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Some athletes were ready to risk it all last weekend. A Korean actress left quite the impression on Los Angeles Dodgers baseball players after throwing her first pitch at an exhibition game in South Korea.The American baseball team played an exhibition game in the South Korean capital city on Sunday night (March 17), where the Dodgers went head-to-head against the Kiwoom Heroes at the Gocheok Sky Dome, a baseball stadium located in Gocheok-dong, Seoul.To kickstart the game, Korean actress Jeon Jong-seo was invited to…

A former professor from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry had a rather harsh message to Harry Potter fans.Miriam Margoyles, also known as Professor Sprout, who taught the then second-year students of Harry, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger how to re-pot mandrakes during her Herbology class, has told Potterheads to “f*****g grow up.”The English-Australian actor isn’t a fan of nostalgia, as she has expressed while speaking to New Zealand journalist Hilary Barry for 1 News.In a viral clip shared on X (formerly…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeEmma Stone, Lily Gladstone, and Annette Bening were seen embracing at the 2024 Oscars.The trio, who were all nominated for Best Actress, shared an emotional group hug during a commercial break at the 96th Academy Awards. At one point, they were reportedly joined by Margot Robbie, who many felt had been snubbed by the awards ceremony for her leading performance in last year’s summer…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeEmma Stone’s wild-eyed look, as she clambered up on stage to receive the Oscar for Best Actress, said it all: she didn’t think she was going to win. Perhaps, even, she wasn’t quite sure she was meant to win. Her turn as Bella Baxter in Yorgos Lanthimos’s Poor Things, about a reanimated woman with a baby’s brain who rediscovers the world step by step, sensation by sensation, is truly…

Emma Stone has won the Oscar for best actress for Poor Things at the 96th Academy Awards in Los Angeles.Stone won for her role as Bella Baxter in the period fantasy comedy adapted from the novel by Alasdair Gray; it is directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and co-stars Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe and Ramy Youssef. The character, the result of a child’s brain implanted into an adult’s body, has proved controversial due to the film’s copious sex and nudity.Stone had to see off a field including the hotly-tipped Lily Gladstone for…

The actress thanked her fellow nominees, including anticipated winner Lily Gladstone An overwhelmed Emma Stone won Best Actress for Poor Things at the Oscars for her portrayal of Bella Baxter, a surprise upset over expected winner Lily Gladstone for Killers of the Flower Moon. Stone took the stage in tears, pointing out her broken dress as she grabbed her award. “I’m pretty sure it happened during ‘I’m Just Ken,'” she quipped. Stone thanked her fellow nominees, including Gladstone. “Sandra,…

When Lily Gladstone was nominated for the lead actress Oscar for “Killers of the Flower Moon,” she sparked a wave of hope inside and outside Hollywood that she would become the first Native American to win the prize, in the Academy Awards’ 96th year.And though she received a robust wave of applause when her name was announced during the presentation of the nominees, her journey ended in disappointment as “Poor Things’” Emma Stone claimed the lead actress honor instead.“It’s not about me — it’s about a team that came…

Da’Vine Joy Randolph has won the Oscar for best supporting actress for her role in The Holdovers at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles.Randolph, who played the school’s head cook Mary Lamb in the film, was the strong favourite for the award, having won nearly every best supporting actress prize in the run-up to the Oscars, including the Golden Globe, Bafta, Critics’ Choice, Independent Spirit and Screen Actors Guild awards. In the end she saw off competition including Jodie Foster (for Nyad), Emily Blunt (for Oppenheimer)…

Oscars Trivia: Barbra Streisand and Katharine Hepburn. (Photo Credit – IMDb) As everyone gears up for the 2024 Academy Awards, we have another interesting Oscars Trivia for you. If you’ve followed the award ceremony for years, you must be aware that there have been times when the Academy grabbed headlines for unexpected events. From The Godfather actor Marlon Brando not attending the awards to the Will Smith and Chris Rock slap gate, there’s a lot that startles the audience. But did you know, once, two…

Throughout her tenure as Harry Potter’s Professor Sprout legendary actor Miriam Margolyes played a vital part in bringing J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World to life in some of the best 2000s movies. While it has been some time since those films were in theaters, the new Harry Potter TV show is set to debut in 2026. That occasion is something hardcore adult Potter fans are undoubtedly going to continue fanning out over, but it also ties into a concern of Miriam’s, one that she recently expressed through an interview shown in…