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12:20 PM ET, March 16, 2026

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Rosy Cordero / Deadline:
Nathan Fillion Says ‘Firefly’ Animated Series In Development With Co-Stars Set To Reprise Roles; Concept Art Revealed … Nathan Fillion has just revealed at Awesome Con that an animated Firefly series is in advanced development based on the beloved cult sci-fi franchise—and Deadline has the details.
Jacob Bernstein / New York Times:
Sean Penn Wins Best Supporting Actor but Opts for Ukraine, Not the Oscars  —  The actor has a history with the country's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, and had been skipping awards ceremonies.  —  Sean Penn won the Academy Award for best supporting actor for his turn as a military zealot …
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Jonathan Landrum Jr / Associated Press:
Sean Penn wins best supporting actor Oscar for ‘One Battle After Another’ but opts not to attend  —  Sean Penn has built one of the most decorated careers in contemporary acting, and he has added another Oscar to the list.  On Sunday, Penn won the Academy Award for best supporting actor …
TMZ.com:
Teyana Taylor Addresses Her Tense Confrontation With Oscars Security  —  TEYANA TAYLOR TO OSCARS SECURITY I DON'T TOLERATE DISRESPECT!!!  —  UNWARRANTED DISRESPECT  —  Nothing was keeping Teyana Taylor down last night!  We caught up with the actress right after her tense confrontation …
TMZ.com:
Teyana Taylor Calls Out Security Guard at Oscars After Being Shoved  —  TEYANA TAYLOR CONFRONTS SECURITY GUARD AFTER OSCARS STAGE INCIDENT … Teyana Taylor got into a heated confrontation moments after the Oscars wrapped ... and TMZ has learned it all started after a security guard put his hands on her.
Glenn Garner / Deadline:
Judy Pace Dies: Groundbreaking Black Actress Who Starred In 'Brian's Song' Was 83  —  Judy Pace, a model and actress known for her roles in Blaxploitation films of the 1970s, has died.  She was 83. … Born June 15, 1942 in Los Angeles, Julia Pace trained as a model, becoming Ebony Fashion Fair's youngest in 1961.
Discussion: Baller Alert and Page Six
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TMZ.com:
‘Back to the Future’ Actor Matt Clark Dead at 89  —  ‘BACK TO THE FUTURE’ ACTOR MATT CLARK DEAD … Matt Clark — whose acting career spanned decades in film and TV working alongside some of Hollywood's biggest stars — has died.  —  His family tells TMZ ... Clark …
Will Reid / E! Online:
Megan Fox's Oscars After-Party Look May Be Her Most Sultry Yet  —  Megan Fox stunned in a revealing all-black ensemble as she attended Beyoncé and Jay-Z's 2026 Oscars After-Party in Los Angeles March 15.  —  Give Megan Fox all the awards for her latest transformation.
Discussion: Just Jared
TMZ.com:
‘Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ Production Paused Amid Taylor & Baby Daddy Drama  —  ‘SECRET LIVES OF MORMON WIVES’ PRODUCTION PAUSED AFTER TAYLOR & DAKOTA BLOWUP … Production on “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” has hit an unexpected pause ... and it's all due to a heated blowup between …
Bernie Zilio / Page Six:
New parents Chris Evans and wife Alba Baptista make rare red carpet appearance at Oscars 2026  —  Parents' night out!  —  Chris Evans and his wife, Alba Baptista, made a rare red carpet appearance at the 2026 Academy Awards mere months after welcoming their first child.
Daily Mail:
Timothee Chalamet and Kylie Jenner's strained Oscars chat decoded by lip-reader as he gets snubbed and mocked  —  Timothee Chalamet's strained exchange with his girlfriend Kylie Jenner at the Oscars has been exclusively decoded by a lip-reader for the Daily Mail.
Antoinette Bueno / Page Six:
Oscars 2026 just had a tie for best live action short film — has that ever happened before?  —  The 2026 Oscars had a shocking moment during the ceremony, when the award for best live action short film ended in a tie — but an Oscars tie has actually happened multiple times in past years.
 
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Riley Cardoza / Page Six:
James Van Der Beek, Eric Dane and more snubbed from Oscars 2026 ‘In Memoriam’ tribute
Tom Bower / The Times:
How Prince Harry went to war with his charity boss and lost
Discussion: Cele|bitchy, The Royalist and Mirror
Samantha Mayers / Daily Star:
Pregnant Molly-Mae opens up about ‘painful’ condition and admits she's not ‘feeling myself’
Discussion: Mirror
Bekka Barnard / Daily Star:
Oscars suffers ‘horrid’ technical blunder minutes into live show as viewers rage
Discussion: Mirror and The Sun
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Brahmjot Kaur / E! Online:
Oscars 2026: How Taylor Swift Helped Domhnall Gleeson Check Off Bucket List Item
Discussion: FemaleFirst and RTÉ
Katie Daly / HELLO!:
Prince William pays tribute to Princess Diana on Mother's Day with heartfelt message - and 1980s photo
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Karissa Waddick / USA Today:
After Trump said some outlets wanted the US to “lose the War”, FCC Chair Carr threatened broadcasters, saying they can lose their licenses over war coverage

Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: Notus plans to “dramatically expand” its coverage of national politics with a “new version of NOTUS under a new name” and will double staff from 50 to 100

Catherine Shoard / The Guardian:
Warner Bros. won a record-tying 11 awards at the 98th Oscars, followed by Netflix's six; Apple, Disney, Focus, and Neon had one each, while Paramount had none

 
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