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Netflix confirmed season 3 of Sex Education coming next year with Mr. Groff (Alistair Petrie), the head of the school confirming it in a short teaser. Here is the teaser.

Congratulations @ParasiteMovie So so proud to be Korean 🇰🇷❤️ pic.twitter.com/aISEy1HUpz

Language is a core expression of identity. Subtitles do not divide or disqualify - they’re gateways into incredible stories you might have otherwise never known. Tonight I heard the language of my family on the Oscars stage. 🇰🇷 I can’t wait to hear many, many more... #Parasite pic.twitter.com/rqFdQwX4t4

Moments after winning Best Picture, cast and filmmakers from @ParasiteMovie stop by the #Oscars Thank You Cam. pic.twitter.com/ckyhJkvIFD

Best supporting actor

Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Anthony Hopkins, The Two Popes Al Pacino, The Irishman Joe Pesci, The Irishman Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – WINNER (My Prediction)

Best animated feature

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World I Lost My Body Klaus Missing Link Toy Story 4 – WINNER (My Prediction)

Best animated short

Dcera (Daughter) Hair Love – WINNER Kitbull Memorable Sister

Best original screenplay

Knives Out Marriage Story 1917 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Parasite – WINNER 

Best adapted screenplay

The Irishman Jojo Rabbit – WINNER Joker Little Women The Two Popes

Best live action short

Brotherhood Nefta Football Club The Neighbours’ Window – WINNER Saria A Sister

Best animated short

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Dcera (Daughter) Hair Love – WINNER Kitbull Memorable Sister

Best production design

The Irishman Jojo Rabbit 1917 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – WINNER Parasite

Best costume design

The Irishman Jojo Rabbit Joker Little Women – WINNER Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Best documentary

American Factory – WINNER The Cave The Edge of Democracy For Sama Honeyland

Best documentary short

In the Absence Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl) – WINNER Life Overtakes Me St Louis Superman Walk Run Cha-Cha

Best supporting actress

Kathy Bates, Richard Jewell Laura Dern, Marriage Story – WINNER Scarlett Johansson, Jojo Rabbit (My Prediction) Florence Pugh, Little Women Margot Robbie, Bombshell

Best cinematography

The Irishman Joker The Lighthouse 1917 – WINNER Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Best sound editing

Ford v Ferrari – WINNER Joker 1917 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Best sound mixing

Ad Astra Ford v Ferrari Joker 1917 – WINNER Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Best film editing

Ford v Ferrari – WINNER The Irishman Jojo Rabbit Joker Parasite

Best visual effects

Avengers Endgame The Irishman 1917 – WINNER The Lion King Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Best makeup and hair

Bombshell – WINNER Joker Judy Maleficent: Mistress of Evil 1917

Best international feature film

Corpus Christi Honeyland Les Misérables Pain and Glory Parasite – WINNER

Best original score

Joker – WINNER 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 I’m Gonna Love Me Again, Rocketman – WINNER I’m Standing With You, Breakthrough Into the Unknown, Frozen II Stand Up, Harriet

Best actor

Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Adam Driver, Marriage Story Joaquin Phoenix, Joker – WINNER (My Prediction) Jonathan Pryce, The Two Popes

Best actress

Cynthia Erivo, Harriet Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story Saoirse Ronan, Little Women (My Prediction) Charlize Theron, Bombshell Renée Zellweger, Judy – WINNER

Best director

Martin Scorsese, The Irishman Todd Phillips, Joker Sam Mendes, 1917 Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Bong Joon-ho, Parasite – WINNER (My Prediction)

Best picture

Ford v Ferrari The Irishman Jojo Rabbit Joker (My Prediction) Little Women Marriage Story 1917 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Parasite – WINNER

Parasite shined at the Academy Awards 2020, taking away all that it is nominated for, including Best Picture. Parasite is the first non English film to win a Best Picture award. Parasite’s director Bong Joon Ho also took Best Director and said that he wished he could cut the award in 5 parts and share it with the other 4. Parasite also won Best Foreign Language Film and Best Original Screenplay. 

Meanwhile, Joaquin Phoenix took home the Best Actor award presented by Olivia Colman and shared a moving speech. “I do not feel elevated above any of my fellow nominees because we share the same the love of film and this form of expression has given me the most extraordinary life,” he said. “I don’t know what I’d be without it.”The actor, 45, called out speculation about his past, including that he’s been perceived as difficult to work with.“I’ve been a scoundrel in my life,” he said. “I’ve been cruel at times, hard to work with. Many of you in this room have given me a second chance.”He also spoke in-depth about “the distressing issues we’re facing” including gender, equality, racism, animal rights and environmental issues.“We’ve become very disconnected from the natural world,” he said. “We feel entitled to artificially inseminate a cow and when she gives first we steal the baby and then we take her milk that’s intended for the calf and we put it in our coffee.” (nypost)

Renee Zellweger won best actress (presented by Rami Malek) for portraying singer Judy Garland in the movie Judy. Cynthia Erivo performed Stand Up live on the stage while Elton John played the piano while singing to Rocketman. Elton won an Oscar for best original song (I’m Gonna) Love Me Again presented by Sigourney Weaver, Brie Larson and Gal Gadot, the most unlikely trio which we suddenly all love. Taika Waititi brought home a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for JoJo Rabbit presented by Natalie Portman and shoved it under his chair, which Brie Larson posted on social media. Brad Pitt won the Best Supporting Actor for Once Upon A Time in Hollywood and Laura Dern upstaged 4 fellow actresses to win Best Supporting Actress for her role in Marriage Story. Stephen Spielberg presented an In Memoriam tribute to those who died last and this year, including Kobe Bryant, Kirk Douglas and Peter Mayhew, etc. Yesterday by the Beatles was sung by Billie Eilish to remember those who left us forever.

James Corden and Rebel Wilson dressed up as cats (an obvious nod to their movie Cats which was snubbed for Oscars, as was Uncut Gems and many more) to present the awards. Meanwhile, Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph sang a musical medley introduced by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eminem revisited the past 17 years back after he famously won an Oscar for song and he was at home, napping while his child was watching cartoons by performing Lose Yourself in front of millions. This was Billie Eilish’s reaction to the musical medley.

Avengers star Mark Ruffalo posed with future Marvel star Mahershala Ali at the 2020 Oscars, where Ruffalo presented the Academy Awards for Best Documentary and Best Documentary Short Subject. In Ruffalo's photo shared from the Oscars red carpet, the Hulk actor is posed with Little Women star Timothée Chalamet — who was once on the reported shortlist to play a rebooted Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a role ultimately won by Tom Holland — and Ali, who starred as Cottonmouth in Netflix's Luke Cage before winning the role of Erik Brooks, a.k.a. vampire hunter Blade, in Marvel Studios' upcoming Blade reboot planned for Phase Five.

If you hear an actor say they’re “humbled” during an acceptance speech at Sunday’s Academy Awards celebration, you can officially call out the BS. Because in addition to being nominated for a gold-plated trophy on Hollywood’s biggest night, all the big names in the acting and director categories receive a swag bag at the event worth $215K. And its contents challenge all reason.

The promotional present from marketing company Distinctive Assets is called the “Everybody Wins” bag and this is the 18th year in a row it’s being given out to Oscar nominees. In previous years, movie stars and filmmakers were given expensive vibrators, luxury train rides, and so forth and this year is just as insane.

According to USA Today, they will receive a 24K gold bath bomb, a five-night stay in Waikiki, a 12-day cruise for two on a luxury yacht, and even a urine collection and analysis system. What… why? More perks of getting nominated for an Oscar include organic cotton bust support tape, a phone consultation with a life coach, one-year membership to a matchmaking agency, cannabis-infused chocolate, a vape pen with 24K gold finish, handmade luxury eyelashes, a pill to give relief from monthly breast pain, a ton of alcohol, and more.

Sony reveals that it hasn't decided the PS5's price and says that it's 'very difficult' but this could be part of a big plan for the company.| Source: YouTube/Sony

Sony reveals that it hasn’t determined the price of the PS5 – yes, really.

The company said it is “very difficult” to price it.

The decision will likely upset gamers who are using price to choose between the PS5 and the Xbox Series X.

Speaking in its new financial briefing, Sony’s chief financial officer Hiroki Totoki said:

[I]t’s very difficult to discuss anything about the price at this point of time…it’s a question of balance and because it’s a balancing act it’s very difficult to say anything concrete at this point of time.

Sony has just opened the official PS5 site. However, it isn’t ready to officially reveal the console, its release date or its price. There had been rumors that Sony is planning a major PS5 event, but it seems that it that may not happen for some time. (ccn.com)

The Xbox Series X (pictured) won't be out until Holiday 2020 but one YouTuber went for an early spec-build anyway. | Source: Microsoft

Xbox boss Phil Spencer reveals that the Xbox Series X will be very quiet.

The console will be as quiet as the Xbox One X.

Gamers are unlikely to care if the console is so powerful.

Speaking to GameSpot, Xbox boss Phil Spencer revealed that the Xbox Series X has a central fan in its design, visibly seen through the top grate of the console.

Spencer added:

What this design does, with the size of the fan that we built around, is it lets us match how quiet the Xbox One X is with all that power inside of the box.

Spencer also said that he is “incredibly impressed” with the Xbox Series X design and how it is powerful without being loud. He also said that he can’t hear the console when he’s playing games.

Some of Hollywood's biggest names flocked to Santa Monica for the 2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday afternoon to celebrate the best in 2019's independent filmmaking. The 35th annual awards took place in a shady, beachside tent mere steps from the sand and surf. Aubrey Plaza returned as the Spirit Awards host for the second year in a row.

The Safdie Brothers won the award for best director for their film Uncut Gems, which tied with The Lighthouse for the most nominations. Booksmart took home the award for best first feature, while American Factory, the first filmed backed by the Obamas' production company Higher Ground, won best documentary.

In the acting categories, Uncut Gems' Adam Sandler took home the award for best actor. The Lighthouse's Willem Dafoe took home the award for best supporting actor and The Farewell writer-director Lulu Wang accepted best supporting actress on Zhao Shuzhen's behalf.

Marriage Story was pre-selected for the Robert Altman Award, which honors the film's director, casting directors and ensemble cast. 

Bong Joon Ho took to the stage to accept the award for best international film (Parasite), marking South Korea's first ever Independent Spirit Award for the category. Bong began his speech, joking about how by now, everyone should be used to his speech translator by now.

The writer-director said he had been at the Spirit Awards 10 years prior for his film, Mother. "I'm so happy to receive this award today at a much cooler tent," Bong's translator said. "I would like to thank all my cast members, all the crew members and all the companies who gave full support to create this film."

Bong then told a story about the first screening for Parasite in New York. It was in a very old, classic theater, and he saw a rat scurrying around the audience. “At the time, I thought it was a symbol of luck,” he said, laughing. “Sorry, thank you." (hollywoodreporter)

Adam Sandler was awarded Best Male Lead for his role in Uncut Gems at the Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday night, and gave us the speech we all wanted to hear at the Oscars this year. Sandler assumed his character voice for the majority of the speech, shouting out host Aubrey Plaza and their movie Funny People — “That was actually the last time critics pretended not to hate me for five fucking minutes” — as well his fellow nominees, “who will now and forever be known as the guys who lost to fucking Adam Sandler.” Sandler then went on to draw a pretty apt analogy about the night’s awards, explaining that the Independent Spirit Awards are essentially the “Best Personality” yearbook superlative to the Oscar’s “Best Looking” superlative. “So let all of those feather-haired douchebag motherfuckers get their Oscars tomorrow night. Their handsome good looks will fade in time, while our independent personalities will shine on forever,” he announced, to raucous, if not slightly offended, applause. Before concluding, Sandler thanked the Safdie Brothers — the “homeless rabbis” who changed his life forever — and his wife and kids. (vulture)

In a recently revealed Endgame deleted scene, Thor tries to kiss Valkyrie, only to fail. In Endgame, Joe and Anthony Russo made Thor a comedic ass rather than the powerful God of Thunder which he really should be. Thor embarrasses himself yet again here.

In a deleted scene from close to the movie’s end, Thor is preparing to leave with the Guardians of the Galaxy, while Valkyrie stays behind to lead the Asgardians on Earth. After Rocket charmingly calls Thor “airbag,” in yet another of Endgame’s witty bon mots about Thor’s weight, Valkyrie puts her hand on Thor’s elbow and wishes him good luck. It’s a touching moment, from one friend to the other. Thor had a big impact on Valkyrie’s life—she might still be an aimless scavenger on Sakaar without him, and now she’s a fearless leader. They have been, essentially, brother and sister in arms. Then Thor, misreading the situation, leans in to try and kiss her.  

Valkyrie moves away and says, “What are you doing?” and Thor draws back and says, “Oh … the squeeze,” referring to her hand on his arm, and Valkyrie says, “Yeah, it was like a ‘good luck’ squeeze, it wasn’t like a ‘kiss me’ squeeze.” Thor sort of shakes himself and shakes his head and laughs, “So embarrassing.” Then he adds, “Well, good luck with all of that,” indicating the land around them, and Valkyrie says, “No misinterpreting that!”

The whole scene is played for awkward, cringe comedy that is saved by Hemsworth and Thompson’s natural chemistry. They clearly delight in being scene partners (why else undertake something as godawful as Men In Black: International?) and if this scene had to be filmed, they make it much less terrible than it could have been. (themarysue)

Disney+ has set release dates for three upcoming Marvel and Star Wars series: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier will premiere in August, followed by The Mandalorian season 2 in October, and WandaVision in December. Disney CEO Bob Iger made the announcements on the company's quarterly earnings call on Tuesday. Iger also teased the potential of spin-offs for The Mandalorian, and confirmed that characters from the aforementioned Marvel shows will show up in Marvel Cinematic Universe movies down the line, which Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige had talked about earlier.

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier follows the two (Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan) dealing with the Captain America mantle and the returning threat of Helmut Zemo (Daniel Brühl), who framed the Winter Soldier for a terrorist attack in Captain America: Civil War. WandaVision, featuring the Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany), will be partly set in the 1950s and tie into Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. That leaves The Mandalorian, which needs no introduction at this point — it's the Star Wars show with Baby Yoda. It stars Pedro Pascal in the lead, hidden behind a helmet. (gadgets360)

With the recent Super Bowl teaser trailer, anticipation is building for Marvel's upcoming Disney+ show The Falcon and Winter Soldier. The cast are hyping up the series as well, and a recent photo shared by Sebastian Stan is stirring speculation Wakanda could be involved in the plot.

The image, posted on the actor's Instagram story and captured by reddit user LuckySpade13, shows street art with two messages: the slightly obscured bottom text seems to read "brake the mask," a probable reference to Baron Zemo. The top text, however, is much more clear: White Wolf.

In the comics, White Wolf is the adopted son of T'Chaka and adopted elder brother of T'Challa, brought into the family when his parents died in a plane crash. He's jealous of the attention T'Challa received, and eventually became the leader of the Hatut Zeraze, the kingdom's secret police. It was at this point he took the name White Wolf. (inverse.com)

Just like Good Girls, Netflix drama You has been renewed for a season 3. You probably thought you have been renewed. Nah.

You follows Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley), who develops dangerous obsessions with young women – in the first season, aspiring writer Beck (Elizabeth Lail) and in the second, aspiring chef Love Quinn (Victoria Pedretti). [SPOILERS for S2].