Oscars
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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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🎧 Meet Los Javis, the Directors Suddenly Taking Over Oscar Season
The ‘La Bola Negra’ filmmakers on their breakthrough movie and working together after splitting up
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Elephant at the Oscars: Great Movies, Terrible Moment
The good, the bad and my 32 photos from inside
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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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🎧 Two Days Out: Oscar Shockers, Shorts and Second Thoughts
Need help winning your Oscar pool? I’ve got you covered
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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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Superagent Robert Newman’s Big Oscar Ideas: A Live Best Picture Elimination
The WME legend has a few smart ways to make the ‘boring’ ceremony feel fresh
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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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🎧 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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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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The Most Competitive Oscar Races: Part Two
A ‘Sinners’ sweep? Four below-the-line contests could point the way. Plus, the balance of power shifts in international feature
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🎧 Oscar’s Instagram Wars; Sundance’s Last Magical Hurrah
Plus: A ‘Sinners’ surge and more post-nom observations
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Oscar’s 11th Hour Showdowns, Decoded
Several categories remain wide open — and contenders will have to fight tooth and nail