Oscars
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How the ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ Team Got Hollywood to Make a Movie About Black Socialism
TheWrap awards magazine: “There was…apprehension in some pitch meetings about making a movie about an organization perceived as violent and militaristic,” writer Keith Lucas said
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8 Times Oscar Got It Wrong – From ‘Crash’ to Kevin Costner (Photos)
Some examples, from the major Academy Awards categories, of the voters backing the wrong horse
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How the Largely Improvised ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’ Landed an Oscar Screenplay Nomination
TheWrap awards magazine: “We were able to take beats we already wanted to get in the movie and shape them to what the world had become,” director Jason Woliner says
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Diane Warren on Which of Her 12 Oscar-Nominated Songs She Absolutely Thought Would Win
TheWrap awards magazine: The prolific songwriter, who has yet to win, also revealed whom she was “happy to lose to”
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A Journal of the Weirdest Awards Season Ever, From Streams to Vaccines and Everything in Between
TheWrap magazine: The COVID-19 pandemic and the recognition of systemic racism transformed this awards season into a marathon like no other
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Why ‘My Octopus Teacher’ Directors Brought in an ‘Octopus Psychologist’ for Their Documentary
“She helped us get inside the mind of an octopus as much as she could,” says co-director Pippa Reed of the cephalopod expert they consulted for their film
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With a Month to Go Until the Oscars, Can Anybody Beat ‘Nomadland’?
After winning the Producers Guild Award, Chloé Zhao’s drama may be in the best shape of any Oscar contender since “Argo” in 2013 — or, gulp, “La La Land” in 2017
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Sacha Baron Cohen on Playing the 2 Sides of Abbie Hoffman in ‘Trial of the Chicago 7’ (Exclusive Video)
“There’s a balance between the clown and the intellect,” the Oscar nominee says
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Oscar Production Team Adds Questlove, Richard LaGravanese and Dream Hampton
The 93rd Academy Awards air on Sunday, April 25
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Union Station Makes a Promise: Even During the Oscars, the Trains Will Run on Time
And for a change, the subway stop beneath the Dolby Theatre will remain open during the Oscars, even though part of the show is taking place there
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While the Oscars Embrace Diversity, the Golden Globes Scramble for Relevance
The week may have begun with the Oscar nominations, but attention very quickly shifted back to the under-fire Hollywood Foreign Press Association
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Oscar Producers Tell Nominees That the Show Will Be Safe — With No Zooming
“We feel the virtual thing will diminish (our) efforts,” the producers write in an email to nominees
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Oscar Voters Can Watch All the Nominees in the Academy Screening Room – Except These 2
A pair of big films nominated for visual effects aren’t available in the members-only streaming site for voters
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Can We Please Get Steve Kornacki on the Oscars Show?
In a year as crazy as this one, why not switch to an Oscar-style electoral college and bring in MSNBC’s unflappable stats geek to keep viewers in the know?
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Oscar-Nominated Costume Designer Alexandra Byrne on Jumping From ‘Emma’ to DC’s ‘The Flash’
Oscar-winner Alexandra Byrne, nominated for a sixth time this year for the pastel-colored Jane Austen adaptation, talks to TheWrap about bouncing between period films and superhero flicks
