Oscars 2017

Despite the Oscar drama last year surrounding the Best Picture flub , host Jimmy Kimmel still managed to put on an entertaining show. One of the highlights of the 2017 Academy Awards was when a bus full of tourists entered the arena only to be greeting by some of the biggest stars in the world. […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The president of the film academy says the two accountants responsible for the best-picture flub at Sunday’s Academy Awards will never work the Oscars again. Cheryl Boone Isaacs said Wednesday that Brian Cullinan, the PwC representative responsible for handing over the errant envelope that led to “La La Land” mistakenly being […]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island lawmakers have passed a resolution congratulating Viola Davis for winning an Oscar. The state House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to approve the resolution honoring Davis, who grew up in poverty in Central Falls. Davis on Sunday won the best supporting actress Oscar for “Fences,” a role she originated […]

Sometimes, being the star of a viral video moment isn’t totally a good thing. That’s what Gary Alan Coe, the man who won the Internet Oscars night when he and his fiancée Vicky got off a Hollywood tour bus and ended up on the Oscars telecast. In a live skit, beamed around the world, Coe […]

The accounting firm responsible for correctly tallying Academy Award winners says its team didn’t move quickly enough to correct the incorrect announcement of the best picture winner at Sunday’s Oscars. PwC, formerly Price Waterhouse Coopers, says in a statement released Monday night that it accepts full responsibility for “the series of mistakes and breaches of […]

Ruth Negga dripped in responsibly sourced rubies with a custom Valentino gown to match, Nicole Kidman appeared fashion-effortless in Champagne-colored Armani Prive and Janelle Monae made a large statement in a black tulle Elie Saab gown with soup-to-nuts embellishment — bird brooches, feathers, sequins, beads and crystals — on Hollywood’s biggest night at the Oscars. […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The 89th Academy Awards kicked off with Justin Timberlake dancing down the Dolby Theatre aisles, Jimmy Kimmel mocking Matt Damon and a standing ovation for the “highly overrated” Meryl Streep.Timberlake’s ebullient song — “Can’t Stop the Feeling,” from the animated film “Trolls” — was an early cue that the Oscars would […]