For an actor, winning an Oscar is perhaps the most exceptional honor that they can hope to achieve in the film industry. However, some Oscar-winning performances are undeniably better than others. Indeed, throughout history, there have been certain pieces of acting that have proved themselves worthy of the Academy’s love, and which have gone down in history as some of the greatest performances of all time.

From Hollywood’s Golden Age with its very unique brand of acting, to method acting from the modern era, the performances that can be called the best Oscar winners ever are of varying types and tones. Whether it’s a terrifying villain, a complex lead in a character study, or a nuanced antihero, these actors and actresses are able to play complicated characters like absolute pros.

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Mo’Nique as Mary

Won Best Supporting Actress for ‘Precious’ (2009)

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Precious, based on the novel Push by Sapphire, is far and away one of the most harrowing and hard-to-watch coming-of-age dramas of all time. Unflinching in its darkness yet beautifully genuine in the bits of triumphant hope that it throws into the mix, it’s a remarkably effective melodrama that proves that the genre doesn’t need to be all gloom and doom without any space for flashes of joy.

Even still, make no mistake: This is a dark, dark film. A lot of that comes from the performances, particularly that of comedian Mo’Nique, cast very much against type in the role of the titular protagonist’s abusive mother. No comedian-turned-dramatic-actor performance had ever been this astonishingly transformative before, and perhaps none ever will be again. Though Mo’Nique certainly peaked with this Oscar-winning performance, it’s a jaw-dropping piece of acting nonetheless, horrifyingly gritty yet with a surprising amount of sympathy and emotional layeredness.

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Adrien Brody as Władysław Szpilman

Won Best Actor for ‘The Pianist’ (2002)

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Despite the negative associations that come with director Roman Polanski, it’s impossible to deny that The Pianist is one of the greatest war movies ever made, anchored by one of the greatest war movie performances ever delivered. That was by Adrien Brody as real-life pianist and Holocaust survivor Władysław Szpilman, a portrayal which made Brody the youngest winner in the Best Actor Oscar category ever—a record he still holds.

It’s a well-earned record, too. The work that Brody delivers in The Pianist is a once-in-a-lifetime kind of performance. Utterly transformative both physically and spiritually, it’s a profoundly moving example of what flawless dramatic acting looks like. Painful, sympathetic, and largely—perhaps even primarily—responsible for how devastating the film is, it’s a portrayal which will go down in history as one of the best of the 2000s.

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Jack Nicholson as R.P. McMurphy

Won Best Actor for ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ (1975)

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One of Jack Nicholson’s most essential films, the brilliant One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest holds the impressive Oscars record of being the second of only three movies that have won the Big Five Oscars (Picture, Directing, Screenplay, Actor, and Actress), the other two being It Happened One Night and The Silence of the Lambs. The Best Actor award went to Jack Nicholson, who delivered here what some might call the best performance of his illustrious career.

Everything that the extraordinary script of Cuckoo’s Nest calls for, Nicholson delivers. He’s irresistibly magnetic as the charming R.P. McMurphy; he can be incredibly funny when the scene demands it; and when a different scene calls for a much darker, more devastating tone, he’s also up for the challenge. It’s an almost unbelievably complicated performance, but it’s hardly surprising that Nicholson, one of the greatest thespians the big screen has ever seen, was able to deliver.

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Holly Hunter as Ada McGrath

Won Best Actress for ‘The Piano’ (1993)

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Jane Campion is a legendary filmmaker with impeccable taste, and she’s also able to get some terrific performances out of her actors. Her eight feature films are full of excellent performances, but the best of the best is perhaps Holly Hunter‘s in The Piano. Haunting, evocative, erotic, and psychologically charged, it’s one of the best female-led movies of the 1990s.

Hunter’s performance in The Piano is one of the greatest of all time, let alone one of the best Oscar-winning performances. It’s an exquisitely inscrutable piece of work; silent, as her character is mute, yet full of understated power. Hugely dedicated and surrounded by an enigmatic intensity, it’s a fierce performance that fully deserved Oscar gold.

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Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone

Won Best Actor for ‘The Godfather’ (1972)

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Many would call Francis Ford Coppola‘s The Godfather the greatest film of all time, making its three Oscar wins entirely deserved. This crime epic is the peak of filmmaking in every sense imaginable, from writing to directing to visuals to, of course, performances. Though Al Pacino‘s tends to be praised as the best of the bunch, there’s one that’s even more iconic—and thus won a Best Actor Oscar: Marlon Brando‘s as the titular Godfather, Vito Corleone.

If The Godfather is one of the most timeless movies of all time (and that it certainly is), it’s largely thanks to the excellence of each and every member of its cast, but it’s undeniable that Brando steals every scene Vito is in. Idiosyncratic yet never cartoonish, layered as much as it is entertaining, it’s acting at its most hypnotizing and its most admirable. Whether Brando should have instead campaigned in the Supporting Actor category (where Pacino was mysteriously nominated) is up for debate, but what’s unarguable is that this is one of the most memorable acting performances ever.

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Heath Ledger as The Joker

Won Best Supporting Actor for ‘The Dark Knight’ (2008)

Ever since it came out, Christopher Nolan‘s Dark Knight Trilogy has been praised as one of the best comic book movie franchises of all time. Not coincidentally, many would refer to 2008’s The Dark Knight as the single greatest comic book film ever. It’s hard to deny that that would probably not be the case without Heath Ledger‘s legendary performance as The Joker, Batman’s mortal enemy.

This is one of the best Oscar-winning performances of the 21st century, as flawless and memorable as a supervillain performance could ever be. It’s the gold standard for acting in the genre, and it has been for nearly two decades. Ledger is simply faultless as the Clown Prince of Crime; horrifying, indecipherable, and terribly imposing, but also with just the right doses of camp and humor. It’s proof that even genres typically considered “lowbrow,” like superhero films, can also be home to legendary acting.

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Vivien Leigh as Blanche DuBois

Won Best Actress for ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ (1951)

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When it comes to film acting, particularly the style present during the period of Classical Hollywood, people always end up referring back to A Streetcar Named Desire. With three acting Oscar wins to its name, it might just be the best-acted film in the history of Hollywood’s Golden Age, with an impeccable Vivien Leigh in the lead role.

Though it wasn’t the role that brought her fame, Leigh’s portrayal of the iconic Blanche DuBois is probably the best work of her career, and thus is usually praised as one of the best performances of the period. Transforming her elegant, beautiful star persona into a character that’s sad, broken, and washed-out, it was a remarkably bold casting choice for the era, and it paid out marvelously.

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Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview

Won Best Actor for ‘There Will Be Blood’ (2007)

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Probably the greatest Best Actor-winning performance of the 21st century, Daniel Day-Lewis‘ portrayal of the complicated antihero/villain Daniel Plainview in Paul Thomas Anderson‘s impeccable There Will Be Blood is perhaps the actor’s best and most iconic performance. It’s a dark, gritty, intimidating piece of acting, proof that Day-Lewis’ method undeniably yields historic results.

The actor brings unbelievable depth and complexity to the flawlessly-written role of Plainview, turning him into a figure who the audience is fascinated by yet can’t quite finish deciphering. It’s one of the most Oscar-deserving performances in history, and the experience of watching DDL completely disappear into this role and create such a complex and realistic individual out of thin air is mesmerizing.

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Meryl Streep as Sophie

Won Best Actress for ‘Sophie’s Choice’ (1982)

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Arguably the best female Oscar-winning performance of all time (ergo, the most deserving performance of 3-time Academy Award winner Meryl Streep), Streep’s portrayal of Nazi concentration camp survivor Sophie in Sophie’s Choice needs no introduction. The story is about Sophie finding a reason to live in the form of Nathan, a sparkling American Jew obsessed with the Holocaust.

Sophie’s Choice is a haunting, phenomenally crafted Holocaust drama in its own right, but it isn’t the least bit controversial to say that the primary reason to watch it has always been Streep’s performance. It’s a piece of acting as hypnotic as it is absolutely shattering, perhaps the most perfect female acting performance of any American movie in history. This is the gold standard for Oscar-winning performances.

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Robert De Niro as Jake La Motta

Won Best Actor for ‘Raging Bull’ (1980)

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The most deserving male Oscar winner in history is Robert De Niro for his incomparable work in Martin Scorsese‘s Raging Bull. It’s not even a competition. It may just be the greatest male acting performance in film history, and one of the main reasons why many consider De Niro the greatest actor of all time. The actor’s portrayal of real-life boxer Jake La Motta is as flawless as an acting performance can be.

Raging Bull is one of the most essential De Niro movies, a gloomy and thought-provoking biopic with some of Scorsese’s best direction and some of Paul Schrader‘s best screenwriting. Highly dedicated both physically and psychologically, incredibly intense, and full of raw sincerity, it’s the peak of prime De Niro. If ever an Oscar has been fully and entirely deserved, it’s this one.

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Hollywood legend Harrison Ford has built a reputation as one of the most iconic actors of his generation, but during a recent television appearance, he reminded fans that his sense of humor is just as sharp as ever. 

While promoting his latest work, Ford sat down for a lively conversation that unexpectedly veered into personal territory. 

What began as a casual interview quickly turned into a moment that had the audience roaring with laughter after the veteran star made a surprisingly candid admission.

Harrison Ford Drops Unexpected Bedroom Confession On Late Night TV

During his appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” Harrison Ford found himself facing one of the more unusual questions a late-night host could ask.

Host Jimmy Kimmel decided to poke fun at the actor’s legendary filmography by asking whether any of the famous musical scores from Ford’s movies had ever made it into his personal life.

Specifically, Kimmel wondered if the star had “ever made love to the soundtrack of one of [his] films.” 

The question clearly caught Ford off guard at first, and he took a brief pause before responding. However, when he finally answered, the reaction inside the studio was immediate.

“Of course I have,” Ford said. The blunt response prompted loud laughter and applause from the audience, with Kimmel visibly amused by how casually Ford delivered the line.

Although the actor confirmed the moment happened, he left viewers guessing about which movie soundtrack might have been playing. 

Given Ford’s long career, possibilities range from the sweeping scores of “Star Wars” to the adventurous themes from “Indiana Jones.”

Ford Explains Why Choosing A Favorite Film Isn’t Possible

While the playful confession became the highlight of the interview, Harrison Ford also spoke seriously about his decades in the movie business. 

With more than 40 films to his name, Kimmel naturally asked if the 83-year-old had a single favorite project.

Ford explained that the question was harder than fans might expect. “I don’t have a favorite because I really love the making of a movie,” he explained while describing what keeps him passionate about the craft.

For the Hollywood star, the creative process behind the camera was where the real satisfaction lay. Working with directors, crew members, and fellow actors was what he remembered most fondly.

“That’s where I’m satisfied, when we’re making it,” Ford stated. He also joked that once a film reached theaters, the experience changed dramatically from the one he remembered during production.

“When you see it, it’s been all screwed up. When I did it, it was better than that,” he revealed. The line earned another burst of laughter from the audience.

Harrison Ford Honored With Major Career Achievement Award

A few days before the late-night interview, Ford was recognized for his immense contribution to cinema at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. 

The ceremony, which streamed on Netflix, honored the actor with the prestigious Life Achievement Award.

Ford’s longtime friend Woody Harrelson presented the award, praising the veteran star’s lasting influence on Hollywood.

Harrelson described Ford as an amazing actor who possesses “an indescribable energy he brings to everything he does.”

“Harrison is a true Renaissance man, an iconic actor, a distinguished pilot and a master carpenter who built his own home. I don’t know how to work the coffee machine, and it’s a French press,” Harrelson joked per Variety.

The tribute highlighted Ford’s impact on generations of moviegoers through unforgettable roles across action, drama, and science fiction.

Ford Gets Emotional While Thanking His Wife And Family

During his acceptance speech, Harrison Ford balanced heartfelt gratitude with the same humor that made his television interview so memorable. 

The “Blade Runner” star took time to acknowledge the people who supported him throughout his long career, including his wife, Calista Flockhart.

He thanked his “extraordinary, beautiful wife” and his family members, whom he said gave him “love and courage through all of it.”

As the camera cut to Flockhart in the audience, she appeared visibly emotional as she watched her husband on stage. 

Ford also joked about the unusual nature of receiving a lifetime achievement award while he still planned to continue acting.

“Well, I’m here to receive a prize for being alive,” he quipped per the Daily Mail, prompting laughter throughout the room. 

He later added another lighthearted remark about the timing of the honor, saying it felt strange to be recognized at what he jokingly called the “half point” of his career.

Harrison Ford Reflects On Finding His Place In Hollywood

Beyond the humor, Ford also spoke candidly about the path that led him into acting.

The actor admitted that early in life, he struggled to find direction, especially during his college years. 

At the time, he didn’t yet realize that storytelling would eventually define his career. That changed when he became involved with people who were passionate about theater.

He recalled discovering “the company of people putting on plays, storytellers, people I once thought were misfits and geeks turned out to be my people.”

The realization opened the door to a career that would later include classics like “Blade Runner,” “Apocalypse Now,” and “The Fugitive.” 

Looking back on the journey, Ford told the audience he considered himself fortunate to still be doing the work he loved.

“Lucky to have found my people, lucky to have work that challenges me, lucky to still be doing it,” he said. “And I don’t take that for granted.”

The Original Screenplay category at the Oscars has always been an intriguing category. It used to be a category where films that were a bit too daring and unique for the Best Picture race could get their accolades for their originality and ambition. For example, a young Christopher Nolan and Wes Anderson were able to earn their first Oscar nominations in this category, or a film like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind might not get a Best Picture nom, but it could earn Charlie Kaufman an Oscar.

This year’s nominees include everything from Iranian and Norwegian films, a Southern vampire movie, a biographical dramedy, and the story of an up-and-coming table tennis player. As the Oscars have embraced their strange side in recent years, the Original Screenplay category remains as diverse as it always has been. With that in mind, here is our ranking of the five nominees in the Original Screenplay category at this year’s Oscars.

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‘Blue Moon’ – Written by Robert Kaplow

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In his first screenplay for Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon, writer Robert Kaplow has to walk a precarious fine line. In crafting this story of Lorenz Hart, on what might be the most difficult night of his life, he has to focus on a character that is overly verbose, pretentious, and ultimately tragic, but also ensure that he never becomes too overwhelming or exhausting, which he is to several characters within this film. For the most part, he’s able to handle this balance, but it’s not always entirely effective, as Hart can become far too much here and there in this film.

This screenplay also shows just how much Ethan Hawke’s performance as Hart brings to this story, as we can see the heartbreak, exhaustion, and loneliness on his face. Hawke is subtly showing us the interiority of Hart, even as he waxes poetic about song lyrics and name-dropping. On the page, you don’t quite get that, even though the woe is always there. For a first screenplay, Kaplow’s work here is impressive, but it’s still the weakest screenplay of the nominees this year.

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‘It Was Just an Accident’ – Written by Jafar Panahi. Script collaborators – Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian

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It Was Just an Accident marks Jafar Panahi’s first narrative feature in quite some time, and it’s been a bit since a Panahi film hasn’t been a docufiction starring Panahi himself. Yet It Was Just an Accident proves that Panahi has only gotten better as a screenwriter with his latest, which he has stated is in honor of the Iranian political prisoners that he became friends with during his time of imprisonment. Through It Was Just an Accident, Panahi asks questions about revenge, how societies are supposed to move forward after particularly dark times, and the lengths people will go to when pushed to the brink. But maybe most impressive is how Panahi does this in a film that’s also surprisingly funny in its own dark way.

More than any other nominee on this list — and quite frankly, most of the nominees that have ever been in this category — It Was Just an Accident is a film that feels like it could’ve only been written by Panahi. The filmmaker has always excelled at presenting Iranian culture, and considering his time in the prison system for making his great films, it’s hard to imagine anyone having as much empathy, passion, and humor about this situation as Panahi does. It’s absurd, but also based on horrifying circumstances that have very real consequences, and Panahi handles all of that beautifully. If anything, It Was Just an Accident deserved far more than just two nominations at this year’s Oscars.

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‘Sinners’ – Written by Ryan Coogler

As a piece of writing, Ryan Coogler’s Sinners screenplay is most brilliant in how it constantly shifts and changes in ways that are both surprising and yet make total sense. What begins as a story of two twin brothers trying to open a juke joint is captivating enough as it is, but then it morphs into a fantastic vampire story, all of which delves into discussions of music, history, and race seamlessly. It’s the kind of writing that Coogler has done so well since he started as a filmmaker, writing that entertains, but manages to hit on a deeper, more meaningful level, without ever sacrificing the fun of it all.

As one might expect, however, even though Sinners’ script is great, Coogler’s story just doesn’t have the same magic on the page. For example, the bravura “I Lied to You” segment was clearly put together more cohesively in the editing room, capturing several scenes from throughout the film, and it’s much easier to appreciate the beauty of this vampire tale with Coogler’s direction and Autumn Durald Arkapaw’s stunning cinematography. Yet, Coogler’s screenplay is easily his best so far, and it’s a testament to his greatness in how much beauty and how many layers he can bring to a type of story we’ve seen countless times.

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‘Marty Supreme’ – Written by Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie

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Having worked together on films like Heaven Knows What, Good Time, and Uncut Gems, Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie know how to write a propulsive script that hits the gas and rarely lets go. That’s absolutely what they do on their latest collaboration, Marty Supreme, as we follow Marty Mauser (Timothée Chalamet), an ambitious yet frustrating table tennis player trying to get enough money to compete in a massive tournament. Marty doesn’t know how he’ll make this money, and Bronstein and Safdie ensure we feel every bump and twist on Marty’s journey.

Marty Supreme’s screenplay is a dense 168 pages, but like the film itself, this script flies by, whipping us around New York City, as though we’re trying to keep up with Marty. Even an action script can fail to make you feel its excitement, but Bronstein and Safdie have no problem keeping readers on the edge of their seats. That’s especially true near the end, when Marty has his big culminating table tennis match, which reads like a great sports story unfolding. At this point, Bronstein and Safdie know how to write this type of screenplay that doesn’t let up, and Marty Supreme is a great example of how fantastic these two are when they work together.

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‘Sentimental Value’ – Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier

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With Sentimental Value, writers Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier aren’t just telling the story of a filmmaker Gustav (Stellan Skarsgård) and his two daughters, Nora and Agnes (Renate Reinsve and Inga Ibsdotter Lileaas), as he tries to make a film about his life. It’s also very much the story of a house and its century of existence, the people who have lived in it, and how this place has become a home to so many. In Trier’s film, it is all intertwined beautifully, and in reading the screenplay, this approach becomes more pronounced, almost like a better version of Robert Zemeckis’ Here.

On the page, Sentimental Value is also a great example of how a film can change in small but integral ways. Trier and Vogt’s script has several moments that don’t exist in the final film, and it makes a big difference. For example, early on in the film, we originally follow Nora after the night of her big freak-out before she went on stage, and she finds out that her mother had died that same night, which seems like a strange, unnecessary coincidence. Or there’s a strange moment where Agnes’ son makes an AI-generated short film influenced by his grandfather’s films. It’s fascinating to see how this story existed in this script and how Trier was able to improve upon it as it came to the screen.

Sentimental Value is the most complex script in this list of nominees, an amalgamation of a filmmaker exploring his own life through his film, his daughters, the actress (Elle Fanning) who wants to do justice to this story, the previous films that he’s made, how these films present what he’s feeling, as well as the story of a home. It’s a lot to handle, but Vogt and Trier’s screenplay handled it tremendously well, giving us a fuller picture of the Borg family, rather than feeling overstuffed with unnecessary details and tangents. Vogt and Trier want us to understand how past generations can impact current ones and how the past bleeds into the present in ways we might not even feel. Sentimental Value is a script that’s trying to juggle quite a bit, but it’s the best screenplay in this category because Vogt and Trier know how to present it all in a captivating and impactful way.

Love Is Blind star Devonta Anderson had some big news to share at the season 10 reunion.

“I wanted to go into this to be a husband and a father, those were two of the most important things for me,” Devonta, 32, said during the reunion, which dropped Wednesday, March 11, on Netflix. “I got some exciting news that I am gonna be a father this year.”

Devonta further confirmed that he is engaged to his new partner, who does not live with him in Arizona. (Devonta lives in a house with Love Is Blind costar Alex Henderson.)

Devonta proposed to Brittany Wicker sight unseen during Love Is Blind season 10, which was set in Ohio. He notably struggled with his attraction to Brittany, 33, once they met in person. The couple ultimately called off their wedding days before their would-be ceremony.

“The more I’m clinged onto or the more I’m pressured, the harder I push back,” Devonta said in a confessional during the finale, which aired earlier this month. “She is sometimes like a shadow to me and sometimes I’m, like, ‘Just wait out there, I’ll be right back. I’m just going to change my shirt.’ It’s something I don’t want to keep dragging down the road if it’s not going to work out.”

According to Devonta, he had “self-doubt” about whether he could love Brittany in a way that she wanted from her husband.

Brittany was admittedly shocked by Devonta’s decision to end their engagement, but she still had hopes that they could date after Love Is Blind wrapped.

“I feel like we’re still together, and we’re just taking a slight pause on when we actually get married,” Brittany told Devonta on the show. “I think when it comes to you feeling more comfortable with a prenup. For me, say we would have got married today, I was willing to make adjustments to what I believe.”

She continued, “We’re still gonna be together. We’re still engaged. I do see [us] 100 percent marrying each other.”

While it appeared that Brittany was blindsided by Devonta’s decision, she actually could sense his wavering throughout their relationship.

“I think that [Devonta] was processing so much emotionally with the loss of his grandfather,” Brittany exclusively told Us Weekly last month, referring to Devonta questioning his pod participation after his grandpa died during production. “It would be, like, sometimes he was so in [and] ready to build this life together, and we were on the same page.”

While Brittany felt that she and Devonta were “very much in alignment” on their future, she did occasionally see pockets of doubt creep in.

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“There would be days where he would just wake up and he was feeling the weight of the world and everything that was happening,” she recalled to Us. “I would feel that in return.”

Brittany also got to confront Devonta during Wednesday’s reunion, revealing that his “shadow” comments were “highly offensive.”

“He said that I was a ‘shadow,’ which I found very offensive because I gave him so much space, so much so, that I felt my love language was not being fulfilled,” she stated on Wednesday’s special. “[His comments were] highly confusing to me. … I feel like as soon as he walked out of my doors, he was done with the relationship and he just didn’t want to say that to me. He still dragged it out for weeks.”

When asked about Devonta’s baby news, Brittany added that she wasn’t “fazed by” the news and is currently single herself.

Love Is Blind season 10 is now streaming on Netflix.

It turns out that a lot happened in Ohio after the Love Is Blind cameras left.

“We’re about to get all your burning questions answered,” cohost Vanessa Lachey began, after revealing that 150 former contestants were in attendance to celebrate the show’s milestone 10th anniversary.

Love Is Blind season 10 ended with two marriages between Victor St. John and Christine Hamilton, as well as Jordan Faeth and Amber Morrison. While five other couples got engaged sight unseen in the pods, they all called it quits before saying “I do.”

Keep scrolling for the biggest reunion bombshells from the season 10 cast — and where the couples stand now:

Vic and Christine Join the Ranks of ‘Love Is Blind’ Success Stories

Victor St. John and Christine Hamilton confirmed at the reunion that they are still living in married bliss after she moved to her beau’s home city of Columbus from Cleveland.

“We’re now just putting a home together, so that’s where we’re at now,” Vic said. “I think the best part of living with Christine is that the home is a home. I’m talking about notes around the house, saying, ‘Have a great semester with the students,’ notes encouraging me on a new publication, psalms and scriptures and notes on my computer.”

Christine, meanwhile, held back tears as she said it “makes [her] day” to see Vic when she comes home from work. The Netflix wife further revealed that her husband met her spouse nearly one month after the wedding.

“I’ve forgiven him,” she said, adding that the couple has “broken bread” with Christine’s dad.

Jordan and Amber Went Their Separate Ways

Jordan Faeth and Amber Morrison’s marriage, however, only lasted four months.

“We’re not together anymore,” Jordan revealed to cohost Nick Lachey. “We were certainly disappointed too. I feel like a lot changed in that period of time.”

For Jordan, he acknowledged that Amber had “trust issues” from past relationships that were apparently difficult to overcome.

“I was constantly trying to repair a trust that I didn’t break, for me, that took a toll,” he said, adding that they never even moved in together. “There were some ups, for sure, but for me, the negatives outweigh the positives.”

Amber, meanwhile, questioned whether Jordan was ever ready to get married.

“It’s really difficult to trust someone when they are only coming up [to see me] on the weekends or I’m going down there,” she acknowledged. “You wonder, why wouldn’t you want to be at home with your wife? Why do you want to be out on a Tuesday, Thursday with the boys? When I pictured marriage, I pictured somebody to come home [to] after work.”

Jordan claimed that he tried to visit Amber but she didn’t “appreciate” his efforts, subsequently going back and forth about who was in the right. Amber ended up storming off the stage after Jordan alleged that she was disrespectful and crossed boundaries in their allegedly unhealthy relationship.

“Don’t f**ing come into someone’s life if you’re going to do that,” Amber shouted at Jordan, stating that she also had to navigate her 7-year-old daughter Emma’s feelings about the breakup. “I told you!”

Jordan, who never said goodbye to Emma before leaving Amber, wasn’t sure he could still have a relationship with her if his marriage to her mom didn’t last. When Amber returned to set, she revealed that she’s in an “amazing place” thanks to her loyal support system, including costars Jessica Barrett and Emma Betsinger.

The ‘Love Is Blind’ Cast Comes for Chris

Chris Fusco made waves when he dumped fiancée Jessica Barrett over a lack of attraction and her gym habits, shortly before he tried to pursue Bri McNees despite her own engagement. Chris’ behavior sparked ire from the rest of the pod squad.

“I do still hate you,” Amber Morrison quipped, claiming he was the reason that she hated men. “[Jordan] is not a Chris. [He’s] not a douchebag.”

Connor Spies, meanwhile, added that Chris hasn’t “crossed [his] mind” since he tried to flirt with Bri. As for Bri, she felt that Chris “flipped a switch” in his behavior but never thought twice about switching sides.

Jessica, for her part, noted that Chris has some “deep insecurities” that led to their breakup.

“Finances, not feeling stable,” she listed her then-partner’s apparent insecurities. “While this was this huge bravo and dominance and alpha s***, when he had a different audience, that was never shown to me. I was never spoken to like that, I think, because that person knew that I wouldn’t really tolerate it or buy into it.”

Nick Lachey Goes for the Jugular

Host Nick Lachey also got in a jab at Chris Fusco.

“According to Chris, for things to work out, sometimes you need to work out,” Nick said. “Chris, I gotta tell you, man, I need to applaud you because you managed to do something this season that had never been done previously in nine seasons of Love Is Blind. You managed to piss off all the ladies and all the men. You literally alienated and pissed off every person on this stage.”

According to Nick, it was “absolutely brutal” for he and wife Vanessa Lachey to watch Chris’ onscreen antics.

“I have to ask you, as a man, watching that back, what was going through your mind?” Nick asked. “I’m not sure what that says about you, that’s for you and a therapist to figure out, but it’s not good.”

Chris did get a chance to defend himself, stating that it was difficult to watch the show.

“You know, watching it back was tough, I’m not gonna lie,” he said. “I’m not proud of a lot of those moments.”

Nick also encouraged Chris to reconcile with fellow “Ohio boy” Connor Spies, who succinctly apologized for disrespecting his onetime friend.

“I want to be accountable for what I did and what I said, and putting Bri in that position, as well,” Chris added. “I feel like I put her in that situation and was just way too, maybe, aggressive in that moment, and I’m sorry. I’m not asking for forgiveness.”

Moments later, Nick asked Chris whether he was checked out of his relationship with Jessica Barrett.

“Were you in Devonta’s [Anderson] ‘nothing box?’” he quipped, referring to Devonta’s comments over indecision about marrying Brittany Wicker.

Bri and Connor Are Still Together

Bri McNees and Connor Spies revealed that they decided to continue dating despite calling off their wedding.

“We are still together actually, ” Connor said during the reunion. “It just kind of lived life as, like, it was almost like a new chapter of, ‘OK, we did one of the craziest things. Let’s see how life looks just on a normal day-to-day basis.’”

According to Connor, he ended up moving next door to Bri in Columbus after filming.

“[I see us making it] to the altar,” Bri added. “I’m, like, ‘We will be in it till death do us part.’ I love this man.”

Jessica Found Love With a Pod Castoff

After Chris Fusco dumped Jessica Barrett, she moved on with another Love Is Blind alum.

“I’m really grateful for the experience,” she noted, before it was revealed that she was now dating Haramol Gill. “Well, Haramol and I had a very deep connection in the pods. After kind of everything blew up, Haramol was there for me as a friend, or at least I thought.”

Haramol subsequently shouted from the crowd that he was “shooting shots,” while Jessica thought he was still so kind, thoughtful and sweet.

“It took a long time for us to actually just sit down, just the two of us,” she said. “I came in sweatpants, like, ‘Hey, what’s up? Let’s hang out, have some drinks, whatever.’ [We] talked for hours and then … he’s a man. He’s, like, ‘Look, I know who I am and I know what I want, and it’s you.’”

As Haramol proclaimed that he was in love with Jessica, who was “so hot,” he felt grateful to have a second chance at pursuing her after letting her go in the pods.

Mike and Emma Had a Plan to Break Up Before Their Wedding

Mike Gibney revealed that he and Emma Betsinger spoke about both saying no at the altar days before their wedding.

“I just felt blindsided,” Mike claimed of Emma’s switch-up in the moment. “In the moment, I could not wholeheartedly say yes because that question [about kids] was still unanswered for us.”

While Mike “almost wanted” to agree with Emma, he went with a logical response and said no as planned.

Emma, for her part, noted that she and Mike had so much fun and built such a connection that it led her to change her mind.

“This was an act of love. I went the emotional route,” she said. “I loved [Mike] so much that I wanted to confess that, like, I know kids were going to be at the end of our journey. If I said yes, we would have had kids eventually. I thought that saying yes in front of your family and my family was a declaration of kids.”

Mike now has a new girlfriend of seven months named Tara.

Nick Lachey Has Questions for Alex

After Ashley Carpenter was thrown by fiancé Alex Henderson’s change of feelings and questions about his job, she dumped him at the altar. During the reunion, host Nick Lachey questioned Alex over why his story “kept changing.”

“I just think it was a lot of gaps, especially as it related to Austin and timelines with Austin,” Nick said after Alex asked the host to clarify his point. “Why do you think she felt that way?”

Alex, meanwhile, didn’t believe there were any “gaps” in his work, living or dating history.

“I do think we went through, ‘Hey, this is the timeline,’” he stated. “I do also think the only real time those questions were asked was when the cameras were rolling.”

Alex stressed that he did not cheat nor have any relationship overlap “at all,” and never lied to Ashley, who had the opposite perspective and questioned why her ex went on the show in the first place.

“To find a wife, I just didn’t see [one],” Alex said, prompting Nick to joke, “You’re not supposed to see them. That’s why it’s Love Is Blind.”

Brittany and Devonta’s Broken Engagement Was Just the Tipping Point

When Brittany Wicker and Devonta Anderson canceled their wedding, she still wanted to date her then-partner. Devonta, however, was conflicted and unsure whether they were meant to be.

During the reunion, Brittany was shocked by his comments and felt gaslit by Devonta.

“He said that I was a ‘shadow,’ which I found very offensive because I gave him so much space, so much so, that I felt my love language was not being fulfilled,” she stated. “[His comments were] highly confusing to me.”

Brittany added, “I feel like as soon as he walked out of my door, he was done with the relationship and he just didn’t want to say that to me. He still dragged it out for weeks.”

Brittany’s dad was also present, noting that he “wants [Devonta] to be OK” and make “the best choices” he can.

“Bro, you got to get some help with that,” he said. “You got to face that stuff because if you don’t face it, it’s gonna come get you. It bothers me that people are destroying you. … I hope you learn from this.”

Brittany’s dad then asked Devonta whether he lied about being ready to marry Brittany.

“At the time, I truly thought I was, but I’m not,” Devonta admitted. “I did take a moment away. I took two or three days where I needed to go sit with me before making that decision. … I guess, I don’t like to quit.”

Devonta Has a Baby on the Way

In the months since breaking up with Brittany Wicker, Devonta Anderson met a new partner and they got engaged.

“I wanted to go into this to be a husband and a father, those were two of the most important things for me, and I got some exciting news that I am gonna be a father this year,” he said, while Brittany’s dad hung his head in shock.

While Brittany was also surprised by the news, she told hosts Nick and Vanessa Lachey that she wasn’t “fazed by” Devonta’s family update.

Former ‘Love Is Blind’ Stars Share Their Own Updates

In between the season 10 cast’s discussion, alums AD Smith and Giannina Gibelli conducted “man on the street” interviews with fellow pod veterans. They revealed that season 8’s Joey Leveille and Sara Carton from Minnesota were still going strong after eight months, and season 1 OG Cameron Hamilton cried over wife Lauren Speed-Hamilton giving birth to their first baby after fertility challenges. Plus, season 4 couple Bliss Poureetezadi-Goytowski and Zack Goytowski announced that they are expecting a baby boy. (Bliss and Zack already share daughter Galileo.)

Kris Jenner has gone through a bit of a transformation in recent years — and I’m not talking about her facelift. The mogul also experienced significant hair growth thanks to some “delicious” gummies.

Jenner shared her results from taking Omi Hair Growth Peptides Gummies on Instagram, and the difference is staggering.

“Tracy Cunningham, who is my colorist, noticed my hair was thinning a little bit and she recommended Omi,” she explained in the clip. “I started taking two a day, and they pretty much changed my life. Everything started feeling fuller — no extensions necessary. It really is just fabulous.”

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I’ve always been a skeptic about hair growth supplements — especially when a celebrity promotes them — but these ones from Omi are the real deal. I noticed a major difference in my hair density after taking them for a few months. The secret lies in a patented peptide derived from keratin (a building block of hair) that supports hair at the follicle to reduce thinning and strengthen each strand from the inside out.

Jenner’s results were especially noteworthy. Using an AI scalp analysis tool, she could see how much her hair improved from the beginning. Her follicle density increased by a whopping 18 points while hair thickness improved by seven points.

“[My hair] just feels shiny and thick. It’s so amazing,” she exclaimed.

Everyday shoppers have also experienced incredible results just from adding Omi to their routines.

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Rebecca Gayheart has revealed that her family is in a “state of shock” following her husband Eric Dane’s death at age 53 following a battle with ALS.

“I just want to thank everybody for being so kind to us during the last couple of years,” Gayheart, 54, told Variety in an interview published on Wednesday, March 11. “It’s been challenging and meaningful, and people are kind.”

The Once Upon a Time in Hollywood actress and Dane shared two daughters, Billie, 16, and Georgia, 14. The couple split in 2018 but later called off their divorce. (Dane was dating Janell Shirtcliff at the time of his death while Gayheart has been linked to billionaire Peter Morton in recent years.)

“I’m having trouble receiving all of the support and love coming at me from every which way because of Eric and the [entertainment] community that’s so generous with their time,” she said. “They’ve been holding me and the girls up the last two weeks, and I don’t think they’re going anywhere. I think they’re in it for the long haul. Hollywood gets a bad rap. That kind of makes me mad, because we have a lovely community of people, and I’m so grateful for them.”

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Gayheart spoke out because of her late husband’s partnership with ElevenLabs in the final months of his life. The tech company has promised to offer its AI voice restoration software to 1 million people — including Dane — who lose their ability to speak due to a terminal diagnosis.

Per Gayheart, Dane’s partnership with ElevenLabs became “sort of urgent” because he started to lose speech ability as his ALS progressed. The model and actress confirmed that Dane and their daughters were able to hear his digitized voice before his death in February.

“[Our daughters] were like, ‘That’s not a recording. That’s your voice. That’s you,’” Gayheart recalled. “So it was spot on. He just had this way of speaking, and they captured it so beautifully.”

She went on, “[Our daughters] signed off on it, and we were thrilled to have it because we knew what was coming down the pike. We were all really struggling with the voice loss that he was already experiencing. Knowing we had that in our back pocket, just felt really good. I’m sad, and I know Eric is too, that we didn’t ever get to really use it. But what I do know is that he would want as many people as possible to have access.”

Dane’s family announced on February 19, 2026, that the former Grey’s Anatomy star had died just shy of one year after he went public with his ALS diagnosis.

“With heavy hearts, we share that Eric Dane passed on Thursday afternoon following a courageous battle with ALS,” his family confirmed to Us Weekly. “He spent his final days surrounded by dear friends, his devoted wife, and his two beautiful daughters, Billie and Georgia, who were the center of his world. Throughout his journey with ALS, Eric became a passionate advocate for awareness and research, determined to make a difference for others facing the same fight.”

Their statement concluded, “He will be deeply missed, and lovingly remembered always. Eric adored his fans and is forever grateful for the outpouring of love and support he’s received. The family has asked for privacy as they navigate this impossible time.”

Gayheart broke her silence following Dane’s death by sharing multiple throwback photos via Instagram and endorsing a GoFundMe campaign meant to support their kids.

General Hospital star Kate Mansi has revealed how her stepfather stepped in to save her life when an 11-centimeter mass was discovered in her abdomen.

“He did a surgery that ended up saving my life,” Mansi, 38, told People in an interview published on Wednesday, March 11.

Mansi — who plays Kristina Davis on the ABC soap — went through a harrowing experience in 2015 that ultimately led to her being diagnosed with endometriosis. (Per the Mayo Clinic, endometriosis develops when the “inner lining of the uterus grows outside the uterus.” It can cause excessive bleeding, infertility and pain during sex, among other symptoms.)

The Daytime Emmy Award winner explained that she was either on the phone or visiting her doctors for four days straight at the height of her discomfort in 2015.

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“I think as a society we are so ingrained to just listen to what the doctors say and abandon what we feel,” she said. “I went into these appointments and they said, ‘Oh, maybe the pain is because your IUD is turning.’ And then I would do an ultrasound. No, it’s not my IUD. ‘Okay, well maybe it’s just a bad period.’ I was getting really nauseous and I had been throwing up for days and they said maybe I had the flu. Maybe it’s this, maybe it’s that.”

Mansi tried to push through the pain by continuing to work until an onset makeup artist observed that she looked “green and pale.” The soap star recalled that her stomach was so distended by the time that she finally went to the ER that she “couldn’t even zip up [her] pants.”

Her mother and stepfather — who works as an OB-GYN — met her at the hospital where it was discovered that she had an 11-centimeter mass in her abdomen. Doctors originally wanted to wait to bring in an oncologist before taking any action.

“My stepdad was so frustrated — and because he’s my stepfather, so it’s not a blood relation — he scrubbed in himself and was like, ‘I’m not waiting for an oncologist. I’m gonna do the surgery or she’s not gonna make it,’” she remembered. “And he did a surgery that ended up saving my life. I was in the worst pain of my life and it turns out, I had an ovarian cyst rupturing, and I was working through it for days.”

Mansi went on, “The ovarian cyst coincidentally was sitting on top of a blood vessel. So when it burst, it hit the blood vessel and then it leaked a liter and a half of blood into my abdomen. All the blood had coagulated together into this 11-centimeter mass, cutting off blood and oxygen. He obviously took it out, but then he found all this endometriotic tissue.”

Her stepfather informed Mansi that she had endometriosis once she came out of surgery. She has since actively managed her endometriosis flareups and told People that she is “much more stable now.”

General Hospital recently enlisted Mansi to direct a March 16 episode where her character Kristina’s sister Molly discusses an endometriosis flareup with her boyfriend. She is also promoting Endometriosis Awareness Month with social media content throughout March.

Mansi has played Kristina Davis on General Hospital since 2023. She previously had two lengthy stints portraying Abigail Deveraux on Days of Our Lives before leaving the Peacock soap in 2020.

She married producer Matt McInnis in May 2025 after getting engaged in July 2024.

Netflix’s War Machine, which feels like a spiritual successor to the Transformers franchise, is a reminder of how strong this kind of story can be when it’s done right. That’s part of what made 2024’s Transformers One feel like such a welcome return to form for the franchise, pairing stunning animation with a much stronger focus on the central relationship between Optimus Prime (Chris Hemsworth) and Megatron (Bryan Tyree Henry). However, as fans are reminded of the depth and complexity that the Transformers franchise is capable of having, it’s the perfect time for a retrospective look at one of the most underrated series to come from the franchise — Transformers: Prime.

Among the many animated series, Transformers: Prime stands out as one of the most character-driven and mature installments in the series, willing to explore the tragic history between the Autobots and the Decepticons without holding back on the devastation that is wrought by their eons-long war.

‘Transformers: Prime’ Is the Grittiest Animated Series in the Franchise

Transformers: Prime first premiered in 2010, immediately establishing itself as a series wholly distinct from its predecessor, the fan-favorite Transformers: Animated. Though both series are ultimately still children’s shows, there is a distinct tonal shift between the lighthearted atmosphere of Transformers: Animated and the grittier tone of Transformers: Prime. Featuring some of the most recognizable Autobots in the biz, the series follows Team Prime — comprised of Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Ratchet, Arcee, and Bulkhead — as they fight against the Decepticons on Earth, while simultaneously hiding their existence from the rest of humanity. In this continuity, the war between the two feuding factions led to the utter devastation of their home world of Cybertron, rendering it inhospitable because of the complete exhaustion of its Energon reserves. Centuries after their war began, the Autobots now find themselves based out of a former military base in rural Nevada, using Ground Bridges to travel across the globe in order to combat the Decepticon threat.

Though at its core, the series is still quintessentially Transformers, the series also takes several innovative swings that expand upon franchise lore. The show introduced Dark Energon, an unstable form of the substance that powers all Transformers, which has the ability to bring the dead back to life as zombified versions of themselves. Transformers: Prime also has a noticeably smaller cast of Transformers than other installments, but this actually serves as one of the series’ strengths, as it allows the spotlight to be shed on some more underrated characters in the franchise.

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Bulkhead, for example, was first introduced in Transformers: Animated, but established himself as a series staple in this iteration. The show gives plenty of time and attention to the interpersonal relationships and history between the different members of the team, bringing depth, complexity, and humanity to the otherwise otherworldly beings. Additionally, though there are human characters in Transformers: Prime, they don’t serve as a proxy for the audience; the focus is still centrally on the Transformers themselves.

The Action in ‘Transformers: Prime’ Carries Real Weight and Tension

What truly separates Transformers: Prime from some of the other contemporary adaptations in the franchise is the genuine stakes and tension that permeate the show. The grimmer tone of the series is established within the first minutes of the show when Cliffjumper, a main member of Team Prime, is brutally killed by Starscream, a death that carries lasting effects for the remaining characters. While the series is ultimately a children’s show, this daring narrative choice is honestly quite jarring for its younger audience (this author’s 11-year-old self still recalls his unspeakable frustration at seeing his favorite Autobot killed off so soon). If this death weren’t startling enough, the Decepticons use Dark Energon to revive Cliffjumper into a mindless zombie, who they immediately let loose against his former allies. Arcee, Cliffjumper’s partner, is forced to deal with his death and resurrection, fighting through her grief in addition to being forced to fight her former friend.

Death in the Transformers universe isn’t new — in fact, the original Transformers: The Movie boldly killed off many beloved characters in one fell swoop — but Cliffjumper’s execution and resurrection storyline is one of the most viscerally gut-wrenching plot beats that the franchise has explored in its animated series. A recurring criticism of some of the newest animated Transformers series has been their tendency to be too childish. That’s certainly not the case here, as Transformers: Prime pushes the boundaries of maturity within its genre, making it an easier watch for returning and older audiences. The graveness with which the characters speak about the war on Cybertron, the genuine stakes in each fight; at one point, Starscream even captures and chains up a human character. Transformers: Prime has, without a doubt, some of the most grit of any adaptation in the franchise.

‘Transformers: Prime’ Explored the Complicated History Between Optimus Prime and Megatron

Much like Transformers One, one of the defining features of Transformers: Prime is its focus on the tragic relationship between Optimus Prime and Megatron. The two leaders are the quintessential figures in the Transformers franchise and have been locked in a seemingly endless war, but some adaptations neglect to address the foundational friendship that the two shared. Transformers: Prime explores this connection more earnestly, constantly depicting Prime’s hesitation at fighting his old friend.

The rivalry between the two imposing bots feels palpably personal; there is familiarity with how they speak to one another, adding emotional weight to the already heavy impact of their colossal fights. In later seasons, the series even introduces narrative beats that play with the dynamics of the two. At one point, Optimus loses his memory, reverting to his earlier identity as Orion Pax, which allows him to be manipulated by the deceitful Megatron. While every adaptation addresses this complicated relationship in its own way, there is a distinct tone that separates Transformers: Prime’s adaptation from all the rest.

Part of the lasting appeal of the Transformers franchise is the versatility of its different adaptations. If you want speaker-shaking action, look to the Bayverse; if you want a classic cartoon aesthetic, look to Transformers: Animated. But for a more personal story, one grounded in the interpersonal dynamics of the different characters, Transformers: Prime is deserving of a second look.

Transformers: Prime is streaming now on Netflix in the U.S.