Joe McGovern is an awards reporter at TheWrap, writing about actors, directors, craftspeople and trends in the annual Oscar race. He also moderates conversations with filmmakers for TheWrap’s Screening Series. Before joining TheWrap in 2020, he was a correspondent at Entertainment Weekly. He is based in Brooklyn, New York.
Experience:
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Mikey Madison, Adrien Brody, Zoe Saldaña and Kieran Culkin to Present at 2026 Oscars
The four acting winners from 2025 will take the stage at the 98th Academy Awards
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Oscar Nominee Stellan Skarsgård Has Always Loved Ensemble Acting: ‘I Don’t Do Solos’
TheWrap magazine: The star of “Sentimental Value” talks about his performance as a rascal dad, the latest in his lifetime of stand-out supporting roles
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How the All-Female ‘Sirāt’ Sound Team Built a Scary, Oscar-Nominated Sonic World
TheWrap magazine: “There’s a suggestion in the audio of something unknown and magical,” says sound designer Laia Casanovas
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‘Sinners’ Oscar-Nominated Makeup Designer on How Vampire Effects Are ‘Rooted In Reality’
TheWrap magazine: Mike Fontaine explains how he used nocturnal animals and dog attacks as reference points
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‘Train Dreams’ Triumphs at Independent Spirit Awards
The poetic drama won three awards including Best Feature, while Rose Byrne scored an acting prize for “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”
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‘Sentimental Value’ Editor on Crafting Bittersweet Moments in Joachim Trier’s Oscar Contender
Olivier Bugge Coutté talks about his 30-year friendship with the Oscar-nominated director: “We’re like brothers. He knows my two ex-wives and all the girlfriends in between”
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International Feature Oscar Nominees Celebrate the Power of Movies: ‘Cinema Can Create Empathy’ | Video
TheWrap Screening Series: “I’m so happy to be part of this bunch of radical filmmakers,” “Sirāt” director Oliver Laxe said during a panel with fellow nominees
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Donna Langley to Receive BAFTA Fellowship at 2026 British Academy Film Awards
The chairman of NBCUniversal Entertainment will be honored on Feb. 22
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Noah Wyle to Receive Television Showperson of the Year Honor at Publicists Awards
“The Pitt” star has also won an Emmy and Golden Globe in recent months for his lead role on the medical drama
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‘Sinners’ Composer Ludwig Göransson Scores 2 Wins at Society of Composers and Lyricists Awards
Honors from the SCL also went to “KPop Demon Hunters” “Train Dreams,” “The White Lotus” and “Severance”
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Oscars Will Broadcast Only 2 Best Original Song Nominees’ Live Performances
In a letter, the show’s producers cited time constraints and structural changes as reasons for the reduction
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Richard Linklater’s ‘Nouvelle Vague’ Makes History With 10 Nominations for France’s César Awards
The French-language Netflix film scores the most nominations ever for an American director’s production
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Stellan Skarsgård Reacts to Historic Oscar Nomination With Wife and Son Nearby: ‘My Wife’s a Little Teary’
“It’s such a small chance that this kind of thing happens,” the “Sentimental Value” actor tells TheWrap
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‘Sentimental Value’ Team Celebrates 9 Oscar Nominations With Spilled Champagne and Tears | Video
Renate Reinsve, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas and many others gather in Oslo to tune in nominations morning
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Oscars 2026 Milestones: Amy Madigan, Wagner Moura and More Make History
Other notable nominations included Steven Spielberg, Stellan Skarsgård and the sound team of “Sirāt”
