5 h. ago The main Oscars takeaway? Hollywood is as scared of the world right now as you and I are | Emma Brockes

Perhaps the Ozempic was making people light-headed, or the stars felt they should stay silent. Either way, there was a notable lack of politicsThe Oscars ceremony on Sunday night was long and boring, as it has been for a few years, but this year its shortcomings landed differently. Hollywood’s waning influence, which registered most glaringly last month in the large number of American nominees who showed up in London for the Baftas – not something they were inclined to do in better times – gave the ceremony a sense of low-stakes irrelevance that was frankly a relief from the rest of the news cycle. Still, the question lingers as to why the actors and presenters largely, and mercifully in my view, stayed away from mention of Donald Trump.After the devastating forest fires in Los Angeles in January, the classy thing to have done this year would’ve been to cancel or at least radically downsize the Oscars ceremony, but of course no one involved was going to vote for that. Instead, audie...

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5 h. ago AD FEATURE: Uncover Los Angeles with your ultimate guide to exploring the City of Angels

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6 h. ago Inside the Vanity Fair Oscars party 2025: Jeff Bezos reveals 007 plans at Hollywood’s glitziest night

At one of the most exclusive afterparties in Los Angeles, Kevin E G Perry soaks up the atmosphere with billionaires, Oscar winners and plenty of margaritas

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6 h. ago Inside the 2025 Vanity Fair Oscars party, where Jeff Bezos revealed 007 plans at Hollywood’s glitziest night

At one of the most exclusive afterparties in Los Angeles, Kevin EG Perry soaks up the atmosphere with billionaires, Oscar winners and plenty of margaritas

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8 h. ago Oscar winners — and losers — laugh, drink and dance together at after

Oscar winners and losers partied together at post-show galas across the Los Angeles area

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8 h. ago Timothee Chalamet and Kylie Jenner bring date night to the Oscars

The couple were spotted on the front row at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles in the hopes that Chalamet would claim the best actor gong.

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10 h. ago Mick Jagger, 81, poses with Sydney Sweeney and girlfriend Melanie Hamrick before partying with Serena Williams and Kim Kardashian as he lets his hair down at the Vanity Fair Oscars bash

Mick Jagger was certainly on fine form on Sunday night as he posed alongside A-list actors and reality stars at the Vanity Fair Oscars Party, held at the Wallis Annenberg Center, Los Angeles .

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11 h. ago Hometown pride in Riga after 'Flow' wins Latvia's first Oscar

“Flow,” a wordless cat parable that became the first Latvian film to win an Academy Award, prompted a sleepless night for Latvians celebrating the historic accolade

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11 h. ago Protests against Elon Musk and JD Vance spread across America after Trump's bitter row with Zelensky

Crowds assembled outside Tesla stores in NYC, Los Angeles and Boston to slam Elon Musk for firing thousands of federal employees, terminating aid contracts and federal leases.

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12 h. ago Sydney Sweeney stuns in a shimmering pink gown as she joins chic Selena Gomez, Demi Moore and Mikey Madison in leading the glamour at the iconic Vanity Fair Oscars party

Once all the Oscars were handed out on Sunday night, the celebration continued as A-list stars flocked to the Vanity Fair's iconic after-party in Los Angeles.

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13 h. ago Sydney Sweeney stuns in a shimmering pink gown as she joins chic Selena Gomez and Lindsay Lohan in leading the glamour at the iconic Vanity Fair Oscars party

Once all the Oscars were handed out on Sunday night, the celebration continued as A-list stars flocked to the Vanity Fair's iconic after-party in Los Angeles.

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13 h. ago Oscars viewers fume 'most boring ceremony ever' with shock snubs and political rants

The Oscars returned last night (March 2) to the Dolby Theatre, Los Angeles, for the 97th annual Academy Awards – but plenty of viewers were not pleased by the night's proceedings

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13 h. ago Oscars afterparties rocked by earthquake as Los Angeles red carpet backdrop left shaking

As the celebrities poured out of the Oscars ceremony and into star-studded after parties, the city of Los Angeles was rocked by a 3.9-magnitude earthquake on Sunday night (March 2)

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13 h. ago Vanity Fair best dressed! Sydney Sweeney stuns in a shimmering pink gown as she joins glam Selena Gomez and Lindsay Lohan in leading the stylish stars at the iconic Oscars party

Once all the Oscars were handed out on Sunday night, the celebration continued as A-list stars flocked to the Vanity Fair's iconic after-party in Los Angeles.

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15 h. ago Timothée Chalamet, Selena Gomez, Sydney Sweeney and Mick Jagger: stars converge for the 2025 Oscars afterparties – in pictures

Award winners and celebrities party into the night on Oscars night in Los Angeles at the Vanity Fair party and the Governors Ball Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Vanity Fair best dressed! Sydney Sweeney, Selena Gomez and Jessica Alba lead stars at iconic Oscars party

Once all the Oscars were handed out on Sunday night, the celebration continued as A-list stars flocked to the Vanity Fair's iconic after-party in Los Angeles.

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16 h. ago Oscars viewers fume as ITV star takes brutal swipe at Demi Moore and The Substance

The 97th Academy Awards took place at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, but ITV viewers were left fuming at one star's swipe at Oscar nominated film The Substance

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16 h. ago Who is Oscar winner Mikey Madison as she clinches top acting prize?

Her Oscars win comes after the Anora star won the Bafta leading actress gong in February.

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18 h. ago Watch live: Oscars afterparty arrivals at Governors Ball as Anora wins Best Picture

Watch live as Oscar winners and nominees arrive at the 66th Governors Ball, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ official post-ceremony celebration in Los Angeles' Ray Dolby Ballroom on the top level of Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, 2 March.

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18 h. ago Watch: Oscars afterparty arrivals at Governors Ball as Anora wins Best Picture

Watch as Oscar winners and nominees arrive at the 66th Governors Ball, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ official post-ceremony celebration in Los Angeles' Ray Dolby Ballroom on the top level of Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, 2 March.

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