With the 2017 Academy Awards just around the corner, we want to take a minute to praise young actors who’ve kicked some serious butt in Hollywood by scoring an Oscar nomination.
This year, 20-year-old Hailee Steinfeld was our best bet for an actor under 20 to represent, but sadly she narrowly missed getting a nomination for her coming-of-age-flick The Edge of Seventeen. P.S. That would have been her second nomination!
Click inside to sees some of the youngest Oscar nominees of all time…
The moment we saw Sunny Pawar on the big screen in Lion, we fell in love with him.
Now, with the film being up for Best Picture at the 2017 Academy Awards, we are praying and crossing every limb on our bodies that he’ll be at the big event on Sunday.
Sunny, complete with his green and yellow sneakers last night, got to attend to pre-Oscar parties last night — The Weinstein Company’s party and the Screen Australia and Australians in Film Oscar Nominees Reception.
In a recent interview, Sunny dished about he has become really close with his co-star Dev Patel.
“He’s not just a good friend…he’s become brother-like with me,” he shared. “I play a lot with him and during the time of filming, I used to play a lot with him and Nicole [Kidman]. And whenever he sees me, we still play.”
We LOVE this kid!
It looks like Auli’i Cravalho is preparing for the 2017 Academy Awards this weekend!
The Moana star will be attending AND performing at the show this Sunday in Hollywood and JJJ can’t wait!
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Auli’i Cravalho
It was announced just a few weeks ago that Auli’i, as well as Lin-Manuel Miranda, will be performing “How Far I’ll Go” from the movie, which is nominated for Best Song.
Check out her reaction she had when she heard the news!
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Neel Sethi doesn’t look anything like this cute little boy anymore — he’s actually CUTER!
The young actor, who played the only human (Mowgli) in The Jungle Book live action movie, is seriously all grown up and it only took a year.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Neel Sethi
The Jungle Book is up a sole award this weekend at the 2017 Academy Awards — but will Neel attend?
While we can’t confirm for certain right now, we sure hope so!
The Jungle Book is up for Best Visual Effects Oscar, against Rogue One, Doctor Strange, Deepwater Horizon and Kubo and the Two Strings.
Click inside to see Neel’s grown up look now! More Here! »
Moana is going to be taking center stage at the upcoming 2017 Oscars — and we mean that literally.
Star Auli’i Cravalho will be joining Lin-Manuel Miranda on the stage to actually perform “How Far I’ll Go”, which is up for Best Original Song.
So, how does one react to not only being nominated, but performing, too?
“Way more than this 140 character limit will allow me to express,” Auli’i shared with a fan on Twitter.
She added her actual reaction after: “Something like this: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.”
That sounds about right!
Moana is also up for Best Animated Movie. The 2017 Oscars will be on Sunday, February 26th on ABC.
