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5:00 PM ET, March 16, 2026

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TMZ.com:
Sean Penn Missed Oscars Ceremony, Award Because He's in Ukraine  —  SEAN PENN SKIPPED HIS BIG OSCARS WIN ... HERE'S WHY  —  OSCARS GET AWKWARD  —  Sean Penn scored his third Oscar win Sunday night, earning Best Supporting Actor for his role in “One Battle After Another” …
Discussion: Variety and Us Weekly
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Jacob Bernstein / New York Times:
Sean Penn Wins Best Supporting Actor but Opts for Ukraine, Not the Oscars
Jonathan Landrum Jr / Associated Press:
Sean Penn wins best supporting actor Oscar for ‘One Battle After Another’ but opts not to attend
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:
Sebastian Stan Expecting Baby With GF Annabelle Wallis  —  SEBASTIAN STAN & ANNABELLE WALLIS EXPECTING BABY NO. 1!!! … Sebastian Stan and Annabelle Wallis are expecting their first child together, TMZ has learned!!!  —  We're told the two actors — who have been together for about four years …
Discussion: Just Jared and The Sun
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.
Entertainment Tonight:
Jane Fonda Questions Why Barbra Streisand Paid Tribute to Robert Redford at Oscars Instead of Her!  —  ET  —  ET Stream  —  ET Stream  —  Dolly Parton Makes Rare Public Appearance at 80 and Shares Health Update After Scares  —  Ryder Robinson Can't Stop Praising Mom Kate Hudson (Exclusive)
TMZ.com:
‘Heated Rivalry’ Star Connor Storrie Exits Oscars With Troye Sivan  —  CONNOR STORRIE CHILLIN' WITH TROYE SIVAN POST-OSCARS … “Heated Rivalry” star Connor Storrie's been skating through a pretty wild few months ... and one perk of his sudden stardom seems to be gliding into some A-list company!
Melissa Minton / Page Six:
Kylie Jenner smolders in black with Timothée Chalamet on Vanity Fair Oscar Party 2026 red carpet  —  King Kylie has arrived.  —  Kylie Jenner looked like a red-hot bombshell at the Oscars 2026 with boyfriend Timothée Chalamet — and now she's ready to party the night away.
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 …
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.
Just Jared:
‘The Last of Us’ Season 3 Cast Adds Patrick Wilson as Abby's Dad, Jason Ritter as a Soldier, & Ups 3 to Series Regulars  —  The Last of Us Season 3 is getting some new cast members, and more screen time for some Season 2 stars as well!  —  First, two new cast members have joined the smash-hit HBO series …
Meg Walters / InStyle:
Jeff Goldblum's Wife Emilie Livingston Goes Pantsless in a Sparkly Bodysuit for Oscars After-Party Date Night  —  The showgirl trend lives on.  —  Close … Jeff Goldblum's wife, dancer and former Olympic rhythmic gymnast Emilie Livingston, has established herself as a stylish one to watch in Hollywood.
Discussion: SheKnows
Sabba Rahbar / E! Online:
How Alix Earle Fixed Oscars Wardrobe Malfunction With a Knife  —  Alix Earle revealed that she had to get creative before hitting the red carpet at the Vanity Fair Oscars after-party March 15 as her vintage Bob Mackie gown experienced a wardrobe malfunction.  —  Alix Earle had to MacGyver her way out of a wardrobe malfunction.
Discussion: InStyle
Shelley Spadoni / Mirror:
Katie Price insists she's ‘healthy’ after GMB host Susanna Reid airs concern  —  Katie Price's gaunt figure has sparked fears for her health and GMB host Susanna Reid tackled her head-on about it during an eye-opening chat on the morning show  —  Katie Price's dramatic weight loss …
Discussion: Daily Star, OK! and The Sun
Just Jared:
‘Saturday Night Live UK’ Reveals First Hosts: Tina Fey, Jamie Dornan & Riz Ahmed  —  Saturday Night Live is heading across the pond.  —  Saturday Night Live U.K. is launching this month with three big hosts and musical guests.  —  Keep reading to find out more...
TMZ.com:
Jenelle Evans' Mom Claps Back After She's Denied Emergency Custody of Jace  —  JENELLE EVANS' MOM BARBARA NOT BACKING DOWN AFTER JACE CUSTODY DENIED … Jenelle Evans' mother, Barbara, seems like she's ready to fight tooth and nail to regain custody of her grandson, Jace ... despite a judge denying her request for emergency custody.
Discussion: Us Weekly and Starcasm
Just Jared:
John Krasinski Reveals Cast for ‘A Quiet Place Part III’ With Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy & More  —  John Krasinski has just revealed the cast for A Quiet Place: Part III!  —  The 45-year-old filmmaker and actor shared the exciting update on social media, confirming several returning stars …
Discussion: Hollywood Life, The Wrap and Variety
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: Page Six, InStyle, Just Jared and The Sun
Jake Viswanath / Bustle:
Bruno Mars Denied Liking A Post Calling Taylor Swift “Talentless”  —  Like all Swifties, Bruno Mars doesn't play when it comes to Taylor Swift.  On March 15, Mars took to X (formerly Twitter) to address a viral claim that he recently liked an Instagram post calling Swift “talentless,” making it clear he doesn't feel that way.
 
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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: The Sun and Mirror
Antoinette Bueno / Page Six:
Oscars 2026 just had a tie for best live action short film — has that ever happened before?
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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