The real life tragedy of Triangle of Sadness
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The real life tragedy of Triangle of Sadness

ByStarcasm Staff

The film Triangle of Sadness was nominated for three Oscars at the 2023 Academy Awards. In a sad turn of events, the lead actress of the movie, Charlbi Dean Kriek, died unexpectedly this past August (2022.) Why was she left out of the In Memorium segment of the awards show? Charlbi’s death is mentioned on…

Hugh Grant had an incredibly awkward Oscar interview
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Hugh Grant had an incredibly awkward Oscar interview

ByVioleta Idyll

Hugh Grant attended the 2023 Oscars to present with Andie MacDowell for Best Production Design, but he didn’t exactly seem thrilled to be there. His attitude with Ashley Graham during a red carpet interview gave off the curt vibes of a teenager being grilled by their parents about their school day. Instead of keeping up…

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Did Chris Rock apologize to Jada Pinkett Smith?

ByJohn

It’s been over 24 hours since The Slap. The hot takes continue; the pearls remain clutched. Will Smith, the Slapper, has apologized to Chris Rock, The Slappee. It would seem that peace may reign across the land. But one crucial question remains unanswered: Did Chris Rock apologize to Jada Pinkett Smith? Now, I for one…

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VIDEO What did Will Smith say to Chris Rock at the Oscars?

ByJohn

The 2022 Academy Awards had been a pretty lackluster affair for the first hour or two. It’s clear the Academy wants to turn its big night into the MTV Video Music Awards. They cut eight technical awards from the official presentation, insulting untold moviemakers and fans; they added fan-vote categories like Best Action Movie Whatever…

Oscars gift bags 2019
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Here’s exactly how much the 2019 Oscar gift bags are worth (and what’s in each one)

ByJohn

There’s no other way to put it: there is a true shitload of stuff in an Oscars gift basket. I thought it was maybe ten or twelve different things, nestled delicately upon a bed of shredded organic woodpulp inside a Ten Thousand Villages wicker basket. (The other deflating discovery I made is that the infamous…

Chrissy Teigen skipped the Oscars to track down a taco truck featured on Ugly Delicious
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Chrissy Teigen skipped the Oscars to track down a taco truck featured on Ugly Delicious

ByStarcasm Staff

Chrissy Teigen proved once again that she’s the “Relatable Queen” of Twitter by skipping fancy Oscar parties to track down a taco truck. The 6-months-pregnant celebrity tweeted out asking for help finding the taco truck featured on the Netflix food show Ugly Delicious. Soon, instead of nibbling on hors d’oeuvres with the Hollywood elite she…

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VIDEO Netflix drops a new House of Cards trailer during the Academy Awards broadcast

ByJohn

  You guys: the new season is House of Cards is only five days away. And, technically, it’s even less than that, since the premiere’s going to happen at three AM Eastern Standard Time. Four days and sixteen hours! That’s practically tomorrow! Netflix knows it, too, which is why they teased us with a second proper…

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VIDEO Oscar-winner Graham Moore gives amazing acceptance speech about suicide and “staying weird”

ByJohn

  Last night, the writer Graham Moore won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for his work on The Imitation Game. The movie is based on Andrew Hodges’ biography Alan Turing: The Enigma. It’s a war thriller about Turing’s work as a cryptanalyst during World War II, and his later prosecution for homosexuality, which…

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VIDEO John Travolta creeps everyone out by holding Idina Menzel’s face at the Oscars

ByJohn

  John Travolta’s career post-Battlefield Earth is an atomic wasteland of the crazy, awkward, and bizarre. Last year, he somehow managed to butcher Idina Menzel’s name into “Adele Dazeem” while introducing the singer; this year, there was a fair amount of anticipation as to what Johnny T-Pants would do to make things right with the…

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How long do Oscar winners get to speak before the music plays?

ByJohn

How long do Oscar winners get to speak before the music plays? Polish filmmaker Pawel Pawlikowski won the Best Foreign Language Academy Award last night for his film Ida. He also, arguably, won the awards show, by ignoring the “walk-off” music that came on about twenty seconds into his acceptance speech, talking straight through it…

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Lady Gaga to perform in mysterious “special tribute” at the Oscars

ByJohn

  Lady Gaga, fresh off her duet with Tony Bennett at the Grammy awards, is going to sing at this year’s Oscars. The show’s producers announced Gaga’s inclusion today, via Twitter. It’s the first time at the show for the Gagster, but the details of what exactly she’ll be doing remain scarce. All we know…