Oscars
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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
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Fall Film Festivals Kick Off an Awards Season Without Actors – For Now?
The Venice, Telluride and Toronto Film Festivals will introduce lots of awards contenders, but the red carpets won’t have much star power
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‘We Were Meant To’ Wins Top Award From HollyShorts Film Festival (Exclusive)
The Hollywood festival qualified four short films for this year’s Academy Awards
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Janet Yang Reelected President of Motion Picture Academy
Other officers for 2023-24 include Bonnie Arnold, DeVon Franklin and Howard Rodman
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Motion Picture Academy Considers 10 Scientific and Technical Oscar Categories
The areas of technical achievement, including software for film restoration and clothing creation, are up for sci-tech honors
