Ben Stiller suffers stage mishap while presenting at Oscars 2025

Ben Stiller suffers stage mishap while presenting at Oscars 2025 Have YOU got a story? Email [email protected] Oscars 2025 live updates: Awards, red carpet news, best and worst dressed, winner recaps, and more By SAMEER SURI FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 03:31, 3 March 2025 | Updated: 03:31, 3 March 2025 e-mail View comments Ben Stiller pretended to suffer a stage mishap in a hilarious bit, while presenting at the Oscars this Sunday at Hollywood's Dolby Theatre.

Parks And Recreation star Nick Offerman , who was narrating the ceremony, introduced him once - then again when he failed to materialize the first time. At that point Ben, 59, began to be lifted onto the stage from underneath with the help of an elevator, only for the machine to stall. To gales of laughter from the audience, Ben stared out at them stony-faced, visible only from the chest up because of the supposedly malfunctioning lift.

The Tropic Thunder star got an even bigger laugh from the assembled celebrities when he announced the category he was presenting - production design. 'It is a field where the slightest miscalculation can lose the trust of the audience and humiliate the performers onscreen,' he deadpanned. Ben Stiller pretended to suffer a stage mishap in a hilarious bit, while presenting at the Oscars this Sunday at Hollywood's Dolby Theatre As he worked his way through his speech, he clambered painfully out of the lift and onto the stage, stumbling as he went.

Once he got to his proper mark, Ben presented the Oscar for best production design to Nathan Crowley and Lee Sandales for Wicked. Read More Her dad acted with Cameron Diaz before landing Schitt's Creek and mom was on SNL..

. who is this nepo kid? This year's Oscars are hosted by beloved former late-night host Conan O'Brien, who is compering the ceremony for the first time. After his hiring was announced, the famously self-effacing comedian joked: 'I only agreed to host so that I could get invited.

' Emilia Pérez, the Spanish-language musical starring Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldana and Karla Sofia Gascon , leads the nominations with 13 nods including best picture. Karla is nominated for best actress for her performance as a cartel chief who pretends to die in order to transition into a woman. Her Oscars campaign was torpedoed by resurfaced old tweets in which Karla made controversial remarks on such subjects as George Floyd and Islam.

Zoe is also nominated for best supporting actress, with Jacques Audriard also in the running for best director for his work on the picture. Parks And Recreation star Nick Offerman , who was narrating the ceremony, introduced him once - then again when he failed to materialize the first time At that point Ben, 59, began to be lifted onto the stage from underneath with the help of an elevator, only for the machine to stall To gales of laughter from the audience, Ben stared out at them stony-faced, visible only from the chest up because of the supposedly malfunctioning lift The Tropic Thunder star got an even bigger laugh from the assembled celebrities when he announced the category he was presenting - production design 'It is a field where the slightest miscalculation can lose the trust of the audience and humiliate the performers onscreen,' he deadpanned As he worked his way through his speech, he clambered painfully out of the lift and onto the stage, stumbling as he went Once he got to his proper mark, Ben presented the Oscar for best production design to Nathan Crowley and Lee Sandales for Wicked The Brutalist, starring Adrien Brody as a Hungarian Jewish Holocaust survivor working as an architect in postwar America, is just behind Emilia Perez with 10 nods. Adrien is nominated for best actor, as are Brady Corbet for best director, Guy Pearce for best supporting actor and Felicity Jones for best supporting actress.

Wicked is tied with The Brutalist with 10 nods, including best picture, best actress for Cynthia Erivo and best supporting actress for Ariana Grande. Anora, Sean Baker's rollicking Palme d'Or winner from last year's Cannes Film Festival, is also competing for the best picture honor. Its leading lady Mikey Madison is up for best actress for her role as a New York stripper, as is Russian actor Yura Borisov for best supporting actor.

Other best picture nominees include the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, starring Timothee Chalamet, who is in contention for best actor. The drama Conclave about the election of a new Pope, the sci-fi epic Dune: Part Two and the Brazilian political film I'm Still Here are also up for best picture. So is last year's buzzy horror film The Substance, whose leading lady Demi Moore is nominated for best actress for the first time in her long and glamorous career .

Adrien was widely tipped to win best actor, until Timothee won the Screen Actors Guild Award last weekend in a surprise turn that has upset many predictions. Best actress is a hazier category, with some predicting that Demi will win after the shower of acclaim she received for her comeback performance in The Substance. Kieran Culkin seems likely to win best supporting actor for A Real Pain, written and directed by his co-star Jesse Eisenberg , given he has swept the awards circuit so far.

Zoe has also landed a number of wins on the awards circuit for best supporting actress, in a category that includes Ariana Grande as Glinda in Wicked and Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez in A Complete Unknown. Anora won best picture at both the Directors Guild Of America Awards and the Producers Guild Of America Awards, both of which are regarded as bellwethers for the Oscars, particularly taken together. Oscar winners 2025 full list - see who received honors for this year's Academy Awards Best Picture Anora The Brutalist A Complete Unknown Conclave Dune: Part Two Emilia Pérez I’m Still Here Nickel Boys The Substance Wicked Emilia Pérez leads this year's Oscar nominees with 13, including for best picture, actress, supporting actress and director Best Director Jacques Audiard — Emilia Pérez Sean Baker — Anora 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 Demi Moore — The Substance Fernanda Torres — I’m Still Here The Substance has been nominated for numerous Oscars, including Best Actress for Demi Moore Actor in a Leading Role Adrien Brody — The Brutalist Timothée Chalamet — A Complete Unknown Colman Domingo — Sing Sing Ralph Fiennes — Conclave Sebastian Stan — The Apprentice The Brutalist came in second place with 10 nods, including for best picture, actor (Adrien Brody), supporting actor (Guy Peare) and supporting actress (Felicity Jones) 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 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 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 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 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 Flow is nominated for both International Feature Film and Animated Feature Film Documentary Short Film Death by Numbers I Am Ready, Warden Incident Instruments of a Beating Heart The Only Girl in the Orchestra - WINNER I nternational 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) Kieran Culkin has dominated the supporting actor categories in recent weeks for Jesse Eisenberg's drama A Real Pain 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 Achievement in Film Editing Anora — Sean Baker - WINNER The Brutalist — David Jancso Conclave — Nick Emerson Emilia Pérez — Juliette Welfling Wicked — Myron Kerstein Anora is nominated for several Oscars, including best picture, actress, supporting actor, director, screenplay and editing Visual Effects Alien: Romulus Better Man Dune: Part Two - WINNER Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Wicked Ben Stiller Oscars Share or comment on this article: Ben Stiller suffers stage mishap while presenting at Oscars 2025 e-mail Add comment Comments 0 Share what you think No comments have so far been submitted.

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