Prestige Junkie
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Laika Lost 5 Oscars to Disney and Pixar. ‘Wildwood’ May Settle the Score
The stop-motion animation studio’s latest is a frontrunner. Having visited the company’s Oregon shop, I can see why
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🎧 The ‘Being Heumann’ Star Changing Hollywood, One Ramp at a Time
Actress Ruth Madeley, a disability rights activist herself, on playing Judy Heumann and why accessible sets benefit all
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Oscar’s Moneyball Pivot: 4 Charts That Reveal Who Votes Now
Exclusive: New data show how dramatically the Academy has changed — from who’s who to where they live
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Tom Bernard on the Art of Oscar Campaigns
Plus: Inside ‘Everytime,’ the heartbreaking international feature contender whose entire premise might be a spoiler
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Too Big to Win? ‘You Can See Everything’ Divides Oscar Purists
A historic best picture nomination? A shocking doc snub? And what about its acting (yes) contender? I answer all
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🎧 Alden Ehrenreich’s Twisty Ride After Being a ‘Next Big Thing’
The ‘A Talent for Murder’ star won a Tony after ‘Solo’ crashed. Plus: Regional festival fever hits the Oscar race
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Something ‘Wicker’ This Way Comes — And Middleburg Goes Wild
Olivia Colman’s unlikely romance brings down the house. Plus: my chat with ‘La Bola Negra’ breakout Guitarricadelafuente
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The Strange Celebrity Campaign to Save Tom Cruise’s ‘Digger’
Ben Affleck and Anne Hathaway are talking about it. Why? Plus: Rachel Morrison’s heartbreaking romance
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🎧 Lord & Miller’s ‘Spectacular’ Idea: People Getting Along
The duo behind the $684M ‘Project Hail Mary’ explains why Hollywood’s most radical storytelling device is optimism
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Netflix vs. Neon: An Oscar Showdown Starts Now
With ‘La Bola Negra,’ the streamer is in prime position to win — unless Neon’s Palme champ spoils the party
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Andrew Garfield’s Sam Altman: So Evil, It’s Oscar-Worthy
Meet your new Hannibal Lecter: on the ground at the ‘Artificial’ NYFF premiere; plus: The Emmys go Amazon
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🎧 Rosalind Eleazar on the ‘Grueling’ Auditions for Chris Rock’s ‘Misty Green’
To land her Hollywood break, the English actress had to try — and try again
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Best Actress Showdown: Julianne Moore vs. the Newcomers
Inde Navarrette leads a pack chasing the frontrunner
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Taylor Swift’s Oscar Campaign: Hiding in Plain Sight
Plus: Zoe Kazan’s ‘East of Eden’ and the power of a miniseries that’s just a miniseries
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🎧 Olivia Wilde Passed on Streamers. Then ‘The Invite’ Made $60M
The director takes me inside the fierce bidding war that led to A24 beating Netflix — and an eye-opener about audience
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Pitt, Cruise, Pattinson, Damon: The Most A-List Best Actor Race Ever
What do Oscar voters really want from a movie star? We’re about to find out
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John Wilson Made HBO’s Weirdest Hit. Now He’s Taken It to the Big Screen
The ‘History of Concrete’ director on making his first feature his way; plus: crowd-pleasers vs. ‘The Odyssey’
Prestige Junkie from Katey Rich tracks the intersection of awards, culture and industry power — the breakthroughs, contenders, campaigns and conversations shaping film and TV.