Musicians Get 'Punk'd': Here Are the 9 Best Pranks From the MTV Hit Series

Unsurprisingly, just won the award for Best Actor at for his role as Arthur Fleck, aka the . He's actually the second person who's won an Oscar for playing that same character (the first was Heath Ledger, who won it posthumously). While many moviegoers and critics weren't a fan of his frontrunner status—many worried it would inspire violence—his acceptance speech was refreshingly self-aware.

The actor touched on environmental issues and cancel culture in the speech

Joaquin Phoenix gave a lengthy speech about the state of the world while accepting his Oscar for best actor at the 92nd annual Academy Awards.

By Dominic Patten

Forceful characters and a realistic setting save a complicated thriller from disintegrating into its many parts in Baghdad in My Shadow. The voices sound authentic and the dramas are as involving as headline news.

When Charlize Theron first encountered the script for Bombshell, the 2019 film that's racked up more than a dozen award nominations, she was instantly hit by the weight of the subject matter—the sexual harassment allegations lodged against Fox News head Roger Ailes.

There’s no stopping Joaquin Phoenix, who won Best Actor in a Leading Role at the the 73rd Annual British Academy Film Awards on Sunday.

With just over a week to go till the 2020 Oscars on Feb. 9, the front-runners are now miles ahead — or kilometers for the European nominees. Most of the predictive industry awards — Screen Actors Guild (SAG), Producers Guild and Directors Guild — have been handed out, and they’ve largely fallen in line with this month’s Golden Globes. So, it’s time to place yer bets! This edition of Gold Digger, our weekly look at the bout to be the best, checks out the five Best Actor nominees.

Long live the King of Pranks!

The noughties TV show is coming back

Chance the Rapper is set to host MTV’s rebooted celebrity prank show Punk’d. It’s coming to the mobile video platform Quibi, which launches in April 2020. In a press release, Chance said, “Punk’d is one of MTV’s most iconic franchises.” He added, “I grew up watching this show and it’s surreal to be in the driver’s seat this time around on Quibi.” Watch a teaser below.

Chance the Rapper is about to become Chance the Prankster too.

"You just got Punk'd!" is what Chance the Rapper will be shouting this year. MTV and mobile video platform Quibi announced on Friday (Jan.

Chance the Rapper is ready to get his prank on.

Reel Suspects has acquired international sales rights to Caru Alves de Souza’s coming-of-age tale “My Name is Baghdad,” which will world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival in the Generation 14 section.

Sometimes it takes a while for the Recording Academy to wake up to a deserving act, leading to nominations in the Best New Artist category that are, well, puzzling.