Latest Awards stories
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My Final Oscar Predictions: Part 2
Who will win the ‘Sinners’ vs. ‘One Battle’ showdowns, and the acting category primed for an upset
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🎧 How the Oscars Actually Happen
Academy heads Lynette Howell Taylor & Bill Kramer (almost) tell me their secrets. Plus: My final predictions!
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My Final Oscar Predictions: Part 1
Is the ‘Sinners’ wave real? Can anything beat ‘KPop Demon Hunters’? Plus: Timothée Chalamet’s Oscar season can’t end fast enough
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The Oscars’ Arrogance Is the Point
A brutally honest conversation with my colleagues about the awards industry and its future
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Taking Stock of the ‘Sinners’ Vibe Shift
The surge of enthusiasm for Ryan Coogler’s blockbuster can make a difference — just ask ‘Parasite’ and ‘Everything Everywhere’
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🎧 Two Days Out: Oscar Shockers, Shorts and Second Thoughts
Need help winning your Oscar pool? I’ve got you covered
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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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Songwriter Marc Shaiman vs. the ‘Unfair’ Oscars
Buckle in: The legendary composer & lyricist’s unfiltered take on Hollywood, and the Academy’s ‘nasty’ original-song move
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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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🎧 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