Road to the Oscars 2026: ‘Hamnet’ director Chloé Zhao says awards recognition is ‘an amazing feeling’

Director Chloé Zhao with actors Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley on the set of their film, 'Hamnet.' (Agata Grzybowska/Focus Features)Chloé Zhao has been through the awards circuit before, winning the best picture and best director Oscars in 2021 for Nomadland. Now, she’s up for three Oscars for Hamnet: best picture, best director and best adapted screenplay alongside author Maggie O’Farrell.Hamnet, an emotional drama about how love and loss in William Shakespeare's (Paul Mescal) personal life helped shape his enduring classic […]

March 12, 2026

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Billie Eilish in talks to make movie acting debut in ‘The Bell Jar’

Billie Eilish attends the 2024 Oscars (Disney/Chris Willard)After winning multiple Oscars for movie songs, Billie Eilish may get a chance to compete in the acting categories.ABC Audio has learned that Billie is in talks to make her film debut in an adaptation of Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar. Plath, a poet and author who died by suicide at age 30, wrote The Bell Jar in 1963 under a pseudonym. The semi-autobiographical novel was published a month before her death.Oscar winner Sarah […]

March 11, 2026

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Nicole Kidman, Pedro Pascal and more announced as final Oscars presenters

Pedro Pascal attends the Chanel Womenswear Spring/Summer 2026 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on Oct. 6, 2025, in Paris, France. (Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)The final presenters for the 98th Oscars have been revealed.Rose Byrne, Nicole Kidman, Jimmy Kimmel, Delroy Lindo, Ewan McGregor, Wagner Moura, Pedro Pascal, Bill Pullman, Lewis Pullman, Channing Tatum and Sigourney Weaver will take to the Oscars stage to present awards at this year's ceremony, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and […]

March 11, 2026

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Marcello Hernandez wears Harry Styles’ clothes in new ‘SNL’ promo

Harry Styles during 'SNL' promos (Rosalind O'Connor/NBC)Marcello Hernandez does his best Harry Styles impression in a new promo for Saturday Night Live.Harry will host and be the musical guest on the March 14 installment of the show. In the promo, Marcello dons Harry's outfit from the BRIT Awards and apes his dance moves as he makes his way to the stage of Studio 8H, while Harry's song "American Girls" plays. He steps to the mic, only to be interrupted by the […]

March 11, 2026

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Kate Winslet in talks to join ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum’: Report

Kate Winslet attends the 'Finding Harmony: A King's Vision' premiere at Windsor Castle on Jan. 28, 2026, in Windsor, England. (Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)Kate Winslet might just be making her way to The Shire.The Oscar winner is in talks to star as the female lead in the upcoming film The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, Deadline reports. The specific role she would play has not been revealed.Warner Bros. Pictures had no comment when reached by ABC Audio.The upcoming […]

March 11, 2026

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Road to the Oscars 2026: Fun facts about this year’s nominees

The 98th annual Academy Awards ceremony will be held Sunday, and with this group of nominations come a bunch of interesting facts. Here's a look at some fun facts about this season's crop of nominees.Sinners achieved a rare feat to become the most-nominated film in Oscars history. With 16 nominations, it blew past the previous record holders La La Land, Titanic and All About Eve, which all earned 14 nominations each. Director Ryan Coogler and his producing partner and wife, Zinzi […]

March 11, 2026

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Nikki Glaser returning to host the Golden Globes in 2027

Nikki Glaser appears on a graphic promoting the 84th annual Golden Globes. (CBS)Third time's a charm for Nikki Glaser.The comedian will return to host the 84th annual Golden Globes on Jan. 10, 2027. The show will air on CBS and stream on Paramount+ in the U.S.Glaser became the first woman to host the Golden Globes solo as she took on the role of host at the 2025 ceremony. She returned as host for the 2026 ceremony, which took place on […]

March 11, 2026

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Watch Nick Jonas and Paul Rudd get into a fistfight in trailer for ‘Power Ballad’

'Power Ballad' poster (Lionsgate)We've got our first trailer for Power Ballad, the new movie starring Nick Jonas and Paul Rudd.In the trailer we see Paul as Rick, a wedding band singer, hanging out with Nick as Danny, a boy band member, in a hotel room. As they work on music together, Rick plays Danny a song that he says he's been working on "for years"; Danny nods and says, "Yeah, I like that."Next thing you know, Rick's in the audience at one […]

March 11, 2026

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The trailer for ‘Man on Fire’ starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II has arrived

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II speaks onstage during the Marvel Television and Marvel Animation Panel at New York Comic Con at Javits Center in New York, NY on October 11, 2025. (Photo by Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for Disney)Yahya Abdul-Mateen II takes on the role of a former special forces mercenary named John Creasy in the new Netflix series Man on Fire, which fans can now get a glimpse of.A trailer for the series has dropped and is available to watch on YouTube. Man on […]

March 11, 2026