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It was a night that was the most unpredictable for years in terms of what was on the cards to pick up the awards, but this...The Online Film Critics Society has unveiled its nominees for the 2024 season awards. Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two is leading...The 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards have just been announced and the Edward Berger-directed Conclave is leading the way with no...As the summer is left behind and, along with it, the many big blockbusters that have packed in audiences in our...The 96th Academy Awards have been dished out at Hollywood’s annual lavish ceremony.

J. Kim Murphy The Oscars ceremony Sunday evening kept within the mold of prior awards ceremonies this year, steering clear of politics and avoiding even name-dropping Donald Trump.

Naman Ramachandran China’s box office continued to be dominated by “Ne Zha 2,” which grossed RMB471.9 million ($65.5 million) over the Feb. 28–March 2 weekend, bringing its cumulative total to $1.98 billion, according to Artisan Gateway. The Cococartoon release is closing in on the $2 billion milestone with sustained audience interest.

Although people watching the Oscars broadcast on Sunday night often are waiting for the Best Picture, Actor and Actress categories, there is a reason why host Conan O’Brien shouted out another group of people at the end of his opening monologue.

Hulu subscribers trying to keep up with Anora’s roll though many of the major Oscars categories Sunday missed out on the evening’s climax, when the film won Best Picture and Sean Baker became the only other person besides Walt Disney to win four Oscars in one night. Why? Because the Disney-owned service’s stream ended before the show’s telecast on Disney-owned ABC did.

Anora star Mikey Madison is a newly minted Oscar winner, taking home the Best Actress Oscar on Sunday. This was her first nomination for an Oscar and her first win.

Sean Baker’s latest film Anora claimed a good chunk of the awards at the 97th annual Oscars. Baker himself won for editing and directing, and star Mikey Madison who plays the titular character, won best actress for her performance in the film.

Sean Baker had a great night at the Oscars, one so good that he has tied one of Walt Disney’s Oscar records.

Zoe Saldaña has apologized to the people of Mexico for any offense caused by Emilia Pérez.

An exhuberant Sean Baker urged filmmakers to keep movie theaters alive and “Keep making movies for the big screen,” in his acceptance speech after winning the Oscar tonight for best directing for Anora. This was Baker’s fourth nomination and second win tonight.

Anora went home with five statuettes Sunday to lead all films at the 97th Academy Awards, including four for its director-producer-screenwriter-editor Sean Baker and Best Actress for Mikey Madison. That also gave Neon a win among distributors with its five wins for the Palme d’Or winner.

Karla Sofía Gascón has entered the Dolby Theatre — and Conan O’Brien couldn’t wait to crack a joke at her expense. Despite the recent controversy, the “Emilia Pérez” star, 52, attended the Academy Awards on Sunday, March 2, in Los Angeles.The Oscars host poked fun at her almost career-ending saga in his monologue as she was sitting in the star-studded audience.“I loved ‘Anora.’ I really did,” O’Brien said of the Best Picture nominee.

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.

Matt Minton mminton@variety.com “Anora” director Sean Baker has become the first person to win four Oscars in the same year for the same film. During Sunday’s ceremony, Baker won Oscars for original screenplay, film editing, directing and best picture.

Katcy Stephan After taking home the Oscar for best supporting actress, “Emilia Pérez” star Zoe Saldaña responded to criticism of the film’s portrayal of Mexico, after a journalist shared that it has been “really hurtful for us Mexicans.” “First of all, I’m very, very sorry that many Mexicans felt offended. That was never our intention. We spoke from a place of love,” she told press in the interview room.

William Earl The 97th Academy Awards was a joyous affair, full of big orchestral numbers, celebrity singalongs and a triumphant hosting debut from Conan O’Brien. While “Anora” led the night with five wins, there were several snubs and surprises. Check out our list of the biggest unexpected moments below.

The movie Anora was the big winner at the 2025 Oscars with five wins, including Best Picture, and you can watch the film right now at home!

Sean Baker has made Oscars history as the first person to win four awards for the same movie.

No Other Land have received praise for their powerful acceptance speech after winning the Best Documentary Feature Oscar.The film, which is made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective and focuses on the displacement of Palestinians from a region in the West Bank, took home the award during tonight’s (March 2) ceremony.Upon accepting the award, co-director Basel Adra said: “About two months ago I became a father and my hope to my daughter that she will not have to live the same life I’m living now, always fearing surveillance, home demolitions and forced displacements that my community is living and facing every day under the Israeli occupation.“No Other Land reflects the harsh reality that we’ve been enduring for decades and still resist as we call on the world to take serious actions to stop the injustice and to stop the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people.”The team behind #NoOtherLand accepts the #Oscar for best documentary and speaks about the Iraeli-Palestinian conflict pic.twitter.com/3ilRwmdkzf— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) March 3, 2025Fellow director Yuval Abraham added: “We made this film, Palestinians and Israelis, because together our voices are stronger. We see each other, the atrocious destruction of Gaza and its people which must end.

97 years of the Academy Awards and records are still made to be broken. This year, history was made when Walter Salles’ “I’m Still Here” won the International Feature Film Academy Award.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Walter Salles’ deeply moving drama “I’m Still Here” has won the Academy Award for best international feature, marking a historic first for Brazil. The film, which tells the real-life story of Eunice Paiva’s decades-long search for justice after her husband’s disappearance during Brazil’s military dictatorship, has been gaining momentum in recent weeks. Its surprise nomination for best picture — alongside expected nods for international feature and best actress for star Fernanda Torres — solidified its status as a major contender.