Latest Academy Awards News

Hollywood's awards season dates, and how they've been affected by the wildfires

Jan. 14, 2025 14:21 PM EST

Hollywood's awards season has all but come to a rare halt as the wildfires continue to disrupt life and work in the Los Angeles area. There are near daily updates from the Hollywood guilds and organizations that put on awards shows as the industry navigates the ongoing crisis. ...

Oscars push back nominations announcement amid California wildfires

Jan. 13, 2025 15:13 PM EST

The Oscar nominations are being pushed back almost a week from their original date amid the ongoing California wildfires. Nominations will now be announced on Jan. 23, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Monday. “We are all devastated by the impact of the fires and...

Stars lose homes in Los Angeles area fires and Jamie Lee Curtis pledges $1M to relief effort

Jan. 09, 2025 19:48 PM EST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fires burning in and around Los Angeles have claimed the homes of numerous celebrities, including Billy Crystal, Jeff Bridges, and R&B star Jhené Aiko, and led to sweeping disruptions of entertainment events. Three awards ceremonies planned for this weekend...

'Wicked' tops SAG Awards nominations as many big names are snubbed

Jan. 08, 2025 15:44 PM EST

“Wicked” topped nominations to the 31st Screen Actors Guild Awards on Wednesday, landing a leading five nominations including best ensemble, and individual nods for Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey. Out-of-control wildfires that swept across Los Angeles and...

'The Brutalist,' 'Emilia Perez' triumph at Golden Globes

Jan. 06, 2025 18:21 PM EST

Two wildly audacious films — Brady Corbet's 215-minute postwar epic “The Brutalist” and Jacques Audiard's Spanish language, genre-shifting trans musical “Emilia Perez” — won top honors at the 82nd Golden Globes on Sunday. The Globes, which are still finding their footing...

Marianne Jean-Baptiste tests our limits of empathy in 'Hard Truths'

Dec. 23, 2024 13:44 PM EST

Of all the movie protagonists you might have seen this year, none is quite like Marianne Jean-Baptiste’s Pansy in Mike Leigh’s “Hard Truths.” Pansy, a middle-aged woman in contemporary London, is foul-tempered from beginning to end. She spends her days in evident pain that...

'Emilia Pérez' and 'Wicked' advance in Oscars shortlists

Dec. 17, 2024 15:50 PM EST

The Selena Gomez ballad “Mi Camino,” the Will Ferrell and Harper Steele road trip documentary “Will & Harper” and Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’s pulsating “Challengers” score are one step closer to an Oscar nomination. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unveiled...

List of Golden Globe nominees

Dec. 09, 2024 11:18 AM EST

“The Bear,” “Shogun” and “Emilia Perez” are among the nominees for the 82nd Golden Globes announced Monday morning. Because the Globes split top awards between drama and musical/comedy, there isn’t always a clear read on the top Oscar contenders. That’s especially...

See entertainment's biggest moments in 2024, through the lens of Associated Press photographers

Dec. 06, 2024 11:46 AM EST

2024 wasn't all “Wicked.” The year draws to a close with the film dominating the box office and discourse after a marketing blitz that saw stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande grace not just premieres, but the Oscars, Met Gala and Olympics too. It was far from...

Q&A: Binoche and Fiennes on reuniting for ‘The Return' and fighting for meaningful movies

Dec. 05, 2024 16:22 PM EST

Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche became friends while playing lovers in “Wuthering Heights.” A few years later, they would share the screen again in Anthony Minghella’s “The English Patient,” that historical epic that would take them all the way to the Oscars. They’ve...