Angela Bassett was right there when Austin Butler was bracing himself for the Best Actor announcement at the Oscars.
28.03.2023 - 13:25 / usmagazine.com
Best friends forever. Ashley Tisdale gushed over Austin Butler’s ability to be a great uncle amid his whirlwind journey as an actor.
“He has always taken the time, which I think is like the most important thing to me, to FaceTime to be a part of her life in ways,” Tisdale, 37, exclusively told Us Weekly on Wednesday, March 22, of Butler’s relationship with her daughter, Jupiter. “He’s always been able to do that and I think that’s something that has been really sweet.”
The High School Musical actress, who was promoting her partnership with Sweet Earth, revealed: “Basically, like, the day after I had her, he was, like, FaceTiming us in the hospital. Even with his crazy schedule, he’s always making the time. And I think that’s just respectable.”
The former Disney Channel star — who shares her 2-year-old daughter with husband Christopher French — explained that she hasn’t seen Butler, 31, in some time because of his “crazy train” of press events surrounding Elvis.
“He is such an amazing actor and he’s worked really, really hard over years to get to where he is,” Tisdale told Us of her pal’s career evolution. “I’ve seen it. I’ve seen his journey and his process and I think that he is so deserving of it.”
Butler won a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA in February for his performance as the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll. He was also nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award and an Academy Award for the role.
“It’s great to see someone set [a goal saying], ‘This is what I wanna do. This is the type of work I wanna do.’ And to see him do it, it’s just really inspiring,” Tisdale continued. “I’m so happy for him. I think he’s just amazing at what he does and he’s a good person. So I’m really happy for him.”
Angela Bassett was right there when Austin Butler was bracing himself for the Best Actor announcement at the Oscars.
Angela Bassett opened up this week about her connection with Austin Butler's awards season experience, writing in an essay for TIME that she «understood intimately what he felt» in the moments just before Oscars announcers revealed the Best Actor winner. Bassett wrote an essay about her friendship with the star in TIME's 100 Most Influential People of 2023 series, published Thursday. In the piece, she recalled the moment that she held hands with Butler at this year's Academy Awards just before the presentation for Best Actor. «I understood intimately what he felt when it was time to learn if he would climb those stairs to the stage,» Bassett wrote«So, I took his hand and held it softly as the winner was announced.»Butler lost the Best Actor race, and Brendan Fraser ultimately took home the trophy, for his performance in.
Austin Butler landed a Best Actor nomination at the 2023 Oscars for his portrayal of Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann‘s Elvis. However, he wasn’t guaranteed the role.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director One of the many viral images that emerged out of the 2023 Oscars was the sight of Angela Bassett holding Austin Butler’s hand as the best actor category was announced. Butler was nominated in the category for his performance in “Elvis,” but he lost the Oscar to “The Whale” star Brendan Fraser. The moment registered deeply across social media as Bassett endured her own Oscars loss in the best supporting actress race earlier in the ceremony. Bassett was nominated for her role in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” but the Oscar went to Jamie Lee Curtis for “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” “On the evening of the Oscars, with Austin seated next to me, I understood intimately what he felt when it was time to learn if he would climb those stairs to the stage,” Bassett wrote in a tribute to Butler as part Time magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people of 2023. “So, I took his hand and held it softly as the winner was announced. Although his name wasn’t called, Austin is no less a winner. The time had come for Austin to say goodbye to Elvis as he began to embrace an infinite universe of possibilities as an actor. I can’t wait to see what he brings us next.”
Austin Butler had the support of another Oscar nominee at the 2023 Oscars this year – Angela Bassett.
Austin Butler and Kaia Gerber were joined by their friend Camila Morrone for a night out in Los Angeles on Wednesday (April 5).
A bond like no other. Austin Butler and Ashley Tisdale have formed a friendship that’s lasted more than a decade.
Austin Butler has found his next starring role.
Austin Butler has booked his next project, following his huge role as Elvis.
Fresh off his awards season run, it appears Austin Butler is ready to take on his first major starring role, in a potential franchise no less, since earning acclaim for “Elvis.” And his role in the upcoming “City on Fire” couldn’t be further from what he did as the King of Rock and Roll. According to Deadline, Austin Butler has signed on to produce and star in the upcoming crime drama, “City on Fire.” The film, which is based on the novel of the same name by acclaimed author Don Winslow, follows the rise of a criminal from low-ranking soldier to boss during a war between an Irish gang and the Italian mob.
Austin Butler will star in Sony 3000 Pictures’ adaptation of “City on Fire.” The Don Winslow-penned novel, the first in a series, uses elements of “The Iliad,” “The Odyssey,” “Aeneid” and other Greek dramas and puts them in a contemporary crime sandbox. Butler will play Danny Ryan, a street criminal-turned-ruthless leader amid a gang war between Irish and Italian crime families in New England.The film will mark the actor’s first role since his Oscar-nominated for playing Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis,” as well as his first as a producer.
EXCLUSIVE: In his first star role set since his Oscar nominated turn as Elvis Presley, Austin Butler will star in City On Fire, the Sony 3000 Pictures adaptation of the Don Winslow novel. This will be Butler’s first film as producer, alongside David Heyman and Shane Salerno. Studio has made this a high priority, and will be meeting with writers and filmmakers immediately.
Austin Butler and Kaia Gerber stopped by Children's Hospital Los Angeles and spent an eventful afternoon with patients to support the hospital's annual «Make March Matter» campaign.The star and 21-year-old supermodel are said to have hung out with patients on Friday for a slew of activities, including a jam session. Butler, of course, rocked out on a guitar, and he also displayed his deft Jenga skills.
Kaia Gerber and Austin Butler spend some sweet time with kids at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles in support of the hospital’s annual Make March Matter campaign on Thursday (March 30).
Austin Butler holds hands tightly with girlfriend Kaia Gerber as they walk their dog around the neighborhood in Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon (March 25).
Austin Butler and Kaia Gerber are kicking back after a busy few months. Days after the 2023 Academy Awards, the couple jetted off to Mexico for a relaxing getaway.Cameras captured Gerber and Butler hanging out by the pool, with the former sporting a green bikini as she tanned and the latter walking around shirtless and reading a book.Later, the duo was spotted hopping into a golf cart and heading to another part of the resort, where they enjoyed an al fresco lunch.
Hollywood really is a small world after all!
Vanessa Hudgens and Austin Butler had an Oscars night run-in. The exes, who dated for more than eight years before their 2020 split, crossed paths after the 2023 Academy Awards.Cameras caught the star, who lost the Best Actor Oscar to 's Brendan Fraser, leaving 's post-ceremony party alongside Sharon Stone.
Austin Butler and his girlfriend Kaia Gerber made a stunning appearance at the 2023 Vanity Fair Oscar Party.
Burning love! Austin Butler and girlfriend Kaia Gerber made a stylish — and rare — appearance at the 2023 Vanity Fair Oscar Party.