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Hugh Grant’s Unimpressed Reaction To Being Interviewed At The Oscars Couldn’t Have Been More Apparent

Hugh Grant is famously not a fan of hiding his feelings. He recently admitted to a tantrum (“a Christian Bale,” as he called it) on set during Dungeons & Dragons, and he might be the best Paddington villain in the land, but he was not as charming of a baddie on this year’s Oscars red carpet.

Ashley Graham tried, and she really tried, to pry an interesting answer out of Hugh on several subjects, as you can see in the below clip. He didn’t really “have hopes up” for anyone who was nominated for an award, and as far as fashion goes, “It’s just my suit” and “I can’t remember my tailor.” He also declined to discuss much about Glass Onion other than pointing out that he’s barely in the movie (due the nature of a cameo).

Did Hugh not wish to be at the Oscars at all, or was he simply not into this interview? Whatever the case, Ashley Grant is a trooper for adding, “It was nice to talk to you” at the end of this interview. His response: “Yeah.”

People really felt for Ashley after those awkward few moments. If she had wanted to fade into the red carpet, no one could have blamed her.

You can follow our ongoing Oscars coverage here.

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Nick Cannon And His Nearly Dozen Children Were The Butt Of An Oscars’ Opening Monologue Joke

All eyes are on the 2023 Oscars for several reasons. The first, of course, is the potential history to be made depending on who walks away with the winner. The second is whether or not and in which ways this evening’s host Jimmy Kimmel will address last year’s infamous. Well, during Kimmel’s opening monologue, the television host and comedian held nothing back, starting with the slap.

But as the monologue continued, a few other public figures caught a few strays, including television host, actor, rapper, and comedian Nick Cannon. Cannon and his eleven children were on the receiving end of Kimmel’s throwaway jokes.

When poking fun at Avatar: The Way of Water and just how much money the film had to earn in order to break even, Kimmel pulled in Cannon’s large family. “Avatar: The Way of Water was the most expensive movie ever made. Disney spent 2 billion dollars to make this movie. Just to break even, all of Nick Cannon’s children had to see Avatar four times,” joked Kimmel.

Cannon hasn’t commented on the joke just yet. However, he, himself has used his love of procreation as a punchline in his own works. In fact, earlier this week, Cannon filmed a mock game show skit titled, Who’s Having My Baby, with Kevin Hart.

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The 2023 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament First Round TV Schedule, Tip Times, And Commentator Teams

The 2023 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament field is set after Selection Sunday, as the 68 teams still holding a ticket to the Big Dance were informed of their seeding and where they would be playing their first round games — while others had their bubbles burst and learned they’d be going to the NIT instead.

With the bracket in place, the attention turned for fans to when the games would be played. Late Sunday night, CBS and Warner Bros. Discovery announced the complete TV schedule for the first round (and First Four) games that will be broadcast on CBS, TBS, TNT, and truTV, along with the commentator teams for each.

TUESDAY, MARCH 14 (FIRST FOUR)
6:40 p.m. (truTV): 16. SE Missouri State vs. 16. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Tom McCarthy, Avery Johnson, and Jon Rothstein)
9:10 p.m. (truTV): 11. Pittsburgh vs. 11. Mississippi State (McCarthy, Johnson, and Rothstein)

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15 (FIRST FOUR)
6:40 p.m. (truTV): 16. Fairleigh Dickinson vs. 16. Texas Southern (McCarthy, Johnson, and Rothstein)
9:10 p.m. (truTV): 11. Nevada vs. 11. Arizona State (McCarthy, Johnson, and Rothstein)

THURSDAY, MARCH 16
12:15 p.m. (CBS): 9. Maryland vs. 8. West Virginia (Jim Nantz, Bill Raftery, Grant Hill, and Tracy Wolfson)
12:40 p.m. (truTV): 13. Furman vs. 4. Virginia (Kevin Harlan, Dan Bonner, Stan Van Gundy, and Lauren Shehadi)
1:40 p.m. (TNT): 10. Utah State vs. 7. Missouri (Brad Nessler, Brendan Haywood, and Dana Jacobson)
2:00 p.m. (TBS): 16. Howard vs. 1. Kansas (Brian Anderson, Jim Jackson, and Allie LaForce)
2:45 p.m. (CBS): 16. SEMO St/TAMU-CC vs. 1. Alabama (Nantz, Raftery, Hill, and Wolfson)
3:10 p.m. (truTV): 12. Charleston vs. 5. San Diego State (Harlan, Bonner, Van Gundy, and Shehadi)
4:10 p.m. (TNT): 15. Princeton vs. 2. Arizona (Nessler, Haywood, and Jacobson)
4:30 p.m. (TBS): 9. Illinois vs. 8. Arkansas (Anderson, Jackson, LaForce)

6:50 p.m. (TNT): 9. Auburn vs. 8. Iowa (Nantz, Raftery, Hill, and Wolfson)
7:10 p.m. (CBS): 12. Oral Roberts vs. 5. Duke (Harlan, Bonner, Van Gundy, and Shehadi)
7:25 p.m. (TBS): 15. Colgate vs. 2. Texas (Anderson, Jackson, LaForce)
7:35 p.m. (truTV): 10. Boise St. vs. 7. Northwestern (Nessler, Haywood, and Jacobson)
9:20 p.m. (TNT): 16. Northern Kentucky vs. 1 Houston (Nantz, Raftery, Hill, and Wolfson)
9:40 p.m. (CBS): 13. Louisiana vs. 4. Tennessee (Harlan, Bonner, Van Gundy, and Shehadi)
9:55 p.m. (TBS): 10. Penn State vs. 7. Texas A&M (Anderson, Jackson, LaForce)
10:05 p.m. (truTV): 15. UNC Asheville vs. 2. UCLA (Nessler, Haywood, and Jacobson)

FRIDAY, MARCH 17
12:15 p.m. (CBS): 10. USC vs. 7. Michigan State (Andrew Catalon, Steve Lappas, and Jamie Erdahl)
12:40 p.m. (truTV): 14. Kennesaw State vs. 3. Xavier (Ian Eagle, Jim Spanarkel, and Evan Washburn)
1:40 p.m. (TNT): 14. UC Santa Barbara vs. 3. Baylor (Lisa Byington, Steve Smith, Avery Johnson, and Andy Katz)
2:00 p.m. (TBS): 12. VCU vs. 5. Saint Mary’s (Spero Dedes, Deb Antonelli, and AJ Ross)
2:45 p.m. (CBS): 15. Vermont vs. 2. Marquette (Catalon, Lappas, and Erdahl)
3:10 p.m. (truTV): 11. Mississippi St/Pitt vs. 6. Iowa State (Eagle, Spanarkel, and Washburn)
4:10 p.m. (TNT): 11. NC State vs. 6. Creighton (Byington, Smith, Johnson, and Katz)
4:30 p.m. (TBS): 13. Iona vs. 4. UConn (Dedes, Antonelli, and Ross)

6:50 p.m. (TNT): 16. Texas So./FDU vs. 1. Purdue (Catalon, Lappas, and Erdahl)
7:10 p.m. (CBS): 11. Providence vs. 6. Kentucky (Eagle, Spanarkel, and Washburn)
7:25 p.m. (TBS): 12. Drake vs. 5. Miami (Dedes, Antonelli, and Ross)
7:35 p.m. (truTV): 14. Grand Canyon vs. 3. Gonzaga (Byington, Smith, Johnson, and Katz)
9:20 p.m. (TNT): 9. FAU vs. 8. Memphis (Catalon, Lappas, and Erdahl)
9:40 p.m. (CBS): 14. Montana State vs. 3. Kansas State (Eagle, Spanarkel, and Washburn)
9:55 p.m. (TBS): 13. Kent State vs. 4. Indiana (Dedes, Antonelli, and Ross)
10:05 p.m. (truTV): 11. Arizona St/Nevada vs. 6. TCU (Byington, Smith, Johnson, and Katz)

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Ke Huy Quan Made Everyone Cry With His Heartfelt, Inspirational Oscar Acceptance Speech

The Oscars got off on the right foot, with host Jimmy Kimmel managing to keep things light, even when addressing you know what. Even the first awards were feel good. Guillermo del Toro won Best Animated Feature for his version of Pinocchio. Then maybe the most heart-warming story had a happy ending: Ke Huy Quan won his Oscar.

The actor, who first achieved stardom as a young kid in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, was an odds-on favorite to win for his comeback turn in Everything Everywhere All at Once. He’s given plenty of speeches over this awards season, but this was the biggie. And he delivered.

Quan started by thanking someone very special. “My mom is 84 years old and she’s at home watching. Mom, I just won an Oscar!” he said, the tears starting right away. He then went into his back story:

“My journey started on a boat. I spent a year in a refugee camp. And somehow I ended up here on Hollywood’s biggest stage. They say stories like this only happen in the movies. I cannot believe it’s happening to me. This, this is the American dream.”

Among the many people he thanked included his “Goonies brother for life,” Jeff Cohen, who acted with him in the ‘80s staple and inked his EEAAO deal. He also singled out his wife.

“I owe everything to my wife, Echo,” he said, “who, month after month, year after year, for 20 years told me that one day my time will come. Dreams are something you have to believe in. I almost gave up on mine. To all of you out there, please keep your dreams alive.”

You can watch his tearjerking speech in the tweet above.

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Here Is The Complete 2023 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament Bracket

The 2023 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament will tip off this weekend, as 67 teams look to find a way to dethrone the defending champs and wire-to-wire No. 1 team in the country, South Carolina.

Teams on the bubble had to wait until Sunday night to learn their fates, while conference champions and highly ranked squads were simply trying to figure out who they would be facing and where. This year’s tournament features two regional sites — Greenville, South Carolina and Seattle, Washington — which is why the regional titles are simply Greenville 1, Greenville 2, Seattle 3, and Seattle 4. Unsurprisingly, the Gamecocks earned the top overall seed in their title defense, but the rest of the seeding shook out as follows, with a full printable bracket able to be found here.

FIRST FOUR

16. Tennessee Tech
16. Monmouth

11. Illinois
11. Mississippi State

16. Southern
16. Sacred Heart

11. Purdue
11. St. John’s

GREENVILLE 1

1. South Carolina
16. Norfolk State

8. South Florida
9. Marquette

5. Oklahoma
12. Portland

4. UCLA
13. Sacramento State

6. Creighton
11. Illinois/Mississippi State

3. Notre Dame
14. Southern Utah

7. Arizona
10. West Virginia

2. Maryland
15. Holy Cross

GREENVILLE 2

1. Indiana
16. Tennessee Tech/Monmouth

8. Oklahoma State
9. Miami (FL)

5. Washington State
12. FGCU

4. Villanova
13. Cleveland State

6. Michigan
11. UNLV

3. LSU
14. Hawai’i

7. North Carolina State
10. Princeton

2. Utah
15. Gardner Webb

SEATTLE 3

1. Virginia Tech
16.

8. USC
9. South Dakota State

5. Iowa State
12. Toledo

4. Tennessee
13. Saint Louis

6. North Carolina
11. Purdue/St. John’s

3. Ohio State
14. James Madison

7. Baylor
10. Alabama

2. UConn
15. Vermont

SEATTLE 4

1. Stanford
16. Southern/Sacred Heart

8. Ole Miss
9. Gonzaga

5. Louisville
12. Drake

4. Texas
13. East Carolina

6. Colorado
11. Middle Tennessee

3. Duke
14. Iona

7. Florida State
10. Georgia

2. Iowa
15. SE Louisiana

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It Did Not Take Long For The Oscars To Make A Joke About The Slap (And Scientology)

You knew it was coming. I knew it was coming. Everyone knew it was coming. The only question was: who would be the one to make the inevitable joke about The Slap during the 2023 Academy Awards?

It turns out the honors went to host Jimmy Kimmel, who made the first (and only?) reference to when Will Smith slapped Chris Rock for failing to keep his wife’s name out of his f*cking mouth at last year’s Oscars. “It was some year for diversity and inclusion. We have nominees from every corner of Dublin,” he joked, referring to, among others, The Banshees of Inisherin star Colin Farrell and Aftersun hunk Paul Mescal. “Five Irish actors are nominated tonight, which means the odds of another fight on stage just went way up.”

Later, Kimmel said that “if anyone in attendance commits an act of violence at any point during the show, you will be awarded the Oscar for Best Actor and permitted to give a 19-minute long speech.” He continued:

“If anything unpredictable or violent happens during the show, sit there and do absolutely nothing. Maybe even give the assailant a hug. And if any of you get mad at a joke and decide you want to get jiggy with it — it’s not going to be easy,” Kimmel concluded, then shouting out fighters in the audience like Michael B. Jordan’s Creed, Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Man and Michelle Yeoh.

Kimmel also covered another hot-button issue: Scientology and Tom Cruise, who he referred to as “L Ron Hubba Hubba.” Cruise, it’s worth noting, is not in attendance.

You can find the complete list of Oscar winners here.

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Here’s The Full List Of 2023 Oscar Winners So Far

The 2023 Oscars have arrived, and the question on everyone’s mind is how The Academy can follow up on The Slap. Chris Rock recently took the gloves off to tell everyone what he really thought of the incident, and Will Smith’s camp wants him to let it go. Well, the world hasn’t forgotten it, and in the meantime, there are awards to be handed out.

Jimmy Kimmel will do the hosting honors tonight, and although Top Gun: Maverick and Avatar: The Way Of Water saved the box office over the past year, the Oscars are a whole other ballgame. Tom Cruise will reportedly not be in attendance, which would make things awfully awkward if Maverick somehow upsets Everything Everywhere All at Once for Best Picture. Our own Josh Kurp predicts that this is awfully unlikely to happen, and Tom will likely spend his evening doing wild stunts for the Mission: Impossible franchise.

Let’s get on with this evening, too. We’ll be updating this complete winners list all night as more awards are announced, so make sure to keep checking back. Winners will be marked in bold.

Best Documentary

Navalny, Daniel Roher, Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller and Shane Boris
All That Breathes, Shaunak Sen, Aman Mann and Teddy Leifer
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, John Lyons, Nan Goldin and Yoni Golijov
Fire of Love, Sara Dosa, Shane Boris and Ina Fichman
A House Made of Splinters, Simon Lereng Wilmont and Monica Hellström

Best Supporting Actress

Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Hong Chau, The Whale
Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin
Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Supporting Actor

Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin
Brian Tyree Henry, Causeway
Judd Hirsch, The Fabelmans
Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin

Best Animated Feature

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Marcel the Shell With Shoes On
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
The Sea Beast
Turning Red

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Best Picture

All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick
Triangle of Sadness
Women Talking

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett, Tar
Ana de Armas, Blonde
Andrea Riseborough, To Leslie
Michelle Williams, The Fabelmans
Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Actor

Austin Butler, Elvis
Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser, The Whale
Paul Mescal, Aftersun
Bill Nighy, Living

Best Costume Design

Babylon
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
Everything Everywhere
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

Best Sound

All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
Elvis
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Director

Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans
Todd Field, Tár
Ruben Ostlund, Triangle of Sadness

Best Original Score

All Quiet on the Western Front
Babylon
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans

Best Adapted Screenplay

All Quiet on the Western Front
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Living
Top Gun: Maverick
Women Talking

Best Original Screenplay

The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Tár
Triangle of Sadness

Best Animated Short

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
The Flying Sailor
Ice Merchants
My Year of Dicks
An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It

Best Makeup & Hairstyling

All Quiet on the Western Front
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
The Whale

Best International Feature Film

Argentina, Argentina, 1985
Belgium, Close
Germany, All Quiet on the Western Front
Ireland, The Quiet Girl
Poland, EO

Production Design

All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon
Elvis
The Fabelmans

Best Original Song

“Applause,” Tell It like a Woman
“Hold My Hand,” Top Gun: Maverick
“Lift Me Up,” Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
“Naatu Naatu,” RRR
“This Is A Life,” Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Cinematography

All Quiet on the Western Front
Bardo
Elvis
Empire of Light
Tár

Best Visual Effects

All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Foreve
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Live Action Short

An Irish Goodbye, Tom Berkeley and Ross White
Ivalu, Anders Walter and Rebecca Pruzan
Le Pupille, Alice Rohrwacher and Alfonso Cuarón
Night Ride, Eirik Tveiten and Gaute Lid Larssen
The Red Suitcase, Cyrus Neshvad

Best Film Editing

The Banshees of Inisherin, Mikkel E.G. Nielsen
Elvis, Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond
Everything Everywhere All at Once, Paul Rogers
Tár, Monika Willi
Top Gun: Maverick, Eddie Hamilton

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Here Is The Complete 2023 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Bracket

March Madness has arrived, as most everyone’s favorite week of the college basketball season has arrived, with the First Four games tipping off in Dayton on Tuesday and Wednesday night and then a full weekend of NCAA Tournament games for the first and second rounds.

Before we can get to the games, we had to learn how the bracket shook out, with Selection Sunday bringing us all 68 teams that made the Big Dance. For conference champions and top-ranked squads, Selection Sunday is nothing but excitement as they wait to learn what seed they got, who they’ll be playing, and where they’ll be going. Teams on the bubble, however, spend the day anxiously waiting to see if their season will continue or if they’ll end up on the outside looking in.

For a full printable bracket, you can click here, with the full look at the first round and First Four matchups below.

FIRST FOUR

16. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
16. SE Missouri State

11. Mississippi State
11. Pittsburgh

16. Texas Southern
16. Fairleigh Dickinson

11. Arizona State
11. Nevada

SOUTH

1. Alabama
16. Texas A&M-CC/SE Missouri State

8. Maryland
9. West Virginia

5. San Diego State
12. Charleston

4. Virginia
13. Furman

6. Creighton
11. North Carolina State

3. Baylor
14. UC Santa Barbara

7. Missouri
10. Utah State

2. Arizona
15. Princeton

MIDWEST

1. Houston
16. Northern Kentucky

8. Iowa
9. Auburn

5. Miami (FL)
12. Drake

4. Indiana
13. Kent State

6. Iowa State
11. Mississippi State/Pittsburgh

3. Xavier
14. Kennesaw State

7. Texas A&M
10. Penn State

2. Texas
15. Colgate

EAST

1. Purdue
16. Texas Southern/Fairleigh Dickinson

8. Memphis
9. FAU

5. Duke
12. Oral Roberts

4. Tennessee
13. Louisiana

6. Kentucky
11. Providence

3. Kansas State
14. Montana State

7. Michigan State
10. USC

2. Marquette
15. Vermont

WEST

1. Kansas
16. Howard

8. Arkansas
9. Illinois

5. Saint Mary’s
12. VCU

4. UConn
13. Iona

6. TCU
11. Arizona State/Nevada

3. Gonzaga
14. Grand Canyon

7. Northwestern
10. Boise State

2. UCLA
15. UNC Asheville

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A simple ‘test’ can help identify potentially abusive partners early in a relationship.

Most abusers don’t start their relationships by hitting their partners. That’s why early warning signs are vital to recognize.

I know two women who recently left abusive partners. Both men seemed sweet and likable—even gentle—each time I saw them. Both had some lovely qualities as people and even as partners. And both turned out to be controlling, increasingly abusive partners behind closed doors.


The thing about domestic violence is that most people don’t enter into relationships with someone who abuses them from the get go. It’s often like the analogy of the frog in boiling water. If you place a frog into a pot of boiling water, it’ll jump right out. But if you put it in a cool pot and gradually increase the temperature, the frog won’t recognize that it’s being slowly cooked until it’s too late.

Abuse usually comes on gradually, with plenty of opportunity to manipulate and forgive and justify the water getting warmer. That’s why many stay in abusive relationships far longer than they should.

A domestic violence counselor suggests a simple test to help identify potential abusers early in a relationship.

Rob Andrews is a domestic violence counselor in Australia. He told ABC News that he advises people to use what he calls the “No Test” to identify potential red flags early on in a relationship.

“The No Test is basically to watch out for the way your partner responds the first time you change your mind or say no,” Andrews said.

“While expressing disappointment is OK, it’s not the same as annoyed. Annoyed is ‘how dare you,’ a sign of ownership or entitlement.”

Ownership, entitlement, control—these are red flags that often lead to increasingly abusive behavior. And though women can definitely be abusers, the reality is that women are much more likely to be the victims of domestic violence and male abusers tend to be more dangerous to their partners.

“A lot of the women who will present to services will see themselves as part of the problem,” Andrews said. “They’ll ask themselves why they’re always attracted to abusive men, blame themselves for not being assertive enough, blame themselves for pushing their partner’s buttons, causing their anger.”

“With the No Test, we’re not trying to give women knowledge that they didn’t already know,” he said, “but when they see it in black and white in front of them like that, they realize they of course have the right to say no, that they aren’t to blame.”

Andrews describes our patriarchal history as “the nut of the problem.”

Andrews said that some people erroneously tell women that they should just be more assertive with their partners, letting them know they won’t stand for controlling or abusive behavior, but that’s not always the best tack to take.

“Being assertive with a man who’s threatening to bash you is not a very good idea,” he said. “It almost comes from what I’d call ‘deficit thinking,’ that somehow these women need to be trained up so that the people won’t abuse them. The only person who can stop the abuse is the person who is doing the abusing.”

Andrews works with men who are struggling with their own behavior and want to change. He has them think about what kind of man they really want to be and work with them to align their behavior with that vision.

“I hear a lot of people saying how it’s so hard for men now, it’s all so confusing,” he said. “It’s very easy to be a man. Just be polite and respectful to people, it’s not that difficult really.”

“But in saying that,” he added, “we are to some extent dealing with 2,000 years of history of women being a second-class citizen. That’s the nut of the problem and we’ve got to keep chipping away at it.”

This article originally appeared on 02.11.19

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Here’s why you look better in mirrors than you do in pictures

Usually the greatest fear after a wild night of partying isn’t what you said that you might regret, but how you’ll look in your friends’ tagged photos. Although you left the house looking like a 10, those awkward group selfies make you feel more like a 5, prompting you to wonder, “Why do I look different in pictures?”

It’s a weird phenomenon that, thanks to selfies, is making people question their own mirrors. Are pictures the “real” you or is it your reflection? Have mirrors been lying to us this whole time??


The answer to that is a bit tricky. The good news is that there’s a big chance that Quasimodo-looking creature that stares back at you in your selfies isn’t an accurate depiction of the real you. But your mirror isn’t completely truthful either.

Below, a scientific breakdown that might explain those embarrassing tagged photos of you:

The mirror is a reflection. It’s not the real you.

Although we’re the most comfortable and familiar with the face staring back at us while we brush our teeth in the morning, the mirror isn’t really the real us. It’s a reflection, so it shows how we look like in reverse. Because we’re so used to seeing the reverse version of ourselves, seeing how we look in pictures can be jarring. And unless you’re blessed with a perfectly symmetrical face, the photo version of yourself can be even more wonky.

“We see ourselves in the mirror all the time—you brush your teeth, you shave, you put on makeup,” Pamela Rutledge, director of the Media Psychology Center, told The Atlantic. “Looking at yourself in the mirror becomes a firm impression. You have that familiarity. Familiarity breeds liking. You’ve established a preference for that look of your face.”

Scientists call this the “mere-exposure” effect. Basically, it’s a behavior concocted by psychologist Robert Zajonc that says people react favorably to things they’re most familiar with. So, when you see a flipped version of yourself, you immediately hate it or even find it grotesque because it’s the opposite of what you’re used to.

So although we think we look better in a mirror, we’re more psychologically inclined to feel that way even if we truthfully look better in photos. Weird, huh?

The camera lens also plays a part.

So if your reflection isn’t the real you, does that mean your ugly selfies are your “true self”? Although mirrors show a flipped version of yourself that tones down the harshness of your asymmetries, the myth that “pictures never lie” isn’t true either. After all, most people take more than one selfie before they find their most flattering one, and usually it takes a combination of angles, lighting, and duck lips before landing one that’s Instagram-worthy.

But the problem might not be your angles, it could be lens distortion. Because of the proximity of your face to the camera, the lens can distort certain features, making them look larger than they are in real life. Pictures also only provide a 2-D version of ourselves. Depending on your features, if you have a soft, round face, photos can flatten your features and further distort the “real” you.

For example, just changing the focal length of a camera can even change the width of your head. As Gizmodo writer John Herrman pens, the fancier the camera, the better you’ll look in the picture:

“Telephoto lenses are usually seen as more flattering, giving the impression that the subject is flattened, and slightly compressing the width of your foremost features, like your nose or breasts. So you might want to think twice before fleeing the pesky paparazzi and their fancy zoom lenses; it’s the tourist with the pocket cam whose snaps will make you look fat on the Internet.”

And because cameras don’t show the 3-D version of you, it’s easy to “trick” cameras to present a reality that’s not even true. Professional models have perfected this, which is why people can do photo sorcery like this by merely tweaking their angles:

It’s also the camera flash.

Although good lighting is the key to all flattering photos, a harsh flash from your iPhone can actually make you look a lot worse, especially if it’s taken in a dark room. In fact, according to OKCupid, harsh camera flashes add seven years to your face.

In addition to making you look shiny and greasy, cameras can’t adjust to lightness and darkness the ways our eyes naturally can. Cameras can only focus on highlights or shadows, and sometimes that can result in lighting that can be less than flattering. A good rule of thumb is to stick to natural or outdoor lighting instead.

Your smile could also be the culprit.

Everyone knows what it’s like to pose for an awkward photo, like a driver’s license or a passport. The photos never turn out looking nice, and they hardly look like our natural smiles. When you’re looking at yourself in the mirror, you’re relaxed, confident, and more likely to smile and act naturally.

If someone shouting “Say cheese!” at you makes you feel self-conscious about your unphotogenic reputation, obviously you’re going to tense up and have a photo that looks different and foreign from the version you see in the mirror. It’s best to relax when taking pictures and try to focus on something else. That tense, forced awkwardness will always translate to a bad photo.

It’s possible you’re less attractive than you think.

But no matter how many factors you want to blame for your crappy pictures, it all boils down to psychology. Perhaps the reason you look different in pictures is because the version of yourself you like best is a figment of your imagination.

According to a 2008 study, people tend to think they’re more attractive than they really are. In the experiment, researchers photoshopped pictures of participants to make them look more attractive and then mixed those with photos of strangers. Next, they asked the subjects to pick their picture out of a line-up. People were quicker at picking photos where they looked more attractive, concluding that “attractiveness” was the version of themselves they were most familiar with.

However, other experts have also said the opposite, that people tend to think they’re less attractive than they really are. Whatever the case, if you’re beating yourself up about why you look different in mirrors and pictures, there’s a good chance that all your fear and anxiety is just in your head. It’s sort of similar to how people hate the sound of their own voice. Perhaps the key to looking better in pictures is taking as many selfies as you can to help familiarize yourself with both the “mirror” and “camera” version of yourself.

“People who take a lot of selfies end up feeling a lot more comfortable in their own skin because they have a continuum of images of themselves, and they’re more in control of the image,” Pamela said. “Flipped or not flipped, the ability to see themselves in all these different ways will just make them generally more comfortable.”

Or, you know, just download FaceTune. Might as well fight science with science.

This article originally appeared on 7.21.21