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‘F1,’ ‘The Smashing Machine’: Casting Non-Actors, Athletes
For the first time in the ceremony’s 98-year history, casting directors will be getting their close-up at the Academy Awards.…
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Global Styles Shake Up Oscar Animation Race
This season’s race for best animated feature is one of the most stylistically varied in recent memory, a category where…
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Oscar Contenders Who Are Related in the 2026 Race
Brothers, fathers and sons, and husbands and wives are all vying for the golden trophy this season. November 25, 2025…
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Emma Thompson Boards Oscar Contender ‘Jane Austen’s Period Drama’ as “Executive Menstrual Advisor”: “A Bloody Little Gem” (Exclusive)
Emma Thompson is such a big fan of Oscar-hopeful short Jane Austen’s Period Drama, she’s boarded the film as “executive…
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Why Oscar Think Pieces Need to Go
This column was conceived not so much as an assignment but as a desperate cry for help to my editors.…
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How ‘Mutiny on the Bounty’ Led to Oscars Supporting Actor Category
If nothing else, 1935’s Mutiny on the Bounty answers the burning question: What does Clark Gable look like without a…
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The Music Score Behind Netflix’s ‘A House of Dynamite’
German composer Volker Bertelmann is no stranger to crafting scores that keep audiences, and even himself, up at night. “Yeah,…
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‘Sinners’ & Healing Response to Her Character
Wunmi Mosaku was almost immediately who Ryan Coogler wanted to star as Annie, the herbalist healer and estranged partner of…
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Nina Hoss Interview: ‘Heda’ Queer Adaptation
About 15 years ago, Nina Hoss played Hedda Gabler in an experimental stage production in Berlin. This take on the…
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One of Those Days When Hemme Dies Director on Turkey Oscars Submission
Stretching across an expansive tomato farm under the blazing Turkey sun, Murat Fıratoğlu’s opening shot to his award-winning One of…
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