Here’s everything you need to know about this year’s Oscar ceremony

LOS ANGELES — A gallery of basketball legends joined thousands of Kobe Bryant fans in Los Angeles on Monday to pay tribute to the transcendent NBA star, his daughter and seven others who died in a helicopter crash last month that shocked the world of sports and beyond.

Ben Affleck said his ex-fiancee Jennifer Lopez should have been nominated for an Academy Award for her role in the 2019 film “Hustlers.” Affleck, 47, and Lopez, 50, were engaged to each other but called off the wedding in January 2004.The actor sat down for an interview with The New York Times’ Brooks Barnes recently and spoke at length about his past relationships and his storied career in Hollywood.

Joaquin Phoenix spent the majority of awards season campaigning for several causes. He advocated for vegan diets in hopes to offset climate change and acknowledged that systemic racism was rampant in Hollywood and that he was also part of the problem, among other social issues.

Joaquin Phoenix spent the majority of awards season campaigning for several causes. He advocated for vegan diets in hopes to offset climate change and acknowledged that systemic racism was rampant in Hollywood and that he was also part of the problem, among other social issues.

Calling Pitt one of "smug elitists" Eric blamed the "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" star for the Oscars low ratings, reports aceshowbiz.com. Late on Monday, Eric shared on his Instagram page Fox Business' post that featured a photograph of Pitt at the 92nd annual prize-giving event, with the caption: "Oscars ratings fall 25 per cent to all-time low." Weighing in on audience's lack of interest in the live ceremony, the executive vice president of the Trump Organization wrote, "Probably because

The Oscars is always one of the glitziest evens on the showbiz calendar, and the 2020 ceremony will certainly go down as one of the best. Parasite became the first foreign language film ever to pick up the Best Film gong and Brad Pitt came top as Best Supporting Actor for his role in Once Upon a Time In Hollywood.

The Oscars are here! In the lead-up to Hollywood's biggest night, it's a contest between Sam Mendes' war epic 1917, which picked up the Golden Globe and BAFTA big prizes, and Bong Joon Ho's Parasite, which won the SAG Award for Best Drama Ensemble and the WGA's Best Original Screenplay award. However, you can't count out Martin Scorsese's The Irishman, Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and Greta Gerwig's Little Women, to name a few.

Unlike many actors this year, Brad Pitt has mostly stayed away from political statements in his awards speeches (of which there have been quite a few), choosing instead to go with self-deprecating jokes. That all changed during Sunday night's Oscars when he took the stage to accept his trophy for Best Supporting Actor in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood — a role that's gotten him quite a lot of attention this year.

By Anita Bennett