Robert Downey Jr. Reflects on His Hollywood Comeback After Winning First Oscar

THE TRIP TO Baden-Baden didn’t go as planned. Last summer, Imax CEO Rich Gelfond touched down in the German city for a conference of theater owners, looking to hype the blockbusters that were about to unspool on the company’s football-field-sized screens. But instead of excitement, Gelfond was greeted with outrage.

Robert Downey Jr. is widely known for his role in the Marvel franchise, but his long career includes much more than Iron Man alone. Downey Jr.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter More than eight months (and one Oscar best picture win) after “Oppenheimer” landed in theaters, Christopher Nolan’s historical epic is still finding new audiences. The film opened over the weekend in its final market, Japan, with $2.5 million from 343 theaters. It placed third on the country’s box office charts after two local offerings, the horror movie “Strange House” and the animated “Haikyu!!” According to Universal Pictures, “Oppenheimer” is the biggest opening weekend of 2024 for a Hollywood release in Japan, surpassing “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” ($1.6 million) and “Dune: Part Two” ($1.3 million).

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Anne Hathaway has praised Christopher Nolan for backing her amid an online backlash over a decade ago.The actress was subjected to negative public opinion around the time of her 2013 Oscar win for Les Misérables.However, she called Nolan an “angel” for giving her a chance in 2014’s Interstellar at that time in her life, especially as other filmmakers had refused to cast her due to the backlash.“A lot of people wouldn’t give me roles because they were so concerned about how toxic my identity had become online,” Hathaway recalled to Vanity Fair. “I had an angel in Christopher Nolan, who did not care about that and gave me one of the most beautiful roles I’ve had in one of the best films that I’ve been a part of.“I don’t know if he knew that he was backing me at the time, but it had that effect.

Jeremy Renner had the support of so many friends and family members as he recovered from his horrible snow plow accident last year. That very much included his Marvel costar Robert Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Jr. checked in frequently with Jeremy Renner after the latter’s 2023 snowplow accident.

People in an interview published Thursday. “Fortunately, we prefer to be a traveling circus when we can be,” the producer added of their son Exton, 12, and daughter Avri, 9. Robert Jr., 58, also shares his son Indio, 30, with his first wife, singer Deborah Falconer.

Johnny Depp has caused confusion by sharing a photo of himself with Robert Downey Jr that appears to have been Photoshopped.The edited photograph of the two was posted on Instagram to celebrate Downey Jr’s first Oscar at the weekend, which saw him win in the category of Best Supporting Actor for his role of Lewis Strauss in Oppenheimer. The photo has since been deleted, but showed Depp posing with Downey Jr – who is a long-time friend of his – at a Hollywood party when they were younger.

Johnny Depp is celebrating Robert Downey Jr.‘s win at the 96th Oscars.

Elizabeth Taylor On Hollywood’s biggest night, an exclusive viewing party in Beverly Hills brought together wall-to-wall reality television stars that gathered at Wolfgang Puck’s legendary restaurant Spago. DirecTV Streaming With the Stars was an intimate affair for nearly 200 guests that was hosted by Rob Lowe. The event served plates of sautéed scallops and beet salads from the restaurant’s signature menu, along with specialty cocktails.

Al Pacino made a minor slip-up when announcing the winner of the Best Picture award at yesterday’s Oscars ceremony.The 96th Academy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, took place yesterday (March 10) in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Award season favourite Oppenheimer took home seven of the thirteen awards for which it was nominated, including Best Director (Christopher Nolan) and Best Actor (Cillian Murphy).However, when it came to awarding the final prize of the evening, Pacino’s slightly unclear announcement led to a few moments of confusion in the Dolby Theatre.The Scarface star didn’t seem to follow the traditional process of reading out the full list of nominees before announcing the winner.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Gwyneth Paltrow was in hair and makeup at home during the 2024 Oscars, but she made sure not to miss the chance to see her longtime Marvel co-star Robert Downey Jr. win his first Academy Award. Paltrow shared a video to her Instagram story as she rejoiced over Downey taking him the Oscar for best supporting actor thanks to his acclaimed role in Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer.” She watched the moment on her laptop.

viral after posting a video of herself reacting to the 2024 Oscar win of her “Iron Man” co-star Robert Downey Jr. for Best Supporting Actor — in the middle of getting her roots bleached. In a Sunday Instagram Story, the “Seven” actress held up her phone to a laptop as Ke Huy Quan — who won the award last year for the hit “Everything Everywhere All At Once” — delivered the announcement.

Wes Anderson was awarded an Oscar yesterday for his short film, The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar, but was not present to accept the award.The 96th Academy Awards took place last night at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. The ceremony was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, and saw Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer triumph, taking home seven of the prestigious awards.Also securing an award was eight-time nominee Anderson, who won in the category of Best Live Action Short Film for his picture The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar.The film, which starred Benedict Cumberbatch, Dev Patel and Ben Kingsley among others, is about a man who possesses the intriguing ability to see through objects, helping him to predict the future and build his fortune through gambling.However, the Fantastic Mr. Fox and Isle Of Dogs creator was not at the ceremony to accept his award or make a speech.

Oppenheimer blew up the 96th Academy Awards, taking a dominating seven trophies including Best Picture on Sunday at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood. Poor Things was next with four, and The Zone of Interest was the only other film to score multiple statuettes.

Wes Anderson is officially an Oscar winner, but he wasn’t in attendance to accept his award.

Don’t call it a career win because few would argue that Robert Downey, Jr. didn’t deliver one of his best performances ever as Lewis Strauss in Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer.” That immense talent was rewarded with his first Oscar in the Best Supporting Actor category at the 96th Academy Awards.

Oscars 2024 is taking place tonight (March 10) in Los Angeles, with Oppenheimer, Poor Things, and Killers Of The Flower Moon set to battle it out for the top gongs.The ceremony will be held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood and will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel for a fourth time.Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer leads the nominations going into the event with 13 nods, including Best Director, Best Picture and Best Actor. Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things follows on 11, while Martin Scorsese’s Killers Of The Flower Moon is in the running in 10 categories.

Oppenheimer at tonight’s (March 10) ceremony in Los Angeles.The star won the award for Best Supporting Actor for his role of Lewis Strauss in Christopher Nolan’s hit movie.Downey Jr. beat the likes of Ryan Gosling, Sterling K. Brown and Mark Ruffalo to pick up the award.