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Mark Wright has admitted he ‘can’t wait’ to become a father as wife Michelle Keegan nears her due date.

The former TOWIE star, 38, and actress, 37, announced their pregnancy in December via Instagram, sharing a beach photo with Michelle cradling her baby bump.

In a rare chat about his family life, Mark expressed his excitement as he enters a new chapter with Michelle.

He told The Sun: ‘I’m just excited for the whole process. I’m just really excited and can’t wait for it to happen. A parent shapes you. 

‘My dad is everything you’d dream [of] in a dad. He’s always put us first, no matter what, whether that was financially or in terms of love and care. 

‘We’ve always felt so loved and that’s one of the most important things for any parent – to make your child feel loved and to [let] them know [you’re] there.’

The former TOWIE star and actress announced their pregnancy in December via Instagram, sharing a beach photo with Michelle cradling her baby bump

Appearing on The One Show last week, Mark was promoting his new BBC DIY series Clean It, Fix It alongside co-host Tommy Walsh when he was congratulated by presenters Lauren Laverne and Roman Kemp.

Acknowledging the milestone, Mark said: ‘Very exciting times ahead. Little bit nerve-wracking, but I’m ready, I’m excited.’ 

Asked if he would be decorating the nursery himself, he joked: ‘I’ll let you guys do it.’

Their caption read: ‘2025 is going to be a special one for us…✨.’

Heart Radio host Mark, who rose to fame on ITVBe series TOWIE, is already an uncle to footballer brother Josh’s two children as well as sister Jess’s son and has spoken over the years about wanting to become a father himself one day.

Their baby news comes after their Essex mansion was targeted by masked intruders. 

The couple reportedly locked themselves in their bedroom as their porch window was smashed. 

Essex Police confirmed suspects broke into the property before fleeing, with authorities arriving within eight minutes. 

In a rare chat about his family life, Mark expressed his excitement as he enters a new chapter with Michelle

He said: ‘I’m just excited for the whole process. I’m just really excited and can’t wait for it to happen. A parent shapes you’

According to The Sun, police were alerted via their ‘state-of-the-art security system and arrived at the couple’s Essex mansion within minutes’.

The gang of raiders were reportedly ‘wearing balaclavas and dressed in black fled the scene empty-handed in a getaway car’.

A source told the publication: ‘It was a traumatic experience for both of them but they are relieved that neither of them were injured. 

‘Mark did the sensible thing and stayed with his wife to make sure she was OK and they waited for police to arrive before leaving the room. 

‘It was a horrible thing to go through, particularly for someone who is heavily pregnant. They are understandably very shaken up by what happened.’

Detectives reportedly believe the gang were professionals ‘looking for a big score’ on the countryside property’s extensive grounds.

A camera allegedly detected the gang arriving to the house and sent alerts to Mark and Michelle’s phone.

The source added: ‘Mark realised someone was breaking into the house, his first thoughts were for Michelle’s protection and he acted swiftly.’

Mark and Michelle who married in 2015 were subjected to a terrifying burglary at their £3.5million mansion in Essex earlier in the year and reportedly locked themselves in their bedroom as their porch window was smashed

The gang of raiders, who were reportedly ‘wearing balaclavas and dressed in black fled the scene empty-handed in a getaway car’ 

Detectives believe the gang were professionals ‘looking for a big score’ on the countryside property’s extensive grounds

The couple regularly post interior and exterior pictures of their mansion on their separate Instagram pages as well as their home account. 

Their home account, Wrightyhome, has 663,000 followers and follows the couple’s huge renovation project from years ago.

The TOWIE star and his actress wife moved into their stunning home just over two years ago, after purchasing the property in 2019 for £1.3million.

Officers continue to investigate, urging anyone with information to come forward.

President Donald Trump returned from his Palm Beach, Florida Mar-a-Lago club to the White House on Sunday evening with a few unexpected extra guests.

Billionaire Elon Musk, now a special advisor to the president was spotted boarding Marine One with his mother Maye, and his son X Æ A-12.

Prior to takeoff, Musk’s mother was spotted by press through the windows engaged in an animated conversation with her son and grandson as she awaited the helicopter takeoff.

Melania Trump‘s father Viktor Knavs also traveled with the president on the trip back to the White House.

Knavs exited Marine One with President Trump after it landed at the White House, and walked in with the president together as reporters shouted unanswered questions.

Musk followed, putting his son on his shoulders and waved to the cameras as his mother walked beside him and also waved to the press.

Musk’s critics immediately complained on social media about his mother getting a ‘free ride’ on Air Force One, paid by taxpayers. 

‘This is beyond outrageous,’ complained a Democratic political strategist on X. ‘Elon Musk, his cranky mother Maye, and one of his young kids were chauffeured in Air Force One and Marine One—straight to the White House, where they’re apparently staying.’

The White House did not respond to a DailyMail.com request for comment.  

Elon Musk and his mother Maye departs Marine One on Sunday March 2, 2025 at the White House after a weekend in Florida with Donald Trump.

Elon Musk and his mother Maye departs Marine One

It is normal for a president to bring extra guests on Air Force One and Marine One, particularly extended family members.

President Biden routinely brought extended family members of his family on Air Force One and Marine One, including his son Hunter and his wife and family, grandchildren and spouses, and even nephews and nieces.

But Musk’s mother’s appearance on the flight appeared an extraordinary privilege for a presidential adviser.

Maye Musk commented about her visit to Mar-a-Lago on X, sharing a video of her son and Trump surprising guests at the club over the weekend.

‘It was wonderful to experience the excitement and happiness in the room,’ she wrote with heart-eyes emojis.

It’s unclear exactly why she traveled with her son to the White House, but it might coincide with the president’s address to Congress scheduled for Tuesday. 

As Musk is likely to attend the speech, he may bring his mother as a guest. 

Since the election, Maye Musk’s profile has never been so prominent as her son remains a very influential advisor to Trump.

Elon Musk’s mother Maye appeared at the Inaugural balls with his sister 

 Maye Musk was spotted riding in Marine One by photographers and speaking to Trump and her son 

Canadian-South African model Maye Musk (R) and chief designer Taoray Wang of Chinese brand Juzui

Maye Musk was born in Canada, but raised her children in South Africa. 

In 2019, she published a book titled “A Woman Makes a Plan: Advice for a Lifetime of Adventure, Beauty, and Success.”

She has been spotted at several social events at Mar-a-Lago and frequently travels to China, Kazakhstan and the United Arab Emirates for business.

Maye Musk has also made several business trips to China where she has endorsed five different Chinese brands, according to the New York Times.   

Last month, she appeared on the catwalk to promote the Chinese label Juzui’s at the New York Fashion Week show and had lunch with Ivanka Trump and Wendi Deng, the former wife of Rupert Murdoch.

She also appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated in 2022, modeling a swimsuit at the age of 74 in 2022.

Elon Musk’s sister Tosca and mother Maye Musk

Maye Musk and Elon Musk at The 2022 Met Gala

Maye Musk appeared on Fox Business in December where she spoke about her son’s relationship with Trump as well as her own experience with the president-elect’s family.

‘Trump just likes someone he can completely trust who doesn’t have any alternative motives,’ she said, referring to her son. 

She said she had also shifted to the Republican party in the 2024 election, urging other Democrats to follow her. 

‘It’s a gradual change when you are Democrat to become Republican, it’s really hard and I would encourage Democrats to take a chance and they will be happier,’ she said. 

Maye Musk said she was a big fan of the Trump family and spoke warmly of the time they had spent together. 

‘Everyone is delightful, kind, sweet, generous and interesting and soft spoken,’ she said.

This National Offer Day (3 March), Cheshire East Council has informed thousands of parents and carers about their children’s secondary school places.

This year 95% will receive an offer from their first preference school, with 98 per cent receiving an offer from one of their top three preferences. 

Over 4,200 applications were submitted by parents and carers for children transitioning to secondary school in September 2025.    

Councillor Carol Bulman, chair of Cheshire East Council’s children and families committee, said:

“Moving up to secondary school is a monumental milestone for children and their families. Our dedicated team has worked tirelessly with schools to accommodate parental preferences, and I am delighted that the vast majority of children will be attending one of their preferred schools this September. I wish all pupils every success in their final year of primary school and as they prepare for this exciting new chapter.” 

Cheshire East Council, like all councils, has a statutory duty to ensure sufficient school places for local children and young people. The council adheres to the government’s School Admissions Code, ensuring that all school places for maintained schools and academies are allocated and offered fairly and transparently.  

The council has advised that when parents and carers receive their offer, they have several options:  

• Accept the school place – Deadline: 17 March 
• Join waiting lists – If a preferred school place was not offered, parents can request to be added to one or more waiting lists by 17 March. 
• Appeal the decision – If dissatisfied with the offer, parents can appeal before the 31 March deadline.

Parents are encouraged to accept their child’s offer even if they prefer a different school until alternative arrangements are confirmed. Additionally, parents should apply for home-to-school travel assistance before the end of April to ensure travel arrangements and passes are in place by the start of the new academic year. 

Parents of pupils with an Education, Health, and Care Plan (EHCP) will receive separate confirmation of their child’s place, as they follow a slightly different timetable.

For help and advice, parents can visit: 

http://www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/schooladmissions

The website of their preferred school.

email: 

admissions@cheshireeast.gov.uk

…or call:

0300 123 5012 (option 1)

Information on school transport is available at: 

http://www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/schooltransport

Candiace Dillard Bassett is soaking up every tender moment with her husband, Chris Bassett, and their baby son, Jett Maxwell Lee Bassett. 

On March 2, The Real Housewives of Potomac alum took to her Instagram page to shout-out her husband for his birthday. In the process, Candiace revealed some of the sweetest moments from their recent life together, including how happy they’ve been with their son, Jett. “Screaming HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my man, my man, my mannnnn,” Candiace captioned the post which began with a photo of Chris looking dapper in a suit. “I love you to infinity and beyond plus a trillion more [Chris].” 

The photos featured some intimate shots of Candiace and her beau as well as images of their extended family. Candiace also posted photos and videos of herself and Chris holding Jett when he was just a newborn (he was born October 3, 2024). The new mom also shared photos of herself and Chris and their little baby, looking so sweet together as a family unit. 

Candiace Dillard Bassett shares a milestone for baby, Jett 

In addition to keeping her fans updated on her married life, Candiace also recently shared a major milestone regarding her son, Jett. 

“My baby is finally big enough for me to carry him on my hip,” Candiace wrote over an adorable Instagram Story photo along with a face holding back tears emoji. In the snapshot, which Candiace shared earlier in February, she was seen dressed in a casual yet stylish grey sweatshirt, black leggings, and burnt orange hat. 

Jett also looked so adorable, wearing a neutral-colored outfit and looking cozy in his mom’s arms. The tender mother-child moment also put Candiace’s beautiful home setup on display, with a spacious living room featuring a dark green area rug and cozy, cream-colored sofa. 

Candiace Dillard Bassett’s opens up on being a new mom

Candiace’s update on Jett’s growth is just one of the many updates she’s shared about him.

During a December appearance on FOX 5’s Motivation with Melissa, the Maryland mom revealed she is in awe of her baby. “It’s not real yet, and I can’t get anything done, because I will just hold him all day and night and just stare at him, just in awe of like, ‘Where did you come from? How are you here?’” she admitted. “It’s so strange in the greatest way.”

Read about how Candiace designed and decorated Jett’s nursery here. 

Priyanka’s beautiful surprise for mom Madhu

Madhu shared that six days after her father’s passing, PeeCee arranged a special surprise for her mother. She brought John Abraham, beautifully wrapped like a gift, as a birthday present for her. During a conversation with Lehren Retro, Madhu Chopra said, “He passed away on June 10 and my birthday is on June 16.”

She recounted how Priyanka urged the family to proceed with her 60th birthday celebration. Madhu, a longtime admirer of John Abraham, recalled how Priyanka went above and beyond to lift her spirits and arranged for her Dostana co-star to arrive at midnight, wrapped like a birthday present.

“They had requested John to come at midnight, wrapped like a birthday present. Imagine that! Priyanka said, ‘Mom has to have her moment,’” she added.

Priyanka’s bond with father Dr Ashok Chopra

Priyanka has always been open about sharing how losing her father in 2013 reshaped her perspective on grief. Speaking on the Read the Room podcast, she reflected on how such pain never truly fades but instead becomes a lifelong companion.

For the unversed, Dr. Ashok Chopra fought a prolonged battle with cancer before passing away in 2013 at the age of 62. His loss left a profound impact on Priyanka Chopra, shaping her perspective on grief and resilience.

Goldie Hawn left viewers of the 2025 Academy Awards stunned after she gave a heartbreaking health update on stage. 

The 79-year-old Oscar winner — who presenting with Andrew Garfield — stopped part of the way through her scripted presentation speech because she was unable to read what was projected on the teleprompter.

‘I was so lucky [to] make movies… and making people laugh,’ Goldie said. ‘And maybe some didn’t, but that’s OK.’

‘In the meantime,’ she continued, before suddenly pausing and turning to Garfield.

‘OK. Sweetheart, can you read that. I can’t read that,’ she said, going off script. 

‘I’m completely blind. I mean, I am!’ she continued, before revealing the cause of her vision issues: ‘Cataracts.’

She paused her prepared speech after being unable to read the teleprompter. ‘I’m completely blind. I mean, I am!’ she said, before revealing the cause of her vision issues: ‘Cataracts’

Garfield played it cool, responding, ‘OK, I’ve got you.’

However, after the overwhelming response to her comments, Goldie was concerned her ‘joke’ overshadowed her appearance as a presenter on stage.

 ‘Goldie is embarrassed that the focus of her Oscar night was her vision issues, it is not something she wanted everyone talking about. She was just trying to be funny.’ 

Cataracts develop when the usually clear lens of the eye begins to develop a cloudy texture, which can make it feels as if one is viewing things through a fog. 

The condition can impact any activity requiring sight, but it can make things like reading or driving — particularly at night — difficult. 

Cataracts often aren’t noticed for some time, as the condition tends to develop slowly.

However, the good news for affected individuals is that surgery to remove cataracts is usually safe and effective, according to the Mayo Clinic.

Before Goldie’s admission, Andrew was responsible for one of the most touching moments of the night

The two-time Oscar nominee, 41, was joined by Goldie as they presented the award for Best Animated Feature Film.

But Andrew took her by surprise when he brought her to tears as he revealed her surprise impact on his late mother.

Andrew Garfield was responsible for one of the most touching moments at the 2025 Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday when he made Goldie Hawn tear up at the mention of his late mother

The Social Network star thanked Goldie for giving his late mother ‘the most joy, the most comfort’ through her long career peppered with classic film and television performances

2025 Oscar Winners: AT A GLANCE

Best Picture: Anora

Actress in a Leading Role: Mikey Madison — Anora

Actor in a Leading Role: Adrien Brody — The Brutalist

Actress in a Supporting Role: Zoe Saldaña — Emilia Pérez

Actor in a Supporting Role: Kieran Culkin — A Real Pain

Adrien Brody, Mikey Madison, Zoe Saldana and Kieran Culkin are seen left to right

Best Director: Sean Baker — Anora

Original Screenplay: Sean Baker — Anora

Achievement in Film Editing: Sean Baker — Anora

Adapted Screenplay: Conclave — Peter Straughan

International Feature Film: I’m Still Here (Brazil)

Documentary Feature Film: No Other Land

Achievement in Costume Design: Paul Tazewell — Wicked

The Social Network star, who lost his mother Lynn Garfield to cancer in 2019, thanked Goldie for giving his mother ‘the most joy, the most comfort’ through her long career peppered with classic film and television performances.

Goldie was visibly moved by the seemingly impromptu speech and started to cry, before she partially covered her face with the winner’s envelope and tried to wipe her eyes.

Andrew, who looked stylish in a brown tux with a lustrous satin shirt, turned toward Goldie at the microphone and held her hand between his as he shared his sweet praise. 

‘Can I tell you something?’ Andrew asked mysteriously as soon as he and Goldie were ready to start their presentation. 

‘There’s someone, there’s a person who gave my mother during her life the most joy, the most comfort, and tonight, I feel very lucky, because I get to thank that person from the bottom of my heart,’ he said before revealing that the person was standing right next to him.

‘You’ve given us movies full of joy. You’ve lifted our spirits and you’ve made us feel it all was right with the world, over and over again,’ he said while holding Goldie’s hand.

Goldie, whose face crumpled up as she tried to hold back her tears, responded: ‘Thank you so much, that really touches me.’  

‘I was so lucky [to] make movies… and making people laugh,’ she continued in what seemed to be the start of her preplanned speech. ‘And maybe some didn’t, but that’s OK.’

Garfield lost his mother Lynn Garfield (R) to cancer in 2019; they’re pictured with his father Richard Garfield at a Tony Awards after party in 2018 in NYC

‘You’ve given us movies full of joy. You’ve lifted our spirits and you’ve made us feel it all was right with the world, over and over again,’ he said while holding Goldie’s hand

‘I was so lucky [to] make movies… and making people laugh,’ she continued in what seemed to be the start of her preplanned speech. ‘And maybe some didn’t, but that’s OK.’

Andrew, whose latest film We Live In Time was released in October in the US and on New Year’s Day in the UK, spoke about his mother last year during the film’s publicity campaign, as his love interest in the film, Florence Pugh, battles cancer

Andrew, whose latest film We Live In Time was released in October in the US and on New Year’s Day in the UK, spoke about his mother last year during the film’s publicity campaign. 

In the film, Florence Pugh plays his love interest who battles Ovarian cancer, and the storyline prompted comparisons to Andrew’s mother Lynn’s own battle with cancer before her death.

While speaking with the Hollywood Reporter last year, Andrew said that filming We Live In Time had helped him to heal from the loss of his beloved mother.

‘Every species of every living thing on this earth has lost a mother. Young dinosaurs were losing their mothers,’ he said, adding that his experience wasn’t ‘special.’ 

‘We’re lucky if it’s that way around, rather than the other. And of course, countless parents lose their children in one way or another too, I can’t even imagine what that must feel like,’ he continued.

‘So in terms of my own personal experience, yeah, it felt like a very simple act of healing for myself, and hopefully healing for an audience.’

Andrew and Goldie’s special moment at the 97th Academy Awards comes as the ceremony honors the best films of 2024

The star-studded ceremony is being held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, with Conan O’Brien, 61, making his debut as Oscars host, after joking: ‘I only agreed to host so that I could get invited.’

Emilia Pérez leads this year’s Oscar nominees with 13 nominations, including for best picture, actress (for Karla Sofía Gascón), supporting actress (for Zoe Saldaña) and director

The Brutalist landed in second place with 10 nominations, including for best picture, director (for Brady Corbet), actor (for Adrien Brody), supporting actor (for Guy Pearce), supporting actress (for Felicity Jones), and original screenplay

Conan O’Brien is hosting the ceremony, which is being held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, for the first time; pictured Wednesday in Hollywood

This year’s ceremony has an unusually unsettled field in many of the most high-profile categories, including best picture and most of the acting categories.

Emilia Pérez leads the nominations this year with 13, including for best picture, actress (for Karla Sofía Gascón), supporting actress (for Zoe Saldaña), director (for Jacques Audiard), adapted screenplay and original song.

Gascón stars as the title character, a former Mexican drug lord who comes out as a transgender woman and fakes her own death in order to reinvent herself as a pro-social force, while Saldaña plays an ethically challenged lawyer who helps set up her new identity.

The Brutalist landed in second place with 10 nominations, including for best picture, director (for Brady Corbet), actor (for Adrien Brody), supporting actor (for Guy Pearce), supporting actress (for Felicity Jones), and original screenplay.

Brody stars as a Jewish Hungarian architect who immigrates to the US after surviving the Holocaust. The epic historical drama follows his character László Tóth’s attempts to realize his creative vision even as it conflicts with the petty desires of his wealthy benefactor (Pearce).

Wicked tied it for 10 nominations, including for best picture, actress (for Cynthia Erivo), and supporting actress (for Ariana Grande).

The blockbuster musical is an adaptation of only the first half of the musical of the same name, a reimagined prequel to The Wizard Of Oz starring Erivo as Elphaba, future Wicked Witch of the West, and Grande as Galinda Upland, who becomes Glinda the Good 

Other best pictures nominees include Anora, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Dune: Part Two, I’m Still Here, Nickel Boys and The Substance. 

Wicked tied it for 10 nominations, including for best picture, actress (for Cynthia Erivo), and supporting actress (for Ariana Grande) 

This year’s best lead actor race is up in the air after Timothée Chalamet’s recent SAG win for A Complete Unknown

Brody is also a favorite for The Brutalist, but Ralph Fiennes has gotten plenty of awards-season attention for the papal-selection drama Conclave

The closely watched race for best actor in a leading role got a major shakeup just a week before the Oscars at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, when Timothée Chalamet scored a shock win for his Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown. 

Prior to that win, Brody was seemingly the favorite after winning best actor awards at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards, the BAFTAs, the Golden Globes and the Critics Choice Movie Awards.

Ralph Fiennes has also doggedly stayed in the running for his role as a British Cardinal struggling to keep a secretive papal election from dissolving into competition and intrigue. 

The critically acclaimed film has scored multiple actor wins at smaller ceremonies and festivals for Fiennes, as well as multiple awards for the entire acting ensemble, which Fiennes has accepted on more than one occasion. 

Those three co-frontrunners are competing against Colman Domingo for Sing Sing and Sebastian Stan for his performance as a young Donald Trump in The Apprentice.

The best actress category also has no clear frontrunner. Demi Moore has been lauded for her comeback performance in the satirical body-horror film The Substance, which earned her best actress honors from the Critics Choice Awards and the Golden Globes, as well as several critics’ organizations. 

But her win a week before the Oscars at the SAG Awards suggests she may be in a prime spot to snatch the Oscar after being nominated for the first time. 

Anora star Mikey Madison, who plays an adult dancer who impetuously marries the son of a Russian Oligarch, was widely acclaimed and was honored by several critics’ organizations early in the season. 

Anora’s Mikey Madison is a late-breaking best actress co-frontrunner after recent wins and controversy that erupted after offensive tweets from Emilia Pérez’s Karla Sofía Gascón resurfaced

Demi Moore is the other major frontrunner for the satirical body-horror film The Substance. She has won multiple major awards this season

Her chances increased significantly after she won the BAFTA for best lead actress, which she followed up with an Independent Spirit Award win in the gender-neutral lead performance category. 

Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofía Gascón was once a favorite for the award, but she was widely criticized after racist and Islamophobic tweets — some quite recent — that had somehow gone unremarked upon were translated into English and reported on.

Since then, Gascón has sat out awards ceremonies after her posts came to light. After multiple half-hearted apologies, Netflix reportedly opted to stop paying for Gascón’s travel and accommodations for awards shows, though a source told People that she still plans to attend the Oscars.

Before the controversy, her nomination was seen as historic, as she is the first openly transgender woman to be nominated in the best actress category. 

The other nominees are Wicked star Cynthia Erivo, who has failed to capture any major awards, and the Brazilian actress Fernanda Torres, who stars in the historical drama I’m Still Here. She had her own controversy after a clip of her appearing in blackface in a comedy sketch from a Brazilian TV series 17 years ago resurfaced in January.

In the supporting actress category, the nominees including Monica Barbaro for A Complete Unknown, Ariana Grande for Wicked, Felicity Jones for The Brutalist, Isabella Rossellini for Conclave and Zoe Saldaña for Emilia Pérez 

Saldaña appears to be the current favorite after a string of wins at the Golden Globes, BAFTA Awards, SAG Awards and Critics Choice Awards.

But some of those early awards had voting periods that cut off prior to the controversy around Gascón surfacing, which could potentially harm her chances from voters who were turned off of Emilia Pérez altogether.

Saldaña appears to be the favorite in the supporting actress category after a string of wins

Kieran Culkin has dominated the supporting actor categories in recent weeks for Jesse Eisenberg’s drama A Real Pain

After Gascón’s offensive tweets surfaced, Emilia Pérez’s best picture frontrunner status seemed in question, and Anora has snatched up the top award at multiple ceremonies considered major predictors of the Oscars

The supporting actor category seems the easiest to predict, Kieran Culkin’s string of wins for A Real Pain making him the favorite. 

The other nominees include Yura Borisov for Anora, Edward Norton for A Complete Unknown, Guy Pearce for The Brutalist and Jeremy Strong for The Apprentice. 

Among the best picture nominees, Emilia Pérez once seemed like the most likely winner, but Gascon’s offensive posts have threatened its chances.

The Palme d’Or–winning Anora got a late boost with wins for best picture at the Directors Guild of America Awards and the Producers Guild of America Awards, which are considered two of the best predictors of Oscars success by awards-season prognosticators, and its win at the Independent Spirit Awards didn’t hurt. 

The best director category seems likely to be a three-man race between Anora’s Sean Baker, The Brutalist director Brady Corbet and Emilia Pérez’s Jacques Audiard. 

This year’s original song category features two cutes from Emilia Pérez, El Mal and Mi Camino, the new Elton John song Never Too Late, from the documentary of the same name about him, Like a Bird from Sing Sing, and the latest Diane Warren effort The Journey.

The Academy Awards begin at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT and can be watched on ABC and, for the first time, on a streaming service, Hulu.

Subscribers to premium services including Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV, AT&T TV and FuboTV can also also catch the ceremony live. 

Oscar winners 2025 full list – see who received honors for this year’s Academy Awards

 Best Picture

Anora – WINNER

The Brutalist 

A Complete Unknown 

Conclave 

Dune: Part Two 

Emilia Pérez 

I’m Still Here 

Nickel Boys 

The Substance 

Wicked

Anora was the biggest winner of the night as Mikey Madison earned Best Actress

Best Director 

Jacques Audiard — Emilia Pérez

Sean Baker — Anora – WINNER

Brady Corbet — The Brutalist

Coralie Fargeat — The Substance

James Mangold — A Complete Unknown

Actress in a Leading Role

Cynthia Erivo — Wicked 

Karla Sofía Gascón — Emilia Pérez

Mikey Madison — Anora – WINNER

Demi Moore — The Substance 

Fernanda Torres — I’m Still Here 

 

Actor in a Leading Role

Adrien Brody — The Brutalist – WINNER

Timothée Chalamet — A Complete Unknown 

Colman Domingo — Sing Sing 

Ralph Fiennes — Conclave 

Sebastian Stan — The Apprentice

 

Actress in a Supporting Role

Monica Barbaro — A Complete Unknown 

Ariana Grande — Wicked 

Felicity Jones — The Brutalist 

Isabella Rossellini — Conclave 

Zoe Saldaña — Emilia Pérez – WINNER

Zoe Saldana was recognized in the Best Supporting Actress category for Emilia Perez

Actor in a Supporting Role

Yura Borisov — Anora 

Kieran Culkin — A Real Pain – WINNER

Edward Norton — A Complete Unknown 

Guy Pearce — The Brutalist 

Jeremy Strong — The Apprentice 

Animated Feature Film

Flow – WINNER

Inside Out 2

Memoir of a Snail 

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

The Wild Robot

Cinematography

The Brutalist — Lol Crawley – WINNER

Dune: Part Two — Greig Fraser

Emilia Pérez — Paul Guilhaume 

Maria — Ed Lachman 

Nosferatu — Jarin Blaschke

Original Screenplay

Anora — Sean Baker – WINNER

The Brutalist — Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold 

A Real Pain — Jesse Eisenberg

September 5 — Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum; co-Written by Alex David

The Substance — Coralie Fargeat

Sean Baker earned three individual honors for Anora in addition to Best Picture

Adapted Screenplay

A Complete Unknown —  James Mangold and Jay Cocks 

Conclave — Peter Straughan – WINNER

Emilia Pérez — Jacques Audiard with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius and Nicolas Livecchi

Nickel Boys — RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes

Sing Sing — Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar; Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John ‘Divine G’ Whitfield

Achievement in Production Design

The Brutalist 

Conclave 

Dune: Part Two 

Nosferatu 

Wicked – Nathan Crowley and Lee Sandales – WINNER

Achievement in Sound

A Complete Unknown

Dune: Part Two – WINNER

Emilia Pérez 

Wicked 

The Wild Robot

Dune: Part Two won Best Achievement in Sound as Gareth John, Richard King, and Ron Bartlett are seen left to right

Original Song 

El Mal – Emilia Pérez – Clément Ducol, Camille, and Jacques Audiard – WINNER

The Journey – The Six Triple Eight

Like A Bird – Sing Sing

Mi Camino – Emilia Pérez

Never Too Late – Elton John: Never Too Late

Original Score  

The Brutalist — Daniel Blumberg – WINNER

Conclave — Volker Bertelmann

Emilia Pérez — Clément Ducol and Camille 

Wicked — John Powell and Stephen Schwartz

The Wild Robot — Kris Bowers

Live-Action Short Film

A Lien 

Anuja 

I’m Not a Robot – WINNER

The Last Ranger 

The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent

Animated Short Film

Beautiful Men

In the Shadow of the Cypress – WINNER

Magic Candies

Wander to Wonder

Yuck!

Documentary Feature Film

Black Box Diaries

No Other Land – WINNER

Porcelain War 

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat 

Sugarcane

No Other Land took home Documentary Feature Film as Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal, and Yuval Abraham are seen left to right

Documentary Short Film

Death by Numbers 

I Am Ready, Warden

Incident 

Instruments of a Beating Heart 

The Only Girl in the Orchestra – WINNER

International Feature Film

I’m Still Here (Brazil) – WINNER

The Girl With the Needle (Denmark)

Emilia Pérez (France) 

The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany)

Flow (Latvia) 

Makeup and Hairstyling

A Different Man

Emilia Pérez 

Nosferatu

The Substance – Pierre Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon, and Marilyne Scarselli – WINNER

Wicked 

 

Achievement in Costume Design

A Complete Unknown — Arianne Phillips

Conclave — Lisy Christl

Gladiator II — Janty Yates and Dave Crossman 

Nosferatu — Linda Muir

Wicked — Paul Tazewell – WINNER

Blockbuster Wicked did not come away empty handed as Paul Tazewell became the first Black male winner of Achievement in Costume Design

 

Achievement in Film Editing

Anora — Sean Baker – WINNER

The Brutalist — David Jancso

Conclave — Nick Emerson 

Emilia Pérez — Juliette Welfling

Wicked — Myron Kerstein 

 

Visual Effects

Alien: Romulus

Better Man

Dune: Part Two  – WINNER

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Wicked

 

Parents in Britain will be granted a right to bereavement leave after suffering a miscarriage as part of Labour’s workers’ rights reforms, the Guardian can disclose.

In a change to the law made via the employment rights bill, mothers and their partners will be given the right to two weeks of bereavement leave if they have suffered a pregnancy loss before 24 weeks’ gestation.

The bill, which will implement Labour’s flagship workers’ rights reforms in England, Wales and Scotland, is set to pass its final Commons hurdles next week.

Parents already have a right to bereavement leave in cases where they have lost a child or suffered a stillbirth after 24 weeks of gestation.

The decision to extend this right to couples who suffer a miscarriage before 24 weeks marks a victory for the Labour MP Sarah Owen, who has campaigned for the change. The women and equalities select committee, which Owen chairs, concluded in a report in January that the case for it was “overwhelming”.

Although a growing number of employers already offer the leave as a discretionary extra benefit, the committee said this should become a universal right given the far-reaching physical and emotional impacts of baby loss.

About 250,000 expectant mothers in the UK suffer a miscarriage every year. Between 10% and 20% of pregnancies end in an early miscarriage within 12 weeks of gestation.

Jonathan Reynolds, the business secretary, has spoken of his own family’s experience of pregnancy loss. He told ITV’s Good Morning Britain in January he was “sympathetic” to the campaign, saying: “I know how important it is. Like a lot of people I’ve had some experience of this myself, it’s very, very difficult.”

The bill already gives the right to bereavement leave to parents whose partner has died in childbirth but whose baby survives.

The Guardian understands the government will also strengthen ways for trade unions to access workplaces, according to sources briefed on amendments to the bill.

It will mean a fast-track decision-making route and off-the-shelf access agreements – and tough fines for employers who ignore those regulations. Unions will be given the right to have digital access to employees, such as through work intranets. Unions had hoped this would help them better access gig-economy workers.

Another amendment will ban employers from flooding the bargaining unit which can unfairly influence the recognition ballot process. The trade union GMB had argued that when it made its first application with Amazon, only 1,400 people were working at the warehouse and 750 signed up. But the union claimed the fulfilment centre then added another 1,400 workers on temporary contracts.

Reynolds will respond to a number of consultations relating to the bill on Tuesday, including over implementing the ban on zero-hours contracts, the ban on fire-and-rehire practices, trade union rights and statutory sick pay.

Other key aspects of the legislation, such as a new statutory maximum period of probation which will allow for “lighter touch” dismissal for employees, are yet to be consulted on.

Businesses had lobbied for longer probation periods to allow them to dismiss poor employees as a concession to the introduction of day-one protection against unfair dismissal, such as those related to sex or race discrimination. At present, an employee has to be in post for two years in order to claim unfair dismissal through an employment tribunal, but the bill will introduce this right from day one.

Keir Starmer criticised Nigel Farage and his Reform UK party over their opposition to the bill last month. He told the Scottish Labour conference: “They talk the language of workers’ rights online and on the doorstep … but they voted against banning fire-and-rehire. They voted against scrapping exploitative zero-hours contracts.”

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Priyanka Chopra’s mother, Madhu Chopra, recalled Priyanka insisted on celebrating her 60th birthday, just six days after her father Ashok Chopra’s passing.

Despite some relatives judging them, the global star wanted to honour her father’s memory and bring a smile back to her mother’s face. But the real surprise was John Abraham, here’s what happened.

Madhu revealed that her husband passed away on June 10 and just six days after was her birthday on June 16. “I was turning 60 and they had planned a big party for me.

The whole family was already there due to his illness. After his passing, we were grieving, but Priyanka insisted that we go ahead with the party and asked everyone to stay.

She said, ‘That’s what dad would have wanted,” she said in an interview with Lehren Retro.

According to Madhu, Priyanka surprised her by inviting John Abraham, her long-time crush, to her birthday party, making the day even more unforgettable.

She recalled how Priyanka arranged for John Abraham to arrive at midnight, wrapped like a birthday gift as she wanted her to have a special moment, and despite the family’s grief.

“But the rest of the family sat there gloomily, saying, ‘Look at her! She’s dancing! Does she not grieve for her husband?’ Meanwhile, I was thinking, ‘My daughter arranged all this; my kids put in so much effort. They’re all suffering and grieving, but this is how she is honouring her dad.’ Priyanka even said, ‘I am honouring his wish and you better fall in line with it.’ That’s the person she is.” she added.  

Priyanka Chopra’s father Ashok Chopra passed away in 2013 after a courageous fight against cancer. As a heartfelt tribute, Priyanka has a tattoo on her right hand that reads “Daddy’s lil girl” in her father’s own handwriting.