And just like that, awards season is over just as quickly as it began, ending Sunday night with the Oscars 2020. As to be expected with so many phenomenal actors up for nominations (like Laura Dern, Renée Zellweger, and Cynthia Erivo), this year’s Oscars 2020 red carpet looks were some of the most gorgeous in recent memory.
While it’s been a strong season for red carpet hair and makeup, the Oscars are when celebrities bring out all the stops. Think elegant updos, timeless makeup, and a heavy dose of Old Hollywood glamour, which always makes it an evening that sets the tone for the year ahead, especially when it comes to bridal trends.
Mindy Kaling and Chrissy Metz both went for loose, soft waves, while Zazie Beetz opted for half-up style with gorgeous curly bangs. And that was just in the first 20 minutes of the red carpet. Tune in throughout the night as we add our favorite hair and makeup looks from the Oscars red carpet, below.
As Hollywood’s A-list prepares to walk down the red carpet at tonight’s Academy Awards, a new Frida Mom postpartum ad is causing some controversy after being rejected by the Oscars for being “too graphic.”
The commercial shows a new mom in the first days after giving birth, facing the realities of what is happening to her body. You can see her postpartum belly, the mesh underwear given to new moms at the hospital, her struggle to go to the bathroom, the pad she must wear as her body continues to bleed—all while a newborn is crying in the background.
Frida Mom, a company focused on the postpartum needs of women, went ahead and posted the ad on its Instagram feed for all to see. “The ad you’re about to watch was rejected by ABC & the Oscars from airing during this year’s award show,” the caption reads. “It’s not ‘violent, political’ or sexual in nature. Our ad is not ‘religious or lewd’ and does not portray ‘guns or ammunition’. ‘Feminine hygiene & hemorrhoid relief’ are also banned subjects. It’s just a new mom, home with her baby and her new body for the first time. Yet it was rejected. And we wonder why new moms feel unprepared. So spray it forward and share this video with every new mom. She deserves to be prepared.”
The ad also has over 800,000 views on the Frida Mom Youtube channel.
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Many rallied to the defense of Frida Mom and the ad, including Busy Philipps. “I legit teared up when I just watched it. Partially because this is clearly an ad made by women who have been there and get it and partially because I DO believe so strongly that the more we can NORMALIZE A WOMAN’S BODILY EXPERIENCE IN MEDIA, the better off our culture and society will be. AND YES THAT MEANS ADS TOO,” Philipps wrote on Instagram. “You probably don’t even flinch when an Erectile Disfunction ad comes on but THIS AD IS REJECTED?! I think this is an incredible piece of advertising that accurately represents something millions of women know intimately. And I’m so fucking sick of living in a society where the act of simply BEING A WOMAN is rejected by the gatekeepers of media. Well. Shame on them and NOT on us for simply being human women.”
Many of the commenters on the brand’s post agreed. “Such a beautiful ad. I completely teared up. It brought me right back to having my babies and that our bodies are so badass. Thank you for creating this. It is beautiful. If anything you have impacted me today,” one wrote. “Such an honest representation of the new mom experience! My little one is now 20 weeks and your products were amazing! Thank you for sharing this and trying to help remove the stigma from the postpartum journey,” another said.
(ABC has not yet commented on the backlash.)
While the Frida Mom postpartum ad may not get its moment on Hollywood’s biggest night, it’s still making an impact on normalizing the experience of so many women—and that’s a very good thing.
If you’re looking for an Oscars livestream this year, you’re in luck: There are plenty of ways to watch the 2020 Academy Awards without having a traditional cable box. And that goes for checking out the red-carpet festivities beforehand too.
Below, a non-exhaustive list on how to livestream and watch the Oscars 2020 and the red carpet:
The 2020 Oscars ceremony airs this Sunday, February 9, at 8 p.m. ET on ABC. Those with cable can watch it right on their TVs. But you can also access the show on Hulu Live if you have a subscription. AT&T TV Now users can also access the awards show.
There will be a livestream of the Oscars on ABC.com and the ABC app. However, you’ll need a cable or TV provider login to access.
A $30 antenna from Amazon will also pick up your local ABC affiliate. Buy it once, and you’ll always have access to things happening on local cable.
How to Watch the Oscars Red Carpet
ABC.com and the ABC app will have a livestream of the red carpet starting at 6:30 p.m. ET. The red-carpet coverage starts on E! at 5 p.m. ET, which you can access with either a traditional cable subscription or Hulu Live.
The Nominees
Read a full list of the Oscar nominees, below:
Best Picture
Ford v Ferrari
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Joker
Little Women
Marriage Story
1917
Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
Parasite
Best Director
Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
Todd Phillips, Joker
Sam Mendes, 1917
Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
Bong Joon Ho, Parasite
Best Actor
Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory
Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
Adam Driver, Marriage Story
Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
Jonathan Pryce, The Two Popes
Best Actress
Cynthia Erivo, Harriet
Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
Saoirse Ronan, Little Women
Charlize Theron, Bombshell
Renée Zellweger, Judy
Best Supporting Actor
Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
Al Pacino, The Irishman
Joe Pesci, The Irishman
Anthony Hopkins, The Two Popes
Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Best Supporting Actress
Kathy Bates, Richard Jewell
Laura Dern, Marriage Story
Scarlett Johansson, Jojo Rabbit
Florence Pugh, Little Women
Margot Robbie, Bombshell
Best Original Screenplay
Rian Johnson, Knives Out
Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story
Sam Mendes and Krysty Wilson-Cairns, 1917
Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
Bong Joon Ho and Han Jin Won, Parasite
Best Adapted Screenplay
Steven Zaillian, The Irishman
Taika Waititi, Jojo Rabbit
Todd Phillips, Joker
Greta Gerwig, Little Women
Anthony McCarten, The Two Popes
Best Animated Feature Film
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
I Lost My Body
Klaus
Missing Link
Toy Story 4
Best International Feature Film
Corpus Christi
Honeyland
Les Misérables
Pain and Glory
Parasite
Best Documentary – Feature
American Factory
The Edge of Democracy
The Cave
Honeyland
For Sama
Best Documentary – Short Subject
In the Absence
Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone
Life Overtakes Me
St Louis Superman
Walk Run Cha-Cha
Best Live-Action Short Film
Brotherhood
Nefta Football Club
The Neighbors’ Window
Saria
A Sister
Best Animated Short Film
Dcera (Daughter)
Hair Love
Kitbull
Memorable
Sister
Best Original Score
Joker
Little Women
Marriage Story
1917
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Best Original Song
“I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away” (Toy Story 4)
Narrowing down a list of the best Oscars dresses of all time is no easy task. But a fun one? Absolutely. It’s wild to see how much red carpet trends have changed over the decades. Back in the day, A-list actresses didn’t even use personal stylists. But now red carpet fashion is a full-on industry onto itself where major designers custom-make multiple gowns with the hope that someone like Jennifer Lopez, Reese Witherspoon, or Lupita Nyong’o will choose their creation to wear on one of the world’s biggest stages.
Ahead of the 2020 Oscars and after much debate, we’ve come up with a list of our favorites over the years—including Sharon Stone’s lavender Vera Wang skirt that she paired with a men’s button-down in the ’90s, Gwyneth Paltrow’s white Tom Ford cape dress in 2013, and Angelina’s famous leg slit in 2012. We’ve even got old-school classics from Grace Kelly (America’s first actress turned princess), Elizabeth Taylor, and Audrey Hepburn.
Here’s what happened: Midway through the pop icon’s set, she did a pole dance to her hit nineties song “Waiting for Tonight.” She killed it, obviously, and that’s largely because she completed serious pole dancing training for her performance in the 2019 movie Hustlers. Her turn as Ramona in that movie generated Lopez serious awards season buzz. Many thought she was a shoe-in for a Best Supporting Actress nomination, but she was snubbed.
So it’s funny that Lopez busted out one of the skills she was lauded for in Hustlers during her Super Bowl halftime show. “Jennifer Lopez started her Super Bowl halftime performance on a pole to remind the Oscars how badly they messed up by not nominating her for Hustlers,” one fan tweeted, while another wrote, “J.Lo said, ‘I trained for MONTHS for Hustlers and didn’t get an Oscar nom. I am getting on the poll at the #SuperBowl and you can’t stop me.'”
Read some more reactions from fans who were on this same page, below:
“I’m so honored to be taking on one of the world’s biggest stages in the company of a fellow female artist to represent Latinos and Latinas from the U.S. and all over the world—and to top it off, on my birthday. This is a true American dream and we are going to bring the show of a lifetime!” Shakira said when it was announced she and Lopez were headlining, while Lopez said, “Ever since I saw Diana Ross fly off into the sky at the halftime show, I dreamed of performing at the Super Bowl. And now it’s made even more special not only because it’s the NFL’s 100th anniversary, but also because I am performing with a fellow Latina. I can’t wait to show what us girls can do on the world’s biggest stage.”
You know an Oscars performance for Best Song is note-worthy when we’re all still talking about it many days later. But, just in case you missed it, Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper gave an intimate performance of their hit song “Shallow” from A Star Is Born, and the Internet collectively lost its mind with rampant speculation about whether the two were more than just friends and co-stars. It was an incredible live moment filled with chemistry, yes, but the response was more than a little problematic.
Now, Lady Gaga is finally speaking out about the rumors of their supposed affair during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!.
“Social media, quite frankly, is the toilet of the Internet,” she told Jimmy Kimmel of the commentary, while offering up an eye roll to end all eye rolls. “And what it has done to pop culture is just, like, abysmal.” So far, we’re detecting no lies here.
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“Yes, people saw love and guess what? That’s what we wanted you to see,” Gaga continued. She added that while she’s not usually one to relinquish control of her live performance vibe, she let Cooper direct the entire thing, down to the lighting. “[Shallow] is a love song, A Star Is Born is a love story,” she explained. “It was so important to both of us that we were connected the entire time…. When you’re singing love songs, that’s what you want people to feel.”
Gaga noted that she’s been doing lovey duets with her “arms wrapped around Tony Bennett” for years and hasn’t been confronted with the same rumors and innuendo. So, yeah, we can all just shut down those Gaga/Cooper ‘ship rumors right now. Mostly, she’s just really proud of her friend for getting up there and singing live in front of the world.
“My favorite thing about the whole experience was I was just so excited for people, not only at home, but our peers in the room to see him sing live and know that he sang every take live in this movie every single time,” she said. “I mean, all of it. There’s no lip synching.” And because Gaga is the best sport, she even reenacted that now-iconic head tilt with Kimmel.
Watch the full interview below.
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Now that Lady Gaga has finally set the record straight, it’s probably time for us all to let the old ways (of conjuring a relationship between two costars) die.
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