Ebuka, Simi, others react as Tems breaks silence following backlashes over controversial Oscars outfit

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Sensational Afrobeats singer, Temilade Openiyi a.k.a Tems has broken silence after being heavily criticized for her view-blocking outfit at the 2023 Oscars.

Simi breaks silence Oscars outfit

It would be recalled that the Grammy Award-winning singer had showed up for the event in a puffy immaculate white gown with a head piece wrapped around her head. While the impeccable dress had turned heads during the red carpet, it became an issue of contention as netizens surmised that it had caused people displeasure during the main event.

Some had said that her headpiece blocked others from having a proper view of the state. Following the whole drama and noise, Tems took to her page to share more stunning images of her in her dress with the caption: “Uh Ohh!”

Some Nigerian celebrities and fans took to the comment section to applaud her. View some reactions below:

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Ruth Carter makes history, becomes first Black woman to win two Oscars

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American costume designer, Ruth Carter, has made history as she becomes the first Black woman to win two Oscars.

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In 2019, Ruth Carter won her first Oscars award for costume design for her work on Marvel’s “Black Panther”. She has also been recognized for the film’s sequel, “Wakanda Forever.” While giving her acceptance speech, Ruth Carter expressed her gratitude to director Ryan Coogler and asked late “Black Panther” star Chadwick Boseman to look after her own mother, who recently died at 101. She said; “Nice to see you again,” Carter said as she took the stage. “Thank you to the Academy for recognizing the superhero that is a Black woman. She endures, she loves, and she overcomes, she is every woman in this film. She is my mother. This past week, Mable Carter became an ancestor. This film prepared me for this moment. Chadwick, please take care of Mom. Ryan Coogler, and Nate Moore, thank you both for your vision. Together, we are reshaping how culture is represented. The Marvel family, Kevin Feige, Victoria Alonso, Louis D’Esposito, and their arsenal of genius thank you. I share this with many dedicated artists whose hands and hearts helped manifest the costumes of Wakanda and Talokan. This is for my mother. She was 101.”

Netizens drag Tems over ‘view blocking’ outfit to 2023 Oscars Award

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Popular singer and Grammy Award winner, Temilade Openiyi better known as Tems has been criticized for her outfit to the 2023 Oscars.

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The chanteuse had arrived the event in a regal white outfit which turned heads of attendees. Tems had was nominated for the 2023 Oscars in the Best Original Song category for her collaboration on the song, “Lift Me Up” with popular singer, Rihanna.

However, her outfit had sparked reactions online from netizens who had concluded that her outfit denied others from getting a better view of the stage. One netizen wrote: “The dress was gorgeous on the red carpet, but this is beyond rude once seated. Her stylist should have had another dress for her to change into before she was seated. Celebrities do that all the time at events.” Another tweeted: “So no one asked her to take it off or move? Obnoxious” Read more reactions below:

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Check out full list of 2023 Oscars award winners

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On March 12, 2023, the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood hosted the 95th Oscars award ceremony where numerous stars were honoured with awards in various categories. Check out full list of 2023 Oscars award winners All 23 categories were acknowledged with Oscar statuettes, and the movie ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ emerged victorious as the Best Picture. Full list of 2023 Oscars winners Best Picture All Quiet on the Western Front
Malte Grunert, Producer Avatar: The Way of Water
James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers The Banshees of Inisherin
Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin and Martin McDonagh, Producers Elvis
Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Gail Berman, Patrick McCormick and Schuyler Weiss, Producers WINNER: Everything Everywhere All at Once
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert and Jonathan Wang, Producers The Fabelmans
Kristie Macosko Krieger, Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner, Producers Tár
Todd Field, Alexandra Milchan and Scott Lambert, Producers Top Gun: Maverick
Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, David Ellison and Jerry Bruckheimer, Producers Triangle of Sadness
Erik Hemmendorff and Philippe Bober, Producers Women Talking
Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Frances McDormand, Producers Best Actor in a Leading Role Austin Butler in Elvis Colin Farrell in The Banshees of Inisherin WINNER: Brendan Fraser in The Whale Paul Mescal in Aftersun Bill Nighy in Living Best Actor in a Supporting Role Brendan Gleeson in The Banshees of Inisherin Brian Tyree Henry in Causeway Judd Hirsch in The Fabelmans Barry Keoghan in The Banshees of Inisherin WINNER: Ke Huy Quan in Everything Everywhere All at Once Best Actress in a Leading Role Cate Blanchett in Tár Ana de Armas in Blonde WIINNER: Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All at Once Best Actress in a Supporting Role Angela Bassett in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Hong Chau in The Whale Kerry Condon in The Banshees of Inisherin WINNER: Jamie Lee Curtis in Everything Everywhere All at Once Stephanie Hsu in Everything Everywhere All at Once Best Animated Feature Film WINNER: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar and Alex Bulkley Marcel the Shell With Shoes On Dean Fleischer Camp, Elisabeth Holm, Andrew Goldman, Caroline Kaplan and Paul Mezey Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Joel Crawford and Mark Swift The Sea Beast
Chris Williams and Jed Schlanger Turning Red
Domee Shi and Lindsey Collins Best Cinematography WINNER: All Quiet on the Western Front
James Friend Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Darius Khondji Elvis
Mandy Walker Empire of Light
Roger Deakins Tár
Florian Hoffmeister Best Costume Design Babylon
Mary Zophres WINNER: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Ruth Carter Elvis
Catherine Martin Everything Everywhere All at Once
Shirley Kurata Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Jenny Beavan Best Directing Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin WINNER: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans Todd Field, Tár Ruben Östlund, Triangle of Sadness Best Documentary Feature Film All That Breathes
Shaunak Sen, Aman Mann and Teddy Leifer All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, John Lyons, Nan Goldin and Yoni Golijov Fire of Love
Sara Dosa, Shane Boris and Ina Fichman A House Made of Splinters
Simon Lereng Wilmont and Monica Hellström WINNER: Navalny
Daniel Roher, Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller and Shane Boris Best Documentary Short Film WINNER: The Elephant Whisperers
Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga Haulout
Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev How Do You Measure a Year?
Jay Rosenblatt The Martha Mitchell Effect
Anne Alvergue and Beth Levison Stranger at the Gate
Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones Best Film Editing
The Banshees of Inisherin
Mikkel E.G. Nielsen Elvis
Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond WINNER: Everything Everywhere All at Once
Paul Rogers Tár
Monika Willi Top Gun: Maverick
Eddie Hamilton Best International Feature Film WINNER: All Quiet on the Western Front
Germany Argentina, 1985
Argentina Close
Belgium EO
Poland The Quiet Girl
Ireland Best Makeup and Hairstyling All Quiet on the Western Front
Heike Merker and Linda Eisenhamerová The Batman
Naomi Donne, Mike Marino and Mike Fontaine Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Camille Friend and Joel Harlow Elvis
Mark Coulier, Jason Baird and Aldo Signoretti WINNER: The Whale
Adrien Morot, Judy Chin and Annemarie Bradley Best Music (Original Score) WINNER: All Quiet on the Western Front
Volker Bertelmann Babylon
Justin Hurwitz The Banshees of Inisherin
Carter Burwell Everything Everywhere All at Once
Son Lux The Fabelmans
John Williams Best Music (Original Song) “Applause” from Tell It like a Woman
Music and Lyric by Diane Warren “Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick
Music and Lyric by Lady Gaga and BloodPop “Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Music by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Goransson; Lyric by Tems and Ryan Coogler WINNER: “Naatu Naatu” from RRR
Music by M.M. Keeravaani; Lyric by Chandrabose “This Is A Life” from Everything Everywhere All at Once
Music by Ryan Lott, David Byrne and Mitski; Lyric by Ryan Lott and David Byrne Best Production Design WINNER: All Quiet on the Western Front
Production Design: Christian M. Goldbeck; Set Decoration: Ernestine Hipper Avatar: The Way of Water
Production Design: Dylan Cole and Ben Procter; Set Decoration: Vanessa Cole Babylon
Production Design: Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino Elvis
Production Design: Catherine Martin and Karen Murphy; Set Decoration: Bev Dunn The Fabelmans
Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara Best Animated Short Film WINNER: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy and Matthew Freud The Flying Sailor
Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby Ice Merchants
João Gonzalez and Bruno Caetano My Year of Dicks
Sara Gunnarsdóttir and Pamela Ribon An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It
Lachlan Pendragon Best Live Action Short Film WINNER: An Irish Goodbye
Tom Berkeley and Ross White Ivalu
Anders Walter and Rebecca Pruzan Le Pupille
Alice Rohrwacher and Alfonso Cuarón Night Ride
Eirik Tveiten and Gaute Lid Larssen The Red Suitcase
Cyrus Neshvad Best Sound All Quiet on the Western Front
Viktor Prášil, Frank Kruse, Markus Stemler, Lars Ginzel and Stefan Korte Avatar: The Way of Water
Julian Howarth, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Dick Bernstein, Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers and Michael Hedges The Batman
Stuart Wilson, William Files, Douglas Murray and Andy Nelson Elvis
David Lee, Wayne Pashley, Andy Nelson and Michael Keller WINNER: Top Gun: Maverick
Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor Best Visual Effects All Quiet on the Western Front
Frank Petzold, Viktor Müller, Markus Frank and Kamil Jafar WINNER: Avatar: The Way of Water
Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett The Batman
Dan Lemmon, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands and Dominic Tuohy Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Geoffrey Baumann, Craig Hammack, R. Christopher White and Dan Sudick Top Gun: Maverick
Ryan Tudhope, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson and Scott R. Fisher Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) All Quiet on the Western Front
Screenplay by Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson & Ian Stokell Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Written by Rian Johnson Living
Written by Kazuo Ishiguro Top Gun: Maverick
Screenplay by Ehren Kruger and Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie; Story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks WINNER: Women Talking
Screenplay by Sarah Polley Best Writing (Original Screenplay) The Banshees of Inisherin
Written by Martin McDonagh WINNER: Everything Everywhere All at Once
Written by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert The Fabelmans
Written by Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner Tár
Written by Todd Field Triangle of Sadness
Written by Ruben Östlund

Will Smith reacts to Oscars ban following Chris Rock slap

Will Smith reacts to Oscars ban following Chris Rock slap

Hollywood actor, Will Smith has finally reacted to the ten-year ban from the Oscars.

Recall that the actor had slapped popular stand-up comedian, Chris Rock after he made some unseemly jokes about her.

The actor had slapped him on stage, but later apologized for his actions and resigned from the Academy.

The Academy had banned the actor from attending any Academy event for a decade, stating that the 94th Academy Awards had been “overshadowed by the unacceptable and harmful behaviour we saw Mr Smith exhibit on stage”.

Reacting to the 10-year ban from the Oscars, Will Smith, in a statement through The Washington Post stated that; “I accept and respect the Academy’s decision”.

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Will Smith banned from the Oscars for 10 years over Chris Rock slap

Will Smith banned from the Oscars for 10 years over Chris Rock slap

Following the controversial Chris Rock slap, popular Hollywood actor, Will Smith, has been banned from the Oscars for 10 years.

The actor’s ban was confirmed by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in a letter to members sent out on Friday, indicating that the 94th Academy Awards had been “overshadowed by the unacceptable and harmful behaviour we saw Mr Smith exhibit on stage”.

Will Smith will not be allowed entry to any Academy events for the next ten years.
The Academy penned:
“This action we are taking today in response to Will Smith’s behavior is a step toward a larger goal of protecting the safety of our performers and guests, and restoring trust in the Academy.”
Recall that the ‘King Richard’ star had slapped stand-up comedian, Chris Rock on stage; Although he later apologized for his actions and resigned from the academy.
Read the Academy full statement below:

“The 94th Oscars were meant to be a celebration of the many individuals in our community who did incredible work this past year; however, those moments were overshadowed by the unacceptable and harmful behavior we saw Mr. Smith exhibit on stage.
During our telecast, we did not adequately address the situation in the room. For this, we are sorry. This was an opportunity for us to set an example for our guests, viewers and our Academy family around the world, and we fell short — unprepared for the unprecedented.
Today, the Board of Governors convened a meeting to discuss how best to respond to Will Smith’s actions at the Oscars, in addition to accepting his resignation. The Board has decided, for a period of 10 years from April 8, 2022, Mr. Smith shall not be permitted to attend any Academy events or programs, in person or virtually, including but not limited to the Academy Awards.
We want to express our deep gratitude to Mr. Rock for maintaining his composure under extraordinary circumstances. We also want to thank our hosts, nominees, presenters and winners for their poise and grace during our telecast.
This action we are taking today in response to Will Smith’s behavior is a step toward a larger goal of protecting the safety of our performers and guests, and restoring trust in the Academy. We also hope this can begin a time of healing and restoration for all involved and impacted.
Thank you.”

Will Smith resigns from Oscars Academy following assault on Chris Rock

Will Smith resigns from Oscars Academy following assault on Chris Rock

Popular American actor, Will Smith has resigned from the body that awards the Oscars on Friday.

This is coming five days after he assaulted comedian Chris Rock during a live global broadcast.
The actor said his actions, which overshadowed Hollywood’s biggest night of the year, were “shocking, painful and inexcusable.”
In his words: “The list of those I have hurt is long and includes Chris, his family, many of my dear friends and loved ones, all those in attendance, and global audiences at home.”

“I betrayed the trust of the Academy. I deprived other nominees and winners of their opportunity to celebrate and be celebrated for their extraordinary work. I am heartbroken.
“I am resigning from membership in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and will accept any further consequences the Board deems appropriate.
“I want to put the focus back on those who deserve attention for their achievements and allow the Academy to get back to the incredible work it does to support creativity and artistry in film.”
Will Smith’s resignation follows conflicting reports in recent days that he was asked to leave the ceremony.
Worthy of mention, Will Smith is the only the fifth Black man to win the movie world’s highest individual award.
 
 
 

Jaden Smith hails dad after he slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars

Jaden Smith hails dad after he slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars

Jaden Smith, the son of popular American actor Will Smith has hailed his father’s action at the 2022 Oscars.

It was earlier reported that Will Smith had slapped Chris Rock, a stand-up comedian, on stage after he made fun of his wife, saying she looked like GI Jane 2.
Although will Smith, shading tears, had apologized for his rash action which many had thought was probably a script – although, from recent happens, that appears not to be so.

Jaden Smith proud of his father’s action has taken to Twitter to praise his father.
The 23-year-old actor wrote:
“And that’s how we do it”.

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