DETROIT — Potterville, Michigan, got a big shout-out on the Oscar stage on Sunday night.

Sam A. Davis, a filmmaker from Potterville — just southwest of Lansing — shouted out his hometown when he was accepting the best live Action short film award for his film "The Singers." "The Singers" tied for the award, sharing an Oscar with "Two ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — With her win at Sunday’s Oscars for “Sinners,” Autumn Durald Arkapaw becomes the first woman to take home the prize for cinematography.

The film is her second collaboration with “Sinners” director Ryan Coogler, following 2018’s “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” Set in 1930s Mississippi, “Sinners” is a tale of...Read more

Billy Crystal paid tribute at Sunday’s 98th Academy Awards to best friend and collaborator Rob Reiner, following the December 2025 murders of the beloved director and his wife Michele Singer Reiner.

Crystal, 78, at the start of the Oscars’ In Memoriam segment recalled meeting “master storyteller” Reiner when they played best friends on ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — "KPop Demon Hunters" brought a celebration of Korean culture to the 98th Academy Awards Sunday.

The movie struck gold twice and made history on Sunday, winning Oscars for animated feature and original song. It became the first K-pop song to ever win an Oscar. Six of the credited writers were also the first South Koreans to win ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Michael B. Jordan is a first-time Academy Award winner.

The “Sinners” star won the lead actor Oscar for his dual roles as Smoke and Stack in Ryan Coogler’s Southern Gothic horror film, which received a record 16 Oscar nominations including best picture.

With his win, Jordan became the first performer in more than half a ...Read more

Billy Crystal paid a touching tribute to his late friend Rob Reiner during the Oscars In Memoriam segment on Sunday (15.03.26).

The 78-year-old actor took to the stage at Los Angeles' Dolby Theatre to honour the "master storyteller" and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, three months after they were shot dead, and pledged the director's work will...Read more

Paul Thomas Anderson won his first Academy Award on Sunday (15.03.26) night.

The 55-year-old filmmaker scooped the Best Adapted Screenplay award for One Battle After Another ahead of Bugonia' Will Tracy, Frankenstein's Guillermo del Toro, Hamnet' Chloe Zhao and Maggie O'Farrell, and Train Dreams' Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar, and he admitted ...Read more

The Oscar for live action short film culminated in a rare tie Sunday — only the sixth in the Academy Awards’ 98 years.

Kumail Nanjiani announced the surprising win, in what the audience initially read as a joke, with award going to “The Singers” and “Two People Exchanging Saliva.”

“Ironic that the short film Oscar’s gonna take ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Sean Penn won the supporting actor Oscar on Sunday night for his performance as the ruthless, racist Col. Steven J. Lockjaw in Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another.”

However, Penn was not present for the ceremony, which became the subject of jokes from Kieran Culkin and Conan O’Brien.

“We have a ‘no show...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Amy Madigan was horror's secret weapon this awards season, and now she has the gold to prove it.

Madigan won the Academy Award for supporting actress for her turn as the ginger wig-donning witch Aunt Gladys in Zach Cregger's "Weapons." She was the supernatural film's sole nominee and beat out contenders Teyana Taylor ("One ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Billy Crystal led honors for Rob Reiner onstage during the In Memoriam segment at the Academy Awards on Sunday. He was joined onstage by actors from Reiner’s films, including “This Is Spinal Tap,” “The Princess Bride,” “When Harry Met Sally...” and “A Few Good Men.” Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Jerry O’...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Barbra Streisand had the Dolby Theatre in tears when she performed a tribute to Robert Redford during the Oscars on Sunday.

“I called him an intellectual cowboy who blazed his own trail and won the Academy Award for best director. And I miss him now more than ever,” Streisand said.

Streisand sang “The Way We Were,” the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The 98th Academy Awards returned to the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, broadcast on ABC and various streaming platforms.

Who is picking up the hardware? What are the surprises?

Best picture is expected to come down to "Sinners," which broke the record for most nominations with 16, and "One Battle After Another," ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Security is tight at this year’s Oscars, and the major concerns came from the opera and ballet communities, Conan O’Brien joked as he kicked off the 98th Academy Awards.

“They’re just mad you left out jazz,” O’Brien quipped at Timothée Chalamet, who smiled from the crowd.

The “Marty Supreme” actor faced ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — “KPop Demon Hunters” struck gold — again.

The movie took home an Oscar for animated feature at the 98th Academy Awards on Sunday. The movie’s smash hit, “Golden,” is up for original song later in the night.

“For those of you who look like me, I’m so sorry that it took so long to see us in a movie like this, but ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Oscars stage transformed into a juke joint Sunday, blending music of the past and the present during the 98th Academy Awards.

Miles Caton and Raphael Saadiq performed “I Lied to You,” a musical centerpiece of “Sinners.” Caton plays a preacher’s teenage son in the movie who risks his soul to sing blues music.

The ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Sean Penn won the supporting actor Oscar on Sunday night for his performance as the ruthless, racist Col. Steven J. Lockjaw in Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another.”

The win marks the third Academy Award for the 65-year-old Penn and his first in the supporting category. He previously earned lead actor Oscars ...Read more

Domnhall Gleeson says starring in Taylor Swift's Opalite video has become one of the most surprising highlights of his career.

The About Time star laughed about how surreal the whole experience felt.

Speaking to Zuri Hall during Live From E! at the 2026 Oscars on Sunday (15.03.26), he quipped: "I'm 42, I've got no business being in Taylor ...Read more

Metallica frontman James Hetfield proposed to his longtime girlfriend Adriana Gillett while underwater snorkelling with sharks.

The 62-year-old thrash metal legend took his 46-year-old partner diving with whale sharks on Friday the 13th (13.03.26) - also her birthday - in the most rock 'n' roll proposal ever.

He held up a sign underwater ...Read more

Amy Madigan was "flummoxed and overwhelmed" after winning her first Oscar, 40 years after her first nomination.

The 75-year-old actress was stunned to take the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award on Sunday (15.03.26) for her work on Weapons, after previously being nominated for the same award for Twice in a Lifetime in 1986.

Speaking on ...Read more