America Ferrera

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Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel enlisted the Barbie cast to help him make his way to the awards show. In a new clip, which aired on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Helen Mirren narrates the tale of a man (Kimmel) lost on his way to the Oscars. He enlists help from Weird Barbie (Kate McKinnon), who takes him through all of the Best Picture nominees to get to Oscarsland. The journey, in Weird Barbie’s car, goes via Poor Things, Maestro, and Oppenheimer, where the pair spot Matt Damon’s character and eventually run him over. Once they…

Yesterday the Academy announced the nominees for the 2024 Oscars, and Barbie did very well for itself. Best Adapted Screenplay! Two original song nods! Ryan Gosling for Best Supporting Actor and America Ferrera for Best Supporting Actress! A Best Picture nomination! But alas, this has proven to not in fact be enough in an unhinged way.Spoilers of the Week | June 17thAlmost immediately since the dust settled on the nominations reveal, commentators have looked to the fact that both star Margot Robbie and director Greta…

In Billy Crystal’s musical medley that opened the 1992 Oscars, he sang a tribute to Barbra Streisand’s romantic drama The Prince of Tides to the tune of “Don’t Rain on My Parade,” the song made famous, of course, by Barbra Streisand. He crooned: “Seven nominations on the shelf, did this film direct itself?” The audience burst into loud applause and the camera panned to Streisand who gave a nod of approval that seemed tinged with a note of disappointment.  Streisand’s film, which she directed and starred in, was…

Nearly a dozen actors will now have an Academy Awards section added to their Awards and Nominations page on Wikipedia. Bright and early on Tuesday morning, Zazie Beetz and Jack Quaid announced the 2024 Oscars nominations live from Los Angeles. With 20 nominees across four acting categories, some names were past nominees and winners — like Jodie Foster, Emma Stone, and Bradley Cooper. But 10 nominees saw their names announced for the first time in their careers. Cillian Murphy became a first-time Academy Awards…

No Greta Gerwig or Margot Robbie for Barbie? And what about Greta Lee and Charles Melton? The Academy got plenty right this year but a lot wrong Every year, the Academy Awards wake everybody up at some ungodly hour and instantly turn actors, directors, and a host of below-the-line industry folks into Oscar nominees. Some get to add this to the front of their name for the first time, and others simply have the pleasure of adding one more gold star next to theirs. Congratulations…

America Ferrera received the SeeHer Award during the Critics Choice Awards ceremony on Sunday. The award “honors a woman who advocates for gender equality, portrays characters with authenticity, defies stereotypes and pushes boundaries.” Ferrera is the eighth recipient of the annual award. Janelle Monáe received the award last year. Ferrera’s Barbie cast mate Margot Robbie introduced Ferrera, praising her for her film roles in Real Women Have Curves and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants along with her…

Oprah Winfrey is heading back to the Golden Globes. As her new film The Color Purple is making waves in movie theaters, Winfrey, who was honored with a Cecil B. DeMille trophy at the 2018 ceremony, is confirmed to present at this weekend’s telecast. She had her name listed in the second round of presenters announced Thursday morning, alongside America Ferrera, Daniel Kaluuya, Florence Pugh, Hailee Steinfeld, Issa Rae, Shameik Moore and Simu Liu. They join a roster of previously announced…

When young girls seem to be extensively jaded by their existence before they’ve even reached their teenage years, a common refrain is deployed: they’re nine going on 30, or 11 going on 50, and generally too young to be feeling so old. Greta Gerwig‘s summer blockbuster Barbie made room for all of these different phases of girlhood and womanhood. It struck a particularly sensitive chord among women with an emotional monologue delivered by America Ferrera, but much younger girls saw themselves in her speech, too. In…

America Ferrera is reflecting on the success of Barbie — and why she thinks the race of her character in the film helped her land the part. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter Friday, the actress opened up about the fact that she hadn’t always been considered for non-Latina roles until recently in her career. “To be frank: For the majority of my career, I have not been considered for roles that weren’t written specifically Latina,” Ferrera said. “And so that, in and of itself, limits what people are willing…