Jamie Lee Curtis left the Oscars 2024 very early — here’s why

done the thing,” but Jamie Lee Curtis … won the thing. Angela Bassett felt “gobsmacked” after losing the 2023 Oscar for Best Supporting Actress to Jamie Lee Curtis. “I was,” Bassett, 65, told Oprah Winfrey during a recent interview on the Oprah Winfrey Network.

coveted Best Picture award at the 2024 Oscars.The “Scarface” actor, who appeared during Sunday’s star-studded ceremony to present the top honor, went about his presenting duties in an unconventional manner.Instead of building the tension and suspense by naming each of the 10 nominees — as every other presenter before him has — the “Godfather” star just blurted out the winning motion picture, Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer.”But according to the actor, 83, the Academy had not asked him to name the other nominees up for the gong.“There seems to be some controversy about my not mentioning every film by name last night before announcing the best picture award,” Pacino told The Post in a statement.“I just want to be clear it was not my intention to omit them, rather a choice by the producers not to have them said again since they were highlighted individually throughout the ceremony. I was honored to be a part of the evening and chose to follow the way they wished for this award to be presented.”“I realize being nominated is a huge milestone in one’s life and to not be fully recognized is offensive and hurtful,” he went on.

remained Oscarless on Sunday night, failing to take home a trophy for a 12th time, this year for “Maestro.”But, after the ceremony on ABC, an episode of the hit comedy “Abbott Elementary” aired — and Cooper was a special guest. At the beginning of this installment of the Quinta Brunson-created comedy, the actor comes to the school as the guest of a second grader.

Jennifer Lawrence admitted falling not once, but twice, at the Oscars could seem like a bit rather than a real series of unfortunate events. “Chicken Shop Date” host and Oscars Ambassador Amelia Dimoldenberg jokingly asked Lawrence, 33, Sunday at the 2024 Oscars if she had any “tips” for future winners on “not falling up the stairs” as she famously did in 2013. “Well, yeah, just don’t do that,” Lawrence quipped.

at the 2024 Oscars. A video posted to TikTok by Refinery29, showed the best actress winner dramatically sprinting away from her husband, Dave McCary, backstage at the award show while mid-conversation with Kirsten Dunst. But the actress wasn’t angry or nervous — she was excited when the film she also produced won the Academy Award for best makeup design.

Sunday night’s 2024 Oscars, angry viewers at home ripped the R.I.P segment online.The ABC broadcast, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, made it challenging to see the names and faces of deceased stars in the emotional In Memoriam, put dancers in front of the screen and frequently showed Italian singers Andrea Bocelli and son Matteo Bocelli instead of the dead.“The direction of this In Memoriam is shocking,” wrote user @LoganKenny1 on X, formerly known as Twitter. “The entire image should be the people who’ve died, not the dancers and the stage.

Eric McCormack and his estranged wife, Janet Leigh Holden, were spotted together at the Elton John AIDS Foundation 2024 Oscars viewing party — months after she filed for divorce in November 2023. The “Will & Grace” star, 60, wore a simple tux, while Holden donned a silver dress with matching evening gloves in LA on Sunday. They were also spotted holding hands.

The Oscars took place on Sunday night, with the ceremony celebrating the very best talent in film, design and sound. A whole host of celebrities headed to the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles for the special event, which is celebrating its 96th year.The popular film Oppenheimer cleaned up nicely, taking home a grand total of seven awards including the highly-coveted Best Picture.The film's director Christopher Nolan also picked up the Best Director award, and its star Cillian Murphy was awarded the Best Leading Actor gong.

2024 Oscars were hosted by Jimmy Kimmel on Sunday, March 10, airing on ABC (in the new earlier time slot of 7 p.m.). The Christopher Nolan flick starring Cillian Murphy was this year’s frontrunner, with a staggering 13 nominations — including for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor for Murphy and Robert Downey Jr., respectively. The Best Actor race was a battle between Murphy, Bradley Cooper (“Maestro”), Paul Giamatti (“The Holdovers”), Colman Domingo (“Rustin”) and Jeffrey Wright (“American Fiction”).Murphy took home the expected win, and Nolan and Downey Jr.

Ryan Gosling’s rendition of Matchbox Twenty’s “Push” was, well, no match for his live rendition of “I’m Just Ken” at the 2024 Oscars. Gosling, 43, joined Mark Ronson, 48, (who also produced Dua Lipa’s “Barbie” hit “Dance the Night”) onstage at the Dolby Theatre in LA on Sunday — with an epic surprise appearance by guitar legend Slash. Dressed in a bedazzled Barbie pink suit, Gosling started his performance from the audience, behind Margot Robbie, who chuckled at his dramatics.

Carey Mulligan and Marcus Mumford couple up on the red carpet while arriving at the 2024 Academy Awards on Sunday (March 10) at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

Chris Hemsworth gives his wife Elsa Pataky a kiss on the head as they walk the red carpet together at the 2024 Academy Awards on Sunday (March 10) at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

Robert Downey Jr. is finally an Oscar winner. The 58-year-old “Oppenheimer” star took home the Best Supporting Actor Oscar at the 96th Academy Awardslive from the Dolby Theater in LA on Sunday.

Sunday night’s Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, starting with the old drug problems of a star of “Oppenheimer.” “This is the highest point of Robert Downey Jr.’s long and illustrious career,” the funny Kimmel, 56, said. “Well, one of the highest points.”The 58-year-old Marvel Cinematic Universe actor was arrested several times throughout the 1990s on drug-related charges.Downey Jr.

on the red carpet during the 2024 Oscars while attempting to pose for a picture with her husband, Jesse Plemons, on Sunday. In a video posted on X (formerly Twitter), the “Spider-Man” actress can be seen posing for various photographs before nearly crashing into a large Oscar statuette. “Oh s – – t,” the “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” star is then heard saying in the video.

competed for the coveted Best Picture award.Hollywood’s elite were in good hands as late-night host Jimmy Kimmel returned as the show’s emcee for the fourth time, having hosted the event in 2017, 2018 and 2023. Kimmel, 56, joked that he “always dreamed of hosting the Oscars exactly four times.”Of course, no award ceremony would be complete without controversy.

Oscars. The charismatic 27-year-old media personality and former YouTuber graced the 96th Academy Awards red carpet on Sunday in a red off-the-shoulder Marchesa gown and massive platform heels — the latter causing her to fall to the ground in front of photographers. “That’s alright,” the “Players” actress said from the ground as an assistant rushed to help her up.

The 2024 Academy Awards ceremony is happening tonight!

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Academy Awards ceremony will take place this weekend (March 10) in Los Angeles, it will be available to watch live for free in the UK for the first time in 20 years.The 2024 Oscars will be held at the Dolby Theatre, with comedian Jimmy Kimmel set to host the show for the fourth time.Films nominated for Best Picture include Maestro, Poor Things and The Holdovers, with Oppenheimer favoured to take home the main award among many others, given its success so far this award season.Cillian Murphy and Paul Giamatti are among those nominated for Best Actor, while Lily Gladstone, Emma Stone and Carey Mulligan are competing for Best Actress.For the first time in two decades, the award show will be aired live in the UK for no additional subscription cost.Fans can tune into ITV or streaming platform ITVX on March 10, where coverage will be hosted by Jonathan Ross.Starting at 10.15pm, the show is set to cover the Oscars ceremony, along with star-studded panels and guest appearances.The official stream of the Oscars red carpet segment will air on ITVX from 9pm, hosted by Ross King, where viewers can see the stars arrive at the event in their glamorous attire.For those who miss the late-night live coverage, the full version and a highlights package will be available to watch on ITVX for three weeks after the event.Among those nominated for Best Director are Christopher Nolan for critically acclaimed biopic Oppenheimer, Martin Scorsese for Killers Of The Flower Moon and Justine Triet for Anatomy Of A Fall.Also recognised in this year’s nominations were Greta Gerwig’s box-office phenomenon Barbie, which received nods for Best Picture, as well as Ryan Gosling and America Ferrera in the supporting actor and actress categories.You can find