Wait, what?
Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” is nominated for 7 Oscars, including Best Picture, but its lead actress Rachel Zegler says she wasn’t invited to attend next Sunday’s ceremony.
Zegler responded to a fan on Instagram asking what gown she was going to wear. Zegler replied: “I’m not invited so sweatpants and my boyfriend’s flannel.”
Add this to the pile-up of clusterfucks the Oscars and Disney have amassed these past few weeks. From what I can gather, most of the principal casts of the 10 nominated Best Picture nominees will be there, but not Maria!
Bassim Tariq was the first one in the chair. The "Mogul Mowgli" director spent two years building out the Mahershala Ali vehicle before exiting in 2022, and he's now letting the air out on this one.