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lost out to “Anora” star Mikey Madison.The star-studded event came just weeks after several of Gascón’s’s past social media posts resurfaced, in which she criticized Muslim culture and George Floyd.She even allegedly called Gomez a “rich rat” before being cast with her in “Emilia Perez.”In a now-viral exchange, Gascón — who skipped the red carpet — was seen walking over to Gomez, who was sat in her seat during the Oscars ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.As Gascón, 52, approached the “Love On” singer, Gomez stood up, and awkwardly kissed her co-star on the cheek before sitting back down.Needless to say, the brief interaction was met with confusion from fans on social media.“Selena should stop talking with her. Karla is disgusting after everything she did,” one person wrote on X.Another added, “Hm, not sure why a kiss was necessary after all of that??”“Yikes.

won for her role in “Anora” at Sunday night’s star-studded ceremony.Moore, 62, looked visibly disappointed and gritted her teeth as Madison’s name was called, as seen in a video on X.“Demi says ‘nice’ but she isn’t smiling when she says it,” top lip reader Nicola Hickling told the Daily Mail of Moore’s icy reaction. “Her body is almost nodding like she had to force herself to say it.”The actress quickly recovered and started clapping for Madison, who beat out fellow nominees Fernanda Torres, Karla Sofía Gascón and Cynthia Erivo.“This is very surreal,” Madison said as she accepted the award.

Gal Gadot’s presenting at the Oscars has sparked speculation online, after the Wonder Woman star switched categories for an unknown reason.The Israeli actor presented Best Visual Effects alongside her Snow White co-star Rachel Zegler at the awards on Sunday (March 2) in Los Angeles. However, she had originally been listed to present Best Documentary Feature, which Samuel L.

Oscars, with the Emilia Pérez actress in attendance.O’Brien was the host for the 97th Academy Awards, which were held on Sunday (March 2) at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Drama Anora was the big winner on the night, winning five awards including Best Picture and Best Director.During his opening monologue, O’Brien said: “Anora uses the ‘F-word’ 479 times – that’s three more than the record set by Karla Sofía Gascón’s publicist,” before mimicking the publicist on the phone shouting: “she tweeted what??”Later he would say: “Karla Sofía Gascón is here tonight – and Karla, if you are going to tweet about the Oscars, my name is Jimmy Kimmel”.

Chappell Roan and Elton John performed a duet of ‘Pink Pony Club’ at his Oscars viewing party – watch footage below.Back in January, the ‘Rocket Man’ singer took to social media to share the line-up for his annual Academy Awards viewing party in support of the Aids Foundation, enlisting Roan as the event’s sole performer for this year’s edition.Ahead of the performance, hosts Sheryl Lee Ralph and Neil Patrick Harris touched on raising funds and removing stigma, with Harris noting the Trump administration had stopped funding UNAIDS, the UN’s HIV/AIDS programme that serves communities in Africa and other parts of the world.Before Roan began, John introduced her with a speech, in which he reflected on hearing her work for the first time. “I just freaked out when I heard her.

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.

Oscars viewers who are watching the show on Hulu claim the streaming service has been crashing throughout the night.“Hey Hulu, get your shit together!!! No one can watch #TheOscars right now on your service!” one person wrote on X.Follow The Post’s live updates from the Oscars 2025 for winners, red carpet pics and moreAnother fan tweeted, “#Hulu owes me a damn refund right about now. All that advertisement about streaming the #Oscars2025, only for the site to not work.”“Y’all better give everyone a free month at the very least.

Best Supporting Actor Oscar winner “A Real Pain’s” Kieran Culkin was censored during his speech when he shouted out his former “Succession” co-star and fellow category nominee Jeremy Strong.“Jeremy, you’re amazing in ‘The Apprentice.’ I love your work, it’s f–king great,” he said as he was bleeped.Culkin also used his acceptance speech to hold his wife to a promise over having more children.The actor, 42, kissed his wife Jazz Charton, 36, before taking the stage and delivering a classically Culkin — that is to say, wacky — acceptance speech after his name was called at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California.“I wanna really, I love you, Jazz. This is, I have to thank my wife, Jazz, for absolutely everything, for giving me my favorite people in the world,” he said.“This is — please don’t play the music because I want to tell a really quick story about Jazz.

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.

Oscars red carpet.Goldblum whipped his phone out and stared at an Instagram post of one of his red carpet photos that were taken before he sat down in his seat at the ceremony with his wife, Emilie Livingston.The couple walked the red carpet earlier before the official show started at 7 p.m. ET.Goldblum wore a cream-colored suit jacket over a patterned floral shirt with a a lilac scarf, a black bowtie and an orchid on his lapel.

2025 Academy Awards.“The Substance” star, 62, lost the trophy for Best Actress at the Oscars on Sunday to Mikey Madison, 25, who won for her role in “Anora.”Moore looked visibly disappointed and gritted her teeth as Madison’s name was called, as seen in a video on X. The actress quickly recovered and started clapping for Madison.“This is very surreal,” Madison stated as she accepted the award. “I grew up in Los Angeles, but Hollywood always felt so far away from me, so to be here, standing in this room today is really incredible.”“I just want to recognize and honor the sex worker community,” she added.

years-long beef and Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show during the 2025 Oscars.A little over two hours into the Oscars broadcast, O’Brien, 61, joked, “Well, we’re halfway through the show, which means it’s time for Kendrick Lamar to come out and call Drake a pedophile.”K-Dot, 37, headlined the NFL’s halftime show and performed his Grammy-winning Drake dis track, “Not Like Us,” on the field at the Superdome in New Orleans.The song was teased from the start of Lamar’s performance, leaving fans wondering whether he would perform the song in which he accuses Drake of being a “pedophile.”“I want to play their favorite song, but you know they love to sue,” the Pulitzer Prize-winner rapped, seemingly nodding to Drake’s legal actions against their shared record label, Universal Music Group.Lamar ultimately performed the dis towards the end of his halftime show, though he removed one word from the song.Instead of spitting the line, “Certified Lover Boy? Certified pedophiles,” a lyric which also references Drake’s 2021 album “Certified Lover Boy,” Lamar omitted the word “pedophile.”But Lamar still performed two of the song’s other brutal bars: “Say, Drake, I hear you like ‘em young / You better not ever go to cell block one.”He then rapped, “Why you trollin’ like a …,” leaving out the word, “b–ch?,” before adding, “Ain’t you tired? / Tryna strike a chord and it’s probably A minor.”The line “A minor” definitely struck a chord with the crowd, who chanted along loudly.Aside from Lamar and Drake, O’Brien took aim at Karla Sofía Gascón, Adam Sandler and Timothée Chalamet during Sunday’s broadcast.“‘Anora’ uses the f-word 479 times,” O’Brien began one of his opening monologue jokes, referring to one of the year’s Best Picture nominees,

won Best Actress for her role in “Anora” over Demi Moore for “The Substance” at the 2025 Oscars.“This is very surreal. Forgive me, I’m nervous,” the actress, 25, said onstage as she read her speech off a note.“I grew up in Los Angeles, but Hollywood always felt so far away from me, so to be here, standing in this room today, is really incredible,” she said.The actress gave a shout-out to her family and the other people involved in making “Anora.”“I also want to recognize and honor the sex worker community,” she said.

award for best gift giver.At the 2025 Oscars, the host, 61, gifted celebrities and seat fillers with a snack box and a funny note beneath their seats.“Dear Star/Seat filler, I hope you enjoy these complimentary snacks,” the letter read, per “E! News.” He also quipped, “I tried my best to include a gummy, but Disney said that was a ‘hard pass.’ Have a great night, Conan.”The letter also had a cartoon drawing of O’Brien drawn on it.As for what was inside the box? Well, the comedian supplied the guests with a bottle of water and a pretzel, according to a post on X.Along with the sweet gesture, O’Brien also took the opportunity to roast some of Hollywood’s biggest attendees during his opening monologue.Despite her recent controversy, Karla Sofía Gascón attended the Academy Awards, and O’Brien took a moment to poke fun at her almost career-ending tweets.“I loved ‘Anora.’ I really did,” he said of the Best Picture winner. “‘Anora’ uses the F-word 479 times.

won Best Supporting Actor at the 2025 Oscars on Sunday for his role in Jesse Eisenberg’s movie, “A Real Pain,” a victory that wouldn’t have been achieved if the star had his way. Culkin’s performance nabbed him some of the most coveted acting prizes this awards season, including a Golden Globe, SAG Award and Critics’ Choice Award.

Oscars. In a playful opening, O’Brien was introduced as a “four-time Oscars viewer.”On the stage, he was full of self-deprecating jokes and seemed relaxed as he goofed around.“A Complete Unknown.

the 97th Academy Awards on Sunday night to give a special homage to his late friend in an extension of the show’s “In Memoriam” segment in front of Hollywood’s elite at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California.Freeman starred alongside Hackman — a two-time Oscar winner — in 1992’s “Unforgiven” and 2000’s “Under Suspicion.”“This week, our community lost a giant, and I lost a dear friend, Gene Hackman,” Freeman shared. “I had the pleasure of working alongside Gene in two films: ‘Unforgiven’ and ‘Under Suspicion,’ and like anyone who’s ever shared a scene with him, I learned he was a generous performer.”Follow The Post’s live updates from the Oscars 2025 for winners, red carpet pics and moreHe later said that Gene always said, “‘I don’t think about legacy.

2025 Oscars In Memoriam segment.The actress, who was found dead at her ritzy Manhattan apartment Wednesday morning at age 39, did not appear in the montage that honored the stars in film who died over the last year.Shannen Doherty and Tony Todd were also excluded from the segment.Trachtenberg appeared in numerous films, including “Harriet the Spy,” “Ice Princess,” “17 Again,” “EuroTrip,” “Black Christmas” and “Against the Current.”She was most famous for her roles in the shows “Gossip Girl” and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”Viewers called out Trachtenberg’s absence from the segment on social media.“michelle trachtenberg not being mentioned in the in memoriam section of the oscars is upsetting , you are and will remain so so loved and admired michelle,” one fan wrote on X.Another viewer said, “It’s shameful that the #Oscars didn’t include Michelle Trachtenberg in their memorial montage of all the actors/actresses who have passed within the year!!!!”“Not to mention Michelle Trachtenberg in #theoscars In Memoriam was a huge oversight,” read another tweet. A fourth fan wrote, “the Oscars not honoring Michelle Trachtenberg in the memoriam is absolutely disgusting.”“The In Memoriam not honoring Michelle Trachtenberg is awful and does not sit right with me,” said another viewer.She was found by her mother around 8 a.m.

as László Tóth in “The Brutalist” at the 2025 Oscars on Sunday night. He beat out Ralph Fiennes (“Conclave”), Timothée Chalamet (“A Complete Unknown”), Sebastian Stan (“The Apprentice”) and Colman Domingo (“Sing Sing”).“Winning an award like this signifies a destination and something my character references in the film.

2025 Oscars.The academy honored the beloved film franchise at Sunday night’s ceremony following the news that Amazon MGM Studios gained creative control over the movies from producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson.The tribute came from former Bond girl Halle Berry.