By Tássia Assis Any time MTV News connects by means of the Zoom with Enhypen (stylized all-caps), the South Korean pop group’s seven members sit split into two neat rows: Heeseung, Jake, Jay, and Sunoo in the front, followed by Jungwon, Sunghoon, and Ni-ki right in back of them. Their outfits are cautiously coordinated in neutral hues, and their hair is styled with boyish side-pa..

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Heading into the 2021 Oscars, few narratives were as seemingly clear-cut because the likelihood of Chadwick Boseman winning a posthumous trophy for Best Actor. His dynamic turn in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom was made all of the more potent by the fact that it was his final film role, completed before his death in August 2020. It wasn't just fan wishing, either. Some light tweaking of th..

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Immediately after a night largely lacking twists, the 2021 Oscars switched up the format by announcing Best Picture for Nomadland before the lead acting categories. Then, it ended with a double surprise for the remaining two awards, announcing wins for Anthony Hopkins for Best Actor for his efficiency in The Father and Frances McDormand for Best Actress in Nomadland. With this win..

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By Deepa Lakshmin It’s been a busy awards season for H.E.R. Right after taking residence a whopping four Grammys in March — including Song of the Year for “I Can’t Breathe,” a tribute to George Floyd — the singer-songwriter snagged more hardware at the 93rd Oscars ceremony Sunday night (April 25) at Los Angeles’s Union Station. This time around, it’s “Fight For You..

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Last year at the Academy Awards, few could've predicted that Bong Joon-ho's Parasite would take the night's top honor of Best Picture. It's the sort of unexpected twist that makes the 2021 Oscars anyone's game — especially any time once you add in its rescheduled date because of the pandemic, increased social distancing on the red carpet and throughout the show, and everything else ..

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By Deepa Lakshmin Yuh-Jung Youn, who plays the incomparably comical grandmother Soon-ja in Minari, began her Oscars winning speech by calling out presenter Brad Pitt (“Where were you as soon as we were filming?!”) And ended it with a tribute to her kids deserving of its own standing ovation: “This is the result, because mommy works so hard.” It was a cheeky and charming way ..

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By Deepa Lakshmin At the insistence of Bong Joon-ho — whose Parasite swept the Oscars last year with four wins — the five visionaries nominated for this year’s Academy Award for Best Directing had one not-so-simple task ahead of the 2021 show Sunday night (April 25) at Los Angeles’s Union Station. They had to answer the question: “If you've got to explain to a random kid on..

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Cheyenne Floyd has noticed her special someone. The Teen Mom OG star -- who made her debut on Are You the One? back in 2015 -- is engaged to Zach Davis. Zach popped the question at the couple's baby sprinkle for their son-on-the-way, Ace (Cheyenne is 34 weeks along). And Zach made sure Ryder was a special segment of the unforgettable moment. https://www.Instagram.Com/p/COHJFHMH6-D/..

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"Something's Coming," and that "something" is Steven Spielberg's rather anticipated big-screen remake of West Side Story — which viewers finally got a sneak peek of throughout this year's Academy Awards. Never one to back down from a challenge, Spielberg has chosen to adapt one of the most beloved and popular shows of all time as his first musical in his almost 50 years of directin..

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The Academy Awards mark the end of the customary awards season, and this year’s gamut went out with a bang. Not only did the stars bring high-fashion escapism to the red carpet, however the ceremony marked a assortment of historic firsts. Especially powerful was Daniel Kaluuya’s win for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Judas and the Black Messiah, in which he portrayed Bla..

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The Academy voters think Emerald Fennell is a Promising Young Woman. The 93rd annual Academy Awards was contained in a different location this year, and began off the ceremony by awarding the British newcomer. The actress-turned-first-time director took residence the Oscar tonight (April 25) for Best Original Screenplay for her debut feature, Promising Young Woman. Fennell is the ini..

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It's April, and the Oscars are on? It's true! While awards season usually wraps by February, the pandemic forced the academies to rejigger its schedule, which meant a later-than-usual springtime air date that allowed the show to take advantage of not only its regular residence at the Dolby Theatre, although also Union Station in Los Angeles, for a sprawling event worthy of the impress..

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