Oscars
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Willem Dafoe Is Adamant About His ‘Poor Things’ Character: Don’t Call Him a Mad Scientist!
TheWrap magazine: “Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong!” Dafoe says. “That’s being lazy. That’s not what he is”
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Kôji Yakusho Describes His Journey From Japanese Star to Janitor for ‘Perfect Days’
TheWrap magazine: “After the shoot, the Tokyo Toilet Project told me, ‘Hey, you can start working at our company tomorrow,’” says Yakusho
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Oscars Animation Category Breaks Record as Academy Reveals Animated, Documentary and International Entries
Thirty-three animated features, 167 docs and 88 international films will be competing this year
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Mexico’s ‘Tótem’ Puts a Kid in the Spotlight: ‘Childhood Is Destiny,’ Director Says
TheWrap magazine: “I think it’s vital to be in a dialogue with our childhood,” Lila Avilés says of her latest Oscar contender
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‘Omen’ Director Baloji Says ‘Hating’ His Name Led Him to Making His First Film
TheWrap magazine: Baloji means “sorcerer” in Swahili, and the artist-director says “all my work is based on my name”
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Mads Mikkelsen Says Blockbusters Like ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Are Fine, but He Really Wants to Make More Danish Films
TheWrap magazine: “More and more, it becomes clear to me that I need to go back,” says the star of Oscar entrant “The Promised Land”
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167 Documentaries Enter Oscars Doc Race – See the Full List
Taylor Swift’s concert movie isn’t eligible, but two different movies named “Bella” are
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Lily Gladstone on Her Journey Into the Mainstream With ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’: ‘I’m in a Better Position to Advocate’
TheWrap magazine: “I’ve flown under the radar and kept my indie cred ’til now,” the breakout actress says
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Song or Score? ‘The Holdovers’ Music Blurs the Line
TheWrap magazine: “It’s what we jokingly call scource — half score, half source music,” says composer Mark Orton
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Why Jon Batiste Followed His Huge ‘American Symphony’ With a Gentle Love Song
TheWrap magazine: The composer and performer says the ballad “It Never Went Away” “felt spiritually connected to everything that happened” as his wife battled leukemia
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How Maori Singer Stan Walker Reclaimed His Identity With a Song From Ava DuVernay’s ‘Origin’
TheWrap magazine: “Even though I’m 33 years old, I feel born again in a whole new way,” says the New Zealand singer
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Diane Warren Is Back in the Oscar Song Race, But You Probably Could Have Guessed That
TheWrap magazine: “He wants a friend,” says Warren of the Honorary Oscar she received last year after 14 nominations without a win
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88 Films Enter International Race at 96th Academy Awards
“The Zone of Interest,” “The Taste of Things” and “Perfect Days” are among the features assigned to voters in the category
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AFI, NYU Take Top Prizes at Student Academy Awards
Gold medals also go to schools from France and Austria
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‘The Zone of Interest,’ ‘The Taste of Things’ Give Oscars International Race a Pair of Favorites
With more than 50 countries in the running already, the French and British submissions immediately become frontrunners
