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Fernanda Torres is ready for the big night!

Jordan Moreau The 2025 Oscars are finally here and ready to crown some winners after a twisty awards season. Unlike last year when “Oppenheimer” dominated every major precursor, the 2025 circuit has seen a revolving door of frontrunners.

may not be nominated for an Academy Award this year, but that didn't stop her from showing out on the Oscars 2025 red carpet.On March 2, Gomez arrived at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles to celebrate her Oscar-nominated film, Emilía Perez, which is up for the coveted best picture award.She arrived dressed to impress in a custom Ralph Lauren, designed to reference Sophia Loren. The blush-colored, figure-skimming gown was covered top-to-bottom in over 16,000 glass droplets and Rosemont crystals, per , making Gomez herself resemble an Oscar statuette, if the statuette was also a femme fatale.

Carlos Aguilar Late in “Ne Zha 2,” the record-breaking, box office behemoth of a sequel to the 2019 Chinese animated action saga, the battle between a clan of divine immortals and the grisly monsters they look down upon in an ancient realm of myth reaches such dazzling, mind-melting fever pitch, one can’t help but feel overwhelmed by the sheer volume of astounding effects and characters in relentless motion. The aerial clash turns so colossal, the fighters on both factions appear like minuscule specks in a flock of birds.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Film’s biggest night is here. The 97th Academy Awards will take place on Sunday, March 2 at 7 p.m.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic Running five minutes longer than “Wicked” — and still nearly an hour below “The Brutalist” — the “2025 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Documentary” package makes for a heavy evening at the movies. Bodycam evidence of police brutality, raw survivor reactions to school shootings, a deep dive into the death penalty and so on.

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.

Cynthia Erivo looks incredible while hitting the red carpet at the 2025 Academy Awards on Sunday (March 2) at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

Conan O’Brien is getting ready for his big night!

Conan O’Brien has arrived for his big night hosting the Oscars!

Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater are walking the red carpet separately at the 2025 Academy Awards on Sunday (March 2) at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

30 feature films have been nominated for awards at the 2025 Oscars and we’re letting you know where you can watch them all right now.

Refresh for updates… The votes are in, the dresses and tuxes are ready, and the envelopes are sealed: It’s time for the 97th Academy Awards. Deadline is posting the winners live as they are announced from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, so check back often and see the list below.

EXCLUSIVE: The journey to bring Bob Dylan’s formative story to the screen took more than a decade. The film had a coterie of producers as it wound its way to production. Fred Berger and Alex Heineman got the PGA mark along with writer/director James Mangold. The other producers are Bob Bookman, Alan Gasmer, the film’s star Timothee Chalamet, Peter Jaysen, and Jeff Rosen. Here, Berger and Heineman explain the road to bring to screen the evolution of Dylan from the future from folk to rock icon. The Searchlight film tonight competes for eight Oscars including Best Picture.

GHOST have given another teaser of their “new” frontman Papa V Perpetua with a billboard in Las Vegas – see the image below.The Swedish occult metal band are led by Tobias Forge, who since the band began has inhabited a series of different characters, with a different incarnation fronting the group for every new touring cycle.The most recent character was Papa Emeritus IV, who led the band through their album ‘Impera’ in 2022 and its accompanying ‘Imperatour’ tour that wound up in October 2023.Last month, when Black Sabbath announced the full line-up for their final ever show in Villa Park, Birmingham on July 5, among the stacked list of supporting acts was the name ‘Papa V Perpetua’.Shortly after that announcement, GHOST took to their official Facebook page to share a post that read: “[MESSAGE FROM THE CLERGY] We wish to inform you V is coming ………. To Birmingham on July 5th.”Now, a billboard has popped up in Las Vegas with the band’s logo and phrase “V is coming…” beneath it.

Cynthia Erivo will be in the spotlight during the 2025 Oscars as she’s a nominee for Wicked and also performing songs from the film. Viewers will want to know more about her life, including her relationship status.

EXCLUSIVE: Shirley MacLaine wailed during her acceptance speech when she won her Oscar back in 1984 for Terms of Endearment, “I’m gonna cry because this show has been as long as my career!”

AMC Theatres’ annual Best Picture Showcase, a 24-hour movie marathon showcasing the nominees. We’ve always wondered: Who in their right mind would choose to watch nine movies back-to-back (to-back-to-back-to-back). So, for the sake of journalism (and masochism), we decided to find out.

James McAvoy touched down in his hometown at the Glasgow Film Festival this weekend where the actor lifted the lid on his experience of directing his first feature film California Schemin’ , which he admitted was “the most stressful thing I’ve ever done in my life.” 

Ne Zha 2 from CMC Pictures is no. 7 this weekend, its third consecutive in the top ten, on 600 screens with a domestic gross of $2.9 million and a cume of $17.95 million, an impressive feat. While an India film occasionally does two weeks at the top it’s highly unusual for any foreign film stick around for three. The Chinese New Year title has become the top animated film globally and the highest grossing film ever from a one country (China).

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic Two decades ago, in 2006, the team at Shorts International transformed one of the key Oscar races, securing the rights to release all five finalists in the Academy Awards’ animated short category on the big screen and pretty much all devices, from laptops to cell phones. Ergo, the “2025 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Animation” package now in theaters represents the company’s 20th edition.