NEW YORK (AP) — Jimmy Kimmel is returning as host of the Academy Awards for the second straight year and fourth time overall, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday. ABC is turning again to its late-night host a year after bringing Kimmel back for a 2023 ceremony that drew 18.7 million
Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel’s 5 most-embarrassing moments
April 20, 2023 by
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sunday is the annual Oscars and Jimmy Kimmel is hosting for the third time. If you are desperate enough to be watching the first post-slap Oscar event, you still get stuck with one of the most embarrassing hosts money can buy. CNN dubbed Kimmel “America’s conscience” back […]
Scandals and drama at the Oscars over the years: From infamous snubs to the Will Smith slap
April 20, 2023 by
The Academy Awards ceremony is one of both memorable moments and its fair share of controversies. The Oscars have been bringing Hollywood together and also pulling them apart since the first ceremony in 1929. From a streaker to announcing wrong names, stage kisses to slaps, the ceremony has seen quite a bit of drama. Here […]
Tom Cruise and James Cameron Say ‘No’ to Academy Awards: Both Skip Oscars Despite Best Picture Nominations
April 6, 2023 by
They were responsible for the two top-grossing best picture Oscar nominees this year, and both men were no-shows. In a sharp rebuke to the Oscars, Tom Cruise and James Cameron were both conspicuously absent at the 95th annual Academy Awards despite both being nominated in the Best Picture category. Tom Cruise reportedly chose to return to
Director Paul Schrader Says ‘Oscars Mean Less Each Year,’ Cites Academy’s ‘Scramble to Be Woke’
April 6, 2023 by
Following yet another disastrously low-rated Academy Awards, acclaimed filmmaker and screenwriter Paul Schrader offered his own morning-after analysis, declaring that “the Oscars mean less each year” due to the Academy’s financial challenges and “scramble to be woke.” The First Reformed director laid out his case in a Facebook post on Monday. “The Oscars mean less
Who Should Win at the Oscars on Sunday Night?
March 11, 2023 by
The Academy Awards are known for several things. (Glamour! Speeches! Scandal!) But if “What are the Academy Awards known for?” had been a Family Feud survey prompt, there’s one thing that certainly would not make the board: getting it right.In the nine decades of the Oscars, who didn’t win has become the subject of more
When David Lynch and Robert Altman Consoled Each Other Over the Oscars’ Bad Taste
March 11, 2023 by
The top headlines made by the 74th Academy Awards, hosted by Whoopi Goldberg on Mar. 4, 2002, were that Denzel Washington had joined Sidney Poitier as the only Black winners of the Best Actor prize (for Training Day), and that Halle Berry had become the first Black woman to take home Best Actress (for Monster’s
Protesters Demand Oscars Drop Pro-Chinese Communist Party ‘John Wick’ Star Donnie Yen as Presenter
March 6, 2023 by
ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Actor Donnie Yen’s invitation to join the presenter list at the 2023 Oscars has been attacked by critics after he derided the 2019 pro-democracy Hong Kong protests in an interview. A petition calling on the Oscars Committee to remove the John Wick star, long a supporter of China’s ruling Communist dictatorship, from the
Hollywood’s Love Affair With Abortion: Planned Parenthood President Appears On Stage at the Oscars.
March 7, 2018 by
Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards appeared on stage at the Oscars Sunday during a musical performance by the rapper Common and singer Andra Day. The singers performed their Oscar-nominated song “Stand Up For Something,” customizing it for the ceremony and including a lyric saying the NRA was “in God’s way.” Richards stood on stage during […]
Actors Lectured America (Again) About Gun Control While Men With ‘Assault Weapons’ Protected Them at the Oscars.
March 6, 2018 by
Another year at the Oscars came and went over the weekend with predictable lectures about gun control from Hollywood’s elites. During Sunday night’s show, which was rated the lowest in televised Oscar history, everyone from host Jimmy Kimmel to actor and rapper Common took shots at American gun owners and the National Rifle Association. The […]
Low Energy: 90th Academy Awards Ratings Are A Total Disaster, Least-Watched Oscars in History.
March 6, 2018 by
Correction: Ratings drop was 20 percent from last year. BREAKING: Viewership for the Academy Awards plunged 20 percent from last year to a record-low 26.5 million. — The Associated Press (@AP) March 5, 2018 No, I did not watch the Oscars last night. Sorry, I was not going to be lectured to about gun control […]
Oscars: Jimmy Kimmel Says Penis-Free Oscar Statue Is Hollywood’s Ideal Man.
March 5, 2018 by
Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel went all in on the #MeToo movement in his opening monologue, saying that if Hollywood can stop harassing women, they “will only have to deal with harassment all the time in every other place they go.” Kimmel also pointed to a massive Oscar statuette on the stage and said he was […]
House Homeland Chair Warns Of Terror Attacks At Disney, Oscars, Mall Of America
January 12, 2016 by
McCaul: ‘Congress will act immediately’ to make sure refugee system is more secure Washington Examiner The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee is warning in a chilling new book that terrorists could easily hit Disney World, the Academy Awards and shopping centers like the Mall of America with killer biological attacks, killing thousands and […]