you’re here.’ I totally get it,” said Curtis.

Jamie Lee Curtis is a nepo baby, and proud of it!

Jamie Lee Curtis is a nepo baby, and proud of it!The actress wasted no time poking fun at herself during the 2023 SAG Awards, as she received major applause during the traditional «I'm an actor» introductions that open the annual awards show.Curtis told the crowd about getting her SAG card at 19 years old and being hired — and quickly fired — from a short-lived TV series called which was based on a film of the same name that starred her father, Tony Curtis. Curtis' mother, Janet Leigh, was also an actress, best known for her performance in Alfred Hitchcock's .«Nepo baby!» she exclaimed, to big laughs from the crowd. However, getting fired from Curtis pointed out, freed her up to appear in a «little no-budget horror film» that ended up kicking off the franchise.ET caught up with Curtis on the SAG Awards red carpet, who said she was loving the awards season appreciation for, which landed the actress her first career Oscar nomination this year.«This is Entertainment. This is the season of shiny things.