Poor Things

Emma Stone won big at the 96th Academy Awards, clinching the Best Actress Oscar for her performance in Poor Things. The actor, however, suffered a wardrobe malfunction while accepting the award, as the back of her strapless Louis Vuitton gown split open. (Also read: Emma Stone suffered a wardrobe malfunction before accepting her Best Actress Oscar. Emma wins Best ActressEmma appeared shocked to hear her name called out by Michelle Yeoh for Best Actress. She repeatedly touched the back of her dress while hugging…

Now, a two-time Oscar winner, Poor Things' very own Bella Baxter, aka Hollywood star Emma Stone's glorious winning streak is nothing short of amazing. Having previously led the Best Actress category at the prestigious awards ceremony for La La Land, the 35-year-old star has done it again. At the 2024 Academy Awards on Sunday, March 10, she won Best Actress for the 2023 Yorgos Lanthimos directorial. US actress Emma Stone, Best Actress in a Leading Role for "Poor Things", attends the Vanity Fair Oscars Party at the…

With a combined 30 career Oscar nominations, these actors hope to break their losing streak Seasoned actors like Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, and Mahershala Ali, who share seven Oscars among them, make winning the gold trophy look easy. Other actors spend their careers in pursuit of the elusive accolade. It took Viola Davis two decades before her supporting role honor in Fences (2016). It took Joaquin Phoenix longer, losing three lead actor nods before taking home an…

As Hollywood gears up for one of the most eventful nights for movies, let us take a look at some of the record-breaking moments that can take place at the 96th Annual Academy Awards and create history. (Also read: Oscars 2024: From Olivia Colman to Denzel Washington, most memorable acceptance speeches of all time) Both Cillian Murphy and Lily Gladstone are first time nominees at the Oscars who can create history. Lily Gladstone's chances at the Best Actress categoryIf Killers of the Flower Moon actor Lily…

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When a character in a movie works, when it truly works, their little habits and traits pass on to the viewers. The way they talk, or stand, or even communicate- burn in our memory like an afterthought. Such is the case with Bella Baxter in Yorgos Lanthimos' Poor Things, played by Emma Stone with tremendous ferocity and feeling. She is an experiment: a woman with the brain of her own unborn child, that was cut off from her body after she tried to kill herself. In some ways she is her own mother and daughter, but also,…

When production designers Shona Heath and James Price were tasked with designing the dark comedy Poor Things, Yorgos Lanthimos‘ Oscar-nominated movie about a woman whose resurrected with her infant’s brain, they had several key decisions to make. For starters, how would they represent the London mansion, which included the laboratory of mad scientist Dr. Baxter, played by Willem Dafoe? The answer turned out to be simple: They’d put human anatomy along the walls and ceiling.  They stapled packing foam to the atrium…

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Quick Answer: Viewers can watch Poor Things online by buying it on Prime Video. One of the best movies of the past year, Oscars frontrunner Poor Things has finally danced its way to your home theater screens, just in time for the upcoming Academy Awards. With 11 nods, including Best Picture and nominations for the film’s star, Emma Stone, fans can now stream the…

Photo: Sabina Graves/GizmodoTo celebrate the upcoming digital, Blu-ray, and DVD release of Poor Things, io9 attended a party inspired by the Emma Stone-starring film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. The cinematic soiree was delightfully twisted, just like the parties Stone’s Fraken-creation Bella Baxter enjoys—complete with immersive actors portraying her role. The mini-gala, held in Los Angeles, CA, showcased the Oscar-nominated film’s costumes, both on the wandering Bellas as well as displayed on mannequins, allowing…

In stand-up comedy, silence typically equals death. You tell a joke and the audience laughs? Great. You tell a joke and they groan? Well, at least they were interested enough to respond. Tell a joke and … nothing? You may have lost the room altogether.  For Ramy Youssef, though, a joke greeted with silence allowed him to find his comedic voice, which has expanded beyond his stand-up to include creating and/or starring in a pair of acclaimed comedy series — Ramy on Hulu, Mo on Netflix — a juicy supporting role in…