Robert Downey Jr. defends ‘Tropic Thunder’ ‘blackface’ as “railing against tropes that were not right”

Robert Downey Jr. opened up about losing at the Academy Awards.

In an interview with the cohosts of The View posted Wednesday, Robert Downey Jr., said that not winnig his first of three Academy Award nominations for playing Charlie Chaplin in 1992’s Chaplin came as a relief.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Robert Downey Jr. just picked up his third career Oscar nomination, this time in the supporting actor race for his performance in Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer.” Many pundits are viewing Downey Jr. as the Oscar frontrunner after he won the same category at the Golden Globes and Critic’s Choice Award, plus picked up nominations from the BAFTA Film Awards and the Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Eva Mendes is speaking out to defend her longtime partner Ryan Gosling against the backlash he’s been receiving for his role as Ken in Barbie and for receiving an Oscar nomination for his work.

Are you having a rough week? Perhaps the utter joy of 2024 Oscar nominees reacting to their nods will cheer you up. From Emma Stone to Bradley Cooper to first-time nominees Jeffrey Wright, Lily Gladstone, and Colman Domingo, among others, these honorees have a lot of people to thank.

Robert Downey Jr. has claimed that the runaway success of Oppenheimer has become “a terrible tragedy” for its introverted director Christopher Nolan.Downey made the comments while presenting Nolan with the inaugural Trailblazer Award at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival in Utah, an honour which recognises the director’s contributions to independent filmmaking.“Confidentially, he needs his spirits lifted,” Downey joked.

Rob Lowe revealed that he accidentally sent a congratulations text to the wrong actor following the Golden Globe awards.Appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Lowe shared how he mistakenly texted Bradley Cooper, congratulating him for his Golden Globe win, when the message was meant for Robert Downey Jr.Cooper was nominated in the Best Actor in a Drama category for his performance as composer Leonard Bernstein in Maestro, losing out to Oppenheimer’s Cillian Murphy.Oppenheimer triumphed at the ceremony, with Downey Jr. taking home the award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama.Lowe spoke about the mistake saying: “Downey does this amazing acceptance speech at the Golden Globes, and I’m so excited for him so I text him, ‘So glad you won.

The 2024 Sundance Film Festival is officially underway and there were some big stars in attendance at the opening night gala!

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Robert Downey Jr. trekked to Sundance Film Festival‘s opening night gala to reveal that a “terrible tragedy” has befallen Christopher Nolan. But don’t worry about the filmmaker behind “Oppenheimer.” His hardship is really just a bad case of the blues, and it’s because Nolan — as Downey explained on Thursday while bestowing Nolan with the first-ever Trailblazer Award — “has become recognizable on the street.” According to Downey, the critical and commercial success of “Oppenheimer” causes the British director to recoil, “as though from a hot flame, from this new and unwelcome reality.” Well, Nolan may not be retreating from the spotlight anytime soon.

“It’s a quarter of a century later, and I’m still f*cking being discovered by Sundance,” beamed Christopher Nolan tonight at the Sundance Film Festival Opening Night Gala as he received the inaugural Trailblazer award.

Well, that was awkward.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Rob Lowe might want to double check who he is sending text messages to in the future. During a recent visit to “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” the ” 9-1-1: Lone Star” actor revealed that he accidentally texted Bradley Cooper a congratulations for winning a Golden Globe thinking the message was going to Robert Downey Jr. The mishap was a bit awkward considering Cooper was nominated for a golden globe for “Maestro” but lost the best actor in a motion picture drama category to Cillian Murphy from “Oppenheimer.” “Downey does this amazing acceptance speech at the Golden Globes, and I’m so excited for him so I text him, ‘So glad you won.

Golden Globes win. “Downey does this amazing acceptance speech at the Golden Globes, and I’m so excited for him so I text him, ‘So glad you won. That is the most beautiful acceptance speech I’ve heard in a long time.

Rob Lowe made a texting mistake that almost everyone has made at some point in their life – he sent a message to the wrong person.

Robert Downey Jr. got an amazing honor on Sunday night… and he used it to get petty revenge for bad reviews. Stars really are just like us! LOLz!

Oppenheimer stars Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr. are ready for action at the 2024 Critics Choice Awards.

Robert Downey Jr. put a spotlight on his haters during his acceptance speech at the 2024 Critics Choice Awards!

Albert Einstein had his theory of relativity, and Breaking Baz has his theory of party lift-off.

New Look shoppers have been blown away by a £20 bag that they claim looks 'more expensive' than its modest price tag. Shoppers have hailed the budget-friendly accessory as being the 'perfect size' that can hold 'a lot more than expected'.

Robert Downey Jr. is looking back on his experience bringing Iron Man to life in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.