Prestige Junkie
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7 Cannes Movies to Watch; Sarah Snook’s Post-‘Succession’ Power Play
‘I think no one else knows what they’re doing either,’ the ‘All Her Fault’ star tells me of life as a performer
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🎧 Daniel Radcliffe’s Secret Sitcom Education
The Tony winner excels on NBC’s ‘Reggie Dinkins’ — and shares his private list of favorite half-hour comedies
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On the Ground at One of Oscar Season’s Early Proving Grounds
I take in the kickoff of the Montclair Film Festival, with ‘Conclave’ director Edward Berger, Sony Pictures Classics’ Tom Bernard and its influential creative-class crowd
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3 Big Ideas to Fix Oscar Host Phobia
A parachuting Tom Cruise, Lady Gaga, Keke Palmer? Where the Academy Awards could start
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🎧 Morgan Neville on Pharrell, Legos and a ‘Magical Thinker’
The Oscar-winning documentarian reveals what went into ‘Piece by Piece’ and why he took the project on
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‘Organized Chaos’: Remaking ‘SNL’ Brick by Brick
Jason Reitman, Jon Batiste and the ‘Saturday Night’ team on the immersive set, anarchy and music as ‘the villain in the film’
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🎧 Cristin Milioti on Staying Sane in ‘Crazy-Making’ Hollywood
‘The Penguin’ star goes deep on playing an unlikable character and the lingering toll of 2023’s strikes
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So Donald Trump Threatened to Sue Your Movie — Now What?
‘The Apprentice’ writer Gabriel Sherman tells me how he captured the person before he became the persona. Plus: Todd Phillips’ ‘Joker’ hangover
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Oscar’s Ground Game of Retail Politics
Strategists’ campaign roadmap? Regional festivals (hello, Middleburg!), social issues, and then, of course, the Governors Awards. Plus: The Zendaya question
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🎧 ‘The Wild Robot’ Director on the Hit’s Handmade Wonder
Chris Sanders explains the personal artistry that makes his animated film so immersive
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The Next Oscar Scandal is Already Brewing
Are we on the verge of an #OscarsSoMale redux? Plus: What’s vibing at NYFF
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Demi Moore and 6 Best Actress Narratives to Watch
The comeback, the overdue vet, the discovery: the stories that could power Moore, Adams, Jolie, Kidman and others to a nomination
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🎧 Will Ferrell and Harper Steele: Friendship Without Limits
The old pals and collaborators tell me about their bonding road trip doc, ‘Will & Harper’. Plus: Richard Rushfield’s early Oscar predictions
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5 More Films to Watch: The Best Picture Fight Starts Now
‘Conclave’, ‘Saturday Night’, ‘The Wild Robot’, ‘The Brutalist’ and ‘The Piano Lesson’ race to catch on in the next two months
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3 Strong Best Picture Contenders Emerge from Toronto (Maybe)
‘The Life of Chuck’ People’s Choice Award win puts a longstanding awards season winning steak in question. Plus: More from ‘Emilia Pérez’ star Karla Sofia Gascón
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🎧 The Magnetic Star of Netflix’s New Oscar Contender
Karla Sofia Gascón shares how she came to embody the title role in ‘Emilia Pérez’. Plus: Inside the Disney Emmys afterparty
Prestige Junkie from Katey Rich tracks the intersection of awards, culture and industry power — the breakthroughs, contenders, campaigns and conversations shaping film and TV.