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The big Oscars 2024 night is now just a few hours away. The world will witness the celebration of the best in cinema under a roof in Los Angeles. The 96th Academy Awards will be held at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood, bringing together international movie industry giants for one of the most significant awards nights on March 11 (IST). Ahead of the big night, the Pre-Oscars party got several celebrities under one roof to celebrate the year that was 2023. Blackpink`s Rose surprised fans with her stunning appearance…

Jonathan Ross has revealed he will be joined by celebrity guests for ITV’s coverage of the 2024 Oscars.The host will be broadcasting live from Hollywood alongside Richard Armitage, Ben Bailey Smith, Fay Ripley and Yinka Bokinni for the 96th Academy Awards on Sunday night (10 March).Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster Oppenheimer is expected to dominate the Oscars and is the heavy favourite to win Best Picture, while star Cillian Murphy is tipped to win Best Actor.Nolan himself is expected to win the Best Director gong for the…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeJonathan Ross, who is hosting ITV’s Oscars coverage this coming weekend, has shared the “major problem” he had with Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer.The 63-year-old talk show host was asked what he thought about this year’s Academy Award hopefuls ahead of the show on Sunday (10 March).Oppenheimer stars Cillian Murphy as the eponymous father of the atomic bomb and has been a hit with…

Jonathan Majors’ legal issues made headlines for most of 2023, and that all came to a head when he received a guilty verdict in his assault trial back in December. The embattled actor currently faces up to a year in prison due to charges of harassment and third-degree reckless assault. Throughout his court battle, Majors has also been in a relationship with fellow actor Meagan Good. Insiders have dropped details regarding how the couple has been doing since the verdict came down. Now, both stars have personally provided…

Jonathan Bailey, star of Bridgerton, Broadchurch and the upcoming Wicked movie, has compared Final Fantasy 14 to the works of Shakespeare. Speaking to BAFTA as part of their die-based, character breakdown video series, Bailey discussed his time voicing G’raha Tia in Final Fantasy 14. “This is a character I voice in Final Fantasy, little cat boy and the crystal exarch,” Bailey started, proudly holding up an image of G’raha. “He’s a very open, adoring, playful companion to the player.” “I was a gamer growing up and the…

If you’ve ever wanted a movie about werewolves that also comes with some social commentary wrapped inside, your needs could possibly be sated in the near future with an upcoming movie.Prepping the Sandworm Scenes in Dune: Part TwoPer Deadline, filmmaker Jonahtan Libeseman—best known for Battle: LA and the 2014 live-action Ninja Turtles film—is drawing attention with his next project, Wolf Night. According to the outlet, the screenplay from April Maguire and Will Honley is being explicitly billed as “District 9 by way of…

Image: Dike Ruan/MarvelThe new Ultimate Universe has an intriguing start behind it: what if classic Marvel heroes like Spider-Man and Black Panther have only just stepped into their heroic identities? Instead of coming into heroism naturally, Tony Stark (aka Iron Lad) has been tracking down persons of interest and jump starting them into the superheroes we know in love.Ms. Marvel's Directors Talk Embiggening the Show's Superhero ActionCome June, we’ll see how Stark’s faring in doing the same for other heroes in the pages…

These are the kind of issues that other superhero studios are supposed to have. A rising star, suddenly brought low by an off-screen incident that kills all hype surrounding forthcoming projects. Talk of recasting, or perhaps even a complete change of plan. Disastrous instalments that were supposed to kick off a new era, but end up representing a debilitating full stop in the saga.For DC’s Ezra Miller, read Marvel’s Jonathan Majors. For the former’s The Flash, read the latter’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. After…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeColman Domingo has responded to online murmurings that he is in talks to step in for Jonathan Majors as the next Kang the Conquerer after Majors was dropped in December following his assault conviction.Majors, 34, debuted his role as Kang the Conqueror, the next major villain in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, in 2023’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and the streaming series Loki.He…

It’s been two months since Marvel dropped Jonathan Majors, although it already feels like much longer. You could say that the writing was on the walls long before the Marvel star was found guilty of misdemeanor assault, that Majors was a marked man, that his days were numbered. At least that’s how it felt, people were talking about his departure for months before it was all finally confirmed, so the question is, was Marvel already making plans to reduce Jonathan Majors’ involvement in the MCU and if so, why? How much…