Ballet legend Misty Copeland set the 2026 Oscars red carpet alight, turning heads in a daring ensemble ahead of a possible showdown with Timothée Chalamet over his controversial ‘no one cares about ballet’ remark.
The 43-year-old is ready to carry out at the ceremony, whereas Chalamet will attend as a Best Actor nominee, setting the stage for what might be one of Hollywood’s most awkward moments.
Chalamet sparked livid backlash after making the remarks throughout a Variety/CNN Town Hall, saying: ‘I don’t need to be working in ballet or opera. Things the place it’s like, “Hey, keep this thing alive, even though no one cares about this anymore.”‘
While he later tried to stroll again his feedback, Copeland insisted that Chalamet would not have the ‘alternatives he has as a film star’ with out ‘opera and ballet.’
On Sunday, Copeland turned up the glamour in a plunging go well with jacket paired with a dramatic white skirt, making certain all eyes had been on her ahead of the possibly cringe-worthy encounter with Chalamet.
The dancer flaunted her décolletage with confidence, proving that Chalamet’s phrases couldn’t cease her from stealing the highlight and having fun with the night time.
Ballet legend Misty Copeland set the 2026 Oscars pink carpet alight, turning heads in a daring ensemble ahead of a possible showdown with Timothée Chalamet over his controversial ‘no one cares about ballet’ comment
The 43-year-old is ready to carry out at the ceremony, whereas Chalamet will attend as a Best Actor nominee, setting the stage for what might be one of Hollywood’s most awkward moments
Earlier this week, Copeland introduced her Oscars efficiency through social media, marking a triumphant return to the stage simply weeks after revealing she had undergone hip alternative surgical procedure late final 12 months.
On 25 February, she shared that she had spent the previous few months ‘healing – physically, mentally, and patiently.’
Around the identical time as her efficiency announcement, Copeland took goal at Chalamet’s dismissive feedback about opera and ballet, insisting that each artwork varieties have an ‘enduring relevance in culture.’
The performer had beforehand promoted Chalamet’s movie Marty Supreme final 12 months, sharing a throwback image of herself doing ballet as a baby.
Speaking at an Aveeno panel in a clip shared on TikTok, she stated: ‘First I have to say that it’s very interesting that he invited me to be a part of promoting Marty Supreme with respect to my art form.
‘But I think that it’s important that we acknowledge that, yes, this is an art form that is not “popular” and a part of pop culture as movies are. But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have enduring relevance in culture.’
She continued: ‘I think it’s often mistaken when something is popular that it’s meaningful or more impactful. There’s a reason that the opera and ballet have been around for over 400 years.
‘I think when you have access and you have opportunity to be a part of something that can change your life, and that’s the work that I’ve done been doing with the Misty Copeland Foundation.’
Chalamet sparked furious backlash after making the remarks during a Variety/ CNN Town Hall, saying: ‘I don’t need to be working in ballet or opera. Things the place it’s like, “Hey, keep this thing alive, even though no one cares about this anymore”‘; (pictured March 1)
On Sunday, Copeland turned up the glamour in a plunging go well with jacket paired with a dramatic white skirt, making certain all eyes had been on her ahead of the possibly cringe-worthy encounter with Chalamet
She concluded: ‘That’s the work I’ve completed my complete profession, is to deliver extra folks into it so that individuals do perceive the significance and the relevance of it in our communities and our tradition, and also you see it mirrored in all places.
‘I imply, he would not be an actor and have the alternatives he has as a film star if it weren’t for opera and ballet, and their relevance in that medium. All of these mediums have an area and we should not be evaluating them.
Copeland is way from alone in her disappointment over Chalamet’s phrases, with opera followers, balletomanes, and even Hollywood icons corresponding to Steven Spielberg expressing outrage at the star’s remarks.
Meanwhile, Conan O’Brien, 62, is returning to host the present for a second consecutive 12 months after taking up the function from Jimmy Kimmel.
Ryan Coogler’s Sinners leads the pack with a record-breaking 16 nominations, essentially the most for any movie in Academy Awards historical past.
The horror flick is one of the ten movies up for Best Picture alongside Bugonia, F1, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, The Secret Agent, Sentimental Value and Train Dreams.
Sinners star Michael B. Jordan faces a stacked Best Actor class, competing in opposition to fellow nominees Timothee Chalamet (Marty Supreme), Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another), Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon), and Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent).
Set in Nineteen Thirties Mississippi, Sinners follows twin brothers (each performed by Jordan) who return to their hometown solely to face a supernatural evil.
Misty shared that she is going to take to the stage alongside Sinners stars Miles Caton and Raphael Saadiq for a reside efficiency of the movie’s observe I Lied to You on Sunday
The Best Actor race is presently a useless warmth. While Chalamet dominated the early season with wins at the Golden Globes and Critics’ Choice Awards, the momentum shifted after Jordan received at the Actor Awards, previously referred to as the SAG Awards.
Adding to the stress, the ceremony arrives on the heels of Chalamet’s controversial feedback about how ‘nobody cares’ about ballet or opera, which sparked a wave of backlash from the humanities group.
Based on the life of skilled ping-pong participant Marty Reisman, Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme stars Chalamet as a desk tennis prodigy in Fifties New York whose ambition to turn out to be world champion jeopardizes his private relationships.
Irish star Jessie Buckley is the frontrunner within the Best Actress class for her work in Hamnet. She faces a star-studded discipline together with Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You), Kate Hudson (Song Sung Blue), Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value), and Emma Stone (Bugonia).
Helmed by 2021’s Best Director winner Chloe Zhao, Hamnet dives into the reimagined story of William Shakespeare’s dwelling life and the way the demise of his 11-year-old son supplied the emotional blueprint for his masterpiece, Hamlet.
Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another earned 13 nominations.
Along with a Best Director nod, the movie additionally nabbed a Best Actor point out for DiCaprio, and Supporting Actor nods for Benicio del Toro and Sean Penn.
The black comedy action-thriller follows a washed-up ex-revolutionary (DiCaprio) who’s pressured to return out from hiding to rescue his daughter, after she is focused by his former nemesis, a corrupt navy officer (Penn).
Irish star Jessie Buckley is the frontrunner within the Best Actress class for her work in Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet, which can be up for Best Picture
Yorgos Lanthimos’s Bugonia earned a Best Actress nod for Emma Stone
Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein secured 9 nominations. Leading the movie’s appearing honors is Jacob Elordi, who earned a Best Supporting Actor nod for his portrayal of the Creature
Aside from Penn and del Toro, the Best Supporting Actor class consists of Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein), Delroy Lindo (Sinners) and Stellan Skarsgard (Sentimental Value).
Paul Mescal (Hamnet), Adam Sandler (Jay Kelly), and Jesse Plemons (Bugonia) had been essentially the most notable snubs from the class.
Frankenstein and Sentimental Value each earned 9 nominations at this 12 months’s ceremony.
Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein is a lavish reimagining of Mary Shelley’s basic, specializing in a heart-wrenching story of a father’s rejection and a creature’s quest for love.
Meanwhile, Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value follows two sisters pressured to reconcile with their estranged filmmaker father.
Nominees for Best Supporting Actress embody Elle Fanning (Sentimental Value), Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Sentimental Value), Amy Madigan (Weapons), Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners) and Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another).
There was a large backlash after Ariana Grande was snubbed within the Supporting class for Wicked: For Good.
She had been nominated final 12 months for her work within the first movie of the musical franchise.
Conan O’Brien, 62, is returning to host the present for a second consecutive 12 months after taking up the function from Jimmy Kimmel; Pictured in 2025
Wicked: For Good was utterly shut out of nominations. This got here regardless of an acclaimed main efficiency by Cynthia Erivo, in addition to new songs written for the movie, together with No Place Like Home and The Girl In The Bubble.
Gwyneth Paltrow was additionally left off the record within the class for her work in Marty Supreme.
There was a brand new award introduced this 12 months for Best Casting because the inaugural discipline consists of: Nina Gold – Hamnet, Jennifer Venditti – Marty Supreme, Cassandra Kulukundis – One Battle After Another, Gabriel Domingues – The Secret Agent, and Francine Maisler – Sinners.
The ceremony kicks off at 7pm ET/ 4pm PT, airing reside on ABC and streaming reside on Hulu. It will even be streaming through Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV, AT&T TV and FuboTV.
