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Disney/Scott Kirkland As usual, what the stars wore to the Oscars was just as important as who won the night's awards, and there were certainly some stunners on the red carpet this year.The Wicked gals showed up in full glam, with Ariana Grande wearing a pale pink Schiaparelli gown with a wide skirt embellished with crystals and rhinestones, while Cynthia Erivo wore a dramatic velvet dress in forest green, a nod to her Wicked character […]

Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images The Academy Award for best actress goes to Mikey Madison. She was awarded for her role in Anora, beating out fellow nominees Cynthia Erivo (Wicked), Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Pérez), Demi Moore (The Substance) and Fernanda Torres (I'm Still Here).“This is very surreal,” Madison began her speech. “I grew up in LA but Hollywood always felt so far for me. To be standing in this room […]

Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Adrien Brody is a two-time Oscar winner.Brody nabbed his second best actor award, this time for his role in The Brutalist, beating out Timothée Chalamet, Colman Domingo, Ralph Fiennes and Sebastian Stan for the honor. He previously won in 2003 for The Pianist.“Acting is a very fragile profession. It looks very glamorous and in certain moments it is, but the […]

The 97th Academy Awards, hosted by Conan O'Brien, aired live from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 2.Anora was the night's big winner, taking home five Oscars including best picture, best director for Sean Baker and best actress for Mikey Madison.Here are the winners:Best supporting actorKieran Culkin, A Real PainBest animated short filmIn the Shadow of the CypressBest animated feature filmFlowBest costume designWicked, Paul Tazewell  Best original […]

Kevin Winter/Getty Images There was no clear front-runner for best picture going into Oscar night, but in the end it was the independent film Anora that grabbed the trophy, beating out The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Emilia Pérez and Wicked for the top honor.“We made this with very little money but all of our hearts,” producer Samantha Quan said in her acceptance speech. “To all of the dreamers and the young filmmakers […]

PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images Sean Baker won best director at the 97th Academy Awards on Sunday night.This was his third Oscar win of the night for his film Anora. He also won for his original screenplay and for editing the movie. It was his first nomination in the best director category. Later on, he won best picture as a producer on Anora, meaning he won all four Oscars […]

Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images Morgan Freeman made an appearance at the 97th Academy Awards Sunday, where he paid tribute to his "dear friend" Gene Hackman.“This week, our community lost a giant. And I lost a dear friend, Gene Hackman,” Freeman began, noting the two worked on Unforgiven and Under Suspicion. "Like everyone who ever shared a scene with him, I learned he was a generous performer and a man whose gifts elevated […]

Kevin Winter/Getty Images The Emilia Pérez track "El Mal," written by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard, nabbed the Oscar for best original song Sunday, beating out songs by Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Bernie Taupin and Andrew Watt, Diane Warren and others.“We wrote 'El Mal' as a song to denounce corruption,” Camille shared during her acceptance speech, “and we hope it speaks to the role music and art can play and […]

Sean Baker accepts the best original screenplay award for "Anora" -- Kevin Winter/Getty Images Anora, a film about a sex worker’s marriage to the son of a Russian oligarch, picked up the Oscar for best original screenplay for screenwriter Sean Baker Sunday night, marking his first-ever Oscar win.“I want to thank the sex worker community. They have shared their stories. They have shared their life experiences with me over the […]