Ratings were continuing to climb for the 96th annual Oscars that took place March 12, especially following the all-time lows of the pandemic years. With Jimmy Kimmel returning for his fourth stint as host and second in a row, reviews were upbeat for the most part and the show benefited from a good movie year with blockbusters like Barbie and Best Picture winner Oppenheimer.
Oscarcast executive producers Raj Kapoor, Katy Mullan and Molly McNearney (who also was a writer) and director Hamish Hamilton joined Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted event to break it down.
Related: Contenders TV Docs + Unscripted – Deadline’s Full Coverage
McNearney, who is also married to Kimmel and is executive producer and co-head writer of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, talked about how they approached creating Kimmel’s key opening monologue. “Well, this year we did something new which I thought worked really well. We used the staff at Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Oscarcast executive producers Raj Kapoor, Katy Mullan and Molly McNearney (who also was a writer) and director Hamish Hamilton joined Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted event to break it down.
Related: Contenders TV Docs + Unscripted – Deadline’s Full Coverage
McNearney, who is also married to Kimmel and is executive producer and co-head writer of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, talked about how they approached creating Kimmel’s key opening monologue. “Well, this year we did something new which I thought worked really well. We used the staff at Jimmy Kimmel Live!
- 4/27/2024
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
This year’s Emmy race features some of the most explosive nonfiction content in recent years: docuseries on the fate of a beloved talk show host, a vulnerable young woman victimized in a case of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy, the scandal involving Nickelodeon kids shows, and a revealing look inside one of professional sports’ greatest dynasties.
Deadline’s Contenders TV: Documentary + Unscripted virtual event — your indispensable guide to TV awards season — goes in depth on all of it Saturday in a showcase that kicks off at 9 a.m. Pt.
Click here to register and watch the livestream.
Among the panelists joining today are key talent behind Lifetime’s Where Is Wendy Williams?, Investigation Discovery’s Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, and The Dynasty: New England Patriots from Apple TV+. Gypsy Rose Blanchard herself joins us to talk about telling her shocking story in Lifetime’s The Prison...
Deadline’s Contenders TV: Documentary + Unscripted virtual event — your indispensable guide to TV awards season — goes in depth on all of it Saturday in a showcase that kicks off at 9 a.m. Pt.
Click here to register and watch the livestream.
Among the panelists joining today are key talent behind Lifetime’s Where Is Wendy Williams?, Investigation Discovery’s Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, and The Dynasty: New England Patriots from Apple TV+. Gypsy Rose Blanchard herself joins us to talk about telling her shocking story in Lifetime’s The Prison...
- 4/27/2024
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
The strikes are behind us, Emmy season is upon us, and it’s time to hear from the creatives and talent behind some of the TV season’s most talked-about nonfiction programs. Deadline’s daylong Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted virtual event will offer just that this weekend, giving awards-watchers a chance to kick back at home and take in the tales.
You can RSVP for Saturday’s livestream here.
Starting at 9 a.m. Pt Saturday, the fourth annual event features 20 panels with cast and creatives from series, specials and telefilms.
Here is what and who you can expect to see.
From ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live!.
From Prime Video: Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story (Writer/Director...
You can RSVP for Saturday’s livestream here.
Starting at 9 a.m. Pt Saturday, the fourth annual event features 20 panels with cast and creatives from series, specials and telefilms.
Here is what and who you can expect to see.
From ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live!.
From Prime Video: Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story (Writer/Director...
- 4/24/2024
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline Film + TV
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and ABC have announced that the 97th Oscars will take place on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Once again, the show will air live at 7 p.m. Est/4 p.m. Pst on ABC and in more than 200 territories worldwide from the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood.
Additionally, the organization has rolled out the calendar of key dates for the incoming awards season, including the Governors Awards on Sunday, November 17, 2024; the Oscar Nominees Luncheon on Monday, February 10, 2025; and the Scientific and Technical Awards on Tuesday, February 18, 2025.
One aspect of the calendar most likely to be celebrated is that for the first time in two years the Academy Awards will not take place at the same time as the SXSW festival. Additionally, the Oscar Nominations Announcement on Friday, January 17, 2025 will not overlap with the Sundance Film Festival this time around.
Finally, it’s notable that the Thursday,...
Additionally, the organization has rolled out the calendar of key dates for the incoming awards season, including the Governors Awards on Sunday, November 17, 2024; the Oscar Nominees Luncheon on Monday, February 10, 2025; and the Scientific and Technical Awards on Tuesday, February 18, 2025.
One aspect of the calendar most likely to be celebrated is that for the first time in two years the Academy Awards will not take place at the same time as the SXSW festival. Additionally, the Oscar Nominations Announcement on Friday, January 17, 2025 will not overlap with the Sundance Film Festival this time around.
Finally, it’s notable that the Thursday,...
- 4/10/2024
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
All Ryan Gosling needed was a 40-piece orchestra, 62 dancing Kens, over 24 gigantic Barbie heads, four “cameo Kens” and a Guns N’Roses surprise to turn his highly anticipated performance of “Barbie” track “I’m Just Ken” into one of the most unbelievable moments in award show history.
After all the protracted speculation about whether Gosling would perform “I’m Just Ken” at the Oscars, the news broke in late February that he had been confirmed for a song and dance extravaganza. But in fact, Oscars producers had been talking to Gosling for months.
“Ryan Gosling is a true professional, that man — we met with him on Zooms months ago, talking about that performance,” said Molly McNearney, who produced the show with Raj Kapoor, Katy Mullan and Rob Paine. “Greta Gerwig weighed in creatively as well. He was so committed to it. His choreographer, Mandy Moore, is exceptional — she was on all the calls.
After all the protracted speculation about whether Gosling would perform “I’m Just Ken” at the Oscars, the news broke in late February that he had been confirmed for a song and dance extravaganza. But in fact, Oscars producers had been talking to Gosling for months.
“Ryan Gosling is a true professional, that man — we met with him on Zooms months ago, talking about that performance,” said Molly McNearney, who produced the show with Raj Kapoor, Katy Mullan and Rob Paine. “Greta Gerwig weighed in creatively as well. He was so committed to it. His choreographer, Mandy Moore, is exceptional — she was on all the calls.
- 3/11/2024
- by Meredith Woerner, Michael Schneider, Jazz Tangcay and Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
Oscars producers Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan did their best to make this the “Barbie” Oscars. And, in some ways, the participation of Ryan Gosling, Billie Eilish, and America Ferrera assisted in that effort. But considering the blockbuster won only one Academy Award (Original Song), the telecast organically shifted its focus to two other global hits, “Oppenheimer” and “Poor Things,” which won seven and four Oscars respectively.
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Continue reading Best & Worst Of The 2024 Oscars: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, In Memoriam at The Playlist.
- 3/11/2024
- by Gregory Ellwood
- The Playlist
Mahershala Ali, Nicolas Cage, Jamie Lee Curtis, Brendan Fraser, Jessica Lange, Matthew McConaughey, Lupita Nyong’o, Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Ke Huy Quan, Sam Rockwell, Michelle Yeoh and Zendaya will present at the 96th Oscars®, executive producer and showrunner Raj Kapoor and executive producers Molly McNearney and Katy Mullan announced today. Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, the 96th Oscars will air live on ABC and broadcast outlets worldwide on Sunday, March 10, 2024, at the new time of 7 p.m. Edt/4 p.m. Pdt. Actor In A Leading Role Winner Cillian Murphy Oppenheimer Nominees Bradley Cooper Maestro Colman Domingo Rustin Paul Giamatti The ... Read more...
- 3/11/2024
- by Thomas Miller
- Seat42F
I’m going to begin with a confession: I like to think of myself as both a decent son — Hi, Mom! — and an Anglophile, but before tonight, I’d gone 40-something years of my life without realizing that the British had a different Mother’s Day.
Or maybe I’ve known and forgotten? Either way, it was impossible to forget during Sunday (March 10) night’s telecast of the 96th Academy Awards, in which U.K. Mother’s Day got more onstage references than Gaza, Ukraine and Donald Trump combined.
It wasn’t that politics were wholly absent in the telecast, but a decree seemed to have gone around that the two highest-profile international tragedies of the moment could be addressed once apiece, both effectively.
Jonathan Glazer used his Zone of Interest international feature win to echo the film’s message on dehumanization in declaring, “Whether the victims of October the...
Or maybe I’ve known and forgotten? Either way, it was impossible to forget during Sunday (March 10) night’s telecast of the 96th Academy Awards, in which U.K. Mother’s Day got more onstage references than Gaza, Ukraine and Donald Trump combined.
It wasn’t that politics were wholly absent in the telecast, but a decree seemed to have gone around that the two highest-profile international tragedies of the moment could be addressed once apiece, both effectively.
Jonathan Glazer used his Zone of Interest international feature win to echo the film’s message on dehumanization in declaring, “Whether the victims of October the...
- 3/11/2024
- by Daniel Fienberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Academy Awards unfolded pretty much as expected, with “Oppenheimer” dominating, and the only real shocks coming in the — wait, there weren’t any huge ones, actually. As predicted, “Oppenheimer” steamrolled, getting seven Oscars in total. It won the top prize for picture, as well as Christopher Nolan winning for director, Cillian Murphy for actor and Robert Downey Jr. for supporting actor — along with Hoyte van Hoytema winning for cinematography, Jennifer Lame for editing and Ludwig Göransson for score.
Read More: See all the 2024 Oscar winners here.
Leaving the “Oppenheimer” juggernaut aside, the across-the-board excellence of this year’s nominees made for a good Oscars! Jimmy Kimmel — hosting the proceedings on ABC for the fourth time — mostly focused his opening monologue’s jokes on A-list talent close to the stage, especially roasting supporting actor winner Downey Jr. He also addressed the writers and actors strikes of last year, and acknowledged...
Read More: See all the 2024 Oscar winners here.
Leaving the “Oppenheimer” juggernaut aside, the across-the-board excellence of this year’s nominees made for a good Oscars! Jimmy Kimmel — hosting the proceedings on ABC for the fourth time — mostly focused his opening monologue’s jokes on A-list talent close to the stage, especially roasting supporting actor winner Downey Jr. He also addressed the writers and actors strikes of last year, and acknowledged...
- 3/11/2024
- by Kate Aurthur and Daniel D'Addario
- Variety Film + TV
Looks like fourth time is truly a charm for Jimmy Kimmel and the Academy Awards.
Back hosting the Oscars for the second year in a row and the fourth time overall, the ABC Late Night front man took a show where most of the big winners were pretty predictable and gave it some much needed bite. “See kids, sometimes smoking is fine,” Kimmel quipped after Da’Vine Joy Randolph won her Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her cigarette imbibing role in The Holdovers.
Sometimes kids, it’s worth packing a punch — as the Academy Awards proved Sunday.
Related: Robert Downey Jr. Thanks “Terrible Childhood And The Academy — In That Order” As He Takes Supporting Actor Oscar For ‘Oppenheimer’
Bringing the great David Alan Grier in as the voice of God and picking up on what the Grammys and many other award shows have been put down for in recent months,...
Back hosting the Oscars for the second year in a row and the fourth time overall, the ABC Late Night front man took a show where most of the big winners were pretty predictable and gave it some much needed bite. “See kids, sometimes smoking is fine,” Kimmel quipped after Da’Vine Joy Randolph won her Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her cigarette imbibing role in The Holdovers.
Sometimes kids, it’s worth packing a punch — as the Academy Awards proved Sunday.
Related: Robert Downey Jr. Thanks “Terrible Childhood And The Academy — In That Order” As He Takes Supporting Actor Oscar For ‘Oppenheimer’
Bringing the great David Alan Grier in as the voice of God and picking up on what the Grammys and many other award shows have been put down for in recent months,...
- 3/11/2024
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Emmy Award winner Jimmy Kimmel returns for the fourth time to host the biggest night in cinema. And he kicks off the event by poking fun at many things about Hollywood. Congratulating the audience for “making it on time,” the host in his monologue poked fun at Madame Web, the recent box office failure. And that was just one of many.
Jimmy Kimmel at Oscars 2024
The late-night host took his seat alongside fellow four-time emcees Whoopi Goldberg and Jack Lemmon, who have also hosted the Oscars four times. Johnny Carson, Billy Crystal, and Bob Hope are the only names who have hosted more than Kimmel, Goldberg, and Lemmon.
From joking about Christopher Nolan’s p*rn addiction to Robert Downey Jr.’s manhood, it’s a usual day for Jimmy Kimmel.
Jimmy Kimmel Poked Fun about Madame Web
The Jimmy Kimmel Live host previously led the 2017, 2018, and 2023 telecasts. And just like every time,...
Jimmy Kimmel at Oscars 2024
The late-night host took his seat alongside fellow four-time emcees Whoopi Goldberg and Jack Lemmon, who have also hosted the Oscars four times. Johnny Carson, Billy Crystal, and Bob Hope are the only names who have hosted more than Kimmel, Goldberg, and Lemmon.
From joking about Christopher Nolan’s p*rn addiction to Robert Downey Jr.’s manhood, it’s a usual day for Jimmy Kimmel.
Jimmy Kimmel Poked Fun about Madame Web
The Jimmy Kimmel Live host previously led the 2017, 2018, and 2023 telecasts. And just like every time,...
- 3/11/2024
- by Prantik Prabal Roy
- FandomWire
The 96th Academy Awards is taking place today (March 10) at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
Scroll down for latest winners
The ceremony started at 4pm Pt/7pm Et (11pm UK time) and is expected to run for around three hours. It is broadcast live on ABC.
Jimmy Kimmel is hosting for a fourth time, with Raj Kapoor serving as executive producer and showrunner alongside executive producers Molly McNearney and Katy Mullan.
Screen is posting all the winners on this page as they are announced during the live ceremony. Refresh the page for latest updates.
Oppenheimer leads the nominations with 13 nods,...
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The ceremony started at 4pm Pt/7pm Et (11pm UK time) and is expected to run for around three hours. It is broadcast live on ABC.
Jimmy Kimmel is hosting for a fourth time, with Raj Kapoor serving as executive producer and showrunner alongside executive producers Molly McNearney and Katy Mullan.
Screen is posting all the winners on this page as they are announced during the live ceremony. Refresh the page for latest updates.
Oppenheimer leads the nominations with 13 nods,...
- 3/11/2024
- ScreenDaily
The 2024 Academy Awards are officially upon us, and after a stellar year of standout films, it’s high time we celebrate the return of cinema.
Blockbusters like Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” and Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” are poised as fan favorites, with IndieWire’s awards editor Anne Thompson predicting that “Oppenheimer” will go the way of 2023 Best Picture winner “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and sweep many of the core awards categories.
Indies such as “American Fiction,” “Past Lives,” “Anatomy of a Fall,” and “The Zone of Interest” round out the diverse films being recognized by the Academy. Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” and Alexander Payne’s “The Holdovers” also mark auteur returns to the annual awards ceremony, with actress Lily Gladstone and Da’Vine Joy Randolph from the respective features expected to take home acting titles of Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress on March 10.
Bradley Cooper...
Blockbusters like Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” and Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” are poised as fan favorites, with IndieWire’s awards editor Anne Thompson predicting that “Oppenheimer” will go the way of 2023 Best Picture winner “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and sweep many of the core awards categories.
Indies such as “American Fiction,” “Past Lives,” “Anatomy of a Fall,” and “The Zone of Interest” round out the diverse films being recognized by the Academy. Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” and Alexander Payne’s “The Holdovers” also mark auteur returns to the annual awards ceremony, with actress Lily Gladstone and Da’Vine Joy Randolph from the respective features expected to take home acting titles of Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress on March 10.
Bradley Cooper...
- 3/10/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
The Academy Awards are finally (almost) here, sending off the spectacular cinematic year of 2023 with bang.
The 2024 Oscars will take place tonight, with Jimmy Kimmel returning to host. This year’s crop of contenders range from “Barbie” to “Oppenheimer,” “American Fiction” to “The Holdovers,” and “Anatomy of a Fall” to “Killers of the Flower Moon.”
While certain categories seem to have a sure frontrunner — like Lily Gladstone in the Best Actress race for her performance in Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Oppenheimer” star Robert Downey Jr. as Best Supporting Actor, and Da’Vine Joy Randolph as Best Supporting Actress for “The Holdovers” — others are thoroughly a toss-up in terms of predictions.
Will Best Adapted Screenplay go to Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig for “Barbie,” to Christopher Nolan for his WWII epic “Oppenheimer,” or to Cord Jefferson for his satirical take on novel “Erasure,” which gave us “American Fiction...
The 2024 Oscars will take place tonight, with Jimmy Kimmel returning to host. This year’s crop of contenders range from “Barbie” to “Oppenheimer,” “American Fiction” to “The Holdovers,” and “Anatomy of a Fall” to “Killers of the Flower Moon.”
While certain categories seem to have a sure frontrunner — like Lily Gladstone in the Best Actress race for her performance in Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Oppenheimer” star Robert Downey Jr. as Best Supporting Actor, and Da’Vine Joy Randolph as Best Supporting Actress for “The Holdovers” — others are thoroughly a toss-up in terms of predictions.
Will Best Adapted Screenplay go to Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig for “Barbie,” to Christopher Nolan for his WWII epic “Oppenheimer,” or to Cord Jefferson for his satirical take on novel “Erasure,” which gave us “American Fiction...
- 3/10/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
The 96th ‘Academy Awards’ ceremony, presented by the ‘Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ (‘AMPAS’), will take place March 10, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles:
“…during the gala, the AMPAS will present ‘Academy Awards’ (commonly referred to as ‘Oscars’) in 23 categories honoring films released in 2023. The ceremony, to be televised in the United States by ABC, will be produced by Raj Kapoor, Molly McNearney and Katy Mullan, with Hamish Hamilton directing…”
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“…during the gala, the AMPAS will present ‘Academy Awards’ (commonly referred to as ‘Oscars’) in 23 categories honoring films released in 2023. The ceremony, to be televised in the United States by ABC, will be produced by Raj Kapoor, Molly McNearney and Katy Mullan, with Hamish Hamilton directing…”
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- 3/9/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Oscar Sunday is almost here! American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, Oppenheimer, Past Lives, Poor Things and The Zone of Interest – these are the Best Picture nominees for the 96th Oscars.
Will Oppenheimer take home the most gold statuettes? Does Barbie win for Best Costume Design? Can Paul Giamatti pull an upset over Cillian Murphy and win the Best Actor Oscar.
Check out Deadline’s and The Hollywood Reporter’s predictions Here and Here.
See the full list of nominations here: https://aframe.oscars.org/news/post/2024-oscars-nominations-full-list
Emily Blunt, Cynthia Erivo, America Ferrera, Sally Field, Ryan Gosling, Ariana Grande, Ben Kingsley, Melissa McCarthy, Issa Rae, Tim Robbins, Steven Spielberg, Mary Steenburgen, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlize Theron, Christoph Waltz and Forest Whitaker will present at the 96th Oscars®, executive producer and showrunner Raj Kapoor and executive producers Molly McNearney and Katy Mullan announced this week.
Will Oppenheimer take home the most gold statuettes? Does Barbie win for Best Costume Design? Can Paul Giamatti pull an upset over Cillian Murphy and win the Best Actor Oscar.
Check out Deadline’s and The Hollywood Reporter’s predictions Here and Here.
See the full list of nominations here: https://aframe.oscars.org/news/post/2024-oscars-nominations-full-list
Emily Blunt, Cynthia Erivo, America Ferrera, Sally Field, Ryan Gosling, Ariana Grande, Ben Kingsley, Melissa McCarthy, Issa Rae, Tim Robbins, Steven Spielberg, Mary Steenburgen, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlize Theron, Christoph Waltz and Forest Whitaker will present at the 96th Oscars®, executive producer and showrunner Raj Kapoor and executive producers Molly McNearney and Katy Mullan announced this week.
- 3/9/2024
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The 2024 Oscars are getting an early start.
The 96th annual Academy Awards, set to air Sunday, March 10, will air on ABC in the U.S. starting at 7 p.m. Et/4 p.m. Pt, following a half-hour ABC preshow that starts at 6:30 p.m. Et/3:30 p.m. Pt. Those who want to watch the Oscars online can stream ABC on TV streaming services such as DirecTV, Fubo, Hulu + Live TV or Sling, among others.
The show is expected to wrap by 10:30 p.m. Et/7:30 p.m. Pt, when ABC will air a new episode of its hit sitcom Abbott Elementary.
This start time is an hour earlier than the 8 p.m. Et/5 p.m. Pt start of past years, in what the Film Academy called a first.
And this year the Oscars, taking place at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles, falls on the...
The 96th annual Academy Awards, set to air Sunday, March 10, will air on ABC in the U.S. starting at 7 p.m. Et/4 p.m. Pt, following a half-hour ABC preshow that starts at 6:30 p.m. Et/3:30 p.m. Pt. Those who want to watch the Oscars online can stream ABC on TV streaming services such as DirecTV, Fubo, Hulu + Live TV or Sling, among others.
The show is expected to wrap by 10:30 p.m. Et/7:30 p.m. Pt, when ABC will air a new episode of its hit sitcom Abbott Elementary.
This start time is an hour earlier than the 8 p.m. Et/5 p.m. Pt start of past years, in what the Film Academy called a first.
And this year the Oscars, taking place at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles, falls on the...
- 3/9/2024
- by Tatiana Tenreyro
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
If everything old really is new again, the creative team behind Sunday’s 96th Academy Awards from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood is hoping that putting forward some of the choices from past Oscar ceremonies will prove inspired this time around as well. During a virtual press conference this week with executive producer and showrunner Raj Kapoor, exec producers Molly McNearney (also host Jimmy Kimmel’s wife) and Katy Mullan, and music director Rickey Minor, they pointed to a few new wrinkles this time around – the most significant of which repeats a brainchild that drew raves during the first and only time it was attempted in 2009. That would be the introduction of each nominee in all four acting categories individually by a past winner.
It was done 15 years ago when Laurence Mark and Bill Condon conceived the idea of having each previous winner focus on a story involving a single...
It was done 15 years ago when Laurence Mark and Bill Condon conceived the idea of having each previous winner focus on a story involving a single...
- 3/9/2024
- by Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
Oscar producers Raj Kapoor, Katy Mullan, Molly McNearney and Rob Paine, as well as music director Rickey Minor are days away from the 96th Academy Awards.
But they took time out on Wednesday afternoon to share insight into what to expect from Sunday’s ceremony. In a conversation moderated by Jacqueline Coley, Awards Editor at Rotten Tomatoes, Kapoor said this year’s theme is “human connection, emotion, inspiration and creativity.”
A major highlight that has both fans and producers excited is the news of five former winners presenting to the five nominees. The idea was inspired by Bill Condon when he produced the 81st Academy Awards. Kapoor said the team had done a deep dive into past ceremonies and that stuck with them the most. Said Kapoor, “It was this lovely storytelling and again it came down to connection. It was past winners speaking to present nominees and that lovely connection and that human interaction.
But they took time out on Wednesday afternoon to share insight into what to expect from Sunday’s ceremony. In a conversation moderated by Jacqueline Coley, Awards Editor at Rotten Tomatoes, Kapoor said this year’s theme is “human connection, emotion, inspiration and creativity.”
A major highlight that has both fans and producers excited is the news of five former winners presenting to the five nominees. The idea was inspired by Bill Condon when he produced the 81st Academy Awards. Kapoor said the team had done a deep dive into past ceremonies and that stuck with them the most. Said Kapoor, “It was this lovely storytelling and again it came down to connection. It was past winners speaking to present nominees and that lovely connection and that human interaction.
- 3/6/2024
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
It is crunch time for Raj Kapoor, Katy Mullan, and Molly McNearney, the three Executive Producers of the 96th Annual Academy Awards. As they are putting final touches in place for what they hope will be a show that honors not just this year’s crop of movies but also Hollywood’s and Oscar’s rich history, the trio are planning a ceremony that excites viewers to the point of keeping the recent post-pandemic ratings rise rising.
All indications are good that this could be a banner year, ratings wise, for the Oscars, particularly with the potency and popularity of this year’s Best Picture contenders, most notably the dual phenomenon of summer blockbusters Barbie and front-runner Oppenheimer (aka Barbenheimer) which have 21 nominations between them. As host Jimmy Kimmel told me earlier this week, viewers will have actually seen this year’s movies and have a rooting interest in the outcome.
All indications are good that this could be a banner year, ratings wise, for the Oscars, particularly with the potency and popularity of this year’s Best Picture contenders, most notably the dual phenomenon of summer blockbusters Barbie and front-runner Oppenheimer (aka Barbenheimer) which have 21 nominations between them. As host Jimmy Kimmel told me earlier this week, viewers will have actually seen this year’s movies and have a rooting interest in the outcome.
- 3/6/2024
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
As the Oscars continue to evolve under the watch of Academy CEO Bill Kramer and President Janet Yang, a new trio of executive producers have been tasked with making Hollywood’s biggest night one that millions of viewers will remember.
Though showrunner Raj Kapoor and “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” head writer Molly McNearney are no strangers to producing the Academy Awards, having worked on last year’s broadcast, this year Kramer and Yang bypassed 2023 Oscar producers Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner in favor of their own homegrown team.
“There is no expectation that you continually work on the show, because things change and evolve,” said five-year Oscar show veteran Kapoor to IndieWire during a Zoom joined by his new colleagues. “This is the next evolution, the three of us coming together. We are the trifecta this year.”
All three hail from TV, continuing the move away from Oscars past, when different...
Though showrunner Raj Kapoor and “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” head writer Molly McNearney are no strangers to producing the Academy Awards, having worked on last year’s broadcast, this year Kramer and Yang bypassed 2023 Oscar producers Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner in favor of their own homegrown team.
“There is no expectation that you continually work on the show, because things change and evolve,” said five-year Oscar show veteran Kapoor to IndieWire during a Zoom joined by his new colleagues. “This is the next evolution, the three of us coming together. We are the trifecta this year.”
All three hail from TV, continuing the move away from Oscars past, when different...
- 3/6/2024
- by Marcus Jones and Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
The 2024 Academy Awards have two timing concerns. For one, the show is airing an hour earlier than its historic slot — kicking off at 7 p.m. Et and 4 p.m. on the West Coast. ABC’s March 10 live telecast also coincides with the “spring forward” of the first day of Daylight Savings, further confusing matters for viewers in the vast majority of the U.S..
So when telecast showrunner Raj Kapoor and fellow executive producers Molly McNearney and Katy Mullan hopped on Zoom earlier this week, they were happy to talk about everything from crisis plans to “in memoriam” pressure, that Barbie promo and the inherent foolishness of trying to engineer a viral moment. But they were also really keen to remind Oscar fans about that new time slot.
Ok, we’re just a few days out. Is any part of you a little worried that people still haven’t gotten...
So when telecast showrunner Raj Kapoor and fellow executive producers Molly McNearney and Katy Mullan hopped on Zoom earlier this week, they were happy to talk about everything from crisis plans to “in memoriam” pressure, that Barbie promo and the inherent foolishness of trying to engineer a viral moment. But they were also really keen to remind Oscar fans about that new time slot.
Ok, we’re just a few days out. Is any part of you a little worried that people still haven’t gotten...
- 3/6/2024
- by Mikey O'Connell
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Zendaya, Michelle Pfeiffer and Oscar winners Nicolas Cage and Al Pacino are among the first group of presenters for this year’s 96th Oscars ceremony.
Also presenting are last year’s four acting winners — Brendan Fraser from “The Whale” and Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, and Jamie Lee Curtis from the best picture winner “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”
Oscar winners Mahershala Ali (“Moonlight” and “Green Book”), Jessica Lange (“Tootsie” and “Blue Sky”), Matthew McConaughey (“Dallas Buyers Club”), Lupita Nyong’o (“12 Years a Slave”) and Sam Rockwell also are set to take the stage.
Additional presenters include Bad Bunny, Chris Hemsworth, Dwayne Johnson, Michael Keaton, Regina King, Jennifer Lawrence, Kate McKinnon, Rita Moreno, John Mulaney, Catherine O’Hara, Octavia Spencer and Ramy Youssef.
Rounding out the list of presenters are Ariana Grande, Issa Rae, Anya Taylor-Joy, Oscar nominees Emily Blunt (“Oppenheimer”), Cynthia Erivo (“Harriet”), America Ferrera, Ryan Gosling (“Barbie”), Melissa McCarthy...
Also presenting are last year’s four acting winners — Brendan Fraser from “The Whale” and Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, and Jamie Lee Curtis from the best picture winner “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”
Oscar winners Mahershala Ali (“Moonlight” and “Green Book”), Jessica Lange (“Tootsie” and “Blue Sky”), Matthew McConaughey (“Dallas Buyers Club”), Lupita Nyong’o (“12 Years a Slave”) and Sam Rockwell also are set to take the stage.
Additional presenters include Bad Bunny, Chris Hemsworth, Dwayne Johnson, Michael Keaton, Regina King, Jennifer Lawrence, Kate McKinnon, Rita Moreno, John Mulaney, Catherine O’Hara, Octavia Spencer and Ramy Youssef.
Rounding out the list of presenters are Ariana Grande, Issa Rae, Anya Taylor-Joy, Oscar nominees Emily Blunt (“Oppenheimer”), Cynthia Erivo (“Harriet”), America Ferrera, Ryan Gosling (“Barbie”), Melissa McCarthy...
- 3/5/2024
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has finalized its list of presenters for the 96th Oscars, and there is no shortage of star power.
The envelope, please:
Mahershala Ali
Bad Bunny
Emily Blunt
Nicolas Cage
Jamie Lee Curtis
Related: Jimmy Kimmel On Jokes You Won’t Hear At The Oscars, His Biggest Fear For The Show, His Future At ABC & The One Thing He Does Other Hosts Never Do: The Deadline Q&a
Cynthia Erivo
America Ferrera
Sally Field
Brendan Fraser
Ryan Gosling
Ariana Grande
Chris Hemsworth
Dwayne Johnson
Michael Keaton
Related: All The Best Picture Oscar Winners – Photo Gallery
Regina King
Ben Kingsley
Jessica Lange
Jennifer Lawrence
Melissa McCarthy
Matthew McConaughey
Kate McKinnon
Rita Moreno
John Mulaney
Catherine O’Hara
Related: All The Oscar Best Actress Winners – Photo Gallery
Lupita Nyong’o
Al Pacino
Michelle Pfeiffer
Ke Huy Quan
Issa Rae
Tim Robbins
Sam Rockwell
Octavia Spencer
Steven Spielberg...
The envelope, please:
Mahershala Ali
Bad Bunny
Emily Blunt
Nicolas Cage
Jamie Lee Curtis
Related: Jimmy Kimmel On Jokes You Won’t Hear At The Oscars, His Biggest Fear For The Show, His Future At ABC & The One Thing He Does Other Hosts Never Do: The Deadline Q&a
Cynthia Erivo
America Ferrera
Sally Field
Brendan Fraser
Ryan Gosling
Ariana Grande
Chris Hemsworth
Dwayne Johnson
Michael Keaton
Related: All The Best Picture Oscar Winners – Photo Gallery
Regina King
Ben Kingsley
Jessica Lange
Jennifer Lawrence
Melissa McCarthy
Matthew McConaughey
Kate McKinnon
Rita Moreno
John Mulaney
Catherine O’Hara
Related: All The Oscar Best Actress Winners – Photo Gallery
Lupita Nyong’o
Al Pacino
Michelle Pfeiffer
Ke Huy Quan
Issa Rae
Tim Robbins
Sam Rockwell
Octavia Spencer
Steven Spielberg...
- 3/5/2024
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the presenters for the upcoming 96th Oscars on March 10.
While names like Brendan Fraser (“The Whale”) and Michelle Yeoh (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”) were expected, as it’s custom for the most recent Best Actor winner to present Best Actress, and the most recent Best Actress winner to present Best Actor, the rest of the slate is almost all past Academy Award winners and arguably the biggest young star of the moment.
Two-time Best Supporting Actor winner Mahershala Ali and Best Actor winner Matthew McConaughey (“Dallas Buyers Club”) among them, plus the recent popularity of Season 4, opens the door to the Oscars having a nod to “True Detective” (“Night Country” star Jodie Foster also happens to be a Best Supporting Actress nominee.)
Though the announcement does not package any names together to tease a reunion, one cannot see both...
While names like Brendan Fraser (“The Whale”) and Michelle Yeoh (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”) were expected, as it’s custom for the most recent Best Actor winner to present Best Actress, and the most recent Best Actress winner to present Best Actor, the rest of the slate is almost all past Academy Award winners and arguably the biggest young star of the moment.
Two-time Best Supporting Actor winner Mahershala Ali and Best Actor winner Matthew McConaughey (“Dallas Buyers Club”) among them, plus the recent popularity of Season 4, opens the door to the Oscars having a nod to “True Detective” (“Night Country” star Jodie Foster also happens to be a Best Supporting Actress nominee.)
Though the announcement does not package any names together to tease a reunion, one cannot see both...
- 3/5/2024
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
96th Oscars hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. (Disney/Mark Seliger)
Dwayne Johnson, Jennifer Lawrence, and Bad Bunny have joined the roster of presenters set to take the stage during the 96th Oscars. Michael Keaton, Regina King, Kate McKinnon, Rita Moreno, John Mulaney, Catherine O’Hara, Octavia Spencer, and Ramy Youssef are also set to present during this year’s awards show.
The new batch of celebrities join previously announced presenters Mahershala Ali, Nicolas Cage, Jamie Lee Curtis, Brendan Fraser, Jessica Lange, Matthew McConaughey, Lupita Nyong’o, Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Ke Huy Quan, Sam Rockwell, Michelle Yeoh, and Zendaya.
The announcement of the expanded presenters list comes on the heels of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences confirming the artists performing the Original Song nominees during the 2024 Oscars. That list includes:
“The Fire Inside” from Flamin’ Hot – Performed by Becky G
Music and Lyric by Diane Warren “I’m Just Ken...
Dwayne Johnson, Jennifer Lawrence, and Bad Bunny have joined the roster of presenters set to take the stage during the 96th Oscars. Michael Keaton, Regina King, Kate McKinnon, Rita Moreno, John Mulaney, Catherine O’Hara, Octavia Spencer, and Ramy Youssef are also set to present during this year’s awards show.
The new batch of celebrities join previously announced presenters Mahershala Ali, Nicolas Cage, Jamie Lee Curtis, Brendan Fraser, Jessica Lange, Matthew McConaughey, Lupita Nyong’o, Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Ke Huy Quan, Sam Rockwell, Michelle Yeoh, and Zendaya.
The announcement of the expanded presenters list comes on the heels of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences confirming the artists performing the Original Song nominees during the 2024 Oscars. That list includes:
“The Fire Inside” from Flamin’ Hot – Performed by Becky G
Music and Lyric by Diane Warren “I’m Just Ken...
- 2/29/2024
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Bad Bunny, Chris Hemsworth, Dwayne Johnson, Michael Keaton, Regina King, Jennifer Lawrence, Kate McKinnon, Rita Moreno, John Mulaney, Catherine O’Hara, Octavia Spencer and Ramy Youssef have been added as presenters for the 2024 Oscars, showrunner Raj Kapoor and executive producers Molly McNearney and Katy Mullan announced on Thursday.
The newly added presenters will join previously announced ones that include Mahershala Ali, Nicolas Cage, Jamie Lee Curtis, Brendan Fraser, Jessica Lange, Matthew McConaughey, Lupita Nyong’o, Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Ke Huy Quan, Sam Rockwell, Michelle Yeoh and Zendaya.
More presenters will be announced in the coming weeks.
Earlier this week, The Hollywood Reporter exclusively reported that five past winners will introduce the current nominees in all four acting categories. It was a hugely popular format that the Academy first and last tried at the Oscars ceremony held 15 years ago, and many Oscar lovers have begged the Academy to bring it back since then.
The newly added presenters will join previously announced ones that include Mahershala Ali, Nicolas Cage, Jamie Lee Curtis, Brendan Fraser, Jessica Lange, Matthew McConaughey, Lupita Nyong’o, Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Ke Huy Quan, Sam Rockwell, Michelle Yeoh and Zendaya.
More presenters will be announced in the coming weeks.
Earlier this week, The Hollywood Reporter exclusively reported that five past winners will introduce the current nominees in all four acting categories. It was a hugely popular format that the Academy first and last tried at the Oscars ceremony held 15 years ago, and many Oscar lovers have begged the Academy to bring it back since then.
- 2/29/2024
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences confirmed audiences will be treated to a live performance of “I’m Just Ken” by Barbie‘s top Ken, Ryan Gosling, during the 2024 Oscars. While Greta Gerwig was snubbed in the Best Director category and the film’s titular Barbie, Margot Robbie, wasn’t recognized with a nomination, Gosling and America Ferrera did earn acting nominations. Altogether, box office superstar Barbie picked up eight nominations, two of which came in the Best Original Song category.
Jon Batiste, Becky G, Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell, and Scott George and the Osage Singers will also take the stage and perform the 96th Oscars original songs nominees. The Academy released the following list of songs and performers:
“The Fire Inside” from Flamin’ Hot – Performed by Becky G
Music and Lyric by Diane Warren “I’m Just Ken” from Barbie – Performed by Ryan Gosling and Mark Ronson...
Jon Batiste, Becky G, Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell, and Scott George and the Osage Singers will also take the stage and perform the 96th Oscars original songs nominees. The Academy released the following list of songs and performers:
“The Fire Inside” from Flamin’ Hot – Performed by Becky G
Music and Lyric by Diane Warren “I’m Just Ken” from Barbie – Performed by Ryan Gosling and Mark Ronson...
- 2/28/2024
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
After Kenough of a back and forth, Ryan Gosling has finally agreed to perform “I’m Just Ken” at the 96th Oscars on March 10.
On Tuesday, February 28, the show’s executive producers Molly McNearney, Katy Mullan, and Raj Kapoor (who is also the showrunner this year) announced that all five tracks nominated for the Best Original Song Oscar will be performed live during the ceremony.
That means joining Gosling on stage will be Oscar-winning music producer Mark Ronson, who co-wrote the music and lyrics to nominee “I’m Just Ken” with his co-composer on the film Andrew Wyatt.
Fellow contributors to the “Barbie” soundtrack Billie Eilish and Finneas will also be back on the Dolby Theatre stage just two years after they won the same Oscar category for their Bond theme “No Time to Die.” This time, the sibling songwriting duo will perform “What Was I Made For?,” the climactic...
On Tuesday, February 28, the show’s executive producers Molly McNearney, Katy Mullan, and Raj Kapoor (who is also the showrunner this year) announced that all five tracks nominated for the Best Original Song Oscar will be performed live during the ceremony.
That means joining Gosling on stage will be Oscar-winning music producer Mark Ronson, who co-wrote the music and lyrics to nominee “I’m Just Ken” with his co-composer on the film Andrew Wyatt.
Fellow contributors to the “Barbie” soundtrack Billie Eilish and Finneas will also be back on the Dolby Theatre stage just two years after they won the same Oscar category for their Bond theme “No Time to Die.” This time, the sibling songwriting duo will perform “What Was I Made For?,” the climactic...
- 2/28/2024
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
Jon Batiste, Becky G, Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell, Scott George and the Osage Singers, and Ryan Gosling and Mark Ronson will perform this year’s nominated songs on the 96th Academy Awards, executive producer and showrunner Raj Kapoor and executive producers Molly McNearney and Katy Mullan announced today.
This will be Eilish and O’Connell’s second Oscar performance, having won best original song in 2022 for the Bond theme “No Time to Die.” This year they are nominated for the Grammy-winning Barbie song, “What Was I Made For?”
Barbie star — and supporting actor nominee — Gosling will perform the scene-stealing song “I’m Just Ken,” with an assist from co-writer Ronson (who wrote the song with collaborator Andrew Wyatt).
Batiste will perform his nominated tune “It Never Went Away” from Netflix’s American Symphony, the doc directed by Matthew Heineman that follows Batiste during his meteoric year in which he took...
This will be Eilish and O’Connell’s second Oscar performance, having won best original song in 2022 for the Bond theme “No Time to Die.” This year they are nominated for the Grammy-winning Barbie song, “What Was I Made For?”
Barbie star — and supporting actor nominee — Gosling will perform the scene-stealing song “I’m Just Ken,” with an assist from co-writer Ronson (who wrote the song with collaborator Andrew Wyatt).
Batiste will perform his nominated tune “It Never Went Away” from Netflix’s American Symphony, the doc directed by Matthew Heineman that follows Batiste during his meteoric year in which he took...
- 2/28/2024
- by Tyler Coates
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
All five of this year’s Academy Award-nominated original songs will be performed on the Dolby Theatre stage at the 96th Oscars. Jon Batiste, Becky G, Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell, Scott George and the Osage Singers, and as Variety previously reported, Ryan Gosling and Mark Ronson will perform the memorable numbers.
The original song nominees and performers are: “The Fire Inside” from “Flamin’ Hot”, “I’m Just Ken” from “Barbie”, “It Never Went Away” from “American Symphony”, “Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)” from “Killers of the Flower Moon” and “What Was I Made For?” from “Barbie”.
Showrunner Raj Kapoor and executive producers Molly McNearney and Katy Mullan have already began to announce this year’s Oscar presenters, including Zendaya, Michelle Pfeiffer and past winners Nicolas Cage and Al Pacino.
Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” leads the nominations this year with 13, followed by Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things” with 11 and Martin Scorsese...
The original song nominees and performers are: “The Fire Inside” from “Flamin’ Hot”, “I’m Just Ken” from “Barbie”, “It Never Went Away” from “American Symphony”, “Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)” from “Killers of the Flower Moon” and “What Was I Made For?” from “Barbie”.
Showrunner Raj Kapoor and executive producers Molly McNearney and Katy Mullan have already began to announce this year’s Oscar presenters, including Zendaya, Michelle Pfeiffer and past winners Nicolas Cage and Al Pacino.
Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” leads the nominations this year with 13, followed by Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things” with 11 and Martin Scorsese...
- 2/28/2024
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
It’s a pretty stacked field for the Best Song Academy Award this year, and the Oscarcast producers today set the performers who’ll be bringing the nominated tunes to the stage.
Jon Batiste, Becky G, Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell, Scott George and the Osage Singers, and Ryan Gosling and Mark Ronson will perform the trophy hopefuls during the 96th Oscars hosted by Jimmy Kimmel on March 10.
The announcement was made by Oscars executive producer and showrunner Raj Kapoor and EPs Molly McNearney and Katy Mullan. ABC will air the show live coast-to-coast starting at the new time of 7 p.m. Et/4 p.m. Pt.
Related: Scl Awards: Music From ‘Oppenheimer’ & ‘Barbie’ Among Society Of Composers & Lyricists Winners
Here is the list of the Best Song nominees, songwriters and Oscarcast performers:
“The Fire Inside” from “Flamin’ Hot” – Performed by Becky G
Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
“I’m...
Jon Batiste, Becky G, Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell, Scott George and the Osage Singers, and Ryan Gosling and Mark Ronson will perform the trophy hopefuls during the 96th Oscars hosted by Jimmy Kimmel on March 10.
The announcement was made by Oscars executive producer and showrunner Raj Kapoor and EPs Molly McNearney and Katy Mullan. ABC will air the show live coast-to-coast starting at the new time of 7 p.m. Et/4 p.m. Pt.
Related: Scl Awards: Music From ‘Oppenheimer’ & ‘Barbie’ Among Society Of Composers & Lyricists Winners
Here is the list of the Best Song nominees, songwriters and Oscarcast performers:
“The Fire Inside” from “Flamin’ Hot” – Performed by Becky G
Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
“I’m...
- 2/28/2024
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Let out that sigh of relief: Zendaya will be an attendance at the 2024 Academy Awards.
The actress, whose Dune: Part Two arrives in North American theaters this Friday, is among the first crop of Oscar presenters announced by ABC on Monday morning. She’ll be joined by reigning performance winners Jamie Lee Curtis, Brendan Fraser, Ke Huy Quan and Michelle Yeoh. Additionally, Mahershala Ali, Nicolas Cage, Jessica Lange, Matthew McConaughey, Lupita Nyong’o, Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer are set to appear.
There will be more talent to join the telecast over the coming two weeks, as the Oscars are slated to air live on Sunday, March 10, at a new and slightly earlier hour of 7 p.m. E.T. (4 p.m. on the West Coast).
Zendaya’s absence from the previous year’s Oscars prompted questions on social media and even a few think pieces, but the actress had neither a...
The actress, whose Dune: Part Two arrives in North American theaters this Friday, is among the first crop of Oscar presenters announced by ABC on Monday morning. She’ll be joined by reigning performance winners Jamie Lee Curtis, Brendan Fraser, Ke Huy Quan and Michelle Yeoh. Additionally, Mahershala Ali, Nicolas Cage, Jessica Lange, Matthew McConaughey, Lupita Nyong’o, Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer are set to appear.
There will be more talent to join the telecast over the coming two weeks, as the Oscars are slated to air live on Sunday, March 10, at a new and slightly earlier hour of 7 p.m. E.T. (4 p.m. on the West Coast).
Zendaya’s absence from the previous year’s Oscars prompted questions on social media and even a few think pieces, but the actress had neither a...
- 2/26/2024
- by Mikey O'Connell
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Oscar nominees luncheon is always full of good vibes, a definite highlight of the season especially since those in the room have all made it this far — all Oscar nominated and getting to mingle not just with other nominees but also the large number of Academy voters on hand. Considering we are less than two weeks away from final voting beginning, it is also a chance for some to push AMPAS members to check out their films.
“Hopefully if you have seen my movie you will want to vote for it,” said one prominent executive to an Academy member Monday. “And if you aren’t going to see it, vote for it anyway,” they added.
And why not?
Greta Gerwig & Diane Warren
I snapped a photo of 15-time nominee and bridesmaid (although she has an honorary Oscar) Diane Warren, nominated this year for “The Fire Inside,” chatting it up...
“Hopefully if you have seen my movie you will want to vote for it,” said one prominent executive to an Academy member Monday. “And if you aren’t going to see it, vote for it anyway,” they added.
And why not?
Greta Gerwig & Diane Warren
I snapped a photo of 15-time nominee and bridesmaid (although she has an honorary Oscar) Diane Warren, nominated this year for “The Fire Inside,” chatting it up...
- 2/13/2024
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
The writing team has been set for the 96th Oscars, which air March 10 on ABC hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.
The group of scribes tasked with writing the show includes Jamie Abrahams, Rory Albanese, Amberia Allen, Tony Barbieri, Jonathan Bines, Joelle Boucai, Bryan Cook, Blaire Erskine, Devin Field, Gary Greenberg, Josh Halloway, Eric Immerman, Jesse Joyce, Kimmel, Carol Leifer, Jon Macks, Mitch Marchand, Greg Martin, Jesse McLaren, McNearney, Keaton Patti, Danny Ricker, Louis Virtel and Troy Walker.
The names were announced Friday by Oscarcast executive producer and showrunner Raj Kapoor and executive producers Molly McNearney and Katy Mullan.
They join a production team first rolled out in October that includes Hamish Hamilton as director, creative director Kenny Gravillis, production designers Misty Buckley and Alana Billingsley, red carpet show executive producer David Chamberlin, and red carpet creative consultants Lisa Love and Raul Avila.
Today, the EPs also said several others have been...
The group of scribes tasked with writing the show includes Jamie Abrahams, Rory Albanese, Amberia Allen, Tony Barbieri, Jonathan Bines, Joelle Boucai, Bryan Cook, Blaire Erskine, Devin Field, Gary Greenberg, Josh Halloway, Eric Immerman, Jesse Joyce, Kimmel, Carol Leifer, Jon Macks, Mitch Marchand, Greg Martin, Jesse McLaren, McNearney, Keaton Patti, Danny Ricker, Louis Virtel and Troy Walker.
The names were announced Friday by Oscarcast executive producer and showrunner Raj Kapoor and executive producers Molly McNearney and Katy Mullan.
They join a production team first rolled out in October that includes Hamish Hamilton as director, creative director Kenny Gravillis, production designers Misty Buckley and Alana Billingsley, red carpet show executive producer David Chamberlin, and red carpet creative consultants Lisa Love and Raul Avila.
Today, the EPs also said several others have been...
- 2/9/2024
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Raj Kapoor, the executive producer and showrunner of The Oscars, and executive producers Molly McNearney and Katy Mullan announced members of their production team for this year’s awards show, which will take place on March 10.
Rob Paine will return as co-executive producer, while Taryn Hurd will return as talent producer. Producers Sarah Levine Hall, Erin Irwin and Jennifer Sharron, as well as music director Rickey Minor and lightning designers Bob Dickinson and Noah Mitz are also rejoining the team.
Jamie Abrahams, Rory Albanese, Amberia Allen, Tony Barbieri, Jonathan Bines, Joelle Boucai, Bryan Cook, Blaire Erskine, Devin Field, Gary Greenberg, Josh Halloway, Eric Immerman, Jesse Joyce, Kimmel, Carol Leifer, Jon Macks, Mitch Marchand, Greg Martin, Jesse McLaren, McNearney, Keaton Patti, Danny Ricker, Louis Virtel and Troy Walker are writers for this year’s show.
Previously announced members of the production team include director Hamish Hamilton and production designers Misty Buckley and Alana Billingsley.
Rob Paine will return as co-executive producer, while Taryn Hurd will return as talent producer. Producers Sarah Levine Hall, Erin Irwin and Jennifer Sharron, as well as music director Rickey Minor and lightning designers Bob Dickinson and Noah Mitz are also rejoining the team.
Jamie Abrahams, Rory Albanese, Amberia Allen, Tony Barbieri, Jonathan Bines, Joelle Boucai, Bryan Cook, Blaire Erskine, Devin Field, Gary Greenberg, Josh Halloway, Eric Immerman, Jesse Joyce, Kimmel, Carol Leifer, Jon Macks, Mitch Marchand, Greg Martin, Jesse McLaren, McNearney, Keaton Patti, Danny Ricker, Louis Virtel and Troy Walker are writers for this year’s show.
Previously announced members of the production team include director Hamish Hamilton and production designers Misty Buckley and Alana Billingsley.
- 2/9/2024
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Meredith Hama-Brown’s feature debut “Seagrass,” starring Ally Maki, will debut in U.S. theaters on Feb. 22, beginning with special screenings with the cast and director.
Q&a’s will be held at New York’s Roxy Cinema and Los Angeles’ Laemmle Royal on Feb. 22 and Las Vegas’ Regal Theatre on Feb. 23. Maki will be in Los Angeles, Hama-Brown and cinematographer Norm Li will be in New York, and actor Chris Pang will be in Las Vegas. The film will also have its U.S. festival premiere at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, screening on Feb. 12 and Feb. 13.
The synopsis for “Seagrass” reads, “Set in the mid 1990’s, a Japanese Canadian woman (Maki) grappling with the recent death of her mother brings her family to a self-development retreat. When her distressed relationship with her husband begins to affect the children’s emotional security, the family is forever changed.”
In addition to Maki and Pang,...
Q&a’s will be held at New York’s Roxy Cinema and Los Angeles’ Laemmle Royal on Feb. 22 and Las Vegas’ Regal Theatre on Feb. 23. Maki will be in Los Angeles, Hama-Brown and cinematographer Norm Li will be in New York, and actor Chris Pang will be in Las Vegas. The film will also have its U.S. festival premiere at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, screening on Feb. 12 and Feb. 13.
The synopsis for “Seagrass” reads, “Set in the mid 1990’s, a Japanese Canadian woman (Maki) grappling with the recent death of her mother brings her family to a self-development retreat. When her distressed relationship with her husband begins to affect the children’s emotional security, the family is forever changed.”
In addition to Maki and Pang,...
- 2/6/2024
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Watch the 96th Oscars Nominations Announcement Live on Tuesday, 23 January. Actors Zazie Beetz and Jack Quaid will host the nominations show, revealing the nominees in all twenty-three Academy Award categories.
Watch the global live-stream below at 1:30Pm GMT / 5:30Am Pt / 8:30Am Et on 23 January.
The 96th Oscars ceremony will take place on Sunday, 10 March from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Late-night talk show host and producer Jimmy Kimmel will return to host the live show for the fourth time. Raj Kapoor will serve as showrunner and executive producer, with Molly McNearney and Katy Mullan serving as executive producers and Hamish Hamilton directing the telecast.
A 30-minute pre-show will lead into the live show, with the Oscars televised live on ABC and in more than 200 territories worldwide in a new and earlier time slot 12:00Am - 2:30Am GMT (11 March) / 4:00Pm - 7:30Pm Pt / 7:00Pm - 10:30Pm Et.
Watch the global live-stream below at 1:30Pm GMT / 5:30Am Pt / 8:30Am Et on 23 January.
The 96th Oscars ceremony will take place on Sunday, 10 March from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Late-night talk show host and producer Jimmy Kimmel will return to host the live show for the fourth time. Raj Kapoor will serve as showrunner and executive producer, with Molly McNearney and Katy Mullan serving as executive producers and Hamish Hamilton directing the telecast.
A 30-minute pre-show will lead into the live show, with the Oscars televised live on ABC and in more than 200 territories worldwide in a new and earlier time slot 12:00Am - 2:30Am GMT (11 March) / 4:00Pm - 7:30Pm Pt / 7:00Pm - 10:30Pm Et.
- 1/19/2024
- by Chad Kennerk
- Film Review Daily
You can’t escape her. You can only hope to contain her. Yes, Diane Warren is threatening to earn her 15th Oscar nomination in the Best Original Song category. Despite winning an honorary Oscar last year, Warren is obsessed with getting a “real” one, and one of her two contenders this time around, “The Fire Inside” from Eva Longoria‘s “Flamin’ Hot,” has made the shortlist. You’ve been warned. The good news for producers Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan is that Dua Lipa, Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo, Jon Baptiste, and Metro Boomin, among others, may be performing on the Dolby Theater stage on Oscar night.
Continue reading Dua Lipa, Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo &…Diane Warren Make Oscars Original Song Shortlist at The Playlist.
Continue reading Dua Lipa, Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo &…Diane Warren Make Oscars Original Song Shortlist at The Playlist.
- 12/21/2023
- by Gregory Ellwood
- The Playlist
NBC saw solid ratings on Wednesday night with the airing of two Christmas specials
Airing from 8-10 p.m. on Nov. 29, the annual “Christmas in Rockefeller Center” special reached an audience of 7 million people when accounting for three days of delayed viewing across NBC, Peacock and digital platforms. That number, calculated from a combination of Nielsen measurement and NBCUniversal’s proprietary data, marked the best viewership for the Rockefeller Christmas tree lighting since 2020. The special was the most-watched program on TV that night, and improved on last year’s viewership by 7%. In the key adults 18-49 demographic, it earned a strong 0.8 rating.
This year’s “Christmas in Rockefeller Center” was hosted by Kelly Clarkson and featured performances by Chloe Bailey, Adam Blackstone, Cher, David Foster, Liz Gillies, Darlene Love, Seth MacFarlane, Barry Manilow, Katharine McPhee, Keke Palmer, Carly Pearce and Manuel Turizo. The special hailed from Brad Lachman Productions, with...
Airing from 8-10 p.m. on Nov. 29, the annual “Christmas in Rockefeller Center” special reached an audience of 7 million people when accounting for three days of delayed viewing across NBC, Peacock and digital platforms. That number, calculated from a combination of Nielsen measurement and NBCUniversal’s proprietary data, marked the best viewership for the Rockefeller Christmas tree lighting since 2020. The special was the most-watched program on TV that night, and improved on last year’s viewership by 7%. In the key adults 18-49 demographic, it earned a strong 0.8 rating.
This year’s “Christmas in Rockefeller Center” was hosted by Kelly Clarkson and featured performances by Chloe Bailey, Adam Blackstone, Cher, David Foster, Liz Gillies, Darlene Love, Seth MacFarlane, Barry Manilow, Katharine McPhee, Keke Palmer, Carly Pearce and Manuel Turizo. The special hailed from Brad Lachman Productions, with...
- 12/4/2023
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Good news for people on the East Coast.
On Thursday, ABC and the academy announced that the 2024 Oscars will start an hour earlier on Sunday, March 10, 2024. The ceremony will commence at 7 p.m. Et/4 p.m. Pt instead of 8 p.m. Et/ 5 p.m. Pt. As a result, the 96th annual Academy Awards are expected to end before 11 p.m. Et/8 p.m. Pt, keeping the event’s culmination within primetime hours.
Following the conclusion of the 2024 Oscars, ABC will air a new and original episode of “Abbott Elementary,” the network’s Emmy Award-winning comedy from Quinta Brunson. The show’s third season was delayed by the writers’ and actors’ strikes but will debut in early 2024.
This year’s Oscars ceremony, where “Everything Everywhere All At Once” won multiple awards including Best Picture, ran for three hours and 37 minutes, ending after 11:30 p.m. Et.
Jimmy Kimmel is set to host the 2024 Oscars,...
On Thursday, ABC and the academy announced that the 2024 Oscars will start an hour earlier on Sunday, March 10, 2024. The ceremony will commence at 7 p.m. Et/4 p.m. Pt instead of 8 p.m. Et/ 5 p.m. Pt. As a result, the 96th annual Academy Awards are expected to end before 11 p.m. Et/8 p.m. Pt, keeping the event’s culmination within primetime hours.
Following the conclusion of the 2024 Oscars, ABC will air a new and original episode of “Abbott Elementary,” the network’s Emmy Award-winning comedy from Quinta Brunson. The show’s third season was delayed by the writers’ and actors’ strikes but will debut in early 2024.
This year’s Oscars ceremony, where “Everything Everywhere All At Once” won multiple awards including Best Picture, ran for three hours and 37 minutes, ending after 11:30 p.m. Et.
Jimmy Kimmel is set to host the 2024 Oscars,...
- 11/30/2023
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
The 2024 Oscars will begin earlier than usual this year. ABC announced on Thursday, November 30, that The Oscars will air live coast to coast on Sunday, March 10, 2024, starting at 7/6c on ABC. Additionally, a brand new episode of Abbott Elementary will air immediately after the broadcast. Jimmy Kimmel will return to host the 96th Academy Awards in 2024, marking his fourth time as host. A 30-minute pre-show will lead into the live show (6:30-7:00 p.m. Et/3:30-4:00 p.m. Pt), and the main event will take place from 7:00-10:30 p.m. Et/4:00-7:30 p.m. Pt. In previous years, The Oscars had typically begun at 8/7c and ended around 11/10c. Raj Kapoor will serve as showrunner and executive producer, with Molly McNearney and Katy Mullan serving as executive producers. Hamish Hamilton is set to direct the telecast. Abbott Elementary Season 3 was one of...
- 11/30/2023
- TV Insider
Movie fans won’t have to wait quite as long to watch the Oscars next year.
ABC and Oscar organizer the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Thursday that they are moving up the start time for the 2024 Oscar ceremony on Sunday, March 10 by one hour, meaning it will get underway at 7 p.m. Et/4 p.m. Pt and run to 10:30 p.m. Et/7:30 p.m. Pt.
ABC, which has begun to use the Oscars as a lead-out to showcase its top programming, will follow its coverage of the live ceremony with an original episode of Abbott Elementary. The earlier start time will likely bring more eyeballs to Abbott than what ABC could get for previous post-Oscar programs, most recently American Idol earlier this year.
Jimmy Kimmel is returning to host the 96th ceremony at the Dolby Theater, the fourth time he has fronted the show,...
ABC and Oscar organizer the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Thursday that they are moving up the start time for the 2024 Oscar ceremony on Sunday, March 10 by one hour, meaning it will get underway at 7 p.m. Et/4 p.m. Pt and run to 10:30 p.m. Et/7:30 p.m. Pt.
ABC, which has begun to use the Oscars as a lead-out to showcase its top programming, will follow its coverage of the live ceremony with an original episode of Abbott Elementary. The earlier start time will likely bring more eyeballs to Abbott than what ABC could get for previous post-Oscar programs, most recently American Idol earlier this year.
Jimmy Kimmel is returning to host the 96th ceremony at the Dolby Theater, the fourth time he has fronted the show,...
- 11/30/2023
- by Pete Hammond and Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
The 2024 Academy Awards are getting an earlier start time.
The annual awards show will air live from the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles on March 10. Instead of beginning at the usual early evening hour, the show will kick off at 7 p.m. Et/4 p.m. Pt. A 30-minute pre-show will lead into the live show, and a new episode of Emmy-winning viral hit comedy “Abbott Elementary” will air immediately following the Oscars. The Academy Awards air on ABC, and the telecast will be re-broadcast in the Pt time zone in primetime after the live presentation.
In years past, the Academy Awards faced dwindling viewership and complaints of an elongated live show that led the Academy to cut select categories from the broadcast, inciting backlash. The categories were reinstated for the 2023 awards show.
Jimmy Kimmel will return to host the 2024 Oscars for the fourth time. Raj Kapoor will...
The annual awards show will air live from the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles on March 10. Instead of beginning at the usual early evening hour, the show will kick off at 7 p.m. Et/4 p.m. Pt. A 30-minute pre-show will lead into the live show, and a new episode of Emmy-winning viral hit comedy “Abbott Elementary” will air immediately following the Oscars. The Academy Awards air on ABC, and the telecast will be re-broadcast in the Pt time zone in primetime after the live presentation.
In years past, the Academy Awards faced dwindling viewership and complaints of an elongated live show that led the Academy to cut select categories from the broadcast, inciting backlash. The categories were reinstated for the 2023 awards show.
Jimmy Kimmel will return to host the 2024 Oscars for the fourth time. Raj Kapoor will...
- 11/30/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
He’s back for more.
On Wednesday, ABC and the academy announced that Jimmy Kimmel will return to host the Oscars next year. It will be the forth time Kimmel has hosted the crown jewel of awards ceremonies and the second year in a row.
The 96th annual Academy Awards are set to take place on March 10, 2024.
“I always dreamed of hosting the Oscars exactly four times,” said Kimmel in a statement.
In addition to Kimmel, Emmy-nominated executive producer Molly McNearney, who is also married to Kimmel, is back for the Oscars in the same E.P. role.
“We are thrilled about Jimmy returning to host and Molly returning as executive producer for the Oscars. They share our love of movies and our commitment to producing a dynamic and entertaining show for our global audience,” said academy CEO Bill Kramer and academy president Janet Yang in a statement. “We are deeply grateful to Jimmy,...
On Wednesday, ABC and the academy announced that Jimmy Kimmel will return to host the Oscars next year. It will be the forth time Kimmel has hosted the crown jewel of awards ceremonies and the second year in a row.
The 96th annual Academy Awards are set to take place on March 10, 2024.
“I always dreamed of hosting the Oscars exactly four times,” said Kimmel in a statement.
In addition to Kimmel, Emmy-nominated executive producer Molly McNearney, who is also married to Kimmel, is back for the Oscars in the same E.P. role.
“We are thrilled about Jimmy returning to host and Molly returning as executive producer for the Oscars. They share our love of movies and our commitment to producing a dynamic and entertaining show for our global audience,” said academy CEO Bill Kramer and academy president Janet Yang in a statement. “We are deeply grateful to Jimmy,...
- 11/16/2023
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
NBC and Peacock are hosting a star-studded tribute to the music of Elvis Presley and the holiday season later this month. On Nov. 29, “Christmas at Graceland” will feature live musical performances from Alanis Morissette, John Legend, Kacey Musgraves, Kane Brown, Lainey Wilson, Lana Del Rey, Post Malone and The War And Treaty.
Each artist will pay tribute to the King with performances from inside the Graceland estate, with Elvis’ granddaughter Riley Keough also making a special appearance. Keough serves as an executive producer on the special under her Felix Culpa banner with partner Gina Gammell.
“Christmas at Graceland” is the first televised concert from the estate and will also feature never-before-seen footage of Elvis Presley.
The special will air live on Nov. 29 at 10 p.m. Et/Pt on NBC and will simultaneously stream on Peacock, immediately after NBC’s airing of “Christmas in Rockefeller Center.”
“Christmas at Graceland” is produced by Done + Dusted,...
Each artist will pay tribute to the King with performances from inside the Graceland estate, with Elvis’ granddaughter Riley Keough also making a special appearance. Keough serves as an executive producer on the special under her Felix Culpa banner with partner Gina Gammell.
“Christmas at Graceland” is the first televised concert from the estate and will also feature never-before-seen footage of Elvis Presley.
The special will air live on Nov. 29 at 10 p.m. Et/Pt on NBC and will simultaneously stream on Peacock, immediately after NBC’s airing of “Christmas in Rockefeller Center.”
“Christmas at Graceland” is produced by Done + Dusted,...
- 11/15/2023
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
NBC is heading to Memphis for its latest holiday special.
A slew of pop stars including Alanis Morissette, John Legend, Kacey Musgraves, Kane Brown, Lainey Wilson, Lana Del Rey, Post Malone and The War And Treaty will perform as part of its Christmas at Graceland special.
The event will air November 29 at 10 p.m.
It marks the first ever concert broadcast live from Elvis Presley’s iconic home and comes as Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla is currently in theaters. It will also feature never before broadcast footage of Presley.
The musicians will pay tribute to The King. His granddaughter Riley Keough, star of Amazon’s Daisy Jones & the Six, will make a special appearance and also exec produce alongside her Felix Culpa partner Gina Gammell.
Done + Dusted and Authentic Studios will produce alongside Felix Culpa with Raj Kapoor, Katy Mullan and Ian Stewart exec producing for Done + Dusted and Colin Smeeton,...
A slew of pop stars including Alanis Morissette, John Legend, Kacey Musgraves, Kane Brown, Lainey Wilson, Lana Del Rey, Post Malone and The War And Treaty will perform as part of its Christmas at Graceland special.
The event will air November 29 at 10 p.m.
It marks the first ever concert broadcast live from Elvis Presley’s iconic home and comes as Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla is currently in theaters. It will also feature never before broadcast footage of Presley.
The musicians will pay tribute to The King. His granddaughter Riley Keough, star of Amazon’s Daisy Jones & the Six, will make a special appearance and also exec produce alongside her Felix Culpa partner Gina Gammell.
Done + Dusted and Authentic Studios will produce alongside Felix Culpa with Raj Kapoor, Katy Mullan and Ian Stewart exec producing for Done + Dusted and Colin Smeeton,...
- 11/15/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Jimmy Kimmel will return to host the 2024 Oscars ceremony, marking the fourth time the late-night host has emceed the show. “We are thrilled about Jimmy returning to host and Molly returning as executive producer for the Oscars. They share our love of movies and our commitment to producing a dynamic and entertaining show for our global audience,” said Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy President Janet Yang. “We are deeply grateful to Jimmy, Molly, and their teams for their incredible creativity and partnership and for going on this ride with us again.” Kimmel previously hosted the awards show in 2017 (89th Academy Awards) and 2018 (90th) then returned for the 2023 event. Kimmel’s wife and Jimmy Kimmel Live co-head writer and executive producer Molly McNearney will also executive produce the ceremony. “I always dreamed of hosting the Oscars exactly four times,” said Kimmel. The announcement follows television event producer Raj Kapoor being named executive producer and showrunner,...
- 11/15/2023
- TV Insider
Fourth time must still be the charm.
Late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel will be returning to host the 96th Oscars telecast airing live on ABC on Sunday, March 10, 2024.
Once again joining him is his spouse Molly McNearney, one of the head writers and executive producers of ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” She will serve as an executive producer of the 2024 Academy Awards, joining the previously announced team led by Katy Mullan and showrunner Raj Kapoor.
“We are thrilled about Jimmy returning to host and Molly returning as executive producer for the Oscars. They share our love of movies and our commitment to producing a dynamic and entertaining show for our global audience,” said Academy CEO Bill Kramer and President Janet Yang in a joint statement attached to the announcement. “We are deeply grateful to Jimmy, Molly and their teams for their incredible creativity and partnership and for going on this ride with us again.
Late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel will be returning to host the 96th Oscars telecast airing live on ABC on Sunday, March 10, 2024.
Once again joining him is his spouse Molly McNearney, one of the head writers and executive producers of ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” She will serve as an executive producer of the 2024 Academy Awards, joining the previously announced team led by Katy Mullan and showrunner Raj Kapoor.
“We are thrilled about Jimmy returning to host and Molly returning as executive producer for the Oscars. They share our love of movies and our commitment to producing a dynamic and entertaining show for our global audience,” said Academy CEO Bill Kramer and President Janet Yang in a joint statement attached to the announcement. “We are deeply grateful to Jimmy, Molly and their teams for their incredible creativity and partnership and for going on this ride with us again.
- 11/15/2023
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
Updated with details: Jimmy Kimmel is set to host the 96th Academy Awards, ABC has confirmed, marking the fourth time and second straight year that the Jimmy Kimmel Live! mainstay has taken the gig. The ceremony is March 10 on the Disney-owned network.
“I always dreamed of hosting the Oscars exactly four times,” Kimmel joked in a statement.
Along with emceeing Hollywood’s Biggest Night this past March, he also hosted in 2017 and 2018. After the latter show drew then-record low ratings, the broadcast went hostless in 2019, 2020, and 2021, when the Oscars were heavily pandemic-affected and stripped down, drawing the lowest ratings ever.
Kimmel is a double Emmy winner and 20-time nominee, including noms for all three of his previous Academy Award gigs. He also is the answer to a unique Oscar trivia question: He presided over the infamous “envelope-gate” show in 2017, when Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway were handed the wrong envelope...
“I always dreamed of hosting the Oscars exactly four times,” Kimmel joked in a statement.
Along with emceeing Hollywood’s Biggest Night this past March, he also hosted in 2017 and 2018. After the latter show drew then-record low ratings, the broadcast went hostless in 2019, 2020, and 2021, when the Oscars were heavily pandemic-affected and stripped down, drawing the lowest ratings ever.
Kimmel is a double Emmy winner and 20-time nominee, including noms for all three of his previous Academy Award gigs. He also is the answer to a unique Oscar trivia question: He presided over the infamous “envelope-gate” show in 2017, when Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway were handed the wrong envelope...
- 11/15/2023
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
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