Zendaya harbors ‘a little animosity’ over losing ‘Dancing with the Stars’
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Zendaya is an Emmy-winning actress and a household name. She also was runner-up on season 16 of Dancing with the Stars.
The actress came in second place on the dancing competition show back in 2013, over a decade ago. In a recent W magazine cover story, her interviewer said she should have won the program. Zendaya seemed to agree.
“Listen, I’m still harboring a little animosity about that,” Zendaya said.
She competed on season 16 of the show with partner Val Chmerkovskiy when she was just 16 years old, saying it was tough to lose the competition at such a young age.
“I felt that loss. I was only 16 years old, and it was highly stressful,” Zendaya said. “Being on live television every week? It’s so scary.”
The actress also said she wished she’d embraced a more fun approach to the show.
“I took it very seriously, which, in retrospect, I wish I didn’t. I wish I’d enjoyed it a little bit more and just was like, ‘Eh, whatever.’ You know what I mean?” Zendaya said. “But I was stressing myself out. I really went through it on that.”
The 30th annual Critics Choice Awards took place Friday night, hosted by Chelsea Handler. The show aired on E! and is now available to stream on Peacock. Here’s the list of winners:
Film categories:
BEST PICTURE Anora
BEST ACTOR Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
BEST ACTRESS Demi Moore – The Substance
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez
BEST YOUNG ACTOR / ACTRESS Maisy Stella – My Old A**
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE Conclave
BEST DIRECTOR Jon M. Chu – Wicked
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Peter Straughan – Conclave
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Jarin Blaschke – Nosferatu
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales – Wicked
BEST EDITING Marco Costa – Challengers
BEST COSTUME DESIGN Paul Tazewell – Wicked
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP Stéphanie Guillon, Frédérique Arguello, Pierre-Olivier Persin – The Substance
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, Gerd Nefzer – Dune: Part Two
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE The Wild Robot
BEST COMEDY (TIE) A Real Pain Deadpool & Wolverine
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Emilia Pérez
BEST SONG “El Mal” – Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Camille – Emilia Pérez
BEST SCORE Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Challengers
Series categories:
BEST DRAMA SERIES Shōgun
BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES Hiroyuki Sanada – Shōgun
BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES Kathy Bates – Matlock
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES Tadanobu Asano – Shōgun
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES Moeka Hoshi – Shōgun
BEST COMEDY SERIES Hacks
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES Adam Brody – Nobody Wants This
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES Jean Smart – Hacks
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES Michael Urie – Shrinking
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES Hannah Einbinder – Hacks
BEST LIMITED SERIES Baby Reindeer
BEST MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION Rebel Ridge
BEST ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION Colin Farrell – The Penguin
BEST ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION Cristin Milioti – The Penguin
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION Liev Schreiber – The Perfect Couple
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION Jessica Gunning – Baby Reindeer
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE SERIES Squid Game
BEST ANIMATED SERIES X-Men ’97
BEST TALK SHOW John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in L.A.
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Karla Sofía Gascón is making history with her 2025 Oscars nomination.
With her best actress nomination for Emilia Pérez, Gascón becomes the first openly trans actor to be nominated for an Academy Award.
Gascón plays the titular role in the film, a Mexican drug cartel leader who — with the help of a lawyer played by Zoe Saldaña — fakes her death and undergoes gender-affirming surgery. Years later, Emilia attempts to right the wrongs of her past and reconnect with her former wife, played by Selena Gomez, and her children.
The Spanish actress previously won the best actress award at the Cannes Film Festival — shared with co-stars Saldaña, Gomez and Adriana Paz — and was nominated for a Golden Globe. In addition to her Oscar nomination, she is up for a Critics’ Choice Movie Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Elliot Page was previously nominated for an Oscar for his role in Juno in 2008, prior to coming out as transgender.
Emilia Pérez is the most-nominated film of the year at the 97th Academy Awards, having scored 13 nominations — including Gascón’s and a coveted best picture nod.
Other nominations for the film include best supporting actress for Saldaña, best cinematography, best director for Jacques Audiard, best film editing, best international feature film, best makeup and hairstyling, best original score, best original song for “El Mal” and “Mi Camino,” best sound and best adapted screenplay.
Find out if Gascón can take home the trophy when the 2025 Oscars air live on ABC and stream live on Hulu on Sunday, March 2, beginning at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.
Moana 2 led the box office once again this weekend, following its record-breaking Thanksgiving weekend debut. The Disney animated sequel brought in $52 million in its second week of release, bringing its domestic total to $300 million.
Coming in second place was Wicked: Part 1, with $34.9 million, followed by Gladiator II with $12.5 million.
This week’s new release, the horror comedy Y2K, was no match for that powerhouse box office trio, failing to crack the top five with just $2.1 million. Kyle Mooney’s directorial debut, starring Rachel Zegler and Jaeden Martell, imagines what would happen if New Year’s Eve 1999 went horribly wrong.
1. Moana 2 – $52 million 2. Wicked: Part 1 – $34.9 million 3. Gladiator II – $12.5 million 4. Pushpa: The Rule, Part 2 – $9.3 million 5. Red One – $7 million 6. Interstellar (Rerelease) – $4.4 million 7. Solo Leveling: ReAwakening – $2.4 million 8. Y2K – $2.1 million 9. For King + Country: A Drummer Boy Christmas – Live – $2 million 10. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever – $1.5 million
