Oscars Snubs & Surprises: Tom Cruise, Viola Davis, Taylor Swift, David Bowie & Women Directors Spurned

The BBC has been forced to apologize after an image of Viola Davis from January’s Golden Globes was shown on its news channel with a headline identifying the Oscar winner as history-maker Beyoncé.

won't be eligible until next year's Grammys. On February 5, arrived on the red carpet in a seriously on-brand blue Roberto Cavalli crop top and skirt combo with sparkling star-inspired sequined embellishments. Swift wore her hair pulled back to show off her statement sapphire and diamond earrings, topping off the look with her and subtle blue eyeshadow with inky black eyeliner. Taylor Swift attends the 65th GRAMMY Awards on February 05, 2023, in Los Angeles, California.Taylor Swift attends the 65th GRAMMY Awards on February 05, 2023, in Los Angeles, California.Just because she won't be picking up any Grammys for Midnights (yet), doesn't mean she'll go home empty-handed.

, and as predicted, Lizzo's already slayed the red carpet with a bright orange, hooded ensemble from Dolce & Gabbana. (If the Grammys were taking place in New York instead of Los Angeles, it would have been more than perfect for the bone-chilling cold).But the awards ceremony—airing live on CBS and Paramount+—are in sunny Los Angeles, even though this particular carpet is always tented to give it a bit of a jazz club vibe, complete with chandeliers.

She may have been unfairly snubbed for an Academy Award nomination for her performance in “The Woman King,” but Viola Davis has something bigger to celebrate this month. During a pre-broadcast ceremony this afternoon, Davis won a Grammy Award in the Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording category for her own memoir, “Finding Me.” She now has won all four major entertainment awards landing her in the coveted EGOT club.

Taylor Lautner has a new podcast with his wife, also named Taylor Lautner, and they reflect about that infamous 2009 VMAs moment with his ex-girlfriend, Taylor Swift, and Kanye West.

Taylor Lautner is going back to the 2009 Video Music Awards. The Twilight star recalled the night that then-girlfriend Taylor Swift’s awards show win was overshadowed by Kanye West. 

Speculation about potential Oscar-campaigning irregularities in the wake of this week’s nominations reveal has led the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences put out a statement today saying it is “conducting a review of the campaign procedures around this year’s nominees.”

Not her first foray into the spotlight! While Christina Mandrell impressed Zach Shallcross upon The Bachelor premiere, eagle-eyed fans noticed she already has a special connection to Taylor Swift.

, which did not make it on the best short film shortlist. Swifties were mad about the snub at the time, but there was still hope that the singer could win her first Academy Award for best original song at this year's ceremony with “Carolina,” a track written and performed by Swift for .

Elvis scooped up eight Oscar nominations on Tuesday, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Austin Butler in the title role. The good news dovetailed neatly with the birthday of director Baz Luhrmann’s wife and producing partner Catherine Martin, and their wedding anniversary, and yet tragically, it also comes just two days after the pair attended the funeral service for Elvis Presley’s daughter Lisa Marie Presley.

A24’s multiverse-spanning Everything Everywhere All at Once scored a leading 11 Oscar nominations Tuesday, helping the indie to 17 noms, the most of any individual distributor this year. Netflix, behind its nine-nom juggernaut All Quiet on the Western Front, had a total of 14 in the feature-length categories and 16 overall.

There were many lessons to take from the 95th Academy Award nominations. And publicists, studio executives, and personal publicists will spend the next few weeks wondering what went wrong and, more importantly, what went right.

JuVee Productions, the production company owned by Viola Davis and film producer Julius Tennon, has signed a two-year, exclusive first-look television and new media deal with Entertainment One.

Academy Award winner Riz Ahmed and M3gan star Allison Williams have been tapped to host the 2023 Oscar nominations on Tuesday, January 24.

If you don’t know the story of filmmaker Todd Field, who directed the critically-acclaimed “Tár” (our review) this year with Cate Blanchett, it goes a little bit like this. An actor in small indies, and some blockbusters (Jan De Bont’s “Twister”), Field moved up to writing and directing and knocked it out of the park on his first try.