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Dirk Libbey

Why Adam Sandler Trading In His Basketball Shorts For Slacks Has People Thinking About His Chances At The 2026 Oscars

Happy in checkered shirt in Happy Gilmore 2.

It may still be summer, but “awards season” is already here. The Venice Film Festival is just getting underway, and among its various offerings will be many 2025 movie schedule entries that are expected to compete for Oscars. The stars of those projects are arriving in Venice, too, and among them is one Adam Sandler, who looks a bit different than usual.

Sandler’s last appearance at the Oscars was as part of a comedy skit with host Conan O’Brien, where he wore basketball shorts among the tuxedos and evening gowns. To be fair, that’s the way the actor tends to dress a lot of the time, and it was the way he had been dressed when spotted earlier in Venice.

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