The Friday 5: This Week’s Most Popular Stories

From Jennifer Lawrence’s Oscar tumble (again) to Jared Leto’s suspicions of J-Law’s uncoordinated conspiracy and Norman Reedus’ “Walking Dead” breakdown – here are AccessHollywood.com’s 5 most popular articles of the week!

“Fifty Shades” executive producer Dana Brunetti got fans all worked up after he told Access’ Billy Bush on the Oscars red carpet that production had wrapped and the final product was “sexy and hot!” As for how much skin we’ll actually be seeing from Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson? “No comment,” Dana smiled.

As Jennifer Lawrence hit the Oscars red carpet on Sunday, an orange cone got the best of the “American Hustle” beauty. “I don’t know how it happened,” Jennifer told Access’ Billy Bush on the Oscars red carpet. “I wasn’t even at the press yet… I ran over the cone.” Of course, this is the second fall in two years for Jennifer at the Oscars. “I hope nobody took a picture, because I’m afraid it’s going to start looking like a gimmick,” she told Billy. Sorry Jen, Jared Leto has his own thoughts on your antics (that’s coming up later on the list).

ABC announced the new crop of celebrities hitting the ballroom on the upcoming Season 18, and among the actors, singers and athletes was double-amputee Paralympic snowboarder Amy Purdy. From the cause of her double amputation to her start in snowboarding and even her reality TV past, “DWTS” fans were anxious to find out more about Amy!

Everybody wondered who Jennifer Lawrence was talking to when she took the Oscars stage and asked, “Why are you laughing?” The answer – Jared Leto. Jared, please explain. “She said, ‘What are you laughing at?’ But what she didn’t know was that Ellen was on the side…making, pantomiming [motions like], ‘Don’t fall, don’t fall,’ and my mom and my brother are all cracking up,” he later told Access. On the red carpet, the 30 Seconds to Mars rocker also weighed in on her run-in with the cone. “You know, I’m starting to wonder if this is a bit of an act,” he joked with Billy Bush about the actress’ less-than-graceful red carpet moment.

Norman Reedus’ Daryl Dixon got his first real chance to process his emotions related to the prison siege, during last Sunday night’s episode of AMC’s “The Walking Dead” – and the fans went crazy over it! Daryl spoke with Access in an extended interview where he opened up on the dramatic episode – and that backwards hug from Beth! “That originally was a face-to-face hug and it was her going, ‘Stop it! Stop it!’ and hug me and crying, and ‘Stop it, stop it,’ and hugging me. … I kind of came up with that backwards hug thing and dude, that director really pushed that to make that really awesome,” he told Access.

— Eric Anderson

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