Oscars
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Casey Affleck Bows Out As Oscar Presenter for Best Actress
Affleck’s intention is to not distract from #MeToo movement over settled harassment lawsuit
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‘Shape of Water’ Oscar Nominee Richard Jenkins Tells Us His Good Luck Ritual: ‘I Don’t Wear Pants’
“It’s humbling and it’s really exciting,” actor tells TheWrap of his second-ever Oscar nod
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Paramount Comes Up Empty in Oscar Nominations for First Time in 15 Years
Studio is the only Hollywood major (or studio-owned indie division) to get blanked by the Academy since 2003
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Oscars 2018: Host Jimmy Kimmel Seeks Therapy for a Year of ‘Moonlight’ Trauma in New Promo (Video)
He can’t even open the mail — you know, because of all the envelopes
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Oscar Nominations by the Numbers: ‘The Shape of Water’ Leads the Pack With 13 Nods
Current record of 14 nominations is held by three films: “All About Eve” (1950), “Titanic” (1997) and “La La Land” (2016)
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Oscars: ‘The Shape of Water’ Swims Ahead With 13 Nominations
“Dunkirk,” “Three Billboards,” “Darkest Hour” trail Guillermo del Toro’s period romance
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James Franco Shut Out of Oscar Nominations After Sexual Misconduct Accusations
The director and star of “The Disaster Artist” has been accused by multiple women of sexually exploitative behavior
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John Williams Earns 51st Oscar Nomination for ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Score
Famous composer has won five Academy Awards for movies including “Jaws” and “Schindler’s List”
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Oscars Nominate First Female Cinematographer: Rachel Morrison for ‘Mudbound’
Her next project is a little film called “Black Panther”
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Oscars 2018: We Predict Nominations in All 24 Categories (Photos)
TheWrap awards guru Steve Pond expects a whole lot of “The Shape of Water” — and some surprises
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Oscars Gender Gap: Docs, Foreign Language Films Still Way More Likely to Have Female Directors
Just 18 percent of Oscar-eligible English-language narrative films had a female director this year
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Oscars to Start Half Hour Earlier, May Finally End Before Dawn (Video)
Jimmy Kimmel will master 2018 ceremonies beginning at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT
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How Internet Cat Videos Paved the Way for Oscar Contender ‘Kedi’
Oscar Wrap Magazine: Ceyda Torun says her documentary about the cats of Istanbul was “an ongoing process of discovery”
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Oscars Overhaul and Open Up Foreign Language Voting Process
AMPAS eliminates the color-coded voting groups from past years, and drops its longstanding conflict-of-interest rules in the category
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Why Laura Dern Wasn’t Elected Academy’s New President
The actress (and presumed front runner for Academy president) made a move that could lead to greater change within the organization
 













