{"id":65013,"date":"2026-03-19T18:42:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T18:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/?p=65013"},"modified":"2026-03-19T18:42:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T18:42:22","slug":"awards-show-oscars-arrivals-shows-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/awards-show-oscars-arrivals-shows-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"AWARDS SHOW: OSCARS ARRIVALS SHOWS 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

OSCARS ARRIVALS SHOWS 2026<\/h1>\n

I tweeted much more during the arrivals than during the show, when I wanted to pay attention to the proceedings. And the arrivals nonsense always has the most to snark about. You can still read the tweets @MajorCelebrity<\/strong>, and then, if you don\u2019t already, please follow me while you\u2019re there, so you catch all my bon mots next time.<\/p>\n

And if you missed my review yesterday of the actual Oscars show<\/em>, you can still read it right here: itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/awards-show-oscars-2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In general, there were soooo many people on the red carpet whom I have never seen before in my life! The same for Mr. X\u2014he constantly asked me, \u201cWho???\u201d And we had seen most of the movies in contention! So these other people are marginally in the biz, and just got dressed-up and had their publicists place them on the carpet.<\/p>\n

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I’m not saying these people aren’t important. It’s just the only pic I had taken of one we didn’t recognize. Photo by Karen Salkin, as is the one above of Miles Caton and his mom.<\/p><\/div>\n

And all four shows I watched interviewed the same C-list peeps over and over. And for long times.<\/p>\n

I have to clarify that they were all incredibly talented artists, but when before in history have any of these shows interviewed voice artists and animation and documentary filmmakers on a red carpet??? The answer is \u201cnever.\u201d<\/p>\n

And all the channels did that for the duration, not just using the early-arrivers. As I explained to Mr. X, people who would not have a chance in hell to get interviewed if they showed-up to the event later, as the stars<\/em> do, arrive early to get on camera. For example, Yvette Nicole Brown<\/strong>, who did a voice in Zootopia 2<\/em>, was all over the carpet at the beginning of the shows. And the hosts kept her talking as long as they could because\u2026there was no one else there yet!!! I have never before seen so many voice actors be interviewed on red carpets, unless it was for their movies\u2019 premieres.<\/p>\n

So that brings us to my quick thoughts on all the arrivals shows:<\/p>\n

LOCAL LOS ANGELES ABC ARRIVALS<\/strong><\/p>\n

But good for Yvette Nicole Brown to have lost weight. It looks to be about a hundred pounds. I\u2019m not angry at people who are using the weight-loss drugs, as long as they don\u2019t deny it. (Mr. X had no idea who she is, so I showed him her \u201cbefore\u201d pix. He still didn\u2019t recognize her from TV, but was shocked by her new look, saying, \u201cShe looks like a completely different person!\u201d)<\/p>\n

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Poor Joelle Garguilo’s unfortunate nose job. It looks sort-of like if Pinocchio had had one. Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n

We never saw his female host, Joelle Garguilo, before, but she has the absolute worst nose job we\u2019ve ever seen! And, as you might imagine, being a Jewish girl from Brooklyn, I have seen more than my share of rhinoplasty!!! I was looking down writing these notes when Mr. X exclaimed about it, and I thought, \u201cHow bad could it be?\u201d So when I looked up, I was shocked! That woman must really regret it, no matter what she looked like before\u2014it cannot be worse than this!!!<\/p>\n

I guess Alicia Silverstone<\/strong> is<\/em> clueless\u2026about what she looks<\/em> like!<\/p>\n

I was surprised to see Shaboozey<\/strong> on the red carpet, since he\u2019s a music biz guy, and has never been involved in movies. But I love that he looked so handsome!!! Whoo whoo.<\/p>\n

Eighty-nine-and-a-half-year-old Buddy Guy<\/strong> spoke very thoughtfully. Nice to hear.<\/p>\n

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Rose Byrne. Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n

Rose Byrne<\/strong> looked the most like what a movie star is supposed<\/em> to look like! Mr. X couldn\u2019t get over how \u201cupscale\u201d she looks! You go, girl!<\/p>\n

Misty Copeland<\/strong> looked dreadful!!! What the heck was she wearing??? Mr. X sarcastically asked, \u201cWhat do her boobs look like?,\u201d because she was totally exposing them. That was so strange because I always think of ballet dancers as so classy.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve never seen Renate Reinsve<\/strong> before, (because I haven\u2019t had time to see her film, Sentimental<\/em> Value<\/em> yet,) but from this one interview, she just became my favorite current actress! (In case you\u2019re wondering, Gene Tierney is my all-time fave, and Meryl Streep is my fave who works now, but hasn\u2019t done a movie in a little bit, until her The Devil Wears Prada 2<\/em> comes out in two months, anyway.)<\/p>\n

Musician Brittany Howard<\/strong> made me think that it was good to see one person not<\/em> be on Ozempic! And she cracked me up when she responded to a stupid query about if she had learned special steps for the big number from Sinners<\/em> that night, with, \u201cI am self-choreographed today. I\u2019m gonna do my thing how I do it.\u201d I love that!<\/p>\n

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Cadaver-esque Demi Moore. Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n

This channel did<\/em> have one okay host, (out of about five or six,) Whit Johnson<\/strong>. He\u2019s handsome, has a great voice, and was not trying too hard, as most of the others were across the board.<\/p>\n

Costume designer Ruth E. Carter<\/strong> gave a really thoughtful answer, not making it about herself. Good for her! I did not expect that from a two-time Oscar winner!<\/p>\n

While we\u2019re on fashion, that<\/em> is what Jessie Buckley<\/strong> wore to win an Oscar??? Ugh.<\/p>\n

Miles Caton<\/strong> from Sinners<\/em> and his uber-young-looking mom are adorbs! I love that he brought her as his date on his big night. What a happy experience for them<\/em> to live and for us<\/em> to witness. [That’s Miles and his mom at the top of this page.\u00a0Photo by Karen Salkin.]<\/p>\n

Good try, Demi Moore<\/strong>, for your attempt to hide your skeleton arms with that poof of feathers, but it didn\u2019t work. You looked more like a cadaver than ever!<\/p>\n

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Elle Fanning. Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n

Kieran Culkin<\/strong> looked like he hadn\u2019t slept in two months, and spent all that time just eating bloating junk foods. What is up with that?! Did he forget that he was going back to the Oscars that night to present a big award?!<\/p>\n

Elle Fanning<\/strong> actually had the best dress. It was very like the one that Jennifer Lawrence had worn when she won her Oscar.<\/p>\n

LOCAL KTLA<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finally, a red carpet interviewer I actually liked<\/em>! Melvin Robert<\/strong> was nice to everyone, and actually listened to what they were saying. And I never saw him interrupt anyone. On behalf of all awards show viewers, I thank him for that. (I didn\u2019t realize he was the same dude that was featured on an invitation I had received just the day before! It\u2019s to a performance by the Gay Men\u2019s Chorus of Los Angeles, and he\u2019s one of the two guest singers! I\u2019d love to hear him, but, as Mr. X says I always am, I\u2019m overbooked this weekend. But you can still see them at the Saban in Beverly Hills both nights.)<\/p>\n

I loved that Melvin was so visibly touched to meet, and sing Ask of You<\/em> with, Raphael Saadiq<\/strong>. That was a lovely moment.<\/p>\n

Ken Jeong<\/strong> is magical. When he shows up, everyone just feels better. I know that I<\/em> do. I believe that he\u2019s really<\/em> happy to speak with everyone at these baloney shows.<\/p>\n

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Josh Dallas, looking like a putz, and Ginnifer Goodwin. Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n

How did Heidi Klum<\/strong> get such a fat face all of a sudden? She looked weird. And her body actually looked sort-of dumpy. She looked very matronly. I guess age gets to everybody, even former models. And what was she doing at the Oscars, anyway? She has absolutely nothing to do with the film business!<\/p>\n

Wunmi Mosaku<\/strong> from Sinners<\/em> always seems so nice. She\u2019s a stranger I really like.<\/p>\n

Does Ginnifer Goodwin<\/strong> think that hair looks good??? And with those gigantic ears, it\u2019s even worse. And what the heck was her husband, TV’s Josh Dallas<\/strong>, wearing??? He looked like a major putz.<\/p>\n

E CHANNEL<\/strong><\/p>\n

This was weird\u2014this show had only one<\/em> interviewer! All the others had multiple hosts; some even had a half dozen!<\/p>\n

\"Alicia<\/a>

Alicia Silverstone. Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n

So let me discuss her first. Zuri Hall was at least okay at her job, and is good-looking, but she was so rude from time to time\u2014talking to people about how much money they make!!! I\u2019ve never seen anything like that on a carpet. Ewww.<\/p>\n

Has anyone seen Alicia Silverstone<\/strong> and Miss Piggy together? At least there\u2019s one person in Hollywood who\u2019s not on Ozempic. And, not to pile on, but who did her makeup? You could fly first class with all those bags under her eyes!!! (I honestly did not have a clue that she played Jesse Plemons\u2019 mother in Bugonia<\/em>! Neither Mr. X more I recognized her in that film at all<\/em>!)<\/p>\n

Wow, this is a surprise\u2014Mike Fontaine<\/strong>, a white guy, did the hair and makeup for Sinners<\/em>!!! Maybe that was to do the vampire faces because otherwise that\u2019s seems a bit like a strange hire.<\/p>\n

Now Zuri Hall told Chase Infiniti<\/strong>, the young girl in One Battle After Another<\/em>, who was wearing a dress that was a lilac that was so faint it was almost white, \u201cYou\u2019re bringing the color on the carpet!!!\u201d What?! Does she not know pastel<\/em> from real color<\/em>???<\/p>\n

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Jacobi Jupe and his actor dad Chris. Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n

While those people were discussing baloney, there was my favorite actor\u2014adorable and darling twelve-year-old Jacobi Jupe,<\/strong> from Hamnet<\/em>.\u00a0He sweetly embraced his father instead of acting all obnoxious and independent to have his dad join him on the red carpet, as many other youngsters would have done nowadays.<\/p>\n

Is there anyone sweeter in show business than Miles Caton, the young guy from Sinners<\/em>? Even Mr. X paid attention to his interview here and said, \u201cWhat a nice guy. And so appreciative.\u201d What he<\/em> said.<\/p>\n

And his co-Sinners<\/em> actress, Wunmi Mosaku, is the best! I know I already mentioned her from the previous<\/em> interview, but she\u2019s so nice, I had to mention her twice.<\/p>\n

I was sort-of surprised all evening that the trio of Korean singers of Golden<\/em> are actually all\u2026American! The little one\u00a0even sounds more like a valley girl than I<\/em> do! They were so cute together. (On a side note, the tall one who wore big gold balls on her fingernails, definitely could not pick her nose that night! Just saying.)<\/p>\n

ABC NATIONAL<\/strong><\/p>\n

Note to ABC: it\u2019s not nice to shoot people\u2019s butts walking up the steps!<\/p>\n

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The rear view of Yvette Nicole Brown. It was so rude of ABC to open the show with that image of her walking up the Dolby’s steps! Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n

The best comment all night from a host was what Jesse Palmer<\/strong> said about F1<\/em>\u2019s Damson Idris<\/strong>, \u201cWe say in sports, \u2018look good, feel good, play good.\u2019 He\u2019s doing all three, and he\u2019s built for speed, as we all know.\u201d I\u2019m sure Damson appreciated those sentiments.<\/p>\n

Acting nominee, (for The Secret Agent<\/em>,)\u00a0Wagner Moura<\/strong> seems so nice.<\/p>\n

What the heck was eventual winner, Amy Madigan<\/strong>, wearing??? I know she\u2019s not young, and is very wrinkled, but she could have done waaaay better! But she speaks sooo well and everything she says is so sincere. When wished \u201cgood luck\u201d by the red carpet host Tamron Hall<\/strong>, she replied with a super sincere, \u201cThank you so much! I really appreciate it!\u201d<\/p>\n

I was very surprised that when the show was beginning in just fifteen minutes, no big stars had been interviewed yet!!! And this was the official Oscars arrivals show!!! (All the other pre-shows were in the same boat.)<\/p>\n

Sigourney Weaver<\/strong> could have chosen a sooo much better outfit.<\/p>\n

Kate Hudson<\/strong> looked great, especially her creamy skin and her arms.<\/p>\n

Ethan Hawke<\/strong> gave the best interview! He imparted true interesting information.<\/p>\n

And that is a wrap for the 2026 awards season! Well, after I tell you about a couple of Gifting Suites in the next few days, of course. And then it\u2019s on to sports-watching for me.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

OSCARS ARRIVALS SHOWS 2026 I tweeted much more during the arrivals than during the show, when I wanted to pay attention to the proceedings. And the arrivals nonsense always has the most to snark about. You can still read the tweets @MajorCelebrity, and then, if you don\u2019t already, please follow me while you\u2019re there, so<\/p>\n

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