Prestige Junkie
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🎧 Jason Bateman Has Seen It All — And Probably Directed It, Too
The ‘Black Rabbit’ star and, yes, director, tells me what he’s learned through decades of shifting models and audiences
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🎧 Dakota Fanning Refused the Female Rivalry Trap on ‘All Her Fault’
The actress on how the series defied stereotypes and sharing a production company with her sister, Elle
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Michael B. Jordan’s Big Night Happened at the Exact Right Time
The ‘Sinners’ star’s speech at the Actor Awards may have just made him the Oscar frontrunner
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🎧 Kate Hudson’s Wild Oscar Ride: ‘It Doesn’t Come Along Often’
The nominee talks betting on herself, bringing grown-up dramas back to theaters and that no career ‘has a crystal ball’
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The Brazilian Wave Hits the Oscars
How ‘Train Dreams’ cinematographer Adolpho Veloso became this season’s symbol — along with Wagner Moura — for a nation’s movie moment
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🎧 The Hug That Helped Make an Oscar Nominee
‘Sentimental Value’ best supporting actress contender Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas tells me how she created the film’s enduring moment
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BAFTA Shockwaves Hit the Oscar Race
The acting races blew open — but a racial slur quickly overshadowed the celebration; plus: an interview with casting director Francine Maisler
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🎧 ‘Blue Moon’ Pushed Ethan Hawke Harder Than Ever
The best actor nominee opens up about self-doubt in his latest collaboration with Richard Linklater
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The Man Who Built ‘Marty Supreme’ (and Won Over Chalamet)
Jack Fisk is ‘the finest production designer on the planet,’ the star said. I talk to the legend about a career working with Iñárritu, de Palma, Lynch & Malick
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🎧 Ryan Coogler Wrote ‘Sinners’ for Wunmi Mosaku — She Just Didn’t Know It
The Oscar-nominated star on her breakout role. Plus: Which Spirit Award wins really matter
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🎧 What It Really Feels Like to Be an Oscar Nominee
I talk to 16 of this year’s contenders — including Amy Madigan and Rose Byrne — to find out
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The Only Day Every Oscar Nominee Wins
My Nominees Luncheon dispatches, and exclusive photos and video, from inside the Beverly Hilton
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🎧 The Death of Sex on Screen Was Greatly Exaggerated
‘Pillion’ actor Harry Melling is a breakout thanks to the sweet (yes!) BDSM story as romance in all forms revs up
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President Nolan, a DGA Love Fest & ‘The Secret Agent’ Moment
Director Kleber Mendonça Filho on his unlikely rise and Brazil’s global recognition
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Oscar Dirty Tricks in the Social Media Age
Team ‘Marty Supreme’ and an awards oppo machine far beyond Harvey Weinstein’s Machiavellian moves
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🎧 ‘KPop Demon Hunters’: Maggie Kang on Rumi’s Skateboard Origins
The Oscar-nominated co-director on turning a personal sketch into a global phenomenon — and trusting her instincts
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The Surprise ‘Avatar’ Costume Design Nom, Years in the Making, in an AI Era
Deborah L. Scott on an ‘uphill’ battle to earn recognition
Prestige Junkie from Katey Rich tracks the intersection of awards, culture and industry power — the breakthroughs, contenders, campaigns and conversations shaping film and TV.