{"id":903721,"date":"2026-11-02T22:54:16","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T22:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/903721\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T22:54:16","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T22:54:16","slug":"michael-douglas-shades-chers-oscar-win-for-moonstruck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/903721\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Douglas shades Cher\u2019s Oscar win for \u2018Moonstruck\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Douglas believes his \u201cFatal Attraction\u201d co-star Glenn Close should\u2019ve won the 1988 Oscar for best actress over Cher.<\/p>\n<p>During an appearance on the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/badpostclose\/status\/2116709387003699644\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u201cGraham Norton Show\u201d<\/a> alongside Douglas, Kieran Culkin and Naomi Ackie, the \u201c101 Dalmatians\u201d actress, 79 \u2014 who has been nominated for eight Oscars but never won \u2014 quipped that she\u2019s receiving an honorary Oscar at the Governors Awards in November because the Academy members \u201cprobably don\u2019t want to feel guilty anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe should have won with \u2018Fatal Attraction,\u2019\u201d the \u201cBasic Instinct\u201d actor, 82, added.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Douglas (seen above on the \u201cGraham Norton Show\u201d) shaded Cher\u2019s 1988 best actress Oscar win. Jas Lehal\/PA Media Assignments<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cBasic Instinct\u201d actor said he believed his \u201cFatal Attraction\u201d co-star Glenn Close (seen above kissing Douglas on the \u201cGraham Norton Show\u201d) should have won.  Jas Lehal\/PA Media Assignments<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was nominated, I believe, [for] her fourth [time for] \u2018Fatal Attraction.\u2019 Cher won that year,\u201d Douglas said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_9-0\">Host Graham Norton asked: \u201cWas that for \u2018Moonstruck?&#8217;\u201d referring to Cher\u2019s 1987 comedy.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_9-0\">\u201cOh wow,\u201d the comedian, 63, said. <\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_11-0\">\u201cI know. That\u2019s what we all said,\u201d Douglas responded, which prompted Norton and his celebrity guests to laugh.<\/p>\n<p>Douglas said Close\u2019s performance in \u201cFatal Attraction\u201d remains one of \u201cthe greatest performances of all time.\u201d (Pictured: Close on the \u201cGraham Norton Show.\u201d) Jas Lehal\/PA Media Assignments<\/p>\n<p>Cher (seen above holding her Oscar award) beat out Close, Holly Hunter, Sally Kirkland and Meryl Streep for best actress at the 1988 Oscars. Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_13-0\">\u201cThe shade! The shade, mate!\u201d Ackie, 35, said. <\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_13-0\">Douglas added that he believes Close\u2019s performance in \u201cFatal Attraction\u201d remains one of \u201cthe greatest performances of all time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Norton joked, \u201cBut Cher put some gray in her hair, so there you go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A representative for Cher told Page Six, \u201cCher adores Michael Douglas,\u201d when asked for comment. <\/p>\n<p>In \u201cMoonstruck,\u201d the \u201cBelieve\u201d songstress (seen above holding her Oscar in 1988) portrayed Loretta Castorini, an Italian-American widow living in Brooklyn, New York, who accepted a marriage proposal from her boyfriend, Johnny. Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n<p>In the film, Loretta began an affair with Johnny\u2019s hot-tempered younger brother, Ronny. (Pictured: Nicolas Cage and Cher in \u201cMoonstruck.\u201d) \u00c2\u00a9MGM\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n<p>Cher, 80, beat out Close, Holly Hunter (\u201cBroadcast News\u201d), Sally Kirkland (\u201cAnna\u201d) and Meryl Streep (\u201cIronweed\u201d) for best actress at the 1988 Oscars.<\/p>\n<p>In \u201cMoonstruck,\u201d the \u201cBelieve\u201d songstress portrayed Loretta Castorini, an Italian-American widow living in Brooklyn, New York, who accepted a marriage proposal from her boyfriend, Johnny Cammareri (played by Danny Aiello).<\/p>\n<p>Loretta then began an affair with Johnny\u2019s hot-tempered younger brother, Ronny (played by Nicolas Cage).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael Douglas believes his \u201cFatal Attraction\u201d co-star Glenn Close should\u2019ve won the 1988 Oscar for best actress over&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":903722,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[1508,236,91,53671,88,86204,115432,44415,206,216,29506],"class_list":["post-903721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-actors","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrity-news","tag-cher","tag-entertainment","tag-glenn-close","tag-graham-norton","tag-michael-douglas","tag-movies","tag-music","tag-oscars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=903721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/903722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=903721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=903721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=903721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}