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The Brutalist faced throughout awards season for using AI to alter the voices of its leads.The Oscar-winning drama, which follows the fictional Hungarian-born Jewish architect László Tóth (Adrien Brody) as he moves to the US with his wife Erzsébet (Felicity Jones), was subject to criticism after editor Dávid Jancsó shared that AI was used to alter Brody and Jones’ Hungarian accents.Soon after, director Brady Corbet clarified the details, saying: “Adrien and Felicity’s performances are completely their own”, adding that “Innovative Respeecher technology was used in Hungarian language dialogue editing only, specifically to refine certain vowels and letters for accuracy. No English language was changed”.Nevertheless, the performance was seen as tainted by some, particularly those who were a fan of Timothee Chalamet’s work in Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown.

Oscars.The Los Angeles native won for her performance in Anora, where she plays a young stripper who impulsively marries the son of a Russian oligarch, played by Mark Eydelshteyn, during a trip to Las Vegas.Madison’s Best Actress award was one of five wins for the film on Sunday night (March 2), including Best Picture and Best Director for Sean Baker.During her speech, she thanked the neighbourhood of Brighton Beach in Brooklyn, where the film was shot, and reaffirmed her gratitude to the sex worker community.“Thank you Brighton Beach for lending us your beautiful backdrop, and incredible community. Also thank you to (dance co-ordinator) Kennady Schneider, thank you to our incredible consultants” she said.

Oscars viewers and fans of Timothée Chalamet have reacted angrily to the star losing out on the Best Actor award to Adrien Brody, whose performance was embroiled in an AI controversy.Chalamet played Bob Dylan in the biopic A Complete Unknown, for which he prepared extensively for several years. As well as learning to play and sing like the music legend, he gained weight and perfected the voice of Dylan for the critically acclaimed performance.Adrien Brody has been a front-runner in the category for his performance in The Brutalist, playing a Hungarian architect who struggles after emigrating to Post-War America.The film was embroiled in some controversy in January, however, when it was revealed that the film’s editor Dávid Jancsó used AI software Respeecher to correct a sequence where a letter written by Adrien Brody’s character, László Tóth, is read aloud.Soon after, director Brady Corbet clarified the details.

Yuck frontman Daniel Blumberg won Best Original Score for The Brutalist at the 2025 Oscars last night (March 2).Off the back of a recent Bafta win for the score, the composer won his first Oscar yesterday for his efforts soundtracking the sprawling drama, which charts the life of fictitious Hungarian architect, László Tóth – a role that also won Adrien Brody the Academy Award for Best Actor – who moves to the US after surviving the Holocaust.Blumberg’s work was nominated alongside the scores for Conclave, Emilia Pérez, Wicked and The Wild Robot, and gave a glowing description of his creative relationship with director Brady Corbet, who enlisted him to score his third film after Scott Walker had worked on the first two.“I’ve been an artist for 20 years, since I was a teenager,” he said, “and when I met Brady, I met my artistic soulmate.” He went on to thank the “hard-working, radical musicians” who helped perform his score for the film.NME’s five-star-review of The Brutalist noted “Blumberg’s jagged steam-roller of a score”, which employed jazz infused piano, sax and towering percussion to convey Tóth’s mounting despair.Earlier this year, the musician told Pitchfork that when the film was in post-production, he and the sound team would have screenings with Corbet, and he ran into a problem where every time he watched the film, he cried at the end.Daniel Blumberg – former frontman of Yuck – has won an Oscar for his soundtrack for #TheBrutalist. Here’s the vocalist/guitarist and his band talking to NME 15 years ago about their sound and “massive riffs”#Oscars #Yuck pic.twitter.com/Hr7ao2QAI3— NME (@NME) March 3, 2025“The first time it happened, I just ran out the room,” he recalled.

Halle Berry and Adrien Brody have reunited on the Oscars red carpet, and they recreated their controversial awards moment 22 years ago.In 2003, at the 75th Academy Awards, Brody made headlines when he won the Best Actor award for his performance in The Pianist – coming onstage to accept his award, he embraced presenter Berry in elation with a spontaneous kiss. The incident sparked criticism towards Brody for his apparent lack of consent.22 years later, Brody – who is nominated in the same category for his lead performance in The Brutalist – was on the red carpet speaking with Access Hollywood‘s Georgina Chapman when Berry huddled over.“Sorry Georgina, I have to do this,” Berry said, before launching into a kiss with Brody.

Oscars taking place this evening (March 2).The 97th Academy Awards are being hosted by Conan O’Brien for the first time, the comedian taking over duties from Jimmy Kimmel.Leading this year’s nominations is Netflix musical Emilia Pérez, which is up for 13 awards including Best Picture, while epic drama The Brutalist and Broadway adaptation Wicked follow behind with 10 nominations apiece.Other strong contenders include papal thriller Conclave and Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown with eight nods each, while comedy drama Anora has six nominations.This year’s ceremony will get a bit of a change-up, with no performances for Best Original Song, while the show is expected to honour Los Angeles following the recent devastating wildfires.

Oscars might be one of the most eclectic yet, between musical adaptations, sci-fi blockbusters and body horror nightmares.The 97th Academy Awards, hosted by Conan O’Brien, will take place on Sunday, March 2 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles.Emilia Pérez leads this year’s pack with 13 nominatins, followed by The Brutalist and Wicked with ten nods each, and Conclave and 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. If you’re looking to catch up on all these films, here’s where they are available in the UK.Jacques Audiard’s musical crime film follows a Mexican cartel leader who wants to disappear and transition into a woman with the help of a lawyer.

Oscars is set to be a close race, but it’s unlikely to go Timothée Chalamet‘s way, the anonymous ballots suggest.Adrien Brody has long been considered the frontrunner for his performance in The Brutalist, having dominated the Best Actor category at the vast majority of this year’s ceremonies.However, in a major shock, Chalamet ended Brody’s winning streak when he took home the lead actor prize at the Screen Actor’s Guild Awards for his role as Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown, making him the youngest actor to win the category.Despite Chalamet’s surprise SAG win, the anonymous Oscar ballets suggest Brody is still the frontrunner, with Ralph Fiennes and Colman Domingo being the most likely to challenge.After speaking with anonymous Academy voters, Variety‘s Clayton Davis wrote: “An interesting conundrum is, I didn’t find as many Chalamet voters that would suggest he’s brewing for an upset, but voters would tell me, ‘I know a lot of people who voted for him.'”“Some suggested that those voting for Dune: Part Two in multiple categories are checking Chalamet’s name off. But I didn’t find as many that would convince me he’s about to pull it off.

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.

Robbie Williams at the AACTA Awards, and it seems as though they got on well with each other.Pearce told The Guardian how it feels to be nominated for awards in a new interview – his role as Harrison Lee Van Buren in The Brutalist has seen him nominated for everything from an Oscar to a BAFTA – joking that Kieran Culkin has been beating him to all of the awards for his turn in A Real Pain.At the “divine” AACTAs in his native Australia, Pearce was nominated for Best Lead Actor, this time for his role in The Convert, and bumped into Williams, nominated for his biopic Better Man, while he was there. He explained, “I said, ‘Hey, another award show!’ and he went, ‘But have either of us won anything? No!’ So we had a good old laugh – then of course he bloody won!”Better Man’s Jonno Davies was directly up against Pearce for Best Lead Actor, with Davies portraying Williams, and won in that category.

Kevin Spacey has responded to and criticised, Guy Pearce’s recent claims of unwanted advances during the filming of L.A. Confidential.Earlier this week, Guy Pearce opened up about his unpleasant experience working with Kevin Spacey on the 1997 film L.A. Confidential.

Kevin Spacey on the 1997 film L.A. Confidential.Speaking on The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, Pearce got emotional when recalling his time on set with the House Of Cards actor.Pearce said that he responded to Spacey’s alleged advances whilst filming classic neo-noir movie L.A. Confidential by brushing them off and thinking “Ah, that’s nothing.

The Brutalist has revealed in a new interview that he’s made “zero dollars” from the acclaimed film.The Brutalist – which arrived in cinemas last month – has been sweeping the awards circuit this year, most recently winning several awards including Best Director and Best Actor at the BAFTAs.The architectural epic is also tipped as a major favourite to win Best Picture at the upcoming Oscars next month. Yet despite the film’s acclaim and success, it appears that the film hasn’t raked in any money for its filmmakers.Appearing on the latest episode of the WTF with Marc Maron podcast, Corbet claimed that The Brutalist – and his previous film 2018’s Vox Lux – have made him and his wife and creative partner Mona Fastvold “zero dollars”, adding that he’s recently “directed three advertisements in Portugal” that mark “the first time that I had made any money in years.”When asked by host Marc Maron if he was speaking figuratively, Corbet doubled down on his claims: “Actually, zero.

BAFTA Film Awards host David Tennant had a joke about US President Donald Trump cut from Sunday night’s (February 16) television broadcast. At the live ceremony, he compared the politician to the character of Beetlejuice.The edit came during a joke about the nominees at this year’s awards, starting with The Brutalist.

Anora is currently odds on favourite to win Best Picture at the Oscars.Sean Baker’s sex worker drama received six nominations ahead of the forthcoming 97th Academy Awards ceremony in LA on Sunday, March 2.It is up against the likes of musical thriller Emilia Pérez, Brady Corbet’s architectural epic The Brutalist, Wicked and Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown.Anora currently has booking odds of 4-9 closely followed by The Brutalist on 9-4. Papal drama Conclave is just behind with odds of 16 to 1 while Emilia Pérez and A Complete Unknown are further back on odds of 22-1, according to Oddschecker.

Halle Berry on stage at the Oscars.At the 2003 Academy Awards, Brody won Best Actor for his performance in The Pianist and was presented the statuette by Berry, who had won Best Actress the previous year for Monster’s Ball.As Brody took the stage to accept the award, he spontaneously swept Berry into a prologued embrace and kissed her – something that many onlookers have described as inappropriate in the decades since.In a new interview with Variety, Brody has addressed the controversy. “We live in a very conscious time, which is a wonderful thing,” he said.

The Brutalist star Adrien Brody recalled a moment during the making of the film when a make-up artist mistook his nose from prosthetic make-up.Appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the actor, who is nominated for an Oscar his role as a Hungarian architect struggling to survive in America, recalled preparing for a scene that required him to wear prosthetic ageing make up.He said: “They had to do a prosthetic procedure, and it’s funny – everyone’s very busy, it’s a movie with a lot of moving pieces. I had a new team of people who I had never met, and they were removing this apparatus all over me”.He continued: “This one woman was busily working away with a solvent on my nose, she’s just working away.

The Brutalist has earned critical acclaim and plenty of awards season buzz, but there’s just as much conversation around its lengthy running time.Directed by Brady Corbet, the epic period drama follows Hungarian-born Jewish architect and Holocaust survivor László Tóth (Adrien Brody) who emigrates to the US. In his pursuit of the American Dream, he meets a wealthy client who changes his life.Other cast members include Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joy Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Emma Laird, and Alessandro Nivola.The film earned 10 nominations at the 2025 Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor for Adrien Brody, and Best Supporting Actress for Felicity Jones.All cinema screenings of The Brutalist feature a 15-minute intermission, which is included in the 215-minute running time.The film is split into two parts, titled ‘Part 1: The Enigma Of Arrival’ and ‘Part 2: The Hard Core Of Beauty’.More than just a throwback to the film’s of yesteryear, director Brady Corbet said an intermission was always written into The Brutalist’s script.Speaking to IndieWire, Corbet said: “It was always scripted, the intermission.

Saturday Night, the behind-the-scenes story of the premiere episode of Saturday Night Live on October 11, 1975. Directed by Jason Reitman (Juno, Up In The Air), it stars Gabriel LaBelle as SNL founder Lorne Michaels, as well as Cory Michael Smith as Chevy Chase, Ella Hunt as Gilda Radner and Dylan O’Brien as Dan Aykroyd.Also new in cinemas is the critically acclaimed Hard Truths, the latest drama from legendary auteur Mike Leigh (Mr Turner, Abigail’s Party, Naked).

Oscar nominee Fernanda Torres has released a statement and apology for being involved in a TV show in the past where she performed in blackface.The actor won a Golden Globe for her performance as a mother searching for her disappeared politician husband in I’m Still Here, becoming the first Brazilian to win in an acting category. Torres has been nominated for Best Actress at the forthcoming Academy Awards, where the film is also nominated for Best Picture.In a statement to Deadline, Torres addressed her appearance in the news comedy show Fantástico, where she appeared in a sketch playing several characters, all in blackface.

Oscar nominations are being announced today (January 23).Those in the running for awards at the 2025 Oscars ceremony – which takes place on March 2 – will be confirmed today at 1.30pm (8.30am ET/5.30am PT). Watch the nominations via the live stream below.The nominations come ahead of the 97th Academy Awards, and will be announced by Wicked and Saturday Night Live (SNL) star Bowen Yang and Bottoms and Shiva Baby’s Rachel Sennott.