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Conan O’Brien will return as host for the 99th Academy Awards in 2027, with ABC and the production team confirming his third hosting gig and suggesting Matt Berry could come back as announcer. The digest also notes Demi Moore’s Cannes AI remarks, the death of film critic Rex Reed, and The Devil Wears Prada 2’s weekend box-office win over Mortal Kombat II.
Rex Reed, the influential and often acerbic film critic who helped shape the post–Pauline Kael era, died May 12 in Manhattan at age 87 after a short illness. A longtime writer for The New York Times, GQ, Esquire, Vogue and the New York Observer, he was a fixture on talk shows in the 1960s and ’70s for his wit and candor; he also acted in Gore Vidal’s Myra Breckinridge, which he called a train wreck and which earned infamy for its controversial gender-bending casting.
Rex Reed, a longtime and outspoken film critic for The New York Observer, died at 87 in Manhattan after a short illness, ending a six-decade career that included eight books, occasional acting roles, and a legacy of provocative, sometimes controversial comments about Hollywood stars.
Rex Reed, the flamboyant film critic and author whose sharp reviews and provocative Hollywood interviews helped shape entertainment journalism, died in Manhattan after a brief illness at age 87. A New York media fixture for decades, he wrote for the New York Daily News, the New York Post, and The New York Observer, acted in Myra Breckinridge, and authored eight books.
Rex Reed, a brash, sharp-witted film critic who helped redefine Hollywood commentary in the 1960s and wrote for The New York Times and The New York Observer, died at his Manhattan home at 87. A longtime New York social figure, Reed was known for provocative, sometimes offensive reviews and portraits of stars that sparked controversy— including quips about Oldboy and Melissa McCarthy— while also acting and publishing widely read profiles and books.