OSCARS

As Jimmy Kimmel is finding out anew, you can’t make everyone happy. Nobody was off limits during the Oscars host’s speeches at the ceremony Sunday (March 10), including Hailey Bieber — and some fans aren’t happy.
During his opening monologue, during which he joked about everyone from Robert Downey Jr. to U.S. senator Katie Britt, Kimmel name-dropped the model — who is married to Justin Bieber — while referring to the Hollywood collective as “heavily botoxed, Hailey Bieber smoothie drinking, diabetes prescription abusing, gluten sensitive nepo babies with perpetually shivering chihuahuas.”

And while Hailey does actually have her own smoothie available at Erehwon, and is by most definitions a so-called nepo baby (her father is actor Stephen Baldwin), many viewers who tuned in to the awards show weren’t amused.

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“the hailey bieber hate is so forced and tired at this point,” one person tweeted during the show. “leave this woman alone.”

“He was obviously talking about the ‘hailey bieber smoothie’ and wasn’t being shady,” mused another person. “but this was so [badly] worded and unfunny..”

Billboard has reached out to Justin and Hailey Bieber for comment.

Kimmel, however, said just a few days prior to the 2024 Oscars that he knew in advance he’d likely step on some people’s toes. “It’s not that easy,” he told CNN of the hosting gig. “It depends on the person because some people are more sensitive than others. God help you, if I know you. Like, if you’ve been to my house, you’re in trouble on Oscar night.”

During that same interview, the Jimmy Kimmel Live! star also noted that he probably wouldn’t crack any jokes about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s relationship during the show — a promise he held by the end of the ceremony.

In addition to quips about skincare moguls, this year’s Oscars featured presentations from Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Bad Bunny and more, as well as performances from Billie Eilish with Finneas (who won best original song for “What Was I Made For?”), Ryan Gosling, Becky G, Jon Batiste and Scott George and The Osage Singers. Among the award winners were Emma Stone, who took home best actress for Poor Things, Cillian Murphy, 2024’s best actor for Oppenheimer and more.

Watch Kimmel’s Oscars 2024 monologue above.

Andrea Bocelli and his son Matteo Bocelli did beautiful justice to the Hollywood legends who died in the past year by singing a heart-wrenching duet of “Time to Say Good-Bye (Con Te Partirò)” during the 2024 Oscars Sunday (March 10). The performance began with a simple but elegant string quartet and a group of lyrical […]

Ludwig Göransson took home the prize for best original score at the 2024 Oscars on Sunday night (March 10) for Oppenheimer, marking his second win from three Academy Awards nominations. In his sweet acceptance speech, Göransson thanked director Christopher Nolan and producer Emma Thomas “for inviting me in this incredible world.” “Christopher Nolan: It was […]

Winning is something that Billie Eilish and Finneas were made for. The duo won the Oscar for best original song for their Barbie soundtrack hit “What Was I Made For?” at the 2024 Academy Awards on Sunday (March 10). “I had a nightmare about this last night,” the 22-year-old pop star joked after accepting the […]

At the 2024 Oscars, best original song nominees Ryan Gosling, Mark Ronson and a slew of dancers delivered what was no doubt the most high energy — sorry, Kenergy — performance of the night at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles Sunday (March 10).
Wearing a pink, bedazzled suit and a black cowboy hat, Gosling began his performance by sitting in the audience and serenading the apple of Ken’s eye — a blushing Margot Robbie, who played the titular character in Greta Gerwig’s blockbuster film. Then, the actor made his way to the stage, where he embraced Mark Ronson — who cowrote the song alongside Andrew Wyatt — playing guitar, and sat on a pink staircase with dozens of fellow cowboy hat-wearing Ken dancers. Among them were Barbie costars Simu Liu and Kingsley Ben-Adir, who joined in on intricate group choreography featuring a sea of 1950s Barbie-head cutouts.

“I’m just Ken/ Where I see love, she sees a friend,” the group sang. “What will it take for her to see the man behind the tan and fight for me?”

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During the emotional breakdown of the song, for which none other than Slash of Guns N’ Roses appeared on stage to deliver a heartfelt guitar solo, Gosling — who was also nominated for best supporting actor for his performance in Barbie — once again returned to the audience to hand off the microphone to Robbie, fellow nominee America Ferrera, Gerwig and his La La Land leading lady, Emma Stone.

The satirical ballad is one of five best original song nominees, along with Billie Eilish and Finneas’ fellow Barbie hit “I’m Just Ken,” as well as Becky G‘s “The Fire Inside” from Flamin’ Hot, Jon Batiste‘s “It Never Went Away” from American Symphony, and Scott George and the Osage Singers’ “Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)” from Killers of the Flower Moon. All of the best original song candidates performed their respective tracks live during the ceremony.

Following Barbie‘s theatrical release in July, “I’m Just Ken” debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 87 — making Gosling a charting artist on the ranking for the first time. In the film, the high-energy, multi-set number finds the Notebook actor singing his heart out about his “blond fragility” alongside Liu and dozens of other Kens.

As flames rose up on the screen behind her, Becky G performed the red-hot song “The Fire Inside” at Sunday’s (March 10) 2024 Oscars. The best original song nominee, with music and lyrics by Diane Warren, is from the biographical film Flamin’ Hot, which tells the story of Richard Montañez, the former Frito-Lay janitor who […]

Jon Batiste added some romance to the 2024 Oscars on Sunday (March 10) at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles when he took to the stage to perform “It Never Went Away” from American Symphony. Dressed in a stylishly cut white suit, the five-time Grammy winner sat at a grand piano and delivered the sweet […]

Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo both walked the 2024 Oscars red carpet channeling their Wicked characters Sunday night (March 10). The pair, presenters at this year’s awards ceremony and co-stars in the upcoming film adaptation of the musical Wicked — in which Grande portrays Glinda and Erivo portrays Elphaba — arrived in shades of pink […]

As one of the world’s biggest global music stars, it was only fitting that Bad Bunny helped present best international feature film at the 2024 Oscars on Sunday (March 10) — which just so happens to be the “MIA” artist’s birthday.
Taking the stage alongside Dwayne Johnson at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, the Puerto Rican artist began his portion of the presentation by speaking in Spanish. He poignantly noted, “Cinema is a universal language,” after which The Rock joked, “See? He’s not such a bad bunny.”

Then, after running through the category’s nominees, Benito — looking dapper in a black suit ensemble — got to read the winner off of the cue card. “And the Oscar goes to The Zone of Interest!” he declared, switching over to English.

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Johnson — who charted on the Billboard Hot 100 with his 2016 Moana song “You’re Welcome” — also made sure to wish the singer-rapper, who turned 30 on March 10, a happy birthday.

Directed by Jonathan Glazer, the winning film takes place in German-occupied Poland during World War II, where “Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his wife Hedwig strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden beside the camp,” according to IMDb.

Brought to theater screens from a U.K. production team, Zone of Interest beat out Italy’s Io Capitano, Japan’s Perfect Days, Spain’s Society of the Snow and Germany’s The Teachers’ Lounge. It marks the first British film to win best international film at the Oscars.

During his acceptance speech, Glazer took a moment to remind the audience about the ongoing violence in the Middle East. “Right now we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has lead to conflict for so many innocent people, whether the victims of Oct. 7 in Israel or the ongoing attack in Gaza,” he said.

In October, Bad Bunny released his fifth studio album, Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana. The 22-track project debuted atop the Billboard 200.