Disappointment

Angela Bassett is reflecting on her Oscar loss in the Best Supporting Actress category at the Academy Awards last year. The actor reflected on the evening in a new interview with Oprah Winfrey in OWN, where she agreed that the loss was ‘a supreme disappointment.’ (Also read: Oscars 2024: From Olivia Colman to Denzel Washington, most memorable acceptance speeches of all time) Angela Bassett has been nominated twice for an Oscar, and won the honorary award earlier this year. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni(REUTERS) What…

“Black Panther” star Angela Bassett’s reaction over losing Oscar 2023 went viral on social media. The actress lost the Oscar last year for best supporting actress, which was won by Jamie Lee Curtis. In the latest episode of OWN Spotlight she recalled the incident and expressed her grief. Angela was nominated at the 95th Academy Award for her role of Queen Ramonda from the movie “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”. The 65-year-old shared dismay, saying, “I was gobsmacked. It was—of course—a supreme…

Until Katie Porter won her congressional seat in 2018, being a Democrat in Orange County was like rooting for the Angels: Someone has to do it, amirite?Republicans had held a majority of my home county’s legislative, congressional and supervisorial seats for decades. They maintained a robust ecosystem of candidates, funneling activists onto school boards and party committees to learn how politics works before moving on to higher offices. The GOP way took Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan to the White House, the latter…

That was so not fetch! A controversial joke referencing Lindsay Lohan’s problematic past was removed from the digital version of the 2024 Mean Girls musical adaptation after the actress explicitly expressed disappointment with the reference.A joke referencing the term “fire crotch” was withdrawn from the 2024 musical version of Mean Girls.“Fire crotch” was infamously associated with Lindsay after socialite Brandon Davis made crude comments about the actress’ body, back in 2006, in a paparazzi video that also featured…

Renowned actor Ryan Gosling finds himself caught between elation and disappointment following the announcement of this year’s Oscar nominees. While Gosling earned a well-deserved Best Supporting Actor nomination for his role in “Barbie,” his focus shifted to his colleagues who were notably absent from certain categories. Expressing his thoughts, Gosling shared that his heart went out to Greta Gerwig, who was not nominated in the Best Director category, and Margot Robbie, who was left out of the Best…

For a character who is at the center of one full-length story, The Maltese Falcon, Sam Spade is as iconic as it gets in the world of detective fiction. Dashiell Hammett‘s book, and John Huston’s 1941 movie adaptation with Humphrey Bogart, loom impossibly large over the gumshoe genre, to the point where Spade is just as famous as Philip Marlowe and Mike Hammer, who have appeared in far more novels and films over the years. But the Sam Spade who appears in the new miniseries Monsieur Spade is not a legend where and…

In a fast-paced world, people change things in the blink of an eye. After a particularly hard Thursday at work, employees spend evenings sending CVs. This practice would’ve bewildered our grandparents, who believed in loyalty to one company. Sadly, that loyalty is often overlooked – John Bartlett dedicated 42 years to the same company and for his retirement, he received a certificate of appreciation and a BBQ party. Luckily, his coworkers jumped in and showed John just how much he’s worth it.More info: TikTokJohn…

Grand Theft Auto 6's much anticipated first trailer was leaked just ahead of its scheduled release date, and the devs who worked on it have reacted with anger and disappointment across social media--most expressing that it had ruined a moment many Rockstar devs had been looking forward to.Not long before it was meant to debut, the GTA 6 trailer was leaked on social media, the experience further marred by a crypto-related watermark slapped across the footage. The leaker's account was quickly taken down,…

I think most of us have some meal(s) that we like to be made in a special way, whether it’s in some particular restaurant, some special ingredients, made by the family member that nobody can compare to, or even the way we make it by ourselves. However, many of us also come across many foods that may seem simple to make but most of the time lead to disappointment when we order them.Speaking about that, one Reddit user asked folks online to share meals that the majority of people or restaurants always manage to mess them…

The OpenAI saga appears to be coming to a conclusion with one final twist, as OpenAI has just announced that Sam Altman will be returning to the company as the CEO. Alongside, he will also get a new board to work with. This means that he will not be joining Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to lead his AI research team, as announced by him earlier. The move comes after reports of mass resignation came from within the company with as many as 500 employees demanding Altman be reinstated. This would also mean that the tenure of…