Oscars
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Steven Soderbergh, Stacey Sher and Jesse Collins to Produce 93rd Academy Awards
The Academy promised an innovative show but has not yet decided whether that show will be in-person or virtual
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Dozens of Documentaries Are Now Paying for Spots in Oscars Best Picture Screening Room
Nonfiction films have their own free screening area, but they also make up 25% of the Academy’s paid online area devoted to best-pic hopefuls
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5 Things to Worry About This Oscar Season, From Virtual Ceremonies to Awards Boredom
The 20 weeks until the Oscars arrive could bring a host of perils that threaten to turn this awards season into a long slog
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10 Things to Be Thankful for in This Weird, Messy Awards Season (Including Netflix)
The word “thankful” does not immediately come to mind when one thinks of 2020 — but from virtual festivals to documentaries to “Borat,” here are some bright spots
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Italy’s Oscar Committee Snubs Sophia Loren Movie, Submits Documentary ‘Notturno’
The Gianfranco Rosi doc becomes the seventh nonfiction film to be submitted in this year’s Best International Feature Film category
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Italy Faces a Big Decision: Do They Send Sophia Loren’s ‘The Life Ahead’ to the Oscars?
The film is one of several contenders from a country that tops all others in Oscar wins but hasn’t been embraced by voters nearly as often in this century
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Oscars: 10 Films That Could Dominate in Below-the-Line Categories, From ‘Tenet’ to ‘The Midnight Sky’
From “Mank” to “The Prom,” these films could attract the attention of artisans, craftspeople and tech wizzes
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Oscars International Race Heats Up as Heavy Hitters Enter the Race
High-profile submissions from France, Denmark and Mexico have pushed the number of submissions past last year’s total at the same point in the Oscar calendar
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Riz Ahmed’s ‘Sound of Metal’: How the Outer Space Silence of ‘Gravity’ Shaped Hearing Loss Drama
Sound designer Nicolas Becker drew on his sci-fi experience for the new drama
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Oscars Screenings Move Online and Earn the Academy $1 Million Plus (So Far)
With physical screenings impossible, more than 80 movies have already paid $12,500 for spots in the Academy Screening Room
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Chadwick Boseman Is on Track to Make Oscar History
His performances in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “Da 5 Bloods” are powerful enough to make him a strong contender for not one but two posthumous nominations
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Oscars Academy Museum Tops $388 Million Fundraising Goal
Long-delayed museum is currently set to open next year
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Oscars May Look to 2020’s Indie Films – But How Indie Can They Really Get?
The Academy’s definition of an independent film is likely to be very different from the Gotham Awards’ definition
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Oscars in April? Here’s the COVID-Altered Awards Season Calendar
With the Oscars taking place later than ever, this season’s events are spread out over seven months
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‘Gunda,’ ‘Crip Camp,’ ‘Time’ Land on DOC NYC List of Awards-Worthy Documentaries
Other films on the annual Oscar-predicting list include “Boys State,” “Collective,” “Dick Johnson Is Dead,” “The Fight,” “MLK/FBI,” “76 Days,” “The Truffle Hunters” and “Welcome to Chechnya”