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Some of the nominees vying for Oscars this year share a history of negative commentary about President Donald Trump, and the messages of some of the featured films could play a part in determining if the ceremony has a political bent.

Hosted by Conan O’Brien, this year’s Oscars may be walking a “political tightrope,” as one Politico report put it last week. Liberal Hollywood figures could be eager for anti-Trump commentary, but a new survey shows a plurality of even Californians think the entertainment industry has too much political influence.

According to the UC Berkeley Citrin Center for Public Opinion Research-POLITICO poll of Californians, 48% of respondents said Hollywood has too much influence on politics, while 47% said Hollywood is too liberal.

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Several celebrities wore an ‘ICE OUT’ pin at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards. (Etienne Laurent / AFP via Getty Images)

Natalie Portman, who produced the Oscar-nominated animated feature “Arco,” said at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival in January, “What’s going on in our country right now is absolutely horrific with what the federal government, Trump’s government, Kristi Noem, ICE — what they are doing is really the worst of the worst of humanity.”

Wunmi Mosaku was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the movie “Sinners,” a horror movie about the Jim Crow south. At the Actor Awards in March, Mosaku wore an “ICE Out” pin on the red carpet and said, “I want ICE out. I don’t believe in what this administration is inflicting on the people in this country, and I think it’s atrocious.”

She also said that she struggled to celebrate her Oscar nomination.

 “I’ve not been able to celebrate because of what’s going on right now, with the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by ICE agents in Minnesota,” Mosaku told The Times of London.

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Ethan Hawke, a staunch Democratic Party supporter who was nominated for Best Actor for his role in “Blue Moon,” said in a January interview, “There’s a kind of fear in the air that I’ve never felt before… And it’s not America.”

Hawke also said during a 2026 Sundance Film Festival interview, “It’s entirely possible that Trump is doing us a great favor by teaching America what oligarchy means.”

Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein” received nine nominations, including for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. In a 2017 press conference, del Toro said the Trump era is a “cancer.”

Oscar winner Leonardo DiCaprio was nominated for Best Actor for another politically charged movie “One Battle After Another,” whose villain is a racist, nativist general targeting a group of hard-left revolutionaries. DiCaprio has a history of anti-Trump commentary, including endorsing Kamala Harris‘ failed 2024 presidential bid, and claiming the president was denying science when it comes to climate change.

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“Today, the future livability of our planet was threatened by President Trump’s careless decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement,” DiCaprio wrote on Facebook.

Teyana Taylor, who was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for “One Battle After Another,” is yet another figure who could offer anti-Trump commentary.

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In October 2017, Taylor was reportedly spotted wearing a chain that read, “F— Donald Trump.”

Comedian Bruce Vilanch, who has written for dozens of Academy Awards telecasts, told Politico he expected O’Brien to acknowledge the turbulence of the current Trump presidency but in a way that would take the seriousness out of it.

“My job is to always try and hit this very, very thin line between entertaining people and also acknowledging some of the realities,” O’Brien said Wednesday, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Fox News’ Madison Colombo contributed to this report.

Archaeologists have uncovered a lost medieval town nestled in a remote forest — and new evidence is revealing what the city looked like before its sudden decline.

Researchers uncovered the remains of Stolzenberg, a medieval town that appears to have collapsed in the 14th or 15th century, in a forest outside the modern-day Polish village of Sławoborze.

The city was founded on the border of Pomerania and Neumark, a historically contested border region between Germany and Poland.

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Guided by historical sources, researchers first searched for Stolzenberg’s remains in present-day Sławoborze — but they ““found no features confirming the medieval town’s location.

In the forest, however, researchers found massive earthen ramparts and an 18-foot-deep moat, said archaeologist Marcin Krzepkowski of the Relicta Foundation.

Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of the lost medieval town of Stolzenberg in a forest outside the modern-day Polish village of Sławoborze. (Fundacja Relicta)

Krzepkowski told Fox News Digital that a recent geophysical survey confirmed the site of the lost city after researchers had already gathered archaeological finds and cartographic data.

“The results of these surveys dispelled any remaining doubts,” he said.

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“In the central part of the area surrounded by the moat, regular magnetic anomalies were revealed, indicating the existence of remains of buildings surrounding the rectangular market square, the city’s central square,” researchers noted.

“This layout is typical of medieval towns founded under German law. Traces of buildings can also be seen along the street leading to the expected city gate.”

Archaeologists combined historical sources, cartographic data and field surveys to pinpoint the lost city’s location. (Fundacja Relicta)

Metal detectorists also unearthed over 400 artifacts, some of them as old as the Bronze Age and a few — including containers filled with meat products and butter — dating as recently as World War II.

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“The most valuable artifacts for us were medieval, confirming that the site was in use at the time,” Krzepkowski said.

“These included silver coins, metal belt elements and coat clasps typical of medieval bourgeois costume.”

“Strange as it may seem, cities were sometimes relocated to new, more convenient locations, even as far as a dozen or so kilometers.”

Archaeologists also found tools like knives and iron padlocks — but the most significant discovery, Krzepkowski said, was fragments of cannon grenades and lead rifle bullets.

“We linked [these artifacts] to a battle that took place in this area in 1761 between Russian and Prussian forces, [during] the Seven Years’ War,” he said.

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“All these artifacts testify to the rich and complex past of this site, which is not limited to the late Middle Ages, when the town of Stolzenberg existed.”

Experts are unsure why Stolzenberg was abandoned — and Krzepkowski said there were likely multiple factors behind its decline.

Containers filled with meat products and butter dating to World War II, seen at right, were also uncovered, among hundreds of recovered items. (Fundacja Relicta)

“Strange as it may seem, cities were sometimes relocated to new, more convenient locations, even as far as a dozen or so kilometers,” he remarked.

“This could be due, for example, to proximity to a river and the threat of flooding, or to the search for a location that would allow for faster development. … Sometimes, a town’s decline was caused by shifting trade routes or competition from other nearby towns.”

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Krzepkowski noted that the Relicta Foundation specializes in lost medieval cities, and in the case of Stolzenberg, it’s “difficult to pinpoint the time and cause of its decline.”

“We’ve only discovered a few artifacts that can be dated to the 16th or 17th century,” said Krzepkowski. “This suggests that the town was already gone by that time. … The decline may have occurred in the 14th or 15th century.”

“This site is a true time capsule, harboring many mysteries.”

He added, “The topic of vanished medieval towns in Europe is incredibly fascinating, both at the identification stage and during further research. Their search is incredibly fascinating because they typically existed for a short time, and therefore very little historical data has survived.”

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Interestingly, archaeologists uncovered proof that some urban plots appeared undeveloped — which Krzepkowski said indicates “that the town fell at a relatively early stage, and its entire planned area was not developed.”

Looking ahead, researchers will now try to confirm the location of Stolzenberg’s town hall and church, as well as learn more about the city’s layout.

“All these artifacts testify to the rich and complex past of this site,” said Krzepkowski. (Fundacja Relicta)

The Relicta Foundation is hopeful that bioarchaeological analyses can even reveal the health status of the town’s former inhabitants and their diets.

Krzepkowski said that, though the research has taken years, his team is “still at the beginning of the journey.”

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“This site is a true time capsule, harboring many mysteries,” he said. 

“Unraveling them will help us better understand the settlement and city-forming processes in this part of Europe.”

A very painful and major accident took place last night (14 March) during a wedding ceremony in Manjhiyawan village under Obra police station area of ​​Aurangabad district. Here, in an atmosphere of joy, during the Jaymala, a portico suddenly collapsed. In this accident, two people died tragically due to being buried under the debris, while 25 other people were seriously injured. This heart-wrenching incident turned the auspicious wedding songs into screams and mourning in a moment.

According to the information received, the wedding procession of the daughter of Ramvyas Singh, resident of Manjhiyawan village, had come and there was an atmosphere of happiness all around. During the Jayamala program, a large number of women had climbed the portico next to the house to watch it. Due to excessive crowd and heavy weight, the portico could not bear the weight and suddenly broke and fell down. Unfortunately, Akhileshwar Yadav and Satyanarayan Singh were sitting just below the portico, who were hit by the heavy debris.

Relief and situation of the injured

As soon as the accident happened, there was chaos in the function. Local people immediately started rescue by removing the debris and informed the Obra police. All the injured were hurriedly taken to various hospitals in Obra and Aurangabad. After investigation there, doctors declared Akhileshwar and Satyanarayan dead. Considering the serious condition of some of the other 25 injured, they have been referred to a higher centre.

Both the deceased were brothers of the bride.

It is said that both the deceased were brothers of the bride. Akhileshwar Yadav was working as a civil operator in Kalyan Chak Colliery located in Chirkunda, Dhanbad. There are two daughters and one son in his family, out of which one daughter is married. Whereas, the second deceased Satyanarayan Yadav was a farmer by profession. He also has two daughters and a son, and he got all his three children married.

Due to this unexpected incident, the atmosphere of the entire village is sad and the family members are crying and in bad condition. Kunal Pratap, son of former Obra MLA Birendra Singh and social activist Abhimanyu Yadav, sarpanch of Tejpura Panchayat, who were present at the spot at the time of the incident, have expressed deep grief over this incident.

The 98th Academy Awards are here.

Year after year, Hollywood’s biggest stars gather at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles to acknowledge the best in their industry for their work that year.

While many actors consider winning an Oscar the highest honor of their career, others have said it isn’t something they are particularly interested in achieving.

Fox News contributor Raymond Arroyo, who hosts “Arroyo Grande with Raymond Arroyo,” agrees with those who say winning an award no longer boosts your relevancy, blaming certain decisions made by the Academy.

Seyfried has questioned the importance of the Oscars. (Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)

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“Over the years due to streaming and terrible choices made by the Academy, the Oscars and its influence have waned,” Arroyo explained. Time was an Oscar guaranteed you work forever. That’s no longer the case, just ask Mira Sorvino and Cuba Gooding Jr! And they won them 20+ years ago. The Oscar just doesn’t have the power even within the industry that it once had.”

Overall, when it comes to the future of the awards show, Arroyo says: “Young people don’t care. The Oscars mean nothing to them.

“Like the Grammys and the Emmys, ‘when the product itself no longer touches the lives of a wide audience, the adjacent awards become meaningless,'” he said. 

Here is a look back at what some stars have said about the Oscars.

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Dennis Quaid

Quaid said he’s enjoying his work more than ever because he isn’t chasing an Oscar, before adding with a laugh, “Says the guy who never won an Oscar.” (Daniele Venturelli/Getty Images)

In a recent interview on the “Out of Order” podcast, actor Dennis Quaid looked back at his decades-long career in Hollywood.

During the conversation, Quaid discussed some of his iconic movies from the early 2000s, with the podcast host praising him for continuing to be a big movie star with many films in the works for this year. When it comes to how he feels making movies today, Quaid said he is “enjoying it a lot even more than I did back then,” 

“Because I’m just doing the stuff that I…I’m not trying to get anywhere,” he explained. “I’m not trying to push, you know, get an Oscar because who cares about that? Says the guy who never won an Oscar.  I’m not trying to be anything. I’m just doing the stuff that I love to do, and I really enjoy it.

Despite “not trying to get anywhere,” Quaid starred in “The Substance,” one of the biggest movies of 2024, alongside Margaret Qualley and Demi Moore, who received an Academy Award nomination for her work in the film.

Amanda Seyfried

Seyfried said winning an Oscar is not necessary, but the nomination is beneficial. (The Hapa Blonde/GC Images)

When the nominations for the 2026 Academy Awards were announced in January, many fans were enraged that Amanda Seyfried was not nominated for her leading role in “The Testaments of Anne Lee,” However, in an interview with The New Yorker conducted before nominations were announced, Seyfried said winning one “isn’t necessary.”

“Do you remember who won in the past 10 years? It’s not the win that’s important. It’s the nomination. It does thrust you forward. That’s a fact. Now, do I need one in a week or two or whenever? No, of course, I don’t,” she said. Would it be great? Of course it would, for every reason…but it isn’t necessary.”

Arroyo agrees with Seyfried, admitting “the term Academy Award winner still has some cultural resonance,” but it is not the same as in the past.

“It no longer has the mystique or power that it once had,” he told Fox News Digital. “Hollywood insiders still fight over the golden statue, but it’s more of a status symbol within the industry than outside of it. Here’s a question: what movie won best picture this year and last year? I’ll bet you don’t know. Neither do most people.”

Seyfried previously received a nomination for her role in “Mank.” (ABC via Getty Images)

Seyfried previously received a nomination in 2021 for her supporting role in “Mank” and argued that “longevity in an actor’s career is designed,” and has more to do with the roles they choose than the awards they have won.

She explained that in her eyes she has proven herself in the industry and although her career has had highs and lows, she has stayed “consistent in my choices and I’m consistent in my values and my needs.”

“Every single choice I made in that movie was as artful as the choices I made in Ann Lee,” she said in reference to her popular movie, “The Housemaid.” “I finally was able to marry the two in my heart and in my head, and I realized that is what I want for the rest of my career. I’m going to jump between genres as much as I can, and jump between indies and studios. So I’ve gotten this far without an Oscar. Why would I need one now?”

Denzel Washington

Washington has won two Oscars, but is not a fan of ceremony. (Ralph Dominguez/MediaPunch via Getty Images; MIKE NELSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Denzel Washington has two Academy Awards to his name, but during an interview with “Jake’s Takes” in August 2025 that he doesn’t base his career off of awards, adding, “I don’t care about that kind of stuff.”

“I’ve been at this a long time, and there’s time when I won and shouldn’t have won and then didn’t win and should’ve won,” he said. “Man gives the award. God gives the reward.”

“I’m not that interested in Oscars. People ask me, ‘Where do I keep it?’ Well, next to the other one. I’m not bragging! Just telling you how I feel about it,” he added. “On my last day, [Oscars] aren’t going to do me a bit of good.”

The actor’s two Oscar wins were for his supporting role in the 1989 movie “Glory,” and for his leading role in the 2001 movie “Training Day.”

Matt Damon

Damon is not a fan of the campaigning that goes into winning an Oscar. (Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for Netflix)

Matt Damon won an Academy Award in 1998 for writing the screenplay for “Good Will Hunting,” but he has since been turned off by the culture surrounding the award show.

During an appearance on Netflix’s “Skip Intro” podcast, he said awards season is his least favorite part of the industry.

“What I don’t like is this idea of campaigning,” he said. “It seems completely backwards to me and odd. Maybe it’s good for movies, just having it all out there and gets the culture thinking and talking about movies. I hope that’s the case.”

Aside from his 1998 win for screenwriting, Damon has been nominated for an Academy Award three times for his work as an actor, including in “Good Will Hunting,” “Invictus” and “The Martian.”

Damon won an Academy Award in 1998. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)

Arroyo agreed with Damon, arguing that the campaigning ultimately diminishes the value of the award itself.

“When people are spending millions of dollars to lobby for their actor, or screenplay, or film, it’s an acquired prize, not necessarily an earned one,” he explained. “So, of course, the true value is diminished.”

Ethan Hawke

Hawke is nominated at this year’s Academy Awards for his role in “Blue Moon.” (Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty Images)

Ethan Hawke is nominated at the Academy Awards this year for his leading role in the film “Blue Moon,” but once called the award show “asinine.”

“People want to turn everything in this country (America) into a competition,” he told Gotham magazine in February 2013. “So it’s clear who the winner is and who the loser is…It’s why they like to announce the grosses of movies, because it’s a way of saying, ‘This one is Number One.’ It’s so asinine.”

He went on to point out “how many forgettable, stupid movies have won Oscars” and, in his opinion, “how many mediocre performers have Oscars above their fireplace,” adding that making “chasing these fake carrots” the “priority” of actors is “really destructive.”

Hawke called awards season “really destructive” to actors. ( Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)

Following his takedown of the award show, he released a statement clarifying his comments.

“I think the Oscars do a very good job in representing much of the great work in a given year,” he said. “Inevitably though, many great films and performances are not recognized and can be overlooked due to the mass marketing and PR machines that march through the awards season. I don’t mean to take anything away from the genuine and deserved excitement that every nominee should feel.” 

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Anthony Hopkins

Hopkins said he finds campaigning “disgusting.” (Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images for The Red Sea International Film Festival)

During an interview with The Huffington Post in November 2012, Anthony Hopkins shared his least favorite part about award season.

When discussing the Oscar buzz surrounding his new film at the time, “Hitchcock,” the actor said he was “sort of relieved” his work schedule was keeping him from the campaigning process, explaining that “(a) I can’t do it, and (b) it makes no difference.”

“You know, I’ve been around — I’ve got the Oscar myself for ‘Silence of the Lambs’ – and having to be nice to people and to be charming and flirting with them … oh, come on!” he explained. “People go out of their way to flatter the nominating body and I think it’s kind of disgusting. That’s always been against my nature.”

He explained that he finds it “nauseating to watch and disgusting to behold” people sucking up to others in order to win the award.

Hopkins has won two Academy Awards. (Frank Trapper/Corbis via Getty Images)

“People groveling around and kissing the backsides of famous producers and all that. It makes me want to throw up, it really does,” he said. “It’s sick-making. I’ve seen it so many times. I saw it fairly recently, last year. Some great producer-mogul and everyone kisses this guy’s backside. I think, ‘What are they doing? Don’t they have any self respect?’ I wanted to say, ‘F— off.’

Hopkins has two Academy Award wins under his belt, including one for his lead role in “Silence of the Lambs” and another for his lead role in “The Father.” He also has an additional four nominations.

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Joaquin Phoenix

Phoenix said he doesn’t “believe in” awards. (Gisela Schober/Getty Images)

Joaquin Phoenix is an Academy Award-winning actor, but in a conversation with Interview magazine in October 2012, he admitted he thinks award shows are “the stupidest thing in the whole world.”

I’m just saying that I think it’s bulls—. I think it’s total, utter bulls—, and I don’t want to be a part of it,” he said. “I don’t believe in it.”

He referred to the awards as “a carrot” being dangled in front of an actor, but called it “the worst-tasting carrot” he’s ever had in his life, before adding, “I don’t want this carrot.”

Phoenix won an Academy Award in 2020 for his role in “Joker.” (Steve Granitz/WireImage)

“Pitting people against each other…It’s the stupidest thing in the whole world,” he said. “It was one of the most uncomfortable periods of my life when ‘Walk the Line’ was going through all the awards stuff and all that. I never want to have that experience again. I don’t know how to explain it—and it’s not like I’m in this place where I think I’m just above it—but I just don’t ever want to get comfortable with that part of things.”

His statement came prior to his 2020 win at the Academy Awards for his leading role in “Joker.” He was previously nominated for “The Master,” “Walk the Line” and “Gladiator.”

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Bradley Cooper

Cooper said the Oscars foster the mentality of thinking it’s all about me. (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)

During a conversation with his “A Star Is Born” co-star, Anthony Ramos for Interview Magazine, Bradley Cooper discussed awards season and how they can mess with someone’s mind.

Ramos began by saying that once you start getting invited to these types of events, “it can be very easy for you, meaning me, to think, ‘It’s about me. I’m the only one here from my cast, so it’s only me,'” with Cooper adding that awards season can be “a real test.”

“It’s set up to foster that mentality. It’s quite a thing to work through, and it’s completely devoid of artistic creation,” Cooper said. “It’s not why you sacrifice everything to create art, and yet you spend so much time being a part of it if you’re, in quotes, “lucky enough to be a part of it.” It’s ultimately a great thing because it really does make you face ego, vanity, and insecurity. It’s very interesting and utterly meaningless.”

Ramos then added that while it can be easy to make it about yourself, “we forget is that we’re a representation of the story” that 150 to 200 people came together to create, and it should be about the team.

Cooper has been nominated for 12 Academy Awards in various categories. (Michael Buckner/Penske Media via Getty Images)

Cooper has never won an Academy Award, but has been nominated 12 times at the award show in various categories, including acting, screenwriting and producing, for films such as “Maestro,” “Nightmare Alley,” “Joker” and “Silver Linings Playbook.”

“You have to remember this was always Hollywood granting awards to Hollywood. It’s an insider industry award, granted by those within the industry. It’s really no different than the tire industry awarding best tire salesman of the year,” Arroyo said.

He continued: “The Oscars only had power because we all loved movies and it was a point of unity for Americans and the world. But those days are long behind us. The films often chosen for best picture. Do not reflect popular appetites or excellence in cinema. There are a lot of arthouse movies and foreign films that no one saw or will see.”

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