61 h. ago ‘I never thought about Oscars’: Brutalist composer Daniel Blumberg on the happiness and horror of his big win

The defiantly anti-commercial musician had walked away from mainstream success twice by his early 20s. Will his Academy Award convince him to embrace Hollywood, celebrity, the big bucks?Daniel Blumberg hands me his Oscar, as surprised as he is chuffed. Bloody hell, it’s heavy. Is it real gold? “I wish it was,” says the latest winner of best original score, for The Brutalist. (Apparently, it’s gold-plated bronze.) He puts it back on a shabby wooden shelf alongside his Bafta, also for The Brutalist, and his Ivor Novello award, which he won in 2022 for The World to Come, directed by Mona Fastvold (the partner of Brutalist director Brady Corbet). “Before the Ivor Novello, the only thing I’d ever won was ‘most improved footballer’ when I was six,” he says. “Honestly, I’d never thought about Oscars in my entire life. I’d never even watched the ceremony.”Blumberg, 35, is the least likely Oscar winner you could imagine. Not because he lacks the talent, but because he has spent his career wa...

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1 week ago Halle Berry and Adrien Brody shock Oscars with red carpet kiss

Halle Berry surprised The Brutalist star Adrien Brody with a “payback” kiss on the 2025 Oscars red carpet on Sunday, 2 March.

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1 week ago Oscars 2025: Adrien Brody and Mikey Madison triumph as Anora takes top honours

Anora won five gongs, with The Brutalist winning three and Wicked winning two Oscars

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1 week ago The Brutalist's Adrien Brody wins Oscar and 'snubs' Timothee despite using AI to 'alter his voice'

The Brutalist, a period drama about a Hungarian-Jewish Holocaust survivor László Tóth (portrayed by Adrien Brody) pursuing the American Dream, had been nominated for 10 Academy Awards

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1 week ago Adrien Brody and Mikey Madison lead Oscar wins as Anora emerges victorious

Anora won five gongs, with The Brutalist winning three and Wicked winning two Oscars.

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1 week ago Anora dominates Oscars 2025 as The Brutalist and Demi Moore miss out on top prizes

Sean Baker’s comedy-drama completed a near-perfect sweep

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1 week ago Adrien Brody slammed for disgusting act as he wins 2025 Best Actor Oscar for The Brutalist

Adrien Brody was slammed over a 'disgusting' act as he won his second Best Actor Oscar at the 2025 ceremony on Sunday.

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1 week ago Adrien Brody wins second Oscar but ignores cue to end lengthy acceptance speech

Adrien Brody won the best actor Oscar for The Brutalist, about a Jewish-Hungarian architect who flees the horrors of the Second World War for a better life in the US.

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1 week ago Adrien Brody clinches Best Actor Oscar for The Brutalist but ignores cue to wrap up speech

Adrien Brody has won the best actor Oscar for his role in The Brutalist, about a Jewish-Hungarian architect who flees the horrors of the Second World War for a better life in the US

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1 week ago Adrien Brody wins best actor for ‘The Brutalist,’ taking home his second career Oscar

Adrien Brody has clinched his second Oscar for best actor, winning at Sunday’s 97th Academy Awards for his role as a visionary Hungarian-Jewish architect in “The Brutalist.”

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1 week ago BREAKING: Adrien Brody wins his second Oscar as he scoops Best Actor award for The Brutalist

Then nominees for Actor in a Leading Role at the 2025 Oscars included Adrien Brody, Timothée Chalamet, Colman Domingo, Ralph Fiennes and Sebastian Stan

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1 week ago British composer Daniel Blumberg wins best original score Oscar for The Brutalist

Sole previous scoring credit on a full-length film for the singer, guitar player and visual artist is The World to ComeAnora dominates the Oscars — here’s the complete list of winnersThe young British composer Daniel Blumberg has won his first Oscar for his second-ever musical score for a feature film, for Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist.Blumberg, 34, won the Bafta award last month for the score, which has met with considerable praise and which plays a prominent role in the film. The Brutalist is the story of a fictitious Hungarian architect, László Tóth, who moves to the US after surviving the Holocaust.Anora takes home best picture OscarAdrien Brody and Mikey Madison win best acting prizesKieran Culkin and Zoe Saldaña win supporting awardsAnora’s Sean Baker wins for directing, editing and screenplay Continue reading...

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1 week ago Halle Berry and Adrien Brody recreate 2003 Oscars kiss 22 years later

Halle Berry surprised The Brutalist star Adrien Brody with a “payback” kiss on the 2025 Oscars red carpet on Sunday, 2 March.

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1 week ago Halle Berry marks 2025 Oscars by KISSING Adrien Brody on red carpet as 'payback' 22 years after shock moment

Halle Berry recreated one of the most iconic Oscars moments of the current century when she reunited with The Brutalist star Adrien Brody.

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1 week ago Taylor Swift fans mock Joe Alwyn's career at Oscars red carpet over his new 'job'

Joe Alwyn was in attendance at the 95th Academy Awards on Sunday, representing his latest film project The Brutalist, which has been nominated for 10 Oscars - but that didn't impress fans of his ex, Taylor Swift.

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2 w. ago The Guide #180: Anything can happen in la la land, so what can you expect at the 2025 Oscars?

In this week’s newsletter: Hollywood is literally rising from the ashes for this year’s ceremony, and as usual it won’t be without controversyCaffeinated energy drinks at the ready! Sunday is Hollywood’s biggest night of the year – and quite possibly the longest night of the year for those of us in the UK who plan to stay awake for it. Yes, the Oscars are upon us, and the Guardian has you covered as you swot up on this year’s ceremony.We’ve got guides to the best picture, actor, actress and director races, and our annual hustings, where Guardian writers go to bat for the best picture nominees (I backed The Brutalist). Plus deep dives into the anonymous Oscar ballots, the annual class photo and even the goody bags attenders at the ceremony will receive. Want even more? Rachael Healy gets the full red carpet makeover, this award season’s speeches are scrutinised, there’s a piece looking at why religion was the year’s big theme and there’s a roundup of the Oscar-baity films that didn’t...

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2 w. ago Who's set for Oscars glory this weekend? As Anora and The Brutalist prepare to battle it out for Best Picture we take look at the movies and stars predicted to bag themselves an accolade

The biggest night in film is just days away, with Hollywood's finest set to descend upon Dolby Theatre on Sunday night for the 97th edition of the Academy Awards.

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2 w. ago Make your Oscars predictions — and see how they compare to our film experts'

The Associated Press’ film writers have made their Oscars predictions in every category, ahead of Sunday’s ceremony

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2 w. ago The Brutalist is about a great architect. Columbus is a heartfelt tribute to great architecture

This critically acclaimed drama about how spaces can haunt and heal us is the finest work of John Cho, Haley Lu Richardson and director Kogonada’s careersGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailBrady Corbet’s Oscar hopeful The Brutalist offers a somewhat skewed depiction of architectural intent, one where public demonstrations of genius and private catharses have an outsized impact on a building’s design. Grand gestures and hidden intentions make for good drama, but physical space in The Brutalist is rendered secondary to psychological space — it’s a film about a great architect, not great architecture. For the latter, one must watch Korean-American director Kogonada’s film Columbus.Early on in this gentle drama, Jin (John Cho) speaks of renowned architect James Polshek’s belief in architecture as a “healing art” while looking at one of Polshek’s own designs: the glass walkway of the Columbus Regional Mental Health Center. While Jin admires its faintly dilapidated beauty, it is u...

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2 w. ago How The Brutalist made its disorienting, dazzling score: ‘It was hammers and screws making music!’

The Oscar-nominated soundscape of Brady Corbet’s awards frontrunner was often recorded before filming had begun, before being blasted out of speakers onto the set of the film during production. Kevin E G Perry speaks to composer Daniel Blumberg about his very novel approach to music – and his surprise that it’s been so embraced

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