Roth ties oldest Oscar nominee record
With her Oscar nomination Monday, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” costume designer Ann Roth ties the record for oldest Academy Award nominee, at 89 years old.
The Tony-winning, Emmy-nominated designer has amassed hundreds of film, theater and TV credits in her nearly 70-year career. Now a five-time Oscar nominee, she took home the award in 1997 for her work on “The English Patient” and has also been in contention for her costumes in 2003’s “The Hours,” 2000’s “The Talented Mr. Ripley” and 1985’s “Places in the Heart.”
Roth ties the record with screenwriter James Ivory and the late Agnes Varda, who were both 89 when they were nominated for Academy Awards in 2018. When Ivory took home the adapted screenplay prize for “Call Me by Your Name,” he became the oldest Oscar winner ever. Varda was nominated for the documentary feature “Faces Places.” With her May birthday, only eight days before Ivory, Varda technically remains the oldest nominee.
On the acting side, the late Christopher Plummer remains the oldest ever acting nominee when he was nominated for a supporting role in 2018’s “All the Money in the World,” at 88.
This year’s Academy Award winners will be announced on April 25.
Osbourne outburst prompts ‘Talk’ hiatus:
“The Talk” fell silent on Monday and Tuesday as those days’ shows were canceled while CBS takes a look at the racismlinked exchange between co-hosts Sharon Osbourne and Sheryl Underwood last week.
CBS had previously
announced an investigation after Osbourne’s outburst in defense of Piers Morgan, who expressed skepticism at the description by Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, of her time living with Britain’s royal family.
It happened Wednesday when Osbourne leaped to her friend’s defense, challenging the notion that Morgan’s skepticism was racist. She dragged Underwood into the fray, demanding specific examples of racism from Morgan’s rant. Underwood said the racism lay in the “implication and the reaction to” Meghan’s story — Morgan’s dismissiveness of Meghan’s account of her lived experience.
Osbourne later apologized.
Harrison out as ‘Bachelorette’ host:
Chris Harrison, the host of ABC’s “The Bachelor” franchise, who has come under fire
for racially insensitive remarks, will not host the upcoming season of “The Bachelorette.”
ABC and Warner Horizon, which produces the series, made the announcement in a joint statement late Friday, several weeks after Harrison defended “The Bachelor” contestant Rachael Kirkconnell for racist behavior in her past.
Former Bachelorettes Tayshia Adams and Kaitlyn Bristowe will replace Harrison as hosts in the coming season.
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