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Last month, we were given a reason to watch the 97th Oscars on Sunday, March 2, 2025, when it was announced by ABC and the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) that Emmy-winning comedian, writer, producer, former late-night host, and all-around comedy icon Conan O'Brien would be the ringmaster for the night's festivities Now,[...]

If you're like us, then you've been sweating over who exactly will be hosting the 97th Oscars on Sunday, March 2, 2025, when Jake Gyllenhaal-starring Road House walks away with all of the gold (Conor McGregor for Best Supporting Actor, dammit!) Trust us – we feel your pain Thankfully, ABC and the Academy of Motion[...]

The Oscars broadcast is painfully lacking I don't think that's a hot take Do I think it has to do with the films that are nominated? A little – but no more than, let's say, ten percent That other ninety percent? That all comes down to putting on a show that keeps eyeballs locked in[...]

But as we said, that was some time ago – and yet, Trump felt the need to attack Kimmel once again for his Oscars hosting performance – and somehow found a way to confuse Kimmel with Al Pacino in the process. Images: Jimmy Kimmel Live! Screencaps; The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Screencap On Wednesday night, Kimmel[...]

Whatever the reason, Trump took to his version of "social media" to drag up a topic most of us moved on from a while ago. Image: ABC Entertainment; Jimmy Kimmel Live! Screencap "Stupid Jimmy Kimmel, who still hasn't recovered from his horrendous performance and big ratings drop as Host of The Academy Awards, especially when he showed[...]

Here's a look back at Kimmel reading Trump's attempts at forming coherent sentences to offer a coherent thought about last night's Oscars – along with Kimmel's spot-on (and possibly foreshadowing) response: Jimmy Kimmel calls out Donald Trump at the 2024 #Oscars pic.twitter.com/bAGWxUFg9P — The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) March 11, 2024 Along with that John Cena moment, our[...]

Of course, we're talking about "Achievement in Costume Design" – a very important & essential category but not one you automatically associate with "viral moments." While Holly Waddington would walk away with the win for Poor Things, it was what Kimmel and presenter John Cena had in store to introduce the nominees that grabbed attention. Referencing that[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Paramount+'s Starfleet Academy, Prime Video's Them: The Scare, WWE/AEW, Paramount+'s Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, FX's Shōgun, NBC's Night Court, Oscars/Ryan Gosling, Disney+'s X-Men '97, CW's Walker, McDonald's/Studio Pierrot Anime Short, Jimmy Kimmel/Donald Trump, HBO's Game of Thrones, Netflix's Star Trek: Prodigy, Crunchyroll's Dan Da Dan & more! Images/Screencaps: HBO, Marvel Studios, Paramount+, McDonald's, CW, Netflix,[...]

And now, we have some official images from Ryan Gosling's Oscars performance of "I'm Just Ken" – from the Margot Robbie-starring, Greta Gerwig-directed blockbuster hit Barbie With music and lyrics by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, the song was in contention for "Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)" – along with "The[...]

Here's a look back at Kimmel reading Trump's attempts at forming coherent sentences to offer a coherent thought about last night's Oscars – along with Kimmel's spot-on (and possibly foreshadowing) response: Jimmy Kimmel calls out Donald Trump at the 2024 #Oscars pic.twitter.com/bAGWxUFg9P — The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) March 11, 2024 Rob Paine returns as co-executive producer, and Taryn Hurd returns as[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Jimmy Kimmel & Donald Trump, Ryan Gosling/"I'm Just Ken," AMC's The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, Hulu's Only Murders In The Building, John Cena/Oscars, BBC's Doctor Who, NBC's True Detective: Night Country, Prime Video's Invincible, CBS's Ghosts, Adult Swim's Rick and Morty: The Anime, Max's Peacemaker/Waller, NBC's Saturday Night Live, Zack[...]

After reading the message to the audience and jokingly asking them to guess which ex-POTUS wrote that post, Kimmel offered the best response possible: "Isn't it past your jail time?" Image: ABC Entertainment(Oscars); Jimmy Kimmel Live! Screencap Here's a look at Kimmel reading Trump's attempts at forming coherent sentences to offer a coherent thought about tonight's Oscars[...]

Whatever the case, the fine folks at ABC and AMPAS were kind enough to pass along Ryan Gosling's Oscars performance of "I'm Just Ken" from the Margot Robbie-starring, Greta Gerwig-directed blockbuster hit Barbie Here's a look at who was nominated for "Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)": "The Fire Inside" from Flamin' Hot[...]

Earlier tonight, late-night host Jimmy Kimmel took to the main stage of the 96th Annual Academy Awards broadcast on ABC – his fourth time serving as Oscars ringmaster (Kimmel also hosted in 2023, 2018, and 2017) If we're being objective, we would have to say that Kimmel's opening monologue was a mixed bag of safe[...]

But our favorite part? Getting a chance to watch Gatwa geek out over being next to Oscar nominee America Ferrera (Barbie) while she was also being interviewed – it's one of those very "real" moments. Image: Variety Screencap Here's a look at Gatwa on the Oscars red carpet from earlier this evening: Ncuti Gatwa talks about being Doctor[...]

Oscars 2024 has been one of the more boring campaigns in recent memory, but that does not mean people will be tuning out this Sunday when the winners are announced Quite the contrary: one film dominates leading up to the ceremony, and more people tune in to see how dominant it will be at the[...]

Ryan Gosling released a statement about the Oscars snubs of Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie for Barbie yesterday.

Oscars morning is here, and the full list of nominees is here The biggest surprises involved Barbie, as the film got 8 nominations, but star Margot Robbie and director Greta Gerwig were snubbed In a surprise, America Ferrera was nominated for her role in the film Oppenheimer of course led the way with 13 nominations[...]

But what I REALLY loved is that my old buddies from back in the day, Brendan Fraser and Ke Huy Quan, took home the Oscars! Never quit on your dreams." That last line echoed Quan's acceptance speech. always with dignity, grace, loyalty, hope, joy & inspiration…. A forever moment Ke… I'm so happy, proud and over the moon… CONGRATULATIONS[...]

All Rights Reserved. Here's a look at the complete "In Memoriam" segment that aired during the Oscars broadcast on Sunday night, with Lenny Kravitz performing along with the tributes: Shortly after news of his passing broke, Conroy's Batman: The Animated Series co-star Mark Hamill (Joker) and Paul Dini, Batman: TAS producer, shared their thoughts on the late[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board for today? Disney+'s X-Men '97, HBO's The Last of Us, Jimmy Kimmel/Oscars, The CW's Superman & Lois, Hulu's Only Murders in the Building, Amazon's Good Omens 2, Disney+'s Agatha: Coven of Chaos, NBC's Quantum Leap, BBC's Doctor Who/Red Nose Day 2023, NBC's Saturday Night Live & more! Image: Amazon,[...]

While Chris Rock more than addressed last year's "The Slap That Stole The Oscars" during his Netflix livestream comedy event Chris Rock: Selective Outrage last weekend (see below), you might not be surprised to hear that Jimmy Kimmel had a few things to say about Will Smith slapping Rock at last year's ceremony over a[...]

That's when Oscar nominee (and eventual winner) Will Smith made his way onto the stage during the live broadcast to slap Oscars presenter Chris Rock over a joke that Rock made about Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith Will Smith would go on to voluntarily resign his membership from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and[...]

Oscars season reached its biggest moment this morning, as the nominees for the 95th Academy Awards were revealed Revealed by Allison Williams and Riz Ahmed, the field is now set for the awards, taking place on Sunday, March 12th, and broadcast live on ABC This year's host is Jimmy Kimmel, his third time Leading the[...]

Earlier this week, we took a look at what Chris Rock had to say about Will Smith slapping him on stage during this year's live Oscars broadcast on ABC over a joke Rock made about Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, during a set in Arizona Well, Rock has some more to add about the incident, and[...]

A month ago, Will Smith posted a 5-minute+ video on YouTube apologizing to Chris Rock, Rock's family, Smith's family, and Smith's friends & supporters for slapping Rock on stage during this year's live Oscars broadcast on ABC over a joke Rock made about Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith We're guessing you might have heard about[...]

Less than a week after Chris Rock addressed the incident during a stand-up set in New Jersey over the past weekend, Will Smith has taken to YouTube to post a 5-minute+ video apologizing to Rock, Rock's family, Smith's family, and Smith's friends and supporters for slapping Rock on stage during this year's live Oscars broadcast[...]

During a stand-up set over this past weekend in New Jersey, Chris Rock had a few more things to say about the Will Smith/Oscars slap.

In AMPAS CEO Dawn Hudson & President David Rubin's letter to Academy members, it was announced that Smith will not be able to attend the Oscars for 10 years as of April 8, 2022- about as much as AMPAS could do considering Smith resigned from the academy prior to the decision But while it may[...]

In AMPAS CEO Dawn Hudson & President David Rubin's letter to Academy members, it was announced that Smith will not be able to attend the Oscars for 10 years as of April 8, 2022 Though many will read the decision as a "slap on the wrist" (it was just too easy), there was little that[...]