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When are the 2025 Oscars? The Academy Awards announce date, sticking to early start

Apr. 10, 2024 14:12 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The 97th Academy Awards will be held March 2, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday. That moves the annual ceremony up about a week. This year's Oscars were held on March 10. The telecast, which culminated in the best picture win...

'Oppenheimer' director Christopher Nolan and wife Emma Thomas to get British knighthood and damehood

Mar. 28, 2024 15:18 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — The Oscar-winning director of “Oppenheimer,” Christopher Nolan, and his wife and producer Emma Thomas, will receive a knighthood and damehood for their services to film, according to a statement on Thursday from the U.K. government. Their recognition comes after...

'Oppenheimer' crew keeps it low key, other winners revel at Vanity Fair's Oscar after-party

Mar. 11, 2024 21:55 PM EDT

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Christopher Nolan stood as staid and nonchalant as ever as crowds surrounded him and music pulsed. His celebration was limited to casually holding a best directing Oscar, his first, and one of seven on the night for his film. The...

Oscars get audience bump from 'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer,' but ratings aren't quite a blockbuster

Mar. 11, 2024 21:22 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Barbenheimer” brought a bump not a boom to Oscars ratings. An estimated 19.5 million people watched Sunday night's 96th Academy Awards ceremony on ABC. That's the biggest number drawn by the telecast in four years. But that upward trend comes...

Oscar Moments: Talk of war and peace, a coronation for Nolan, a naked John Cena and Ken-demonium!

Mar. 11, 2024 14:28 PM EDT

There was talk of war — past conflicts, and current ones — and pleas for peace. There was a painful reminder of the recent death of Alexei Navalny. There were protests outside the Dolby Theatre, calling for a cease-fire in Gaza. And there was a bit of election-year politics, too, from host...

Where to watch this year's Oscar-winning films online

Mar. 11, 2024 14:09 PM EDT

The Oscars are over and the winners are now on the books, but you're still behind on watching? No worries. Here's a guide on where to watch Sunday's triumphant, though nominees that missed out on a statuette are worthy, too. Think “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Maestro,”...

'Oppenheimer' crowned best picture at an Academy Awards shadowed by war

Mar. 11, 2024 01:57 AM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Oppenheimer,” a solemn three-hour biopic that became an unlikely billion-dollar box-office sensation, was crowned best picture at a 96th Academy Awards that doubled as a coronation for Christopher Nolan. After passing over arguably Hollywood’s foremost...

OSCARS PHOTOS: See candid moments from the red carpet

Mar. 11, 2024 01:08 AM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The red carpet returned this year at the 96th Academy Awards — after last year's champagne-colored diversion. A dizzying parade of stars posed in dazzling outfits and waved to myriad photographers and fans. The annual ritual of lights, cameras and fashion had an eventful...

Cillian Murphy wins his first best actor Oscar for role in ‘Oppenheimer' biopic

Mar. 10, 2024 23:53 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cillian Murphy called himself a “very proud Irishman” after he trotted onstage to claim his first-ever Oscar for portraying the man who created the atomic bomb in Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster biopic “Oppenheimer.” “I'm a little overwhelmed,” said...

Robert Downey Jr. wins his first Oscar for supporting actor role in 'Oppenheimer'

Mar. 10, 2024 23:18 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Robert Downey Jr. became an Oscar winner on Sunday in a long-awaited victory for the veteran actor who received his first acting nod three decades ago. Downey won best supporting actor for his portrayal of Rear Adm. Lewis Strauss in “Oppenheimer,” hailed as...