Actress <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/oscar-nominees-announced-everything-everywhere-all-at-once-leads-with-11/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jamie Lee Curtis</a>, 64, earned her first-ever Oscar nomination on Tuesday for her performance in &#8220;Everything Everywhere All at Once&#8221; — and she shared a series of photos documenting her reaction to the news.
Curtis shared three snaps — one of her reaction to learning of <a href="https://deadline.com/2023/01/oscar-nominations-2023-1235238038/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">her own nomination</a> in the Best Supporting Actress category, one of her face when she realized her co-star and friend Stephanie Hsu had been nominated in the same category, and one more of her ecstatic embrace with husband Christopher Guest.
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&#8220;THIS IS WHAT SURPRISE LOOKS LIKE!&#8221; Curtis captioned the group of photos, explaining that the moments of joy had been captured by a friend who had driven to her house in the early morning hours and offered to wait and watch the news with her as the nominations were first announced.
&#8220;One of my oldest besties @debopp texted me at 5:15 that she was sitting in front of my house and did I want company watching the announcements,&#8221; Curtis explained. &#8220;Debbie Oppenheimer has won an Oscar for the beautiful documentary she made about her mother&#8217;s story as one of the kindertransport in the Oscar-winning documentary &#8216;Into The Arms Of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport.'&#8221;
&#8220;There she was in the pitch black, freezing, cold in a parka,&#8221; Curtis continued, noting that years ago, she had done the same for her friend. &#8220;She came in and sat with me as I had sat with her the day she was heading toward the Oscar ceremony, the year she won. We held hands. I didn&#8217;t even realize she took pictures.&#8221;
Curtis went on to describe what was happening in each of the photos — which she didn&#8217;t even realize her friend had taken until later: &#8220;The first is the moment of hearing my name, and then the thrill of my friend, Stephanie&#8217;s @stephaniehsuofficial name, and the rest of the nominations and then the best thing of all, a loving embrace for my husband.&#8221;
&#8220;No filters. No fakery. Just the truth of a moment of joy Captured by a friend. Hey @everythingeverywheremovie we went to 11!&#8221; she concluded.
<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/this-is-a-family-business-hollywood-legend-blows-off-criticisms-about-nepo-babies/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Curtis</a> is the <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/nepo-babies-jamie-lee-curtis-kate-hudson-fight-back-i-dont-care-where-you-come-from/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">daughter</a> of two Oscar nominees: the late actress Janet Leigh, who was nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category in 1961 for her role in &#8220;Psycho&#8221; (1960); and the late actor Tony Curtis, who was nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category for &#8220;The Defiant Ones&#8221; (1958).

80th Annual Golden Globe Awards – Arrivals

‘This Is What Surprise Looks Like’: Jamie Lee Curtis Shares Photos Of The Moment She Got First Oscar Nod

Jamie Lee Curtis Shares Photos Of The Moment She Got First Oscar Nod

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The 2023 Oscar nominations have been released with the film “Everything Everywhere All at Once” leading its competitors. The 2023 Oscars will be held Sunday, March 12, with Jimmy Kimmel as the host.
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” led the way with 11 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress, (Michelle Yeoh.)
“The Banshees of Inisherin” grabbed nine nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor (Colin Farrell). “All Quiet on the Western Front” also gained nine nominations, including Best Picture. The biopic “Elvis” got eight nominations, including Best Picture and Best Actor (Austin Butler).
Steven Spielberg’s autobiographical “The Fabelmans” garnered seven nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress (Michelle Williams). The mega-blockbuster hit “Top Gun: Maverick” received six nominations, including Best Picture. “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” received five nominations. “Tár” starring Cate Blanchett, got five nominations, including Best Picture and Best Actress.
The audience for the Oscar show has been <a href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/253743/academy-awards--number-of-viewers/">steadily dwindling</a> for 20 years; in 2000, over 46 million people watched the event. The number plunged to 10.4 million in 2021, more than a 50% drop from the year before, then crept back up to 15.4 million people last year.
The list of leading nominations includes:
Best Picture
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“All Quiet on the Western Front”
“Avatar: The Way of Water”
 “The Banshees of Inisherin”
“Elvis”
“Everything Everywhere All at Once”
“The Fabelmans”
“Tár”
“Top Gun: Maverick”
“Triangle of Sadness”
“Women Talking”
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Best Director
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Martin McDonagh (“The Banshees of Inisherin”)
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”)
Steven Spielberg (“The Fabelmans”)
Todd Field (“Tár”)
Ruben Östlund (“Triangle of Sadness”)
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Austin Butler (“Elvis”)
Colin Farrell (“The Banshees of Inisherin”)
Brendan Fraser (“The Whale”)
Paul Mescal (“Aftersun”)
Bill Nighy (“Living”)
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Best Lead Actress
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Cate Blanchett (“Tár”)
Ana de Armas (“Blonde”)
Andrea Riseborough (“To Leslie”)
Michelle Williams (“The Fabelmans”)
Michelle Yeoh (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”)
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Best Supporting Actor
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Brendan Gleeson (“The Banshees of Inisherin”)
Brian Tyree Henry (“Causeway”)
Judd Hirsch (“The Fabelmans”)
Barry Keoghan (“The Banshees of Inisherin”)
Ke Huy Quan (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”)
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Best Supporting Actress
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Angela Bassett (“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”)
Hong Chau (“The Whale”)
Kerry Condon (“The Banshees of Inisherin”)
Jamie Lee Curtis (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”)
Stephanie Hsu (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”)
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The full list of nominations can be found <a href="https://variety.com/2023/film/news/oscar-nominations-2023-list-1235495072/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.

94th Oscars Week Events: Animated Feature Film

Oscar Nominees Announced: ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ Leads With 11

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No one is watching awards shows like they used to.
In mid-January, the Golden Globes only managed to draw 6.3 million television viewers, representing the lowest numbers in several years and a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/despite-diversity-efforts-golden-globes-ratings-tank-for-2023-show" target="_blank" rel="noopener">26% decrease</a> in audience compared to 2021. That particular awards show has been plagued by controversy for years as critics accused the Hollywood Foreign Press Association of being racist. 
But no one watched the ceremony even after they spent a full year fine-tuning diversity initiatives.
The Globes are not the only awards show suffering from a chronic lack of viewers. In September, the 74th Annual Emmy Awards attracted a mere 5.9 million eyes, a huge 25% drop from the previous year’s show. The event, touted as “television’s biggest night,” fell short of expectations in 2022.
Meanwhile, even the glitz and glamor of the Oscars wasn’t enough to draw people in like it has in the past. The 94th Academy Awards <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/second-least-watched-oscars-in-history" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was a huge fail</a> as it represents the second-least watched Oscars in the history of the show since Nielsen started tracking viewers in the mid-1970s.
There was a time when major broadcasts like the Academy Awards attracted an audience second only to the Super Bowl. So what’s going on with awards shows? Are TV watchers just over it?
There are several explanations for what’s going on and most of them aren’t pandemic related. But the pause in live broadcasts did affect viewership numbers and those people realized they don’t miss watching enough to tune back in.
“Once you’ve broken the habit, it’s hard to get them back,” said Preston Beckman, a media consultant who worked previously at Fox and NBC, <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2021-04-13/oscars-grammys-awards-shows-ratings-struggling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the LA Times of people abandoning awards shows.
The same article noted that members of the 18 to 49 demographic, which they identified as the most attractive to advertisers, are not interested in live broadcasts the same way previous generations were. These viewers are hooked on streaming services, and while that may mean missing out on Will Smith slapping Chris Rock on live TV, there’s always Twitter and thousands of follow-up memes to catch them up on what happened.
There’s a consensus among viewers that these shows are long, boring, and unnecessary. Even TV and movie fans who put value in which projects win don’t care to spend three hours of their lives waiting to find out the results.
Further, awards shows aren’t doing themselves any favors by nominating obscure, niche films that most people haven’t heard of. Would-be viewers are less likely to watch because they don’t agree that these are the best entertainment being created.
“As social media has risen, awards shows generally have declined because award shows represent a very top-down structure. ‘We, institution, will tell you, customer, what it is that you should like,’” Berklee College of Music professor George Howard <a href="https://bunewsservice.com/the-death-of-awards-shows-do-people-no-longer-care/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> BU News Service of why people were tuning out. “Now, that’s been inverted, where it’s ‘we, customer, will tell you, institution, what we like.’”
And let’s not forget one of the most common complaints about watching millionaires hand each other gold statues, a sentiment which rubs some people wrong even when the economy is healthy.
“The problem is, the big stars are completely dependent on the institution, so they have to play along with the charade that is totally self-congratulatory and totally divorced from any type of reality in order to keep the gravy train going,” Howard observed. “People, frankly, do not care.”
There’s another important problem with awards shows that the media rarely talks about. As the industry becomes increasingly politicized, celebrities are using awards speeches as a platform to broadcast their Left-wing talking points, which is in turn alienating half their potential audience. Viewers are sick of being lectured, so they’re simply not watching anymore.
Even the LA Times <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2021-04-13/oscars-grammys-awards-shows-ratings-struggling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">admitted</a> this was a major culprit for the viewership decline, writing, “some audience members don’t want to hear stars presenting their political positions on the programs.”
Awards show organizers have been working hard to bring the audience back. In 2020, the HFPA invited Ricky Gervais to host the Golden Globes, knowing he’d be controversial enough to attract viewers on both sides of the political spectrum.
The British comedian absolutely skewered members or “woke” Hollywood, telling jokes about Jeffrey Epstein, Harvey Weinstein, Prince Andrew, and MeToo while movie stars like Tom Hanks looked on with looks of pure shock on their faces.
&#8220;You’re in no position to lecture the public about anything,&#8221; he told the gathered crowd of celebrities. &#8220;You know nothing about the real world. Most of you spent less time in school than Greta Thunberg.&#8221;
“If you win, come up, accept your little award, thank your agent, and your God and f*** off,” he said. “You say you&#8217;re woke but the companies you work for in China — unbelievable. Apple, Amazon, Disney. If ISIS started a streaming service you&#8217;d call your agent, wouldn&#8217;t you?”
Gervais isn’t conservative, but it had been so long since liberals allowed honest jokes that viewers immediately branded him that way.
“How the f*** can teasing huge corporations and the richest, most privileged people in the world be considered right-wing?” he <a href="https://twitter.com/rickygervais/status/1214328382298755072?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wondered</a> on Twitter.
Predictably, Gervais wasn’t invited back to host the Globes. But it’s unclear if a provocative host would do anything to delay the continuing slow death march of the once mighty award show genre.
The reality is that ABC, CBS, and NBC all pay extraordinary licensing fees to broadcast these awards shows. If viewership continues declining, there could come a point when the networks consider it too costly to keep them just for nostalgia’s sake.
And if they went away, would anyone care that much?

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Awards Shows Are Dying, But Does Anyone Care?

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Actor Ke Huy Quan (&#8220;Everything Everywhere All at Once&#8221;) made a beeline for his old friend, fellow actor <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/are-you-pulling-my-chain-adam-sandler-claims-he-discovered-brendan-fraser-in-hilarious-joint-interview/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brendan Fraser</a> (&#8220;The Whale&#8221;), the moment he saw him enter the winners&#8217; lounge at Sunday evening&#8217;s Critics Choice Awards.
Cameras captured Quan as he quite literally ran across the room to greet <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/airheads-co-star-has-nothing-but-praise-for-brendan-fraser-as-both-generate-oscar-buzz/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fraser</a> — and video of the moment circulated on Twitter after the event.
&#8220;There is SO much love for #BrendanFraser in the house tonight,&#8221; the Critics Choice Awards account tweeted, sharing the video. &#8220;Here’s the moment Ke Huy Quan spotted him in the Winners Lounge and sprinted over to congratulate him.&#8221;
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There is SO much love for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BrendanFraser?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BrendanFraser</a> in the house tonight. 
Here’s the moment Ke Huy Quan spotted him in the Winners Lounge and sprinted over to congratulate him. <a href="https://t.co/QWhdX3BiU1">pic.twitter.com/QWhdX3BiU1</a>
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Fraser and Quan worked together in the early 90s on &#8220;Encino Man&#8221; — a teen comedy also starring Pauly Shore and Sean Astin — in which Fraser played a prehistoric man who wakes up after the glacier in which he was frozen thaws in Astin&#8217;s backyard.
While &#8220;Encino Man&#8221; effectively launched Fraser&#8217;s career, Quan was not so lucky. But then Fraser disappeared from the Hollywood scene as well — at least in part because he believed he was blacklisted. In 2018 he gave an interview with GQ revealing that nearly 15 years earlier, Philip Berk, a former president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, had groped him at a luncheon. Berk has denied the allegation, but Fraser has never backed down from his initial claim — and he said that for a time after it happened, he just wanted to &#8220;retreat.&#8221;
But when he and Quan were reunited after three decades — with Quan generating buzz for &#8220;Everything Everywhere All at Once&#8221; and Fraser earning rave reviews for &#8220;The Whale&#8221; — Quan said Fraser stunned him with just three words.
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“We’re still here.”
Brendan Fraser and Ke Huy Quan reunite 30 years after starring together in ‘Encino Man.’
See Brendan Fraser’s incredible performance in The Whale in Australian cinemas February 2. <a href="https://t.co/zJRmkf9ney">pic.twitter.com/zJRmkf9ney</a>
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&#8220;It was great to see him again. I love him in &#8216;The Whale,'&#8221; Quan reflected. &#8220;What a powerful performance.&#8221;
&#8220;He put his hand on my shoulder and he said this, he was still here. I will never forget those three words and it&#8217;s actually right,&#8221; Quan added.
Fraser <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/good-things-will-happen-brendan-fraser-chokes-up-after-critics-choice-win/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">took home the award</a> for Best Actor on Sunday, breaking down in tears as he gave his acceptance speech.
&#8220;If you, like a guy like Charlie, who I played in this movie, in any way struggle with obesity,&#8221; Fraser said, his voice wavering. &#8220;Or you just feel like you’re in a dark sea, I want you to know that if you too can have the strength to just get to your feet and go to the light, good things will happen!&#8221;

28th Annual Critics Choice Awards – Show

SEE IT: The Moment Ke Huy Quan Catches Up With Brendan Fraser In Critics Choice Winner’s Lounge

SEE IT: The Moment Ke Huy Quan Catches Up With Brendan Fraser In Critics Choice Winner's Lounge

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Actor <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/are-you-pulling-my-chain-adam-sandler-claims-he-discovered-brendan-fraser-in-hilarious-joint-interview/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brendan Fraser</a> broke down in tears during his acceptance speech during Sunday evening&#8217;s Critic&#8217;s Choice Awards.
<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/airheads-co-star-has-nothing-but-praise-for-brendan-fraser-as-both-generate-oscar-buzz/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fraser</a> was nominated for his performance as Charlie — a morbidly obese teacher who was attempting to repair his damaged relationship with his daughter (played by Sadie Sink) while eating himself to death — in &#8220;The Whale,&#8221; and he took home the Best Actor prize.
<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/my-mother-didnt-raise-a-hypocrite-brendan-fraser-explains-why-fans-wont-see-him-at-golden-globes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fraser</a> was clearly already emotional when his name was announced, and everyone at his table got to their feet and cheered. The applause continued as he made his way to the stage, stopping only to offer hugs and handshakes to a few people along the way.
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When Brendan Fraser won Best Actor at the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CriticsChoiceAwards?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CriticsChoiceAwards</a> for his performance in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheWhale?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TheWhale</a> <a href="https://t.co/OblethtPh5">pic.twitter.com/OblethtPh5</a>
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Once Fraser took the stage, it was clear that he was not going to make it through the speech without his emotions getting the best of him.
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Brendan Fraser delivers an emotional acceptance speech for his role in THE WHALE at the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CriticsChoiceAwards?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CriticsChoiceAwards</a> <a href="https://t.co/IA0xql89c2">pic.twitter.com/IA0xql89c2</a>
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&#8220;I was in the wilderness,&#8221; he began. &#8220;And I probably should have left a trail of breadcrumbs &#8230; But you found me, and like all the best directors, you merely just showed me where to go to get to where I needed to be.&#8221;
Referencing the character he had played in the film, Fraser spent the rest of his brief speech delivering a heartfelt message to anyone who may have struggled in the past — or who was currently struggling — with obesity in their lives.
&#8220;If you, like a guy like Charlie, who I played in this movie, in any way struggle with obesity,&#8221; Fraser continued in halting tones. &#8220;Or you just feel like you&#8217;re in a dark sea, I want you to know that if you too can have the strength to just get to your feet and go to the light, good things will happen!&#8221;
The standing ovation that came next almost drowned Fraser out as he added, &#8220;Thank you, good night.&#8221;
Fraser is expected to receive an Academy Award nomination for his performance in &#8220;The Whale&#8221; and has already been nominated for — and won — a handful of other awards. If he is nominated, it will be his first Oscar nod. He previously won a Critic&#8217;s Choice Award — Best Acting Ensemble for the 2006 film &#8220;Crash.&#8221;

‘Good Things Will Happen’: Brendan Fraser Chokes Up After Critic’s Choice Win

Brendan Fraser Chokes Up After Critic's Choice Win For 'The Whale'

Actor and comedian Eddie Murphy cracked a joke on Tuesday at the Golden Globe Awards about Will Smith&#8217;s slapping of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chris-rock">Chris Rock</a> while he shared his advice on how to succeed in Hollywood.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/eddie-murphy-expresses-regret-for-ignorant-old-comedy-routines">61-year-old</a> took a jab at Smith during his acceptance speech for the Cecil B. DeMille Award for a standout filmmaker and performer, <a href="https://variety.com/2023/awards/news/eddie-murphy-golden-globes-will-smith-slap-1235480082/">Variety</a> noted.
&#8220;I want to let you know that there is a definitive blueprint that you can follow to achieve success, prosperity, longevity, and peace of mind,&#8221; Murphy explained.
&#8220;It&#8217;s a blueprint, and I&#8217;ve followed it my whole career,&#8221; he added. &#8220;It&#8217;s very simple, just do these three things: pay your taxes, mind your business and keep Will Smith&#8217;s wife’s name out of your f***ing mouth!&#8221;
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Eddie Murphy shares three pieces of advice for up-and-comers in the industry:
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&mdash; Variety (@Variety) <a href="https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1613022175690371072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 11, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The &#8220;Coming To America&#8221; star&#8217;s remarks drew huge laughs and cheers from the celebrities in the room.
After the show, Murphy told reporters that he has only love for Smith and his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, who he noted he has worked with in the past.
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Eddie Murphy clarifies that he has nothing but love for Will and Jada Pinkett Smith. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoldenGlobes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GoldenGlobes</a> <a href="https://t.co/jzAccwdBG4">pic.twitter.com/jzAccwdBG4</a>
&mdash; Entertainment Tonight (@etnow) <a href="https://twitter.com/etnow/status/1613039758560886786?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 11, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I love Will,&#8221; Murphy shared. &#8220;And I love Chris [Rock] and Will [Smith] and it&#8217;s all love.&#8221;
Smith made <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/will-smith-struck-chris-rock-in-the-face-at-oscars-after-he-cracked-a-joke-about-jada-pinkett-smiths-hair-loss">headlines</a> after the 94th Academy Awards in March when he walked on stage and slapped <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-chris-rock-says-he-turned-down-offer-to-host-2023-oscars">Rock</a> in the face after the comedian told a joke about Jada&#8217;s shaved head. Smith has since apologized several times.
In July, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/will-smith-says-he-totally-understands-and-respects-if-people-arent-ready-to-see-his-new-film">Smith</a> released a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXrxDKwlA_s">video</a> apologizing to Rock and said he had reached out to the comedian, and the message came back that he was not ready to speak to him yet.
After Smith slapped Rock, he was not removed from the event, and a short time later, he took the stage to accept his first Oscar ever — best actor for his role in the film &#8220;King Richard.&#8221;
Later, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences issued a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/will-smith-banned-from-attending-oscars-for-ten-years-over-chris-rock-slap">10-year ban</a> preventing Smith from attending the annual awards show.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/will-smith-finally-breaks-silence-on-what-occurred-between-him-and-jada-pinkett-smith-before-he-struck-chris-rock">Will Smith Finally Breaks Silence On What Occurred Between Him And Jada Pinkett Smith Before He Struck Chris Rock</a>

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Eddie Murphy Jokes About Will Smith’s Oscars Slap While Sharing Advice On Succeeding In Hollywood

Eddie Murphy Jokes About Will Smith's Oscars Slap While Sharing Advice On Succeeding In Hollywood

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Actor Hugh Jackman took a jab at fellow actor Ryan Reynolds after he begged the Academy not to nominate the &#8220;Deadpool&#8221; star for his song &#8220;Good Afternoon.”
In a <a href="https://twitter.com/RealHughJackman/status/1610639446709342210?s=20&amp;t=vpsHzt5kHp8iawZj3_cEyQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">clip</a> shared on Wednesday by the 54-year-old actor, Jackman said <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ryan-reynolds" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reynolds</a>&#8216; performance in the Apple TV+ holiday movie &#8220;Spirited&#8221; was fun, but that the actor would be insufferable if he lands an Oscar for it.
&#8220;Hey everybody, it’s 2023, and I really, really wanted to send out a positive message at the beginning of the year, but recent events have made that impossible,&#8221; Jackman jokingly shared in the video.
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But don’t get me wrong … <a href="https://t.co/8ymOYUOq9m">pic.twitter.com/8ymOYUOq9m</a>
&mdash; Hugh Jackman (@RealHughJackman) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealHughJackman/status/1610639446709342210?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 4, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Don&#8217;t get me wrong, I loved &#8216;Spirited,’” he added. &#8220;It&#8217;s a great movie. We had a blast; the entire family watched it &#8230; and by the way, the song &#8216;Good Afternoon,&#8217; I laughed the entire way through.&#8221;
&#8220;Now, Ryan Reynolds getting a nomination in the best song category would make the next year of my life insufferable,&#8221; Jackman continued. &#8220;I mean, I have to spend a year with him shooting &#8216;Wolverine&#8217; and &#8216;Deadpool,’ and trust me, it would be impossible, it would be a problem.&#8221;
The &#8220;Greatest Showman&#8221; star closed out his video by sharing that while he loved the cast and song, he once again begged the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to &#8220;please, please, from the bottom of my heart — do not validate Ryan Reynolds in this way, please.&#8221;
Jackman and Reynolds have had a decade-long pretend feud, and this is just the latest between the two Hollywood stars, <a href="https://pagesix.com/2023/01/04/hugh-jackman-asks-academy-not-to-nominate-ryan-reynolds-for-best-song/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Page Six</a> noted.
Later, the &#8220;Free Guy&#8221; star responded on Twitter, saying he disagreed with Jackman&#8217;s assessment.
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Disagree. I think the deepfakes that sung and danced for Will and I would love to perform at the Oscars. <a href="https://t.co/tjI8NwfdKc">https://t.co/tjI8NwfdKc</a>
&mdash; Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) <a href="https://twitter.com/VancityReynolds/status/1610649330116956161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 4, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Disagree. I think the deepfakes that sung and danced for Will [Ferrell] and I would love to perform at the Oscars,&#8221; Reynolds jokingly shared, along with the clip from Jackman that has since gone viral with more that 2.2 million views at the time of this publication.
Filming for &#8220;Deadpool 3&#8221; is expected to begin in May 2023 with an estimated theatrical release planned for November 2024, <a href="https://variety.com/2022/film/news/hugh-jackman-wolverine-return-deadpool-3-explained-1235414176/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Variety</a> noted.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hugh-jackman-discusses-wolverines-addition-to-deadpool-3-cast-says-they-hate-each-other" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hugh Jackman Discusses Wolverine&#8217;s Addition To &#8216;Deadpool 3&#8217; Cast, Says They &#8216;Hate Each Other&#8217;</a>

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Podcaster Joe Rogan admitted he&#8217;s had a slight change of heart and explained that Will Smith &#8220;has to be forgiven&#8221; after slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars because he&#8217;s a &#8220;human being.&#8221;
During a recent episode of &#8220;The Joe Rogan Experience&#8221; <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/5PQuuviPU7xHqcqZOuCFxM?si=rQqDkc-VRdOMd2b6PTvDTQ">podcast</a>, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-rogan">the host</a> and actor Jon Bernthal talked about what <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/will-smith">Smith</a> did to Rock at the 94th Academy Awards after the comedian cracked a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith&#8217;s shaved head.
Rogan said he was recently speaking with his pal comedian Brian Simpson about what happened to Rock and said he had a similar reaction to Chris Rock after it happened which he said was &#8220;that guy — f*** that guy [Smith] forever.&#8221;
&#8220;And you know, what do you, what do you do with that guy?&#8221; the host shared. &#8220;Like, there&#8217;s a lot of us, in the beginning, we were like, &#8216;F*** that guy. F*** you forever.'&#8221;
&#8220;And I&#8217;m like, &#8216;No.&#8217; You know, now thinking about [it], I&#8217;m like, that guy has to be forgiven,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Like, he clearly has deep remorse for what he&#8217;s done. And he&#8217;s also clearly living in a world where he was given nothing but adulation and praise for most of his life.&#8221;
&#8220;And then all of a sudden he has this one, in many people&#8217;s eyes, unforgivable moment where he does something just so f***ing stupid,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/terrifying-implications-joe-rogan-blasts-sfs-tremendously-insane-decision-to-allow-robots-to-kill-people">Rogan</a> continued. &#8220;But it&#8217;s not like he doesn&#8217;t realize it. He&#8217;s a human being. You just gotta forgive him, you know? And I think the real person who has to forgive him — if he wants to is Chris Rock.&#8221;
Bernthal agreed and said he was right, that it&#8217;s for Rock to choose to forgive the &#8220;Men In Black&#8221; star or not.
&#8220;You know, and I don&#8217;t know if Chris will,&#8221; Rogan replied. &#8220;I haven&#8217;t even talked to Chris about it.&#8221;
The host said Smith is &#8220;just a person that was in an impossible-to-understand scenario.&#8221;
&#8220;To be a guy who&#8217;s a child star, who goes from that to become one of the most beloved actors in the world &#8230; to this one thing where everybody f***ing hates you,&#8221; Rogan shared. &#8220;Everybody thinks you are a piece of s***. He&#8217;s a human. You gotta forgive him.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-rogan-scores-number-one-spot-in-spotifys-podcasts-around-the-world-for-2022">Rogan</a> previously blasted Smith sharing that there was &#8220;no justification&#8221; for slapping the comedian because Rock was &#8220;doing his f***ing job,&#8221; as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-rocks-doing-his-fing-job-joe-rogan-blasts-will-smith-after-he-assaulted-rock-at-oscars">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported.
Smith has since apologized several times. In July, the actor issued an apology via a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXrxDKwlA_s">video</a> on social media. Smith said he had reached out to Rock, but the message came back that the comedian was not ready to speak to him yet. Later, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences issued a 10-year ban against Smith.

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Award shows are increasingly woke, and they have the ratings to prove it.
Year after year, most Hollywood galas draw significantly fewer eyeballs than past telecasts. TV ratings in general are down due to a fractured media landscape, but the percentage of award show declines is alarming.
The Academy Awards is often touted as the most shocking example.
The 2010 Oscars drew <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/oscars-ratings-billy-crystal-academy-awards-290132/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">41.6 million viewers</a>, the kind of numbers you might expect from a beloved sitcom’s curtain call.
Now? The 2022 Oscars telecast drew <a href="https://variety.com/2022/tv/ratings/oscars-ratings-2022-academy-awards-1235210795/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">just 16.6 million viewers</a>, — and that number represented a 58% leap from the previous year (10.5 million).
Hollywood is increasingly woke across the board, from hyper-diverse casting to inserting overt progressive messages into its content. Award shows are the most obvious, and unpopular, way for the industry to flex its progressive bona fides.
Speech after speech. Joke after joke. And, every once in a while, an homage to the craft in question can be seen from the TV screen.
The mainstream Hollywood press plays a role in supporting this change.
The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/feb/25/oscarssowhite-right-and-wrong-academy-awards-audience" target="_blank" rel="noopener">#OscarsSoWhite movement of 2016</a> showcased the industry’s lack of diversity and set a template for both the industry and media to follow. Part of that change proved necessary. For years, performers of color got few accolades from Team Oscar.
When Halle Berry won the Best Actress award for “Monsters Ball” in 2002 it marked the first time a <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/24/entertainment/halle-berry-oscars-win/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">black woman won that award</a>. And she remains the only black woman to snag that specific honor.
The #OscarsSoWhite hashtag campaign proved powerful, but the unintended consequences continue today. Now, whenever a major awards body reveals its nominations, critics rush in to make sure enough diverse faces made the cut, category by category.
If Hollywood continued to exclude black or brown stars from the year’s biggest awards, that’s clearly problematic … although it reflects poorly on the allegedly enlightened industry, not the public at large.
If, in one particular year or category, more white faces make the cut, it’s hardly time for a new hashtag campaign.
Tell that to the press, which dutifully counts every face, every creed, and every gender in reporting on awards show news.
Take some recent headlines on the subject.
Deadline shared the <a href="https://deadline.com/2022/12/golden-globes-nominations-diversity-1235196817/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recent Golden Globe nominations</a>, doing a deep dive into just how diverse the nominees are.
<blockquote>This year the HFPA failed to nominate any Black films with strong themes in the Best Picture category, despite the strong lineup which included Disney/Marvel’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (soon to surpass Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness with $411M+), TriStar’s Woman King (one of the highest grossing adult pics of autumn with $67.1M stateside), Apple Original Films’ Emancipation, Orion’s Till and Focus Features’ Letitia Wright Cannes title, The Silent Twins.</blockquote>
Uh oh.
Each year, plenty of quality films fail to make the cut for any number of reasons. “Top Gun: Maverick” came up light in the Golden Globe nominations, despite being the year’s top-grossing film and earning raves from both audiences and critics alike.
One of the films singled out by Deadline, Will Smith’s “Emancipation,” has a 46%“rotten” rating at Rotten Tomatoes. Maybe that’s why it didn’t make the cut, not any lack of diversity in the voting body.
Deadline seemed stumped by that imperfect diversity score, by its own metrics, even though the voting body is now sufficiently diverse.
<blockquote>How could HFPA, even with increasing its racial and ethnic membership to over 51% representation largely ignore this critically acclaimed movie at 94% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes?</blockquote>
Maybe because art remains subjective, and the voters had their own ideas about the best films in question.
Deadline’s own readers mocked the aggressive push to promote diversity above all else. Here’s just one example:
<blockquote>These quotas and artificial moral outrages are worse than the Hayes codes. Utterly ignores [the] reality that the HFPA is comprised of international critics representing international markets and all three examples (BP2:WF, Woman King and Till), woefully underperformed international v domestic.</blockquote>
<a href="https://variety.com/2022/awards/awards/golde-globes-nominations-women-directors-snub-1235457668/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Variety blasted the Globes</a> in a separate category, noting the artists up for Best Director in two categories lacked a single female nominee.
<blockquote>The all-male director nominees include James Cameron (“Avatar: The Way of Water”), The Daniels (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”), Baz Luhrmann (“Elvis”), Martin McDonagh (“The Banshees of Inisherin”) and Steven Spielberg (“The Fabelmans”).</blockquote>
That’s some pretty heady competition in that category. Cameron and Spielberg represent icons in their field, having created some of the most beloved movies of the modern era, from “Jaws” to “Terminator.”
TheWrap similarly <a href="https://www.thewrap.com/oscars-2023-documentary-feature-shortlist/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">weighed in on the documentary films</a> available for Oscar glory this year. The outlet crunched the diversity numbers in the specific category, 
<blockquote>The list includes four films directed by people of color and eight with women directors.</blockquote>
The Oscar system passed the test. For now.
Indiewire.com hailed recent Best Picture Oscar winners but still had complaints about the subject matter. Translation: Hollywood can never, ever be woke enough.
<blockquote>Although it is still true that six of the last 10 Best Picture winners were directed by filmmakers of color— “12 Years a Slave,” “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance),” “Moonlight,” “The Shape of Water,” “Parasite,” and “Nomadland”— half of those still focus on white, cishet protagonists.</blockquote>
Outlets also cheerlead stars who turn their awards show moments into progressive pep rallies. Rather than report on Leonardo DiCaprio’s 2016 climate change speech for winning the Best Actor award for “The Revenant” in a neutral fashion, media outlets attached phrases that quietly encourage the activism.
Here’s how The Hollywood Reporter announced the actor’s triumphant night.
<blockquote>Leonardo DiCaprio finally won his first Oscar for his portrayal of Hugh Glass in <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/revenant/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Revenant</a>, and he delivered a powerful message [emphasis added] about climate change while accepting his award on Sunday night.</blockquote>
Imagine the reaction had DiCaprio made a full-throated plea to end abortion across the country. Here’s betting “powerful” wouldn’t have made it into the article.
Hollywood’s woke revolution didn’t happen on its own. Several forces helped make it a reality, from guilt over the industry’s past blind spots to stars fearing cancellation for tweeting the “wrong” opinion.
The media does its fair share to keep the woke fires burning.
Christian Toto is an award-winning journalist, movie critic and editor of <a href="http://www.hollywoodintoto.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HollywoodInToto.com</a>. He previously served as associate editor with Breitbart News&#8217; Big Hollywood. Follow him at <a href="https://twitter.com/HollywoodInToto?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@HollywoodInToto</a>. 
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire. 
This article has been updated for clarity.

88th Annual Academy Awards – Backstage And Audience

How Media Turn Award Shows Into Progressive Pep Rallies

Woke Culture

Oscar-winning actress <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/mira-sorvino-calls-mass-speaking-out-hollywood-paul-bois/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mira Sorvino</a> (&#8220;Mighty Aphrodite,&#8221; 1995) appeared to have a minor meltdown over what she viewed as a lack of American progress — and the continuation of several &#8220;hideous wrongs&#8221; — heading into the new year.
<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/paul-sorvino-furious-weinstein-over-treatment-paul-bois/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sorvino</a> shared her frustrations in a couple of tweets posted on Friday, just before 2022 came to a close over the weekend — and she claimed that, among other issues, Americans had failed to eradicate bigotry and anti-Semitism.
&#8220;Does anyone else feel shellshocked hideous wrongs of our nation’s past we thought we’d progressed beyond’ve found footing as pseudo-defensible positions: Bigotry, slavery, white supremacy, colonialism, anti-semitism, hatred of women, lgbtqia folk &amp; migrants-as tho they were legit?&#8221; <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/director-peter-jackson-weinstein-orchestrated-amanda-prestigiacomo/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sorvino</a> asked, complaining that she had thought that America had progressed only to find that certain wrongs were not only being continued but defended.
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We think we are on this inexorable climb to progress, growth, equality, only to realize we are only 1 degree away from Auschwitz, or George Washington’s thousands of slaves, the genocide of millions of Native Americans, or the justification of Harvey Weinstein’s rapes…
&mdash; Mira Sorvino (@MiraSorvino) <a href="https://twitter.com/MiraSorvino/status/1609057437281316867?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 31, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;We think we are on this inexorable climb to progress, growth, equality, only to realize we are only 1 degree away from Auschwitz, or George Washington’s thousands of slaves, the genocide of millions of Native Americans, or the justification of Harvey Weinstein’s rapes …&#8221; Sorvino continued.
The actress suggested that the United States was somehow &#8220;1 degree away&#8221; from the 1.1 million Jews, Poles, and gypsies <a href="https://www.history.com/news/auschwitz-concentration-camp-numbers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">killed at Auschwitz</a> — the deadliest of the Nazi concentration camps — where some 85% of the men, women, and children who passed through its gates were systematically exterminated.
She also offered comparisons to the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/climate-changed-after-europeans-killed-indigenous-americans-2019-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">killing</a> of Native Americans in the name of colonization — some of whom died of diseases that crossed over from Europe with explorers and colonists alike — and claimed that George Washington owned &#8220;thousands of slaves&#8221;  when <a href="https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/slavery/ten-facts-about-washington-slavery/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">historical records</a> suggest that number was closer to 125.
<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/paul-sorvino-furious-weinstein-over-treatment-paul-bois/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sorvino&#8217;s</a> final comparison took a personal turn, as she suggested the people allowing bigotry and other &#8220;hideous wrongs&#8221; to continue were no different than those who justified disgraced Hollywood producer &#8220;Harvey Weinstein&#8217;s rapes.&#8221;
The &#8220;Romy and Michele&#8217;s High School Reunion&#8221; star was one of the first to speak out against Weinstein, claiming that he had made advances toward her — and that her refusal to accommodate his wishes had led to her career being stifled.
&#8220;It’s very triggering and re-traumatizing for me,&#8221; <a href="https://ktla.com/entertainment/mira-sorvino-weighs-in-on-weinstein-rape-trial/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">she told</a> KTLA during the now-convicted rapist&#8217;s most recent trial. &#8220;I find it horrific that his defense is using these outdated tropes, you know, slut shaming and saying that it was a consensual transactional casting couch. He was a sexual predator of epic proportions, a very violent assault. I personally know people who have been raped by him, and there was nothing consensual about it.&#8221;

28th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards – Arrivals

‘1 Degree Away From Auschwitz’: Oscar Winner Loses It Over America’s ‘Hideous Wrongs’

Oscar Winner Mira Sorvino Loses It Over America’s ‘Hideous Wrongs’

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Actor <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/my-bad-it-wont-happen-again-hollywood-actor-apologizes-to-san-francisco-for-25-year-old-movie-stunt/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brendan Fraser</a> has been the talk of Tinsel Town since the release of his latest film &#8220;The Whale&#8221; — and according to his &#8220;Airheads&#8221; co-star and friend <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/its-only-painful-to-say-out-loud-adam-sandler-gives-update-after-hip-surgery/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Adam Sandler</a>, it couldn&#8217;t be happening to a nicer guy.
Sandler, who recently took home a Performer Tribute Award at the Gotham Awards, is also generating Oscar buzz around his latest Netflix offering, &#8220;Hustle.&#8221; But when asked about Fraser at a press event for the basketball dramedy, the comedian had nothing but the <a href="https://ew.com/movies/adam-sandler-praises-brendan-fraser-the-whale/?utm_campaign=entertainmentweekly_entertainmentweekly&amp;utm_content=movies&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_term=638cb97b3cb3cc0001013c26" target="_blank" rel="noopener">highest praise</a> for his former co-star.
&#8220;He&#8217;s just so smart, such a deep guy, and he&#8217;s such a loving sweetheart. We&#8217;ve been talking a lot lately and I couldn&#8217;t be happier for him,&#8221; Sandler said of his friend. &#8220;His performance, I saw [&#8216;The Whale&#8217;], is ridiculous. He&#8217;s always been great, he&#8217;s always been as deep as it gets. When we were doing &#8216;Airheads,&#8217; he was on a different trip than all of us.&#8221;
&#8220;Airheads,&#8221; released in 1994, featured Fraser and Sandler — along with actor Steve Buscemi — as bandmates who inadvertently create a hostage situation at a radio station. Armed with water pistols full of hot sauce, they interrupt a broadcast and demand that an insolent deejay (Joe Mantegna) play their demo tape on the air.
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The movie <a href="http://www.leesmovieinfo.net/title.php?t=5563" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bombed</a> — raking in negative reviews and less than $6 million at the box office — but Sandler said that Fraser had been so fully committed to the role that he wasn&#8217;t the least bit surprised to see the arc his career followed afterward.
&#8220;He really took [&#8216;Airheads&#8217;] serious, he took everything about the full growth of his character and his look and what each line meant. He was never messing around. The fact that he got to make &#8216;The Whale,&#8217; and a bunch of great movies over the years, but the fact that it&#8217;s at such a great crescendo for him right now is not a shock.&#8221;
&#8220;The Whale&#8221; marks a comeback of sorts for <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/brendan-fraser-dons-a-fatsuit-in-the-whale-for-his-big-hollywood-comeback/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fraser</a>, who spent some time away from the spotlight after years of doing his own stunt work took a toll on him physically. Fraser also made headlines in 2018 when he <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/actor-brendan-fraser-alleges-former-hollywood-frank-camp/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accused</a> former Hollywood Foreign Press Association President Philip Berk of touching him inappropriately years earlier.
&#8220;I felt ill. I felt like a little kid. I felt like there was a ball in my throat. I thought I was going to cry,&#8221; Fraser said, recounting the incident and noting that he had essentially disappeared from Hollywood life in that aftermath.

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Actor Frank Vallelonga Jr. was found dead in the Bronx on Monday, and a suspect has been charged with dumping his body in the street. Vallelonga Jr. was 60 years old.
According to a <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2022/12/01/green-book-actor-found-dead-frank-vallelonga-jr-tony-lip-father/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from entertainment website TMZ, police were initially called to check on an unconscious man early Monday morning outside a sheet-metal factory in Hunts Point. Finding him unresponsive, they dispatched emergency crews, but the man was pronounced dead a short time later. The body was later identified as Vallelonga Jr., who is best known for his work in the Oscar-winning film &#8220;Green Book.&#8221;
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According to <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/12/01/body-of-green-book-actor-frank-vallelonga-jr-found-dumped-in-bronx/?utm_medium=SocialFlow&amp;utm_campaign=SocialFlow&amp;utm_source=NYPTwitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">multiple reports</a>, Vallelonga Jr.&#8217;s body was dumped from a vehicle that was owned by his brother, Nick Vallelonga, onto the street. A 35-year-old man named Steven Smith has already been charged with concealment of a human corpse after surveillance video allegedly caught him in the act of dumping the body — and Nick Vallelonga informed law enforcement that Smith did not have permission to drive the car.
Smith reportedly told police that Vallelonga Jr. had overdosed, but the official cause of death has not yet been determined by the medical examiner&#8217;s office.
Vallelonga Jr. was the son of the late &#8220;<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/the-sopranos-star-dies/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sopranos</a>&#8221; actor Frank Anthony Vallelonga Sr. — best known by his stage name &#8220;<a href="https://variety.com/2022/film/news/frank-vallelonga-jr-dead-green-book-1235447107/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tony Lip</a>&#8221; — who played crime boss Carmine Lupertazzi in the popular HBO series. Often type-cast as a mobster, Tony Lip also played Philip Giaccone in &#8220;Donnie Brasco&#8221; and took on the role of real-life Lucchese mobster Francesco Manzo in &#8220;Goodfellas.&#8221;
Tony Lip&#8217;s real life — specifically a <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/im-snakebit-sore-loser-spike-lee-furious-green-paul-bois/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">road trip</a> he took with black pianist Don Shirley through the Deep South while it was still segregated — was the inspiration for the film &#8220;<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6966692/awards/?ref_=tt_awd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Green Book</a>,&#8221; which was co-written and produced by Nick Vallelonga.
Vallelonga Jr. played the role of his real-life uncle Rudy Vallelonga in the film, and Viggo Mortenson played Tony Lip. The film won Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Mahershala Ali took home an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. In addition, Mortenson was nominated for Best Actor and the film was nominated for the Best Editing statuette.

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