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Best Supporting Actress Nominee Da'Vine Joy Randolph Wows in Powder Blue at Oscars 2024

Da’Vine Joy Randolph is a vision in powder blue at the 2024 Academy Awards on Sunday (March 10) at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

The 37-year-old actress received her first ever Oscar nomination for her work in The Holdovers. She’s up for Best Supporting Actress.

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'The Holdovers' Accused of Plagiarism, Oscars 2024 Nominations Not Impacted

Oscar nominated film The Holdovers has been accused of plagiarism.

This whole story begins on January 12, 2024, when screenwriter Simon Stephenson, who wrote Pixar’s Luca, Paddington 2, and more, sent an email to an executive at the Writers Guild of America.

He wrote, “I’ve encountered a credits-related issue on quite a high profile WGA-covered project.” In another email, he continued, “the evidence the holdovers screenplay has been plagiarised line-by-line from frisco is genuinely overwhelming – anybody who looks at even the briefest sample pretty much invariably uses the word ‘brazen.’”

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Margot Robbie, Paul Mescal, & More Attend BAFTAs Nominees Party in London

The stars are stepping out ahead of the 2024 BAFTAs!

Margot Robbie and husband Tom Ackerley joined Paul Mescal, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, and more stars at the Nominees’ Party for the 2024 EE BAFTA Film Awards, supported by Bulgari, on Saturday (February 17) held at The National Gallery in London, England.

The 2024 BAFTAs are taking place on Sunday, Feb. 18 live from London with David Tennant hosting. Check out the full list of nominations here.

We pulled together photos of more than 20 famed actors and directors at the event. That way you can easily scroll and see who was there and what they were wearing!

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Emma Stone, Cillian Murphy & More Stars Attend Directors Guild of America Awards 2024 - See Pics of Everyone There!

So many stars walked the red carpet at the 76th Directors Guild Of America Awards on Saturday night (February 10) in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Emma Stone and her Poor Things costar Mark Ruffalo both attended the event at The Beverly Hilton to support director Yorgos Lanthimos.

Other actors included the likes of Cillian Murphy, Matt Bomer and Eva Longoria.

We pulled together photos of more than 20 famed actors and directors at the event. That way you can easily scroll and see who was there and what they were wearing!

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AFI Awards Luncheon 2024: See Every Celeb Who Attended, Plus Full Winners List Revealed!

There were so many stars in attendance at the 2024 AFI Awards Luncheon, celebrating the best movies and television shows of 2023.

The casts of Barbie, The Last of Us, and more were all there to honor their projects on Friday afternoon (January 12) at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.

The AFI Awards honorees include 10 outstanding motion pictures and 10 outstanding TV programs deemed culturally and artistically representative of this year’s most significant achievements in the art of the moving image.

Stars like Meryl Streep, Selena Gomez, Natalie Portman, Reese Witherspoon, Jeremy Allen White, Ayo Edebiri, Robert Downey Jr., Cillian Murphy, and many more all attended the event this year.

“As our nation and our world continue to navigate difficult times, AFI is honored to shine a proper light upon these works of art that lift us up and, ultimately, lead us to empathy,” said Bob Gazzale, AFI President and CEO. “That we do so without competition is AFI’s hallmark, and we are proud to gather this community of artists together – as one – to celebrate their extraordinary contributions to our time.”

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Rose McGowan Reacts to Alexander Payne's Denial of Sexual Misconduct Allegations

Rose McGowan is reacting to director Alexander Payne‘s denial of her accusations.

The actress and activist responded to the director’s statement, in which he denied her allegations of sexual misconduct and said it was “simply untrue,” in a statement of her own to Variety on Friday (September 4).

PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Rose McGowan

“F— him and his lies is my comment,” Rose said in response.

“I told Payne to acknowledge and apologize, he has not. I said I didn’t want to destroy, now I do. Why do these men always lie? I will now make it a mission to expose him. I am not the only one,” she continued.

“I want people that have watched his films to know his morals are in your mind, his thoughts have become yours. Like in his ‘comedy’ Election, where the middle-aged teacher that fantasizes having sex with his young student, Reese Witherspoon. I want people to know Hollywood perpetrators show you who they are, their skewed view normalized. Men like Predator Payne, who profited from working Weinstein, must be stopped from not only assaulting, but must also be prevented from infecting the masses with their propaganda.”

Here is what Rose McGowan originally alleged…

Alexander Payne Denies Rose McGowan Sexual Misconduct Allegation: 'Simply Untrue'

After Rose McGowan came forward to accuse director Alexander Payne of sexual misconduct when she was only 15 years old last month, he is now issuing a statement of his own.

The director wrote a statement given to Deadline on Friday (September 4).

PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Rose McGowan

Rose McGowan and I have always had very cordial interactions, and I have admired her commitment to activism and her voice in an important, historic movement. However, what she has said about me in recent social media posts is simply untrue,” he wrote.

Rose is mistaken in saying we met when she was fifteen, in the late 1980s. I was a full-time film student at UCLA from 1984 until 1990, and I know that our paths never crossed. She claims that I showed her a ‘soft-core porn movie’ I had directed for Showtime ‘under a different name.’ This would have been impossible, since I had never directed anything professionally, lurid or otherwise. I have also never worked for Showtime or directed under any name other than my own,” he continued.

Rose and I did meet years later, in 1991, during my first directing job, when she auditioned for a comic short I was making for a Playboy Channel series. Although she did not get the part, she left a note for me at the casting desk asking that I call her. I had no reason to question how old she was, since the role she read for required an actor who was of age. We later went out on a couple of dates and remained on friendly terms for years. While I cannot allow false statements about events twenty-nine years ago to go uncorrected, I will continue to wish only the best for Rose.”