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The 2024 Oscars ceremony is history, and in come ways it was historic, as well. Read on below for answers to all your questions about the 2024 Academy Awards. When Was The 2024 Oscars? The ceremony took place on March 10, 2024 at 4 p.m. PT/7 p.m. ET. The event was broadcast on ABC…

You can probably sum it all up in just one word: Barbenheimer. It’s not a word found in Webster's, but one that's instantly recognizable to movie fans and everyone in all areas of the entertainment industry. Now it's probably your key entry into the…

For the first time since 2020, just before Covid dealt a devastating blow to the industry, exhibitors and awards season, it feels like this year's Oscar show may return to some sense of normalcy. And with box office hits mixed with acclaimed indies among the 10 Best Picture nominees, this could be the…

The Best Actor Oscar has been the pinnacle for leading men since the first Academy Awards in 1929 when the film industry started honoring its best and brightest. Candidates for 2023 are many, including Hugh Jackman (The Son), Brendan Fraser (The Whale), Austin Butler (Elvis) and Christian Bale (Amsterdam), to mention…

EXCLUSIVE: "I didn’t sleep much last night," Viggo Mortensen admits. "The building I'm in, the pipes burst on the top floor, and it was like a river of water coming down the stairways. It was insane, so we all had to leave the building, and I spent part of the night outside." Out in cold, snowy Toronto, Mortensen…

James Franco, who’d collected scores of accolades for his performance in The Disaster Artist, was snubbed by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences amid allegations of misconduct and inappropriate behavior. The bankable actor did not receive a nomination for best actor, despite collecting a Golden Globe for…

UPDATED with video: In his epic film Darkest Hour, Gary Oldman plays one of the world’s greatest statesmen, Winston Churchill, who rallied World War II Great Britain with a stirring speech to Parliament that noted, “We shall fight on the beaches.” It was an inspirational moment that recharged the dispirited Brits, who…

The Best Actor Oscar category is, usually, impossibly crowded. In recent years we have seen contests where a couple of actors who very well might have won didn't even manage to get nominated. This year, for whatever reason, the field is not nearly as crowded as the Best Actress race, an odd switch of fortune. That is…