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Megyn Kelly on Monday mocked the Oscars for being too 'woke' for audiences  The former NBC host turned podcaster let rip as ratings for Sunday's ceremony dipped to an all-time low of 9.85 million viewers  It marks a 58 per cent drop compared to last year's already record-low 23.64 million viewers  The huge drop continues an overall multi-year downward trend for the Academy Awards, which were seen by more than 43 million people in 2014  The Grammys, Golden Globes and SAG Awards all experienced more than 50 per cent declines in viewership this year as well  Film fans had already derided ...

April 27, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET An image from “The Present,” the Oscar-nominated short film by the Palestinian filmmaker Farah Nablusi.Credit...ShortsTV By John Brennan Mr. Brennan was the director of the C.I.A. from 2013 to 2017. On a recent evening I watched “The Present,” a short film by Farah Nablusi, a Palestinian filmmaker, which was nominated for an Academy Award for live-action short film (the winner in the category was “Two Distant Strangers). Ms. Nablusi’s 25-minute film is a powerful, heartbreaking account of the travails of Yusuf, a Palestinian man, and Yasmine, his young...

April 27, 2021 Two Hoosiers from the same high school became Oscar winners Sunday night. Mike Conley, now an NBA player with the Utah Jazz, graduated from Lawrence North High School in 2006. He and fellow NBA player, Kevin Durant, were executive producers of “Two Distant Strangers.” That film won the Academy Award for Best Live-Action Short Film. Tiara Thomas, a graduate of both Lawrence North and Ball State won an Oscar for Best Original Song for her work on “Fight for You” from the movie “Judas and the Black Messiah”. The award went to songwriters Tiara Thomas, H.E.R., and D...

Share The Australian actor also acknowledged the firsts achieved in one of the most progressive Oscars ever. 'There were just so many great moments at the Oscars last night, [including] Chloe [Zhao] the first woman of colour [to win the Best Director Oscar].' Jackman hosted the Academy Awards in 2009. Hero: The X-Men actor, 52, took to social media on Tuesday to directly address Perry, 51 Powerful speech: Perry (pictured) on Monday urged Oscars viewers to start 'meeting in the middle' and to 'refuse hate' Tyler Perry told audiences to 'refuse hate' while being awarded the Jean Hersholt Human...

"Oh, Mr. Brad Pitt, finally. Nice to meet you. Where were you while we were filming in Tulsa?" Youn breathlessly started her acceptance speech.  Her relatable reaction — I mean, what woman wouldn't get a little woozy meeting Pitt for the first time? — led off a hilarious speech. But Youn didn't stop charming people once she exited stage right: She continued into the press room by posing photos with Pitt and then gamely fielding some questions about her experience, including one journalist who wanted to know what the movie star smelled like.  "I didn't smell him. I'm not (a) dog," Youn s...