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RuPaul's Drag Race season 1 icon Victoria "PorkChop" Parker, the first-ever queen eradicated from the Emmy-winning competitors sequence, was hospitalized following a medical emergency, in keeping with a word from the star's group.

In a handwritten message shared earlier this week by Drag Race manufacturing firm World of Surprise and addressed solely to "Thairin" (doubtless which means longtime present producer Thairin Smothers), PorkChop's group reported that the performer "has skilled a critical well being setback and was hospitalized after consuming a hamburger from a serious grocery chain, and is now going through numerous ongoing medical challenges."

The word defined that "shortly after consuming the hamburger, he began vomiting, had diarrhea, and was severely dehydrated. [This] lasted 72 hours. 911 was referred to as and he was instantly transported to the hospital through ambulance."

PorkChop was reportedly admitted to the hospital for one week after the incident, the place he was "pumped with antibiotics" and "given bodily remedy whereas docs ran a number of exams" earlier than he was recognized with 4 separate medical circumstances: atrial fibrillation (an irregular heartbeat), acute kidney harm, hyponatremia as a result of an intestinal an infection, and hypertension.

The word added that PorkChop is "bed-bound for the subsequent 14 to 21 days" with a visiting nurse and a bodily therapist required for his care, and that "he’s anticipated to make a full restoration" after remedy.

"As he works towards restoration, his quick wants that will vastly enhance his high quality of life could be a motorized scooter to assist him get round, and help with private 24-hour safety could be deeply appreciated," the word continued, additionally encouraging followers to assist the OG Drag Race legend.

"Generally a small act of kindness could make a significant distinction for somebody who has spent so a few years bringing pleasure to others," the word concluded. "We hope the group will maintain PorkChop of their ideas and think about lending assist in no matter means they might have the opportunity."

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World of Surprise's publish then pointed followers to a GoFundMe web page gathering donations for PorkChop, which, as of Saturday afternoon, had raised $4,200.

Drag Race queens listed within the donations part embody season 6 winner Bianca Del Rio and season 18 queen DD Fuego, whereas World of Surprise is listed as a $1,500 donor.

Leisure Weekly has reached out to a consultant for PorkChop for extra data.

Along with making Drag Race her-story as season 1's first eradicated queen in 2009, PorkChop has made subsequent appearances as a visitor. The performer's identify additionally impressed the notorious "PorkChop Loading Dock" portion of season 13, wherein the forged break up into two totally different groups — the winners and losers of a cast-wide lip-sync gauntlet — earlier than the primary competitors started.

PorkChop additionally starred within the 2021 tv comedy The Bitch Who Stole Christmas, enjoying an aged man married to fellow Drag Race alum Jaymes Mansfield's cutthroat housewife, with the couple making an attempt to keep up their ruthless reign over the Christmas pageant of the small fictional city of Tuckahoe.

"They didn't need to pitch it! As quickly as they instructed me, I needed to do it!" PorkChop instructed EW of constructing the film — which additionally stars RuPaul — on the time. "From the outline of the character, I knew what I needed to do with it. I instantly thought, 'Sure! I don't need to get in drag, and I get to be comfy!' I used to be capable of showcase what I used to be capable of do as a man, not in drag."

See the word about PorkChop's well being within the World of Surprise publish above.

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Throughout seven seasons of Virgin River shenanigans, Brady (Ben Hollingsworth) has survived a stabbing, a town-wide apocalyptic wildfire, hordes of flirtatious glances as he slung drinks at Jack's Bar, and even fornication on a public pool desk (!!!). However the actor behind the character tells Leisure Weekly he met his match in additional methods than one whereas coupled up on a bike in one of many romantic drama's greatest intercourse scenes but.

Issues revved up atop Brady's bike (not even figuratively, as he chokes one of many handles moments earlier than the scene in query) on the finish of the brand new season's ninth episode, simply earlier than his on-again, off-again lover, Brie (Zibby Allen), barges into his soon-to-be workshop.

After an intense confession of affection following almost two seasons spent fueling followers' will-they-or-won't-they hypothesis, Brie lastly pleads with Brady: "Be with me." And, uh, they each take the phrase actually.

The pair have intercourse on high of Brady's motorbike, with Brie straddling Brady as he lies again on the bike moments earlier than she rips open his shirt with each fingers.

"There's an abandon with Brady and Brie that's uncooked horny, not like Mel [Alexandra Breckenridge] and Jack [Martin Henderson] or different {couples} on the present," Hollingsworth tells EW. "The spontaneity can be representational of their relationship. It was spontaneous on day one, and it didn't add up or make sense on paper. It simply works. That scene encapsulates that, as a result of we had the pool desk in season 6, and that was a reasonably epic second, and the best way it was pitched to me was, 'This scene would make the pool desk blush.'"

It additionally made him wince in ache. "The human physique will not be meant to have intercourse on a bike," he says. "My again damage for weeks. I used to be arching my again over that factor. Discuss an ab exercise … It’d've translated as pleasure or lust on display, however Ben Hollingsworth was in ache!"

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However the star, who first appeared on Virgin River's inaugural season in 2019, thinks the wrestle was price it.

"I knew it was coming, however I didn't comprehend it wouldn't be till episode 9. It felt earned that method," he says. "Emotionally, if you earn one thing, it does type of set the temper for the viewers as a result of they really feel fulfilled."

He finishes on a private word. "I do know, personally, once I please my spouse emotionally, it interprets into one thing actually nice," the daddy of three says with fun.

Hollingsworth additionally addresses Brady's ambiguous destiny after season 7 ended on a cliffhanger during which the fan-favorite character slid off his motorbike (sure, the very one which he and Brie used the evening earlier than) in a brutal crash within the finale's closing moments.

When requested if he is aware of whether or not Brady lives or dies, Hollingsworth replies, "I do — however I can't inform anybody!"

"I couldn't consider it. At first I used to be like, 'Is Brady completed on the present?'" Hollingsworth remembers of studying the script for the primary time. "The second you learn it, it does ship slightly chill down your again and make you suppose, 'Is that this the tip?'"

Virgin River season 7 is streaming now on Netflix.

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Jamie Lee Curtis remembers the primary time she met Nicole Kidman — and it nonetheless brings tears to her eyes.

The Oscar-winning All the things In every single place All at As soon as actress, who stars with Kidman within the new Prime Video collection Scarpetta, recalled assembly her throughout a dialog with Newsweek's H. Alan Scott at SXSW in Austin on Saturday.

Curtis defined that they linked up at an Academy Awards ceremony the place the Freaky Friday star was set to current the In Memoriam tribute to Betty White, who died in December 2021. (Curtis mentioned the encounter occurred on the 2021 Oscars in a latest Tonight Present interview, however the Betty White tribute was on the 2022 Oscars.)

"It was throughout COVID, once we had been at cafe tables, and I used to be sitting at a bit of desk, and my publicist and good friend Heidi was sitting with me earlier than the present," Curtis mentioned on the SXSW panel. "Ten minutes earlier than the present started, my tablemate hadn't arrived but. Heidi was sitting there and she or he mentioned, 'Jamie, someone needs to speak to you.' And I mentioned, 'What do you imply?'"

Spinning round in her seat on the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Curtis was stunned to see Kidman behind her. "Standing right here was Nicole Kidman together with her fingers by her sides — simply standing behind my chair. And I went … 'Good day, Nicole Kidman,' and she or he moved, and we shook fingers."

Curtis turned visibly emotional, holding again tears as she shared Kidman's first actual phrases to her. "That is what Nicole Kidman mentioned to me," she started, choking up. "Virtually makes me cry saying it. She mentioned, 'I see you. I see who you’re. I see what you do. I see the way you do it. And I actually prefer it, and I would like you to proceed doing it.'"

The Halloween star was flabbergasted. "Nicole f—ing Kidman! Are you kidding me?" she mentioned. "She was saying that to me, on the Oscars, the place she was a nominee! After which she walked away. That was how I met her."

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Through the SXSW panel, Curtis additionally defined that she had initially solely deliberate to supply Scarpetta and had no intention to behave in it. "I wanna be a producer," she mentioned. "I wanna write checks. I don't wanna placed on make-up. I wanna take a look at dailies and inform individuals they did nice. I wanna do workforce constructing. And I actually didn't wish to be in an [hourlong] drama TV present, as a result of the hours are terrible."

Nevertheless, when Kidman got interested within the collection, Curtis instantly reconsidered. "And when Nicole Kidman appears to be like at you with these eyes and says, 'You're in it?' you say, 'Sure, queen!'" she mentioned. "'Sure, in fact I'm in it. In fact I'm in it! Why else would I produce it?' After which we tried to scramble to determine what I’d play."

Primarily based on Patricia Cornwell's Scarpetta collection, which kicked off with the 1990 novel Postmortem, the brand new present stars Kidman as health worker Kay Scarpetta and Curtis as Kay's sister, Dorothy.

Curtis described the dynamic between the fictional siblings in a brand new interview with Leisure Weekly. "She's a man-eater," the Knives Out actress mentioned of her character. "However what's fascinating is Dorothy and Kay each misplaced their father to homicide, and Kay spends the remainder of her life finding out homicide and attempting to reverse it, attempting to grasp it, attempting to determine what she will study from it so it by no means occurs once more."

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She continued, "Dorothy has simply taken the alternative path, mainly saying, 'I've recognized dying very early, so deliver it f—ing on.' She goes to devour the world, as a result of she already is aware of that dying is coming for her, as a result of it got here for her father."

Scarpetta is streaming now on Prime Video.

Extra reporting by Tiffany Kelly.

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The Buffy the Vampire Slayer revival sequence is just not occurring in any case.

Sarah Michelle Gellar, who portrayed the titular hero on the unique present and was set to star in its upcoming follow-up, New Sunnydale, has revealed that Hulu has killed the undertaking.

"I’m actually unhappy to should share this, however I would like you all to listen to it from me," the actress stated in an Instagram video on Saturday. "Sadly, Hulu has determined to not transfer ahead with Buffy: New Sunnydale."

The present's pilot was helmed by Oscar-winning Nomadland director Chloé Zhao, who helped persuade Gellar that it was time to convey the present again.

"I wanna thank Chloé Zhao as a result of I by no means thought I might discover myself again in Buffy's trendy but reasonably priced boots," Gellar stated, "and due to Chloé, I used to be reminded of how a lot I really like her and the way a lot she means not solely to me, however to all of you. And this doesn't change any of that."

Gellar concluded, "I promise, if the apocalypse truly comes, you’ll be able to nonetheless beep me."

Leisure Weekly has reached out to representatives for Hulu for remark and extra data.

The unique Buffy ran for seven seasons from 1997 to 2003. The sequence additionally impressed the spinoff Angel, which ran for 5 seasons from 1999 to 2004.

EW reported that Gellar was in talks to revive the sequence in a Hulu undertaking in February 2025, with Zhao set as director and govt producer and Poker Face alums Nora Zuckerman and Lilla Zuckerman serving as writers.

Gellar confirmed her curiosity within the potential revival shortly after, explaining {that a} lengthy, enthusiastic assembly with Zhao helped her perceive the imaginative and prescient for the undertaking after she had resisted signing on to a revival for years.

"I’ve all the time listened to the followers and heard your want to revisit Buffy and her world, nevertheless it was not one thing I may do until I used to be positive we’d get it proper," Gellar stated on the time. "This has been an extended course of, and it's not over but. I promise you, we’ll solely make this present if we all know we will do it proper. And I’ll inform you that we’re on the trail there."

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In Might, Gellar introduced that Ryan Kiera Armstrong had been forged as a brand new slayer and would star alongside her within the revival.

Gellar had additionally teased that New Sunnydale would really feel distinct from the unique present's later chapters. "It is going to be lighter than the previous few seasons of the unique," Gellar advised Vanity Fair. "We are going to attempt to discover a stability between new and previous characters. My dream is to convey again everybody who has died, however house should be made for brand spanking new tales as properly."

The actress added that the inventive workforce hoped to replace Buffy for up to date audiences. "We're attempting to determine easy methods to modernize the themes of the sequence, particularly what it means to really feel like an outsider in a world dominated by social media," she stated. "What we need to discover are the space-time boundaries that have an effect on society immediately."

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Gellar beforehand advised EW that engaged on the latest Dexter revival, Unique Sin, helped her shift her angle a few doable Buffy return.

"It's undoubtedly modified my perspective on it," Gellar stated. "I've had lengthy talks with Michael C. Corridor, too, about it. As a result of I believe there was all the time this concept of you’ll be able to't go residence once more, and you may't recreate magic. And then you definitely understand that typically there are extra tales to inform and there are different methods. So it undoubtedly modified my 'by no means say by no means' angle."

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The Academy Awards are just like the Tremendous Bowl for film nerds, a time of celebration the place one of the best and brightest stars and filmmakers are honored for his or her laborious work. However as any loyal Oscars viewer will inform you, they don't at all times go off with no hitch.

Oscar controversies have plagued the Academy for the reason that starting, from shady marketing campaign shenanigans to awkward stay TV moments. These scandals vary in severity, from class displays that diverge from the norm (who may overlook Envelopegate) to inappropriate statements or actions that offend viewers.

Forward, we're taking a stroll by means of Oscar historical past, highlighting the largest controversies and scandals that stick in our minds greater than a few of the winners.

01 of 19

Maugham's the phrase

As soon as upon a time, Academy voters may write in nominees. That observe began with Bette Davis turning within the then-performance of the century in 1934's Of Human Bondage. Davis, who had fought for meatier roles to sink her enamel into, burned a gap within the display as doomed cockney waitress Mildred on this in any other case meh adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's epic novel.

When she didn’t nab an Oscar nomination, Hollywood went into an excellent old school uproar, forcing the hand of the Academy to permit write-in votes. Davis misplaced, however when write-in nominee Hal Mohr received for his cinematography in A Midsummer Night time's Dream the next 12 months, the observe was discontinued perpetually. —Lester Fabian Brathwaite

02 of 19

That Oscar's gone…with the wind?

Hattie McDaniel made historical past as the primary Black Oscar winner for her lauded, however controversial (even on the time), efficiency as Mammy in 1939's Gone With the Wind. For the reason that resort the place the Oscars have been held had a strict "no Blacks" segregation coverage, McDaniel was pressured to sit down at a separate desk away from everybody else. McDaniel received a plaque as a substitute of a trophy, as was the customized for all supporting appearing winners till 1943.

When she died in 1952, McDaniel willed her Oscar to Howard College, and after a mysterious, circuitous journey, it will definitely received there…in 1961. However, a decade later, it went lacking.

In 2023, the Academy introduced it might change the plaque — presenting it to the Howard College Chadwick A. Boseman Faculty of Effective Arts, the place McDaniel had initially bequeathed her award. Her Oscar continues to be lacking. Then once more, in spite of everything that plaque has been by means of, it could not need to be discovered. —L.F.B.

03 of 19

A zero Chill marketing campaign

Actors have been implementing questionable ways when campaigning for an Oscar for the reason that starting, however Chill Wills nonetheless takes the cake. Wills was nominated for Finest Supporting Actor for the John Wayne-directed The Alamo in 1961. A veteran actor and buddy of Wayne, Wills employed a publicity agent to assist him snag the gold. Not a nasty concept, however the agent was W.S. "Bow-Wow" Wojciechowicz. And Bow-Wow wagged Wills' tail throughout Hollywood, taking out one For Your Consideration advert through which each Academy member's identify seems, in alphabetical order, alongside an image of Wills with the really terrible quote, "Win, lose or draw, you're all my cousins and I like you all."

Bow-Wow shoulda stop whereas he was behind, however the subsequent FYC advert put Chill's Oscar hopes on ice. The advert featured pictures of everybody within the Alamo forged, surrounding good ole Chill, and pissed lots of people off with this quote: "We of the Alamo forged are praying more durable — than the actual Texans prayed for his or her lives within the Alamo — for Chill Wills to win the Oscar as finest supporting actor. Cousin Chill's appearing was nice. Your Alamo cousins." Spartacus' Peter Ustinov received Finest Supporting Actor that 12 months. —L.F.B.

04 of 19

Hepburn, Babs, and the Oscar tie

Katharine Hepburn received 4 Oscars and by no means bothered to point out up even as soon as to select them up. It was no totally different in 1969, when Hepburn, nominated for The Lion in Winter, received her third Finest Actress Oscar, and second consecutive award after 1968's absentee win for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. However as a substitute of presenter Ingrid Bergman accepting the Oscar on Hepburn's behalf, she introduced the winners as Hepburn and Barbra Streisand.

It was the primary and final precise tie in an appearing class — Fredric March had crushed Wallace Beery by one vote in 1932 however in accordance with the foundations on the time, that was shut sufficient to a tie they usually each obtained Oscars, to the chagrin of the only real different nominee, Alfred Lunt. With Hepburn being too cool for varsity, Babs and her sheer, sequined sailor pantsuit had the second all to herself. And it was "attractive." —L.F.B.

05 of 19

An Oscar he can refuse

Marlon Brando received his second Finest Actor Oscar for The Godfather, however when his identify was referred to as on the 1973 ceremony, actress and activist Sacheen Littlefeather made her method to the stage and alerted the bewildered viewers that Brando wouldn’t be accepting the award as a consequence of Hollywood's depiction of Native People and in mild of the protests at Wounded Knee in South Dakota. Littlefeather was greeted with boos and mock from the viewers, and he or she later claimed John Wayne needed to be bodily restrained from making an attempt to take away her from the stage.

The Academy issued an apology to Littlefeather for her mistreatment on the ceremony in 2022, lower than two months earlier than she died at age 75. After her dying, nonetheless, Littlefeather's sister stated she had been mendacity about her indigenous heritage, maybe complicating an already difficult incident. —L.F.B.

06 of 19

Win, lose, or streak

America used to have an actual massive streaking drawback, notably in 1974, amid the peak of the sexual revolution and an obvious dearth in safety guards. Enter Robert Opel, operating, bare because the day he was born, on stage on the '74 Oscars, with unflappable host David Niven remarking, "Isn't it fascinating to assume that most likely the one giggle that man will ever get in his life is by stripping off and displaying his shortcomings?"

Opel's shortcomings may need really been deliberate, together with Niven's comment, which might clarify how a unadorned man snuck backstage at one of the closely guarded occasions of any given 12 months. Opel's story was instructed in 2011 by his nephew within the documentary Uncle Bob, which revealed him to be a efficiency artist and homosexual rights activist who was fatally shot in 1979. —L.F.B.

07 of 19

The longest 11 minutes in historical past

Should you assume awards present opening musical numbers are unhealthy now — Ariana DeBose rapping about Angela Bassett and the factor she did however — strap in. It's 1989, Rob Lowe seems the identical. There's no host (a transfer the Oscars has revisited repeatedly), and to fill time as a result of the Oscars by no means go on lengthy sufficient, Grease producer Allan Carr devised a few musical numbers.

The worst, amongst a smorgasbord of terrible, featured Lowe alongside poor, never-gonna-work-in-this-town once more newcomer Eileen Bowman as Snow White, Merv Griffin, and a harmful rendition of "Proud Mary" that went on for ELEVEN MINUTES. On the finish of all of it, Lily Tomlin strolled out, and the Oscars, sadly, had simply begun. —L.F.B.

08 of 19

Tomei?! No approach!

Let's simply be clear: This author believes Marisa Tomei as Mona Lisa Vito in My Cousin Vinny is likely one of the nice comedic performances in cinematic historical past and it's aged like a superb wine. Tomei's Finest Supporting Actress win, nonetheless, got here as a shock and a rumor continued for years that it was really a mistake. As a result of the Oscars hate comedy.

And in addition as a result of a 12 months after her win, The Hollywood Reporter ran a narrative citing a rumor that Tomei had been awarded the trophy by confused presenter Jack Palance, and in 1997, movie critic Rex Reed picked up the rumor, claiming Palance was drunk or stoned when he introduced Tomei over the closely favored Vanessa Redgrave in Howards Finish.

After all, these accountants from Value Waterhouse Coopers are at all times stationed within the wings (since 1953) in case the mistaken winner is known as, as we'll quickly see. Tomei, understandably, discovered the rumors hurtful, however she would have the final giggle, incomes two extra Oscar nominations for 2001's Within the Bed room and 2008's The Wrestler. Mona Lisa could be proud. —L.F.B.

09 of 19

There's kissing cousins after which there's this…

Angelina Jolie was wild, children. Positive, as of late she's higher referred to as a mom, reclusive star, and humanitarian, however throughout her '90s ascent to film stardom, we have been having enjoyable. The Hackers/Gia/Woman, Interrupted Jolie was on the Golden Globes leaping right into a pool along with her robe nonetheless on. She was carrying Billy Bob Thornton's blood round her neck. Along with her flip in 1999's Woman, Interrupted, Jolie would win her first Oscar and go on to star in Tomb Raider, and the remainder is herstory.

When she received her Finest Supporting Actress trophy, Jolie thanked her brother James Haven, saying she was "so in love" with him. After the ceremony, she demonstrated that love with a short kiss on the lips, which went the 2000 model of viral. Jolie denied the kiss was something apart from "cohesion"; in the meantime, she and Haven stay shut. In 2013, Jolie received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Oscar as a girl nobody would dare interrupt. —L.F.B.

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Blame LSD!

Rather a lot was taking place on the 2000 Oscars. Other than Angelina Jolie being in love along with her brother, we had South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone excessive on LSD on the crimson carpet, carrying derelict copies of Jennifer Lopez's immediately iconic plunging Versace Grammys costume and Gwyneth Paltrow's pale pink Ralph Lauren Oscars costume. Parker was nominated, together with Marc Shaiman, for "Blame Canada" from the South Park film, Larger, Longer, and Uncut. Parker introduced Stone as his date, they dropped acid, and hit the busiest crimson carpet in human existence.

Earlier than that terrible determination, they determined they might not handle their attire…in any respect. As a substitute, when requested about them, they might merely say, "It's a magical night time tonight." A few of the different Oscar nominees didn't take the duo's flippant angle too properly, however, like, it's the dudes from South Park. What have been they anticipating, reverence? What's worse, for Parker at the least, was dropping to private nemesis Phil Collins. —L.F.B.

11 of 19

Preserve that Pianist in your pants, Brody

There have been a number of brow-raising moments on the 2003 Oscars, and practically all of them needed to do with The Pianist. Gingerly side-stepping the truth that Roman Polanski received Finest Director for the movie however couldn’t attend the ceremony since he'd been in self-imposed exile from America since being accused of drugging and raping a 13-year-old lady in 1978…what the movie's star, Adrien Brody, did after profitable the Finest Actor Oscar appears much less surprising. However then once more, you weren't Halle Berry.

Brody turned the youngest Finest Actor winner at 29 and, swept up within the second, grabbed presenter Berry (who had received Finest Actress the 12 months earlier than), and planted a giant kiss on her lips. In a 2017 look on Watch What Occurs Dwell, Berry revealed what was occurring in her head in the meanwhile, specifically, "What the f— is occurring proper now?" However having been swept up within the second, Berry knew "the sensation of being out of your physique" and "simply f—ing went with it." —L.F.B.

12 of 19

How many individuals let this occur?

In 2012, nationwide treasure Billy Crystal hosted the Oscars for the ninth time and it went easily, for essentially the most half. Besides the Blackface. Billy Crystal popularized his Sammy Davis Jr. impersonation within the '80s on Saturday Night Live. It was a unique time, as they are saying, however 2012 was not that way back.

So, Crystal does his well-known bit the place he walks by means of the nominated footage by way of CGI, and he dusts off Sammy for a Midnight in Paris bit with Justin Bieber. The criticism was swift, however maybe comic Paul Scheer stated it finest when Octavia Spencer received Finest Supporting Actress for The Assist later within the ceremony. "Octavia Spencer's win reveals simply how far we've come since Billy Crystal carried out in Blackface." —L.F.B.

13 of 19

Alone, but…no, simply alone

The identify Bruce Broughton will lengthy stay in Academy Awards infamy. In 2014, Broughton was nominated for Finest Unique Track for "Alone But Not Alone," from the movie of the identical identify — a $7 million "Christian captivity narrative historic drama" that didn't even clear one million on the field workplace, however someway managed to attain an Oscar nod. Huh.

Seems Broughton, a former Academy governor, had, as an govt committee member of the Academy's music department, made improper contact with different department members about his sadly titled track. Broughton instructed EW he merely "wrote some individuals and stated, 'May you simply have a look.' That was actually the extent of the campaigning." However the Academy determined it was much less harmless than that and revoked Broughton's nomination, a transfer it's made solely a handful of occasions earlier than. Christian captivity narrative historic dramas have by no means been the identical. —L.F.B.

14 of 19

And the Twitter goes to…

Billy Crystal's Blackface wasn't the tip of the Oscars' race drawback: In 2015, all appearing nominations went to white actors and Twitter (now X) consumer April Reign coined the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite. In fact, the Oscars have at all times been so white, even when it got here to elements for non-white actors. Luise Rainer, a white lady, (in)famously received Finest Actress in 1938 for The Good Earth for enjoying a Chinese language farmer. And it took 74 years for Halle Berry to grow to be the primary Black lady to win Finest Actress — and he or she's nonetheless the one one.

However the hashtag introduced renewed consideration to the Oscars' lengthy historical past of exclusion, ultimately upsetting the Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences to diversify its membership. Michelle Yeoh made historical past in 2023 as the primary Asian actress to win the Oscar for Finest Actress. Take that, ghost of Luise Rainer! —L.F.B.

15 of 19

Bonnie and Clyde strike once more

Everybody simply depart Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty alone. Between them, they've given us a few of the best cinema of the twentieth century, very a lot together with Mommie Dearest. To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of their landmark movie Bonnie and Clyde, the Academy invited Beatty and Dunaway to announce the Finest Image winner. Alongside the best way, somebody tousled and gave the appearing legends the mistaken envelope, for Finest Actress, which had gone to Emma Stone for La La Land. A confused Beatty confirmed Dunaway, who, being Faye Dunaway, simply ran with it, asserting La La Land because the Finest Image winner.

We have been properly into some heartfelt acceptance speeches when these Value Waterhouse Coopers people stormed the stage, resulting in La La Land producer Jordan Horowitz dropping a bomb on the ceremony: "There's been a mistake. Moonlight, you guys received Finest Image. This isn’t a joke." It wasn't, however when you seen a bemused Ryan Gosling watching all of it unfold from the facet of the stage, you'd be excused for considering it was. Till the 2022 ceremony, this was simply essentially the most WTF second on the Oscars. However then… —L.F.B.

16 of 19

Between a Rock and a nasty joke

Will Smith was poised to have the best second of his appearing profession. Along with his third Finest Actor nomination, for King Richard, the erstwhile Contemporary Prince was closely favored to win. However then the West Philadelphian (born and raised) walked as much as the stage and slapped Chris Rock after the comic made a dusty G.I. Jane joke about Smith's spouse, Jada, who had not too long ago gone public along with her battle with alopecia. Smith received that night time. And misplaced. In a giant approach. The slap and his "Preserve my spouse's identify out your f—ing mouth!" exclamation rapidly turned essentially the most talked-about second of 2022.

And we're nonetheless speaking about it. Rock debuted a stand-up particular in March 2023, a 12 months after the incident, through which he went in on the Smiths; Will Smith, banned from the ceremony for 10 years, went on an apology tour, and kinda made mild of it; and 2023 host Jimmy Kimmel promised an unslappable present. The Oscars are sometimes boring and predictable, and even take themselves slightly too critically — whereas they want a jolt of power, the slap wasn't the best way anybody wished to see the ceremony's highlight shine brighter. It'll be fascinating to see how it will all play out in 2032 as soon as Smith's ban is over — barring every other incidents, in fact. —L.F.B.

17 of 19

Who Leslie?

Andrea Riseborough discovered herself on the middle of controversy after her shock nomination for To Leslie, a little-seen movie that benefited from a celeb-heavy grassroots advocacy marketing campaign on social media and at small occasions round Hollywood. Whereas Riseborough earned raves as a Texas lady who received the lottery years in the past solely to squander her winnings and battle with alcoholism, barely anybody noticed the movie.

Then, some distinguished Academy-friendly names got here to Riseborough's facet, championing her efficiency: Cate Blanchett, Gwyneth Paltrow, Edward Norton, Charlize Theron, Amy Adams, Kate Winslet, and Jane Fonda amongst them. The Academy launched an investigation into the marketing campaign, and although Riseborough didn't get Broughton'd, they concluded the social media marketing campaign's ways "triggered concern."

In the meantime, Riseborough's nomination over Black actresses Viola Davis (The Girl King) and Danielle Deadwyler (Until) revived the #OscarsSoWhite debate, as there have been no Black actors nominated within the lead classes regardless of ample highly effective performances that season. "The movie trade is abhorrently unequal when it comes to alternative," Riseborough told The Hollywood Reporter in February 2023. "I'm aware to not communicate for the expertise of different individuals as a result of they’re higher positioned to talk, and I need to hear." —L.F.B.

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Animation isn't only for children

As many working within the trade will inform you, animation is cinema. It's not simply a simple distraction on your children, regardless of what sure Oscar presenters could recommend. Sure feedback made on the 2022 Oscars by Halle Bailey, Lily James, and Naomi Scott — presenters of the Finest Animated Function class, and all stars of live-action variations of animated Disney classics — rankled some animators specifically. "Animated movies make up a few of our most formative film experiences as children," Bailey began. Honest sufficient, however then James added, "So many children watch these films time and again," to which Bailey comically added a number of extra "over"s. Then Scott quipped, "I see some mother and father on the market know precisely what we're speaking about."

With the writers behind the Oscars chargeable for this presenter banter, some within the animation trade took offense to the Academy's messaging that animation is barely children' stuff. "Tremendous cool to place animation as one thing that children watch and adults must endure," wrote Phil Lord on Twitter, who received an Oscar for 2018's Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse; he and collaborator Christopher Miller penned a response to the presentation in Variety shortly after. The disrespect continued on the 2024 ceremony when host Jimmy Kimmel joked, "Please increase your hand when you let your child fill out this a part of the poll." —Kevin Jacobsen

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Karla Sofía Gascón makes historical past…then loses all goodwill

In 2025, Jacques Audiard's genre-bending crime musical Emilia Pérez earned a whopping 13 Oscar nominations, essentially the most for a non-English-language movie in Academy historical past. Its star, Karla Sofía Gascón, turned the primary brazenly transgender particular person to be nominated for an appearing Oscar — and within the lead actress class, at that. Regardless of the movie's divisive reception on-line, this type of acknowledgment confirmed that it had much more lovers than haters within the trade.

A lot of that goodwill disappeared mere weeks after the nominations when enterprising X customers dug up a few of Gascón's previous tweets which revealed a sample of bigoted viewpoints, with disparaging feedback about Islam among the many most egregious. After numerous trades began reporting on the posts, Gascón issued a sequence of statements over a number of days, asserting she was not a racist, apologizing to those that felt offended, and referencing cancel tradition.

Gascón deactivated her X account and didn’t attend numerous deliberate awards occasions within the weeks that adopted, and, according to Variety, some Academy members felt hesitant to vote for the movie amid its storm of unfavourable buzz. —Okay.J.

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Yet one more change on the Kennedy Heart: Richard Grenell, the establishment's president, is stepping down after a chaotic yr on the Washington, D.C., venue.

President Donald Trump introduced the transfer on Friday.

"Ric Grenell has carried out a superb job in serving to to coordinate varied parts of the Heart throughout the transition interval, and I wish to thank him for the excellent work he has carried out," Trump wrote on his Fact Social. "THE TRUMP KENNEDY CENTER will likely be, at its completion, the best facility of its sort wherever within the World!"

Grenell, a Trump ally, has overseen the middle since February 2025, because the administration has rebranded the venue to incorporate the title of the present president.

Following Trump's makes an attempt to remake the establishment in his second time period, the Kennedy household has been amongst those that've blasted Trump's strikes, and a number of artists, together with Issa Rae and the forged of Hamilton, opted to cancel their performances. Shonda Rhimes and Ben Folds resigned from the board.

Grenell will likely be changed by Matt Floca, who at present oversees the Kennedy Heart's amenities operations. The change is anticipated to be confirmed at a Monday assembly on the White Home, in keeping with the Related Press, which cited an individual aware of the matter.

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"I’m happy to announce that Matt Floca," Trump wrote, "topic to the approval of the Board of Administrators, will likely be named the Chief Working Officer and Government Director, of THE TRUMP KENNEDY CENTER the place, as Vice President of Operations, Matt has helped us obtain great progress in bringing the Heart to the very best degree of Excellence!"

Floca was answerable for including Trump's title to the venue final yr, in keeping with the New York Times. He additionally spoke with Trump "virtually weekly," per the outlet, to finalize particulars of a deliberate $200 million makeover that's scheduled to start this summer season.

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Trump reiterated in his announcement concerning the management change that the Kennedy Heart will endure an extended closure starting this summer season.

"A Full Reconstruction of THE TRUMP KENNEDY CENTER will start after the July 4th Celebration, with a scheduled Grand Re-Opening in roughly two years," he stated.

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Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick's kids are sharing what it was prefer to star alongside their well-known dad and mom within the horror-comedy Household Film, which premiered at SXSW on March 13.

Speaking with EW, each Sosie and Travis Bacon admitted initially having "reservations" about being on display with their dad and mom for the primary time.

"I had reservations for positive. I believe all of us have been involved that, you understand, issues would come up, we’d get into arguments… little tensions and stuff would come up within the scenario as a result of we're on set," Sosie, who presently stars in Scarpetta, shared.

Household Film follows a household of filmmakers who discover themselves in a real-life horror film of their very own when a physique turns up on the set of their low-budget slasher. Travis, a musician and composer, shared that the entire Bacons are "attuned to the horror style" however "from quite a lot of totally different views, experiences, and age."

"Sosie and I had an thought and a route for a way we noticed this movie, and we simply needed to be sure that our voices have been heard in these moments," Travis stated.

The expertise of all 4 teaming collectively on the movie finally helped bond them even nearer.

"It was essentially the most nice and thrilling and sort of related expertise that we may have had," Sosie shared.

For Travis, who usually is extra off digital camera than on, he was "floored and impressed" by his household's means to come back collectively on this movie in such a productive method.

"It felt extraordinarily collaborative and felt like all people's voices have been heard," Travis added. "I believe all people's voices are seen and heard within the movie as nicely… It was magical."

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As for fogeys Kevin and Kyra, the 2 opened up about being each dad and mom and administrators on the set.

"Once you're coping with actors, you understand, that you just're directing that aren't your kids, you're not like going, 'How's their day? Are they okay?' or 'Can I assist them with this factor?' And I believe it was actually onerous to separate that at occasions," Kyra stated. "However I simply saved making an attempt to remind myself … I used to be simply completely impressed with their means to have stuff happening of their lives and their means to simply present up on set and, like, that stays at dwelling."

Kevin added that there was additionally "pleasure" in attending to work together with his household on the movie, particularly amid the challenges of navigating an energetic manufacturing for an indie movie.

"They each have an extremely sturdy work ethic, a really sturdy concern and empathy for folks and their jobs, and respect amongst crews," Kevin stated. "In order that's all the time simply makes you are feeling good."

—Further reporting by Mike Miller

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As she grieves “the toughest time in my life,” Kelly Osbourne discovered some solace visiting her father’s last resting place.

On Friday, she shared a pair of photographs with followers from the household’s personal property in Buckinghamshire, England, the place rock legend Ozzy Osbourne was buried following his July 2025 demise.

“Spent a while with my daddy this morning!” Kelly wrote throughout an Instagram Story exhibiting a small lake within the lush inexperienced countryside. On the financial institution of the water, in all capital letters, a wreath spells out who’s buried there: “OZZY F—ING OSBOURNE.”

In one other photograph, Kelly confirmed a sprig of contemporary flowers, together with pink and white roses, yellow daffodils, and two totally different purple blooms that resemble alliums and morning glories.

The 250-acre property has been within the Osbourne household since Ozzy and his spouse Sharon bought the property in 1993. In response to stories, it was the rocker’s want to be buried there in a lakeside grave.

Kelly, 41, not too long ago was seen in public on the 2026 BRIT Awards together with her mom Sharon to obtain a posthumous lifetime achievement award on behalf of Ozzy.

Her skinny look sparked on-line commentary, which she shortly shut down — blasting trolls for having “a profound absence of compassion and character.”

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“There’s a particular type of cruelty in harming somebody who’s clearly going by one thing,” Kelly wrote in an Instagram Story on Feb. 28. “Kicking me whereas I’m down, doubting my ache, spreading my struggles as gossip, and turning your again once I want assist and love most.”

Kelly concluded, “I’m presently going by the toughest time in my life. I shouldn’t even must defend myself. However I received’t sit right here and permit myself to be dehumanized in such a method!”

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Her brother Jack Osbourne has additionally been working by his grief, and not too long ago honored his late father by naming his fifth daughter, who was born on March 5, Ozzy Matilda Osbourne.

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How do you outline a thriller? Is there a component of thriller? Are there nice surprises? Sequences of suspense? What about motion?

The reality is there’s nobody approach to outline a thriller — at the very least not with me snug on the sofa and the dictionary manner throughout the room. However one factor that positively is thrilling? Clicking over to the Paramount+ app and seeing what number of nice films can be found.

Netflix and HBO Max might get extra of the eye, however Paramount+ has quietly provided an impressive catalogue of nice films in each style for the reason that day it was born. (Remodeled, like a caterpillar to a butterfly, from CBS All-Entry, for these of you protecting data of streaming historical past.) However with so many nice choices on the market, it may be a bit overwhelming at occasions to find out what to look at tonight.

Fortunately Leisure Weekly is right here for you, and able to reply the query: What are the perfect thriller films on Paramount+?

Primary Intuition (1992)

This important, sleazeball basic stars Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone within the film that catapulted her to the A-list. The San Francisco-set homicide thriller positioned Stone as bisexual crime novelist Catherine Trammell, chief suspect in her boyfriend’s homicide. Nick Curran (Douglas) is the detective on the case who (reasonably unwisely) finds himself unable to withstand her.

Dutch director Paul Verhoeven movies the numerous moments of intimacy as lewdly as potential, which earned fairly a little bit of notoriety. A slew of terrific character actors like Wayne Knight, George Dzundza, James Rebhorn, Stephen Tobolowsky, and Mitch Pillegi spherical out the forged.

The place to look at Primary Intuition: Paramount+

Deadly Attraction (1987)

Extra erotic thrillers with Michael Douglas! (It was form of his factor again within the day.) Adrian Lyne’s image is much less scuzzy than Primary Intuition (it was nominated for six Oscars, together with Finest Image) but it surely’s nonetheless basically violent cleaning soap opera trash. (Not a diss.)

Together with his spouse out of city, Dan Gallagher (Douglas) has a presumptive one-night stand with Alex Forrest (Glenn Shut), who then goes bananas and calls for his full consideration. When he tries to offer her the slip, she boils his household’s pet rabbit and will get knife-happy. Apparently sufficient, Deadly Attraction was so profitable in scary would-be philanderers, it ended all marital infidelity in the USA. Husbands have stored their zippers up ever since.

The place to look at Deadly Attraction: Paramount+

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Gone Child Gone (2007)

Ben Affleck’s first go as a director, Gone Child Gone follows a boyfriend/girlfriend non-public investigator group (Casey Affleck and Michelle Monaghan) employed to search out the lacking little one of a deadbeat mother (an Oscar-nominated Amy Ryan). Their search leads them to a neighborhood drug lord and a galaxy of lowlifes, all of whom are hiding one thing.

Because the investigation deepens, it turns into clear that the lady’s disappearance has one thing to do with a long-held household secret, main to moral grey zones that problem the investigators’ ethical rules. Titus Welliver, Amy Madigan, Ed Harris, and Morgan Freeman maintain each scene in good fingers.

The place to look at Gone Child Gone: Paramount+

The Hunt for Purple October (1990)

“We sail into historical past!” Sean Connery executed certainly one of his greatest roles as a Soviet submarine commander who’s both making an attempt to defect to America or itching to begin World Battle III. (Not a lot room for error there.) This was the primary Jack Ryan movie (and e-book). You could have forgotten it starred Alec Baldwin, earlier than he turned Jack Donaghy, and earlier than Harrison Ford (then Ben Affleck, then Chris Pine, then John Krasinski) turned Jack Ryan.

As with all submarine films, there’s loads of silent cat-and-mouse maneuvering and underwater 3-D chess. John McTiernan additionally created a brand new approach to shift from a overseas tongue to English with out subtitles, just by zooming in, then out, on Russian audio system. Everyone watching understood what was occurring.

The place to look at The Hunt for Purple October: Paramount+

Purple Eye (2005)

In one of many nice B-pictures (praise) from Wes Craven, Rachel McAdams stars as a lodge supervisor who will get embroiled in an assassination try on a late-night flight to Miami. (As soon as once more, keep away from Florida in any respect prices!) The fella within the seat subsequent to her, a splendidly sinister Cillian Murphy as Jackson Rippner (nice identify!), forces her to do his bidding, or else he’ll have his folks on the bottom kill her father.

The hook is {that a} bigwig is staying at her lodge; thus, she will be able to name and have him escorted to a particular spot. It sounds far-fetched, but it surely works. Will our gal outfox the skilled murderer? You’ll be on the sting of your upright seat!

The place to look at Purple Eye: Paramount+

The Proficient Mr. Ripley (1999)

Although hardcore snobs swear by the French model starring Alain Delon from 1960, Purple Midday, Anthony Minghella’s extremely stylized manufacturing of Patricia Highsmith’s psychological thriller, is likely one of the most beloved films of the Nineteen Nineties for a motive. Matt Damon stars as a slick con artist who (understandably!) turns into obsessive about a strapping younger playboy performed by Jude Regulation. Issues get creepy, although, when he assumes his id.

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Cate Blanchett, and Gwyneth Paltrow spherical out the forged on this attractive Italian-set movie, which hardly maintains a “crime doesn’t pay” lesson.

The place to look at The Proficient Mr. Ripley: Paramount+

To Catch a Thief (1955)

A luxe manufacturing like The Proficient Mr. Ripley definitely had predecessors like To Catch a Thief as information posts. Alfred Hitchcock’s elegant, breezy thriller stars Cary Grant as “The Cat,” a infamous however retired thief, and Grace Kelly as a rich vacationer on the French Riviera. That the film premiered only a yr earlier than the actress turned a literal Princess in Monaco didn’t damage the movie’s status.

The movie accommodates each literal and figurative fireworks, a nail-biting opening jewel heist, an exciting chase on seaside cliffs, and pictures of Grant on a yacht (a picture later parodied in Some Like It Sizzling). That is an all-time basic for a motive.

The place to look at To Catch a Thief: Paramount+

Witness (1985)

For many people, all the pieces we all know concerning the Amish comes from Witness. Peter Weir’s outstanding thriller issues a Philadelphia detective (Harrison Ford, in his solely Oscar-nominated efficiency) making an attempt to guard a child who witnesses a homicide within the metropolis.

Whereas entrenched within the Amish neighborhood, Detective Ebook (Ford) kinda-sorta falls in love with the boy’s mom (Kelly McGillis), a current widow. Crime dramas routinely attempt to steadiness plot with a romance storyline, and also you usually end up ready for the motion to sit back in. This is likely one of the uncommon ones the place the connection stuff is simply as, if no more, attention-grabbing.

The place to look at Witness: Paramount+

Zodiac (2007)

Some of the nerve-wracking films ever made, David Fincher’s investigation into the eponymous killer isn’t only a nice thriller, it’s a captivating have a look at obsession. (If there’s an ethical right here, it’s that you simply shouldn’t work too arduous, it’d drive you loopy, even when you’re a detective or reporter.)

Zodiac options a few of the most uncannily tense scenes ever placed on display screen, as a result of it successfully will get contained in the heads of individuals (Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo) who’re slowly going mad. Plus it’s obtained an important soundtrack and superior interval clothes. The movie was notoriously snubbed of all Oscar nominations, which someway seems like a part of a wider conspiracy. Until that’s paranoid considering?

The place to look at Zodiac: Paramount+

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New Children on the Block singer Joey McIntyre is commemorating two years of fresh dwelling.

The musician took to Instagram on Friday to share the milestone, talking to his viewers as he walked outdoors. "Two years sober right this moment. After I say sober, I say it's been two years since I had a Manhattan on the rocks or a vodka soda. Are you able to imagine it?" McIntyre stated in his video.

"Two years. It's doable, people. For those who're considering, 'I may by no means try this. It gained't be enjoyable. I'll by no means snicker once more.' It's not true," McIntyre continued. "Is my life good? No. Is it higher? Sure."

Within the caption for his publish, McIntyre additionally wrote, "#Sober #goodtimes (been clear and sober for 2 years – save successful on a vape pen a few 12 months and a half in the past. I honor each dates cuz they’re each essential to me)."

McIntyre, who’s married to Barrett Williams and has three youngsters, has opened up about his sobriety journey up to now. Talking with Get Out! in October 2024, McIntyre was requested if he may recall a second that modified the trajectory of his life. Initially, he recalled that auditioning for New Children on the Block was a pivotal second, as he was simply 12.

"I’ll say, although, and I’m supplying you with a scoop right here: I’ve been clear and sober for seven months now," McIntyre revealed. "It’s one thing I at all times wished to offer a shot. I used to be stunned at what it has given me, so far as bandwidth and choices. It’s been fairly a change, frankly. It doesn’t make it straightforward. Something that’s worthwhile is just not straightforward. That has been a giant change."

Final 12 months, McIntyre shared on social media that he had not had alcohol in a 12 months. "It's one thing I at all times wished to do. And I lastly, by means of the grace of God, gave it a shot," McIntyre stated.

McIntyre added how, when he was first contemplating sobriety, his algorithm saved exhibiting him individuals discussing their very own sobriety journeys. "So possibly this will probably be in your algorithm for a motive," McIntyre stated to those that may come throughout his social publish.

He famous that he was motivated to pursue sobriety for "religious causes" extra so than bodily, and within the 12 months that he has not drank alcohol, the singer stated, "My bandwidth has exploded, and I’m a lot extra out there for issues, and I’m feeling a ton of area round every part I do."

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Feedback on McIntyre's two-year celebratory publish included Candace Cameron Bure providing supportive applause emojis and Backstreet Boys singer AJ McLean, who has been on his personal sobriety journey, sharing a supportive message.

"Welcome to the membership, my pal," McLean wrote. "It’s the perfect membership to be part of and I’m extraordinarily pleased with you. Stick with it buddy sooner or later at a time."

For those who or somebody you understand is fighting substance abuse, please contact the SAMHSA helpline at 1-800-662-HELP.

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