Instead of placing her Academy Award on a grand pedestal, Mikey Madison keeps her golden statue tucked right next to her cherished vinyl collection. This intimate display honors a deep family connection to music and reflects her low-key, homebody lifestyle.
Netflix’s La Bola Negra is already poised for Oscar dominance after sweeping major awards at both Cannes and TIFF. This sweeping epic features Penélope Cruz and Glenn Close in a stunning tale that weaves together the Spanish Civil War and modern-day secrets.
Sandra Hüller trades courtroom tension for the grit of the Thirty Years’ War, portraying a woman who survives by passing as a man. From complex facial prosthetics to wearing the director’s own shoes, her transformative performance is already a major Oscar contender.
Despite his massive global success, Dwayne Johnson admits that being snubbed for an Oscar after his performance in The Smashing Machine truly stung. He is refusing to play it cool about the rejection, instead using the Academy’s oversight as pure fuel for his next chapter.