{"id":32406,"date":"2025-03-03T10:01:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T15:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxfm\/?p=32406"},"modified":"2025-03-03T10:01:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T15:01:45","slug":"celebrity-status-oscars-winners-snl-and-idol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxfm\/blogs\/mornings\/2025\/03\/celebrity-status-oscars-winners-snl-and-idol\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrity Status &#8211; Oscars Winners, SNL And Idol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>For Monday, March 3rd:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnora,\u201d a strip club Cinderella story without the fairy tale ending, was crowned best picture at the 97th <strong>Academy Awards<\/strong>. It was also the Palme d\u2019Or-winner at the Cannes Film Festival last year, and was made for just $6 million. Sean Baker won for Best Director and Mikey Madison won best actress for her performance in \u201cAnora,\u201d and Adrien Brody won best actor for the &#8220;Brutalist.&#8221; The supporting actor <strong>Oscars<\/strong> went to Zoe Saldana and Kieran Culkin.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conan O&#8217;Brien<\/strong> had a solid opening monologue, and \u201cWicked\u201d stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo kicked off the ceremony with a tribute to Los Angeles following the wildfires earlier this year. They and more of the cast performed a few songs, and the musical won awards for production design and costume design. Other technical <strong>Oscars<\/strong> went to &#8220;The Substance,&#8221; &#8220;The Brutalist&#8221; and &#8220;Dune: Part 2.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday Night Live<\/strong> returned this weekend with Shane Gillis as host and Calgary&#8217;s Tate McRae as the musical guest, and a surprise appearance by Mike Myers as Elon Musk. At the end of the show he wore a t-shirt that read &#8216;Canada is Not For Sale&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>At<\/strong><strong>\u00a0the box office<\/strong>, \u2019Captain America: Brave New World\u2019 stayed at the top of the heap with just $15 million on a weak Oscars weekend . &#8220;Last Breath&#8221; was second with $7. million and &#8220;The Monkey&#8221; was third.<\/p>\n<p>Auditions have begun for season 23 of <strong>American Idol,<\/strong> and Carrie Underwood is making her grand return to the show that launched her career \u2014 this time as its newest judge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For Monday, March 3rd: \u201cAnora,\u201d a strip club Cinderella story without the fairy tale ending, was crowned best picture at the 97th Academy Awards. It was also the Palme d\u2019Or-winner at the Cannes Film Festival last year, and was made for just $6 million. 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