The Oscars Got a… TIE?!

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This year’s Oscars saw a rare tie in the Short Film category, with both The Singers and Two People Exchanging Saliva winning. This was only the seventh tie in the Academy Awards’ history. Interestingly, one of the winners incorrectly stated that this had only happened three times before. The most well-known tie was in 1969, when Katharine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand jointly won Best Actress for The Lion in Winter and Funny Girl. More recently, Best Sound Editing ended in a tie in 2013, with awards going to both Zero Dark Thirty and Skyfall. This year’s tie had an amusing outcome: one of the Two People Exchanging Saliva winners playfully teased Timothée Chalamet during their acceptance speech, which alone makes the moment worth remembering!

Celebrities Who Were Banned From the Oscars

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Whether it’s unexpected incidents during award shows or controversies happening privately, many celebrities have clashed with the organizations that are supposed to celebrate them.

After Stealing Taylor Sheridan’s Best Western In Just Four Minutes, I Want Billy Bob Thornton’s Character To Get A Spinoff

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Billy Bob Thornton made a guest appearance on 1883 as a personal favor to Taylor Sheridan, who initially intended to cast an unknown actor in the role of Marshal Courtright. They worked together so well that Sheridan then wrote the series Landman specifically for Thornton to star in. Considering how many Yellowstone spin-offs there are now, it would be great to see a story that further explored Thornton’s character, Courtright.

Attack on Titan Originally Written Off as Not ‘Cute’ Enough for Its Anime by Publisher

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I was so fascinated to hear about a panel from the IMART festival in Japan! Kodansha representatives were talking about how risky adapting Attack on Titan actually was. Apparently, internally, they genuinely thought the anime might fail! They were worried it was too dark and lacked those typical ‘moe’ elements – you know, the really cute, endearing qualities – that a lot of anime rely on to become popular. It’s amazing how wrong they were, honestly!

Conan O’Brien’s Killer Oscars Monologue Was Fated by God

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O’Brien kept the audience roaring with jokes, particularly about a hypothetical Oscars hosted by Kid Rock at a Dave & Busters, the limited number of British nominees, and Netflix’s Ted Sarandos. He playfully suggested the Oscars was Sarandos’s first time seeing a movie in a theater, then imagined Sarandos thinking, “Why are they all having fun together? They should be watching at home so I can make money off of it!” Despite all the playful jabs, O’Brien ended on a genuinely optimistic note, celebrating the Oscars’ international spirit as a source of hope in a difficult world.