The 97th Academy Awards ceremony was held on Sunday, March 2, 2025 at the Dolby Theater at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles, honoring excellence in cinema and hosted by Conan O’Brien. Anora was the big winner of the evening, with the film named Best Picture and star Mikey Madison winning for Best Actress, while Sean Baker earned the honors for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Editing. Adrien Brody […]
Marvel Entertainment released its latest look at the upcoming series Daredevil: Born Again, starring Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox), aka Daredevil, and Wilson Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio), aka Kingpin, who challenge each other over coffee. Daredevil: Born Again, which will stream on Disney+, is a sequel to the Netflix series which premiered in 2015. Marvel Entertainment previously released a teaser featuring the Punisher (once again portrayed by Jon Bernthal), with Elden Henson […]
Police in Santa Fe, New Mexico say that an investigation is underway after Oscar award-winning actor Gene Hackman, 95, and his wife, classical pianist Betsy Arakawa, 64, were found dead alongside one of their dogs in their Santa Fe residence. The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s office said in a statement when news first broke of their death: “On 26 February, 2025, at approximately 1:45pm, Santa Fe County Sheriff’s deputies were […]
Doja Cat, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, BLACKPINK’s LISA, Queen Latifah and Raye are all scheduled to perform at the 2025 Oscars, taking place live on Sunday, March 2 from the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood. Erivo and Grande are Oscar nominees for their roles in Wicked, which received a total of 10 nominations. The other women are expected to participate in “performances celebrating the filmmaking community and some of its […]
Actress Michelle Trachtenberg has died at age 39. The New York Post first broke the news of Trachtenberg’s death. The actress’ rep confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday morning: “It is with great sadness to confirm that Michelle Trachtenberg has passed away. The family requests privacy for their loss. There are no further details at this time.” A report from ABC News stated that Trachtenberg was found dead on […]
Saturday Night Live will return to its normal programming and has announced the hosts and musical guests for its first two episodes of March Comedian Shane Gillis will return as host for the second time on the March 1 episode, with Tate McRae to perform as musical guest (also for the second time); and Lady Gaga will perform double duty as both host and musical guest, on the March 8 […]
Marvel Studios dropped the first trailer for Fantastic Four: The First Steps, celebrating the film with an event at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. The countdown began on YouTube about an hour prior to the “launch” in Huntsville, Ala., which was hosted by Angelique Roche, who shared as the event began: “We are here live at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, home of Space Camp, preparing to launch, that’s […]
Rihanna makes her official debut as Smurfette in the trailer for the upcoming Smurfs film. Rihanna, 36, not only lends her voice to the new Smurfs film, she is writing music and serves a producer on the film. Rihanna introduced the first official trailer, stating: “I can’t wait for you all to see it this summer.” Rihanna’s track “Don’t Stop the Music” (which appeared on her 2007 Good Girl Gone Bad […]
Sony Pictures announced the cast of the upcoming Anaconda reboot in a YouTube clip, which saw film stars Paul Rudd and Jack Black singing the names of the actors appearing in the film. Black sings: “We gotta kill that snake, and the snake inside. Gotta kill it. We’re gonna break its neck and cook it a the stove. And when we bring that snake back home, we’re gonna have ourselves […]