The Oscars host may be a thing of the past – good

The Casting Society of America will host two virtual town halls this month as part of its Asian American Pacific Islander Initiative. Celebrating Asia Pacific American Heritage Month, CSA says the town halls and roundtable discussions – on May 10 and 17 – “are designed to affect concrete change in how creatives, in this historically underrepresented community, have been perceived, what they have achieved, and how we all can create systemic change to move the needle of progress forward.”

It looks like Halle Berry, 54, tricked everyone when she showed up to the 2021 Academy Awards with a short bob haircut. The actress posted a new Instagram photo that showed her smiling outside in the sun with her usual long wavy locks, proving her short look wasn’t real.

The Oscars aired last night and it didn’t feature that many comedic moments, so fans are looking back at some of the funny things that happened at past shows.

Rihanna heads out of the Sunset Tower Hotel after attending an Oscars after party at the iconic hotel in Los Angeles on Sunday night (April 25).

the Earnest Oscars. True, the institution, even in your typical year, is not known for sparkling levity or ironic dash.

Haley Bosselman editor“Nomadland” led the 93rd Academy Awards with three wins out of its six nominations, including a historic best director victory for Chloé Zhao, who became the second woman and the first woman of color to win an Oscar in the category.Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson became the first Black women to be awarded an Oscar for makeup and hairstyling for their work on “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” The Netflix movie also won for costume design, adding to the studio’s total of seven wins for

“Nomadland” has wandered straight into the Academy Award for best picture.

TheOscar producers had promised a joyous and different kind of show this year. So, to kick off the annual awards ceremony, Regina King starred in the 2021 Oscars opening title sequence.

Best Original Screenplay“Judas and the Black Messiah”“Minari”“Promising Young Woman” *WINNER“Sound of Metal”“The Trial of the Chicago 7”Best Adapted Screenplay“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”“The Father” *WINNER“Nomadland”“One Night in Miami”“The White Tiger”Best International Feature“Another Round,” Denmark *WINNER“Better Days,” Hong Kong“Collective,” Romania“The Man Who Sold His Skin,” Tunisia“Quo Vadis, Aida?,” Bosnia & HerzegovinaBest Supporting ActorSacha Baron Cohen, “The Trial of the Chicago

The stylists of made history at the 93rd Annual Academy Awards on Sunday. Makeup artist Sergio Lopez-Rivera, hair department head Mia Neal, and Viola Davis' personal hairstylist, Jamika Wilson, took home the statue for Best Makeup and Hairstyling, with the latter pairing becoming the first-ever Black stylists to win in the category.

An Oscars unlike any other to get underway Sunday— Oscar predictions: Can anything beat ‘Nomadland’?— The Oscars bring back red carpet glam in whites and goldFor complete coverage of this year’s Oscars, visit: https://apnews. com/hub/academy-awards___HERE’S WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING:3:30 p.

Angelique Jackson As the 2021 Oscars prepare to go hostless for the third year in a row, Whoopi Goldberg shares what it takes to emcee the biggest night in movies.The 1991 best supporting actress Oscar winner has also hosted the Academy Awards four times, making history as the first (and still only) Black woman to emcee the broadcast solo in 1994 and hosting again in 1996, 1999 and 2002.“I had a great time,” Goldberg tells Variety of her experiences hosting the show.

The basement of a hotel, an Al Malaikah temple and the annex to an outdoor shopping mall are just some of the locations where the Academy Awards have been held during its 93-year history.

Netflix scored a big haul of Oscar nominations this year – 35 in total – putting the streamer in the top three for a studio in the history of the awards.

Gallery: These actors rejected big roles (Espresso) And Rubin admits that while Hathaway was a delight to work with, it proved difficult to get hold of Franco. "Anne made herself readily available," he adds.

A decade ago, James Franco and Anne Hathaway co-hosted the 83rd Academy Awards and the experiment proved to be pretty awkward, according to several writers who worked the gig back in 2011. At the time, the telecast was criticized for being cringe and lacking chemistry between the two performers who were doing just that while playing off of one another.

being the “worst show ever” — the team of producers behind the broadcast recently opened up about what really went wrong that fateful night.As viewers may remember, Hathaway and Franco’s pairing came off on the Oscars stage as being awkward, but that wasn’t the only issue with the show.