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Steven Spielberg’s hysterical Oscars reaction might already be the best GIF of 2024

BEST GIF OF 2024 INCOMING

Steven Spielberg is one of the best filmmakers of all time, but he might’ve just turned into one of the best GIFs of 2024 during Sunday’s Oscars.

During a segment featuring Barbie stars America Ferrera and Kate McKinnon, the two joked about McKinnon finding out that Jurassic Park isn’t actually a documentary.

During one of McKinnon’s quips, the camera cut to Spielberg delivering the reaction of the night and a GIF that will surely flood your social media feed in the weeks and months to come.

Seriously, this is priceless, and we are so glad it now exists for us to use when we need to react to something on the internet.

Spielberg is such a good sport for participating in this gag, and we’re dually happy that we have this reaction from him now to use in all of our tweets.

This is what the Oscars are all about! New GIFs!

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Yes, Robert Downey Jr. is surprisingly the first former SNL cast member to win an Oscar

Ironically, RDJ’s SNL run was pretty short, lasting just 16 episodes.

Robert Downey Jr. won his first Academy Award on Sunday night, taking home Best Supporting Actor for his work in Oppenheimer. It was the first award of the night that the film won.

It was the third time Downey had been nominated. He was up for Best Actor in 1990 for Chaplin, and Best Supporting Actor in 2009 for Tropic Thunder.

Downey’s performance as Lewis Strauss also won him a BAFTA, a Golden Globe, and a SAG Award. His portrayal of Strauss is incredibly key to making the film work, as director Christopher Nolan uses Strauss’s Senate confirmation hearing for Secretary of Commerce as a framing device to tell the story.

The win for Downey was not just significant for him and Oppenheimer, but also the show he was on in 1985, a little thing called Saturday Night Live.

Downey is in fact the first former SNL cast member to win an Oscar.

Yes, really.

That might be hard to believe considering the show has produced stars like Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Adam Sandler, Will Ferrell, Tina Fey and Kristen Wiig. A lot of those folks have been nominated for Oscars, but never won.

Murray won a Golden Globe and a BAFTA for his work in 2003’s Lost In Translation, but lost the Best Actor Oscar to Sean Penn. Murphy was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in 2007 for his work in Dreamgirls, but lost to Alan Arkin. Wiig was nominated for Best Original Screenplay in 2012 for writing Bridesmaids, but the award went to Woody Allen for Midnight In Paris.

Ironically, Downey’s SNL run was pretty short, lasting just 16 episodes.

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito joked with Michael Keaton about Batman villainy during Oscars

HOLY OSCARS, BATMAN!

 

The co-stars of the 1990s comedy Twins (and Hollywood legends) Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito reunited at the 96th Academy Awards to present two Oscars for Visual Effects and Editing.

However, the two started their time on stage complaining about how, as two previous on-screen Batman villains, they could never get past the Caped Crusader.

DeVito played The Penguin in Batman Returns, while Schwarzenegger played Mr. Freeze in Batman and Robin.

Well, one of the most recognizable Batmans in the world, Michael Keaton, was in the crowd, and Schwarzenegger and DeVito took their villainous grievances right to Bruce Wayne himself to the delight of the crowd.

Seriously, how awesome was this? It’s really not every day that you get to see two former Batman villains finally get their opportunity to let a former Batman know what they really think in front of the world, but that’s what the Oscars are for!

This is one of those moments that makes us really grateful for the Academy Awards.

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Robert Downey Jr. delivered an unforgettable speech after winning Best Supporting Actor

Robert Downey Jr. finally won his Oscar, and his speech rocked.

After years of working in the business, veteran actor Robert Downey Jr. has finally won his Academy Award.

The veteran actor, best known for playing Tony Stark/Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar on Sunday night at the 96th Oscars for his role as Lewis Strauss in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer.

Downey Jr. gave predictably charismatic speech where he honored his wife Susan Downey, Nolan and everyone he worked with on the blockbuster film.

It was the perfect speech for such a beloved actor, as so many in the room looked very happy to see the Hollywood legend finally get his due.

It’s been a long time coming for Downey Jr., who was last nominated in the same category for Tropic Thunder back in 2008. Now, he’ll have his first Oscar to put on the shelf at home for an illustrious career stretching back decades.

It’s such a cool moment for Downey Jr. and all movie fans that he finally got his Academy Award, and his speech reflected just how special that moment was.

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Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt hysterically roasted each other over Barbenheimer during 2024 Oscars

Okay, this was hilarious.

“Barbenheimer” was the biggest film event of 2023, and two of its central players had a blast ribbing each other over being in the rival films.

Emily Blunt, who played Kitty Oppenheimer in Oppenheimer, and Ryan Gosling, who played Ken in Barbie, both got a really fun moment in Sunday’s 96th Oscars ceremony while introducing a tribute to stunt workers.

The two roasted each other over their movies, as Oppenheimer has fared better at the awards but Barbie made more money and led the cultural conversation.

The two will be in this May’s The Fall Guy, and we’re already loving the chemistry these two have while joking with each other.

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Paul Giamatti was moved to tears during his Holdovers co-star Da’Vine Joy Randolph’s Oscar speech

Paul Giamatti was moved to tears by his Holdovers co-star Da’Vine Joy Randolph’s Oscar speech.

During Da’Vine Joy Randolph’s heartwarming speech for winning the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance in The Holdovers, her co-star Paul Giamatti was moved to tears by the moment.

Giamatti escorted Randolph to the stage to accept her very first Oscar win and watched with everyone in the crowd as Randolph deliver a powerful speech that had Giamatti getting misty.

It’s so wonderful to see actors supporting each other like this, and Giamatti’s sincere reaction to Randolph’s win is one of the best parts about the Oscars. You just can’t script something this; it comes straight from the heart.

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Da’Vine Joy Randolph honored her mom in an incredibly heartfelt speech after winning Best Supporting Actress

Da’Vine Joy Randolph gave such a great Oscar speech after winning Best Supporting Actress.

After delivering one of the best performances of 2023, stage and screen veteran Da’Vine Joy Randolph deservedly won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar on Sunday night for her performance in The Holdovers.

After a really touching tribute from previous Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o, Randolph gave an incredibly heartfelt speech after winning the Academy Award, her first in her career, one where she thanked her mother for encouraging her to pursue acting.

It’s always so moving to watch someone win their first Academy Award, and Randolph showed exactly why it’s such an incredible moment to be honored for your career in such a way as winning an Oscar.

After an awards season filled with wins, Rudolph finally won the biggest prize.

While her victory might’ve been one most people saw coming after so many precursor victories at previous shows, it doesn’t make it any less awesome.

She delivers one of the strongest performances in one of 2023’s best movies, and that alone is worth celebrating. The Oscar is just the grand finale.

Messi the perfect dog made it to the Oscars and is seated like the good boy he is

The absolute best boy thankfully made it to the Oscars.

For two long, long days, it seemed that the public would be deprived of the biggest star of the Oscars at Sunday’s 96th Academy Awards. Reports broke on March 8 that Messi the dog, better known as Snoop in Anatomy of a Fall, would not be allowed to attend after complaints from other studios.

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Messi was not only instrumental in the actual plot of Anatomy of a Fall, he perfectly acted in several scenes.

At the Oscar luncheon, stars like Emma Stone were elated to meet the furry supporting actor, so it’s fantastic news that he is, in fact, seated for the Oscars ceremony.

No, literally, the perfect good boy is actually seated.

The absolute best boy.

Ranking the films of Christopher Nolan, including The Dark Knight, Interstellar and Oppenheimer

Let’s rank the films of Christopher Nolan on the heels of Oppenheimer’s release.

Christopher Nolan remains one of the 21st century’s preeminent auteurs, responsible for some of the most beloved films of our time.

From the blockbuster smash-hit The Dark Knight to the emotional powerhouse of Interstellar, Nolan remains one of the few filmmakers who can get a massive canvas at will and create something lasting with it.

As film shifts, filmmakers like Nolan will become even more important as they use their influence to keep a vital style of moviemaking alive.

With Oppenheimer recently being released, let’s rank the director’s 12 films and see where they land.

Da’Vine Joy Randolph’s awards history at the Oscars

Has Da’Vine Joy Randolph ever won an Academy Award?

Da’Vine Joy Randolph delivered one of the most acclaimed performances of 2023 in the holiday dramedy The Holdovers.

The veteran actor earned her first Oscar nomination for the film in the Best Supporting Actress category where she’s poised to win after taking home the Golden Globe, the SAG Award, the BAFTA and the Critics’ Choice Award in the same category.

Barring a major upset, Randolph will very likely win at the Oscars on March 10, which would bring her Academy Awards number to one.

It’d be a very deserved win for such a phenomenal performance, and it may be The Holdovers‘ main recognition on Oscar night should it strike out in other categories.

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