Oscars
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Oscar Predictions 2019: Look for ‘Roma’ and Rami to Triumph in a Close, Close Race
One of the most wide-open Oscar races ever has only gotten harder to predict as it gets closer to showtime — but here are our picks in all 24 (on-the-air!) categories
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Oscar Week Party Report: Glenn Close, Allison Janney, LaKeith Stanfield and More Hit the Scene (Photos)
The Party Report: Chilly weather, dustings of snow and gnarly traffic didn’t stop Hollywood from celebrating the week leading up to Oscar
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5 Other Times the Academy Tried to Give the Oscars a Makeover
Previous attempts to reinvent the Academy Awards show have resulted in good shows and bad shows and Rob Lowe and Snow White
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A Hostless Oscars? The Last Time the Academy Tried That, Things Got Ugly
The story of Allan Carr’s hostless train wreck in 1989 ought to be a cautionary tale for this year’s show producers
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Is Somebody Going to Take the Fall for This Year’s Oscars Fiascos?
Depending on how Sunday’s show goes, the backlash over this year’s missteps could hit the Academy president, the CEO, the board … or nobody
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Is Netflix’s $25 Million-Plus Oscar Campaign for ‘Roma’ a Game Changer?
Streaming giant’s campaign might exceed the budget for Alfonso Cuarón’s black-and-white drama
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Oscars 2019: Our Predictions in All 24 Categories (Photos)
Look for “Roma” and “Bohemian Rhapsody” to win big in a tight race
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Oscars Endgame: What Are ‘Roma,’ ‘Black Panther’ and Other Campaign Ads Really Trying to Say?
Oscar campaigns have tweaked their messages to appeal to more voters in the homestretch
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Oscar Race Defies the Experts: With 6 Days to Go, Nobody Knows a Damn Thing
The Writers Guild Awards results compounded the confusion: This may well be the tightest, weirdest, most confounding Best Picture competition ever
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How the Oscars Bungled This Year’s Show So Badly, and Where the Academy Goes From Here
The Academy’s foolish plan was based on one giant, flawed assumption: that there’s a sensitive way to create a second-class group of categories
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Domee Shi Explains Why Toilet Paper Rolls Were Important to Pixar’s Oscar-Nominated Short ‘Bao’
TheWrap Oscar Magazine: “There were some non-Asian animators asking why we had that there,” Shi says about the household item in her animated short
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‘Into the Spider-Verse’ Director Peter Ramsey: ‘Growing Up I Never Had a Superhero Like’ Miles Morales
TheWrap Oscar Magazine: “It’s been amazing seeing how kids have embraced Miles,” Ramsey says
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Caleb Deschanel Got an Oscar Nod for Shooting ‘Never Look Away’ Even Though He Can’t Speak German
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “If you don’t know the language, you pay more attention to the actors’ facial expressions, their eyes, their movements, the rhythm of their speech,” says the six-time nominee
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How ‘Black Panther’ Designers Hannah Beachler and Ruth E Carter Built Wakanda With ‘a Root in Africa and Functionality’
TheWrap Oscar Magazine: “It felt like the next phase in inclusiveness, having not just people of color in charge of departments but women of color,” Carter says
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Why ‘Roma’ Star Marina de Tavira Had to Forget Her Acting Training for Alonso Cuarón’s Drama
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “For a trained actor, it’s hard not to want to analyze the character’s journey,” says the Oscar-nominated actress of Cuarón’s no-script rules