Ariana's Oscar dream came true! Emotional moments with Cynthia! Will they take home the gold? If you cross paths with these formidable fighters, you better bring your A-game. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the film characters most skilled at close combat, with or without weapons.

Jennifer Aniston wants Zendaya, Sydney Sweeney and Ariana Grande to star in a remake of the movie "9 to 5." Now that Jen has wrapped another season of "The Morning Show" she is focused on producing and starring in this remake.

Every contender for best picture comes with enough critical and/or commercial heft to have at least some argument for the throne (make that the papal ring). But all claims are not equal. So let’s rank the 10 nominees from least to most deserving.

From Wicked and Dune to The Brutalist and A Complete Unknown, we rank all 10 films vying for the top Oscar this year

The 97th Academy Awards nominees were announced this morning. Celebrities like Cynthia Erivo, Demi Moore, Timothy Chalamet, and Ariana Grande are among nominees. Here's the full list.

The 2025 Oscar nominations are set to be announced at 8:30am ET (1:30pm GMT) on Thursday (January 23). This year’s nominees will be revealed during a live broadcast presented by Bottoms actor Rachel Sennott and SNL star Bowen Yang from the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Viewers can tune in on the Oscars website or Hulu.

Oscar pundits were describing this awards season as “weird.” Unlike last year’s slate, dominated by Barbenheimer, the new crop of contenders had been thinned out by the actors’ and writers’ strikes, leaving room for such polarizing oddities as “ Emilia Pérez ” and “ The Substance .

Famed Saw filmmaker Leigh Whannell has revealed that the late Australian actor Heath Ledger helped to inspire a crucial detail in his new Wolf Man movie.

The 2025 Oscar nominations have been confirmed. After multiple delays (due to the ongoing wildfires impacting Southern California), Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott took to the stage to announce this year's crop of hopefuls competing for Oscar gold at the 97th Academy Awards on March 2, 2025.

: Just heard that Ariana Grande has stayed in London to record this week’s Graham Norton TV show Thursday evening. Wicked stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande will be in the skies, defying gravity, when Oscar nominations are announced Thursday morning.

Oscar nominations are out, and we’re running through the biggest nominations for the night. From Ariana Grande to Zoe Saldana, keep watching to find out who was nominated!

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