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Emma Stone

The latest news on Emma Stone, American actress and film producer, including showbiz news and updates.

Born

6 Nov 1988

Industry

Entertainment, Film

Job Title

Actor

From Arianna Grande’s bubblegum pink Giambattista Valli gown to Emma Stone’s sleek pastel number, Zendaya’s Armani Prive dress and Vanessa Hudgens’ baby bump reveal, the 96th Academy Awards were bursting with iconic fashion moments. Photos: EPA, AFP, AP, TNS

Celebrity style

14 best Oscars red carpet looks, from Ariana’s pink to Gosling’s ‘Kenergy’

From winning actors Emma Stone, Cillian Murphy and Da’Vine Joy Randolph, to Billie Eilish’s schoolgirl vibes, Vanessa Hudgens’ baby bump and Ariana Grande’s pink bomb

11 Mar 2024 - 6:00PM

American cinema

Oscars 2024: Oppenheimer dominates with 7 wins, including best picture

11 Mar 2024 - 12:47PM

American cinema

Oscars 2024 as it happened: Oppenheimer wins best picture and 6 other awards

11 Mar 2024 - 10:59AM

Academy Awards

Protests over Israel’s war in Gaza snarl traffic outside Oscars theatre

Scattered demonstrations were held near the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles and protesters disrupted traffic for some making their way to the awards ceremony on Sunday.

11 Mar 2024 - 6:38AM

A protester in Hollywood, Los Angeles on Sunday holds a poster during a demonstration calling for a ceasefire in Gaza as the Oscars ceremony is held nearby. Photo: AP

Fashion

Editor’s pick: 8 things that caught our eye from the ‘big 4’ fashion weeks

From new top models to Saint Laurent’s sheer fabrics and Nicolas Ghesquière’s anniversary finale at Louis Vuitton, these were the unmissable moments of ‘fashion month’

7 Mar 2024 - 2:07PM

Academy Awards

Oscars 2024: predictions for Oppenheimer, best actor and screenplay and more

Our 2024 Academy Awards predictions, from why Oppenheimer should and will win best picture, to how Ryan Gosling may be pipped at the post for best supporting actor.

6 Mar 2024 - 9:49AM

Icons and Influencers

Who is Taylor Swift’s low-key, long-time best friend – Ashley Avignone?

Taylor Swift’s core Super Bowl squad consisted of Ice Spice, Blake Lively … and Ashley Avignone – so what do we know about the little known stylist who’s known Swift since they were teens?

24 Feb 2024 - 4:00AM

Ashley Avignone is a fashion stylist – and one of Taylor Swift’s “squad”. Photos: @melindamaria_jewelry, @ashavignone/Instagram

Cinema

Oppenheimer triumphs at Baftas in major Oscars boost

Atomic bomb epic won seven prizes, including best picture, director and actor for Cillian Murphy, who portrays the American theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer.

19 Feb 2024 - 12:10PM

American cinema

The Taiwan-born grandmothers-in-law who are going to the Oscars

Yi Yan Fuei and Chang Li Hua star in a documentary short, Wai Po and Nai Nai, made by their grandson, Sean Wang, which has been nominated for an Oscar. Now directors want to cast them in other movies.

19 Feb 2024 - 4:15AM

Fame and celebrity

Taylor Swift’s earlier Eras: what did the pop star look like pre-fame?

She may now be a billionaire and one of the most successful musicians of our age, but it wasn’t always that way – here’s what Tay Tay looked like before global superstardom

29 Jan 2024 - 6:00PM

Taylor Swift through the ages. Photos: @alltoorare, @lightningonswift/Instagram

United States

Oppenheimer tops Oscar nominees, with Barbie, Poor Things also going for gold

Among Oppenheimer’s 13 nominations include best picture; best director; and acting nods for Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jnr and Emily Blunt.

24 Jan 2024 - 10:26PM

Cillian Murphy is seen in a promotional image for Oppenheimer. Photo: Handout

Lunar New Year

10 actors born in the Year of the Dragon, from Emma Stone to Keanu Reeves

From recent Golden Globes winner Emma Stone and The Matrix’s Keanu Reeves, to Reese Witherspoon, Sandra Bullock and Chuck Norris, these stars surely embody the zodiac sign’s characteristics

14 Jan 2024 - 10:00AM

Fame and celebrity

29 of the highest-paid film deals of all time, ranked – from Leo to Margot

Some of Hollywood’s greatest actors like Leo DiCaprio and Johnny Depp appear on this list multiple times, but who’s No 1? From Keanu Reeves’ The Matrix millions to Tom Cruise’ Top Gun dollars …

13 Jan 2024 - 10:00AM

American cinema

Oppenheimer leads nominations for SAG Awards, key Oscars predictors

For three of the past four years, the winner of the Screen Actors Guild award for outstanding performance by a cast has gone on to win the best film Oscar. Oppenheimer and Barbie are both nominated.

11 Jan 2024 - 11:50AM

Cillian Murphy in a still from “Oppenheimer”, which has five nominations for Screen Actors Guild Awards - for Murphy, two fellow cast members, best director for Christopher Nolan and best cast. The winner of the latter is a hot tip for the best film Oscar. Photo: Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pictures

Fame and celebrity

Its-a me, Mario! 5 of the worst celebrity voice acting performances ever

Even Matt Damon and Nicolas Cage don’t always nail animated voice-overs – but which celebrity’s vocals were so controversial that the film’s casting director even had to defend them?

9 Jan 2024 - 6:00PM

Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and Chris Pratt all gave less than stellar voice acting performances in films. Photos: TNS, Invision/AP, AFP

American cinema

Golden Globes 2024: Oppenheimer, Poor Things win best film prizes

The first big entertainment awards of 2024 were billed as a contest between Oppenheimer and Barbie, and the latter came off worse. Emma Stone, Lily Gladstone, Paul Giamatti and Cillian Murphy take acting honours.

8 Jan 2024 - 1:56PM

Fame and celebrity

9 film and TV roles that almost went to other actors, from Barbie to Bond

Henry Cavill went up against Daniel Craig for Bond in Casino Royale and lost, while Brangelina may never had happened if Gwen Stefani had been given the role of Jane Smith in Mr & Mrs Smith …

5 Jan 2024 - 11:01AM

Fame and celebrity

Where is Amanda Bynes in 2023? From podcasts to surgery reveals

Amanda Bynes, the former child star who rose to fame with films What a Girl Wants and Hairspray has been in and out of psychiatric care and struggled with drugs – so is she finally on the mend?

16 Dec 2023 - 6:00AM

Actress Amanda Bynes has endured mental health struggles over the years, but fans are hoping she’s reached a turning point with her new podcast. Photos: AP, @rlamandabynes/Instagram

Fame and celebrity

‘A kind of healing’: Is Armie Hammer returning to the spotlight?

The controversial actor posted Buddhist quotes about redemption on Instagram while his ex-wife Elizabeth Chambers will appear in a new Hulu reality show

13 Dec 2023 - 7:00PM

Fame and celebrity

Who is Poor Things star Emma Stone’s low-key SNL husband and baby daddy?

Emma Stone and her husband Dave McCary met on the set of Saturday Night Live back in 2016, and they’ve since tied the knot and had a baby girl, Louise Jean McCary

12 Dec 2023 - 6:00AMvideocam

United States

‘Barbenheimer’ tops Golden Globes nominations

Barbie’s nine nominations include a nod for best picture musical or comedy as well as acting nominations for Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, while meme companion Oppenheimer scored eight nominations.

12 Dec 2023 - 8:14AMvideocam

Barbie and Oppenheimer -- the unlikely pair of films that dominated the box office and spawned countless internet memes this summer -- topped the newly revamped Golden Globes film nominations on Monday. Photo: AFP

American cinema

Migration to Dune 2, Hollywood movies we can’t wait to see in early 2024

From Migration and the sequels to Kung Fu Panda, Ghostbusters and Dune, to a Bob Marley biopic and a tale of the American Samoan World Cup soccer team, these are the most anticipated films this winter.

9 Jan 2024 - 12:35PMvideocam

Timothée Chalamet (left) and Zendaya in a still from “Dune: Part Two”. Photo: Niko Tavernise.

Fame and celebrity

Who is Jennifer Lawrence’s gallerist husband and baby daddy Cooke Maroney?

J Law shares a baby with her husband Cooke Maroney – but who is he exactly? Here’s all you need to know about the NYC-based gallerist

3 Nov 2023 - 9:00AM

American cinema

12 best blockbuster Hollywood movies coming in autumn 2023

From Disney’s Wish and Ridley Scott’s Napoleon to another edition in the Saw franchise and an Aquaman sequel, our pick of the 12 best new Hollywood films of autumn 2023.

19 Sep 2023 - 6:15PMvideocam

American cinema

10 of the best films at Venice Film Festival 2023, with Emma Stone and more

Emma Stone shines in Golden Lion-winning black comedy Poor Things, J.A. Bayona retells the true survival story from 1993’s Alive, and films about Salvador Dali and Leonard Bernstein impress at this year’s festival.

12 Sep 2023 - 4:15AMvideocam

Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo in a still from “Poor Things”, winner of the Golden Lion for best film at the Venice Film Festival. Stone’s performance in the period black comedy makes her an Oscars favourite. Photo: Atsushi Nishijima/Searchlight Pictures and 20th Century Studios

European cinema

Update | Poor Things: Emma Stone shows guts in Yorgos Lanthimos’ sexual comedy

Winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, the Greek director’s twisted period piece about a suicide case (Stone) reanimated, Frankenstein-like, by Willem Dafoe’s scientist is visually ravishing.

10 Sep 2023 - 10:43AMvideocam

Emma Stone (left) and Mark Ruffalo in a still from “Poor Things”. Photo: Atsushi Nishijima/Searchlight Pictures; 20th Century Studios

Celebrity style

8 luxury bags made famous in films and TV shows, from Mean Girls to SATC

Meryl Streep’s Miranda Priestly established her character immediately by stepping out carrying a Prada handbag in The Devil Wears Prada – so which other pieces have achieved pop culture status?

10 Aug 2023 - 8:00AM

Style Edit

Style Edit: Louis Vuitton’s homage to French fashion for autumn/winter 2023

Louis Vuitton paid homage to hard-to-pin-down yet inimitable French style in its autumn/winter 2023 collection unveiled at Paris’ Musée d’Orsay

17 Apr 2023 - 10:00AM

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