It’s been a huge year for cinema, which after surviving months-long industry strikes, enjoyed the hit of the Barbenheimer phenomenon to give it a lift.
Oppenheimer, Barbie, Poor Things and Killers Of The Flower Moon are among the films in the running at this year’s Academy Awards, while stars including Emma Stone and Cillian Murphy are shortlisted for acting prizes.
You can read our full story on what to expect from this year’s Oscarshere and scroll down for the list of all the stars and films up for each prize.
Image: Cillian Murphy in Oppenheimer, which leads the nominations. Pic: Universal Pictures
Best picture American Fiction Anatomy of a Fall Barbie The Holdovers Killers Of The Flower Moon Maestro Oppenheimer Past Lives Poor Things The Zone Of Interest
Image: Annette Bening as Diana Nyad in Nyad. Pic: Liz Parkinson/Netflix
Best actress Annette Bening – Nyad Lily Gladstone – Killers Of The Flower Moon Sandra Hüller – Anatomy Of A Fall Carey Mulligan – Maestro Emma Stone – Poor Things
Image: (L to R) Jeffrey Mackenzie Jordan as Courtney and Colman Domingo as Bayard Rustin in Rustin. Pic: Parrish Lewis/Netflix
Best actor Bradley Cooper – Maestro Colman Domingo – Rustin Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Image: Ryan Gosling as Ken in Barbie. Pic: Warner Bros.
Supporting actor Sterling K Brown – American Fiction Robert De Niro – Killers Of The Flower Moon Robert Downey Jr – Oppenheimer Ryan Gosling – Barbie Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things
Image: Da’Vine Joy Randolph stars as Mary Lamb in The Holdovers. Pic: Focus Features/Seacia Pavao
Supporting actress Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple America Ferrera – Barbie Jodie Foster – Nyad Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Image: Anatomy Of A Fall director Justine Triet. Pic: Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP
Director Justine Triet – Anatomy Of A Fall Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer Martin Scorsese – Killers Of The Flower Moon Jonathan Glazer – The Zone Of Interest
Advertisement
Image: The Boy And The Heron. Pic: Studio Ghibli
Animated film The Boy And The Heron Elemental Nimona Robot Dreams Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Image: Pop star turned politician Bobi Wine
Documentary feature Four Daughters 20 Days In Mariupol Bobi Wine: The People’s President The Eternal Memory To Kill A Tiger
Image: The Zone Of Interest. Pic: A24
International feature film Society Of The Snow – Spain The Zone Of Interest – UK The Teachers’ Lounge – Germany Io Capitano – Italy Perfect Days – Japan
Image: Napoleon. Pic: Apple Original Films/Columbia Pictures/ Aidan Monaghan
Costume design Barbie Killers Of The Flower Moon Napoleon Oppenheimer Poor Things
Image: Carey Mulligan as Felicia Montealegre and Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein in Maestro. Pic: Jason McDonald/Netflix
Make-up and hairstyling Golda Maestro Oppenheimer Poor Things Society Of The Snow
Image: Harrison Ford returned for the fifth instalment of the Indiana Jones franchise
Original Score American Fiction Indiana Jones And The Dial of Destiny Killers Of The Flower Moon Oppenheimer Poor Things
Image: Billie Eilish’s What Was I Made For? is one of two films from Barbie up for best song
Original Song The Fire Inside – Flamin’ Hot I’m Just Ken – Barbie What Was I Made For? – Barbie Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People) – Killers Of The Flower Moon It Never Went Away – American Symphony
Image: Lily Gladstone in Killers Of The Flower Moon. Pic: Apple TV+
Production design Barbie Killers Of The Flower Moon Napoleon Oppenheimer Poor Things
Image: Sandra Huller stars in Anatomy Of A Fall. Pic: Les Films Pelleas/ Les Films de Pierre
Film editing Anatomy Of A Fall The Holdovers Killers Of The Flower Moon Oppenheimer Poor Things
Image: Jeffrey Wright stars as Thelonious ‘Monk’ Ellison in American Fiction. Pic: Claire Folger/Orion Releasing
Adapted screenplay Barbie Poor Things American Fiction Oppenheimer The Zone Of Interest
Image: Past Lives director Celine Song (centre) with stars Teo Yoo and Greta Lee. Pic: Matt Licari/Invision/AP
Original screenplay Anatomy Of A Fall The Holdovers Past Lives May December Maestro
Animated short film Letter To A Pig Ninety-Five Senses War is Over! Inspired By The Music Of John & Yoko Pachyderme Our Uniform
Live action short film The After Invincible Knight Of Fortune Red, White And Blue The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar
Cinematography El Conde Killers Of The Flower Moon Maestro Oppenheimer Poor Things
Documentary short film The ABCs Of Book Banning The Barber Of Little Rock Island In Between The Last Repair Shop Nai Nai & Wai Po
Image: Hayley Atwell and Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One. Pic: PA
Sound The Creator Maestro Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One Oppenheimer The Zone Of Interest
Visual effects The Creator Godzilla Minus One Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 3 Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One Napoleon
Actor Gina Carano has settled her lawsuit with Disney and Lucasfilm after claiming she was wrongfully dismissed from The Mandalorian for expressing her political opinions.
Carano was fired in February 2021 after starring as Rebel ranger Cara Dune in two series of the Disney+ Star Wars series The Mandalorian.
At the time, production company Lucasfilm said in a statement that her “social media posts denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities are abhorrent and unacceptable”.
But late on Thursday, she posted on X: “I have come to an agreement with Disney/Lucasfilm which I believe is the best outcome for all parties involved.”
She added that she “hopes this brings some healing to the force”.
X
This content is provided by X, which may be using cookies and other technologies.
To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies.
You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable X cookies or to allow those cookies just once.
You can change your settings at any time via the Privacy Options.
Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to X cookies.
To view this content you can use the button below to allow X cookies for this session only.
The details of the financial settlement have not been disclosed.
When filing her lawsuit at the Californian District Court last year, she had sought $75,000 (£59,000) in damages.
She also thanked Elon Musk for financing the lawsuit, despite the two having never met.
“I want to extend my deepest most heartfelt gratitude to Elon Musk, a man I’ve never met, who did this Good Samaritan deed for me in funding my lawsuit,” she wrote in her post. “Thank you Mr. Musk and X for backing my case and asking for nothing in return.”
The X owner is an ardent advocate of free speech and has funded similar legal battles previously.
Image: Carano as Cara Dune.’The Mandalorian’. Pic: Lucasfilm/Disney/Kobal/Shutterstock
Carano signed off: “I am excited to flip the page and move onto the next chapter.
“My desires remain in the arts, which is where I hope you will join me. Yes, I’m smiling. From my heart to yours, Gina.”
In response to the settlement, Lucasfilm said in a statement: “Ms Carano was always well respected by her directors, co-stars, and staff, and she worked hard to perfect her craft while treating her colleagues with kindness and respect.
“With this lawsuit concluded, we look forward to identifying opportunities to work together with Ms. Carano in the near future.”
In legal documents, Carano’s team claimed both Disney and Lucasfilm had “targeted, harassed, publicly humiliated, defamed, and went to great lengths to destroy Carano’s career”.
She also alleged she was treated differently to her male colleagues. Neither company commented on these claims.
Image: Pic: Lucasfilm/Disney/Kobal/Shutterstock
Lawyer Gene Schaerr, managing partner at Schaerr Jaffe, said at the time: “Disney bullied Ms Carano, trying to force her to conform to their views about cultural and political issues, and when that bullying failed, they fired her.
“Punishing employees for their speech on political or social issues is illegal under California law.”
Carano, who began her career as a mixed martial arts fighter, has starred in other Hollywood franchises, including Fast & Furious 6 as Riley Hicks, and Deadpool, in which she played Angel Dust.
Eddie Murphy has told Sky News he doesn’t ever expect to win awards – but will happily accept an honorary Oscar when he’s 90.
Murphy is one of the biggest stars in comedy after starting out on Saturday Night Live (SNL) in 1980 and starring in a number of big franchises from Beverly Hills Cop to Shrek.
His latest project is heist comedy The Pickup, centred on two security van drivers. Keke Palmer and Pete Davidson star alongside him.
Image: Pete Davidson, Eddie Murphy and Keke Palmer in The Pickup. Pic: Amazon MGM Studios
Murphy says award recognition was never something that shaped the projects he chose.
“The movies are timeless, and they’re special, so for years and years those movies play and the movies have commercial success.
“So you make a lot of money and people love it, so you don’t even think about ‘I didn’t win a trophy!’ The response from the people and that the movie has legs, that’s the trophy.
“You know what I’ve earned over these years? One day, they’ll give me one of those honorary Oscars. When I’m really old. And I’ll say thank you so much for this wonderful honour. I’ll be old like that and I’ll have no teeth. I’m cool with getting my honorary Oscar when I’m 90.”
Murphy, 64, has only been nominated once – for Dreamgirls in 2007, when Alan Arkin won the best supporting actor Oscar for Little Miss Sunshine.
Murphy’s co-star Palmer says she considers Murphy an icon in the industry, and The Nutty Professor was a true display of his artistry.
Image: Eddie Murphy as Sherman Klump in The Nutty Professor. Pic: Reuters
“I feel like recognition and [being] underrated and all this stuff, it annoys me a little bit because I think impact is really the greatest thing, like how people were moved by your work, which can’t really be measured by an award or really anything,” Palmer says.
“It’s very hard to make people laugh, and so when I think about it like The Nutty Professor, Eddie was doing everything, and I swear that the family members were real people.
“He didn’t camp it to the point where they weren’t realistic. His roles had integrity, even when he was in full costume. And I do think that’s something that should change in our industry. Comedy, it should be looked at just as prestigious as when you see somebody cry, because it’s that hard to make somebody laugh.”
Image: Eddie Murphy and Pete Davidson in The Pickup. Pic: Amazon MGM Studios
Recalling his time on the 90s comedy, Murphy says he’s still in disbelief of what they achieved in making the film with him playing seven characters – Professor Sherman Klump, Buddy Love, Lance Perkins, Young Papa Klump, Granny Klump, Ernie Klump and Mama Klump.
“You can only shoot one character a day. And the rest of the time you’re shooting, I’m talking to tennis balls where the people were sitting.
“So to this day when I watch it, I’m like, wow, that’s a trip. But we were able to mix all that stuff up and different voices and make it feel so that you don’t even feel like when you’re watching it, someone have to tell you, hey, you know, those are all one person.”
The film won best makeup at the 1997 Academy Awards.
Security guards buddy comedy
Palmer says their new project, The Pickup, is responsible for one of the most memorable moments of her life when she mistook Murphy’s acting for real praise.
“First of all, Eddie gives me this big speech before I do the monologue, where he’s like, ‘this is not playing around. This is a pivotal point in the movie’.
“I’m crying in the scene, and then it comes to the end, and Eddie’s [clapping] like, and I’m literally like, ‘oh my gosh, thank you so much’. And he’s like, ‘I’m acting’. When I tell you, it was so crazy, yeah. That’s like one of my most memorable moments in life.”
Image: Keke Palmer and Pete Davidson star in The Pickup
Davidson is excited to see how the UK puts its own stamp on SNL, the show where both he and Murphy got their start on-screen.
“It’s a smart idea to have SNL over there because it’s not that it’s a different brand of comedy, but it is a little bit. A lot of the biggest stuff that’s in the States is stuff that we stole from you guys, like The Office or literally anything Ricky Gervais does.
“This is the first time I’ve ever heard anything American going to the UK, so I think it’s great. I think it’s great to have two opposite sorts of takes on things, but both be funny. That just shows you how broad comedy can be, you know?
Dean Cain has been branded the “worst superman ever” as he announced he will join the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) “ASAP”.
The 59-year-old, who was cast as Superman in the TV series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, announced he had joined the team amid the federal agency’s unprecedented immigration raids.
He told Fox News on Wednesday his recruitment video on Instagram had gone viral and since then, “I have spoken with some of the officials over at ICE and I will be sworn in as an ICE agent ASAP”.
“You can defend your homeland and get great benefits,” he said in the Instagram post where he appealed for his followers to join ICE.
Instagram
This content is provided by Instagram, which may be using cookies and other technologies.
To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies.
You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable Instagram cookies or to allow those cookies just once.
You can change your settings at any time via the Privacy Options.
Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to Instagram cookies.
To view this content you can use the button below to allow Instagram cookies for this session only.
Speaking with the Superman theme song in the background, he said “hundreds of thousands of criminals” had been arrested since US President Donald Trump took office.
He then told his followers they would get a series of benefits if they joined ICE, including a $50,000 (£37,407) signing bonus and student loan repayment.
Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player
4:28
Who is being targeted in Trump’s immigration raids?
“If you want to help save America ICE is arresting the worst of the worst and removing them from America’s streets,” he said, before adding: “I voted for that.”
ICE agents are under pressure from the White House to boost their deportation numbers in line with Mr Trump’s campaign promise to crack down on illegal immigration.
Cain’s post on Instagram received some backlash, with one user commenting: “Worst superman ever”.
Another said: “Shame on you Dean – that’s the most un-Superman thing you could possibly advocate.”
One fan turned against him and said: “Until I saw this I was such a fan. What a sad human being you must be.”