Tonight, the 2026 Oscars kick off at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, concluding another thrilling awards season. Hosted for the second consecutive year by comedian Conan O’Brien, the 98th annual Academy Awards will celebrate the best films and performances of the year. Among the projects in contention for awards? Critical darlings like Sinners, Hamnet, … Read more
Welcome to the 98th Oscars. Unlike recent years, when there was little suspense and lower ratings, this has most everything one could hope for. There are big commercial films in the Best Picture race, and wide-open races in several major categories with films the global audience has actually seen! In fact, the only lock seems to … Read more
Kate Hudson didn’t know what she was wearing to the 2026 Oscars until earlier today. “I don’t want to take any chances on the day that I want to feel just comfortable,” she told Vogue ahead of the ceremony. “It was just so important to me that I felt like I wasn’t going to have … Read more
The documentary filmmakers behind Iran’s Oscar-nominated Cutting Through Rocks are opening up about the importance of “standing by” the people of Iran amid the nation’s protests and U.S./Israeli attack, and the bittersweet celebration of their historic moment as protagonist Sara Shahverdi was barred from attending the fete due to the travel ban. “It’s a big … Read more
In the lead up to the 2026 Oscars, Elle Fanning has been thinking a lot about her younger self. “I think she would feel overwhelmed and overjoyed,” Fanning tells Vogue ahead of the Academy Awards. “She had hoped for this, but only in her wildest dreams.” Fanning, who earned her first Oscar nomination for best … Read more
And so it begins! The hotly anticipated 2026 Oscars is underway at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood, with thousands of guests—and no shortage of the industry’s biggest and brightest stars—ready to celebrate this year’s greatest achievements in film and entertainment. Ahead of the ceremony, best dressed list contenders, nominees, and Hollywood heavyweights alike stopped … Read more
Ahead of Oscars Sunday, Jane Fonda‘s recently relaunched Committee for the First Amendment released a statement condemning and warning about escalating attacks on free speech and media — a direct response to Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr‘s threats against TV broadcasters’ licenses for their Iran War coverage. “Today is not a normal Oscars,” the … Read more
For someone with a song called “Golden,” Audrey Nuna has avoided the color all awards season long—that is, until the 2026 Oscars rolled around. The singer, who lends her voice to Mira in KPop Demon Hunters, has dominated the red carpet recently, wearing everything from a bow-laden Thom Browne gown with a dramatic netted veil … Read more
The regulatory provisions outlined in the US Digital Asset Market Structure Clarity Act, otherwise known as the CLARITY Act, threaten to give large financial institutions control over crypto, according to Dr. Friederike Ernst, co-founder of the Gnosis blockchain protocol. Regulations in the CLARITY crypto market structure bill assume that activity must pass through centralized intermediaries, … Read more
Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images It’s no surprise that NBC wanted a slice of the Ray Bradbury pie. Television has always been chock-full of literary adaptations, and Bradbury was absurdly prolific when it came to his cultural contributions. The network was interested in bringing tales such as the dystopian science … Read more