Oscars’ Best Picture Category Needs Fixing – Here’s an Easy Way to Do It
OscarWrap magazine: At a time when the Academy wants to embrace inclusion and diversity, it’s sticking to a system that narrows voters’ focus
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The Oscars Are About to Dump a Load of Short Lists on Us – Here’s What to Expect
For the first time, the Academy will release nine short lists at once, trimming the field in the foreign-language, documentary and music categories, among others
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Why ‘Leave No Trace’ Breakout Star Thomasin McKenzie Isn’t Gunning for a Marvel Movie Anytime Soon
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “I was really attracted to the fact that there weren’t any villains or antagonists or bad guys,” the 18-year old New Zealand-born actress says
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‘On Happiness Road’ Director Defines Her Own Happiness as ‘Doing What I Want’
Hsin Yin Sung went from aspiring doctor to film reporter to Oscars candidate
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‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ Director Barry Jenkins on Why Showing Vulnerability Is ‘a Sign of Strength’
OscarWrap magazine: “I had to get past some of my own hang-ups about what it means to be vulnerable,” star KiKi Layne says
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A Hostless Oscars? The Last Time the Academy Tried That, Things Got Ugly
In the aftermath of Kevin Hart’s departure, some people are calling for a no-host Oscars — but the story of Allan Carr’s hostless train wreck ought to be a cautionary tale
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Diane Warren Explains Her Trilogy of Inspirational Movie Songs, From ‘The Hunting Ground’ to ‘RBG’
OscarWrap Songs Special: “I still have my fun songs — but when I can do songs that can have power and motivate someone, I want to do it,” says the nine-time Oscar nominee
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How ‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’ Got Alan Menken to Write the Ultimate Alan Menken Parody
OscarWrap Songs Special: “It’s flattering when they say, ‘Give us something that’s like that thing you did before,'” says the eight-time Oscar winner
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Why Songwriter Keegan DeWitt Couldn’t Write Songs for Nick Offerman in ‘Hearts Beat Loud’
OscarWrap Songs Special: “I lost a whole week before I called the director and said, ‘I don’t know how to do that,'” Keegan DeWitt says of tailoring his music to the comic actor
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‘Mary Poppins Returns’ Songwriters on Facing the Pressure of Following a Classic
Oscar songs special: “How could we possibly be as brave or audacious or naïve as we needed to be to take on such a project?” says songwriter Marc Shaiman of his and Scott Wittman’s job on the Rob Marshall film
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Looking for a New Oscars Host? Philadelphia Flyers Fans Ask, ‘Why Not Gritty?’
What could be more inoffensive than an orange, hairy hockey mascot?
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Nick Cannon Blasts Chelsea Handler, Amy Schumer, Sarah Silverman Over Old Homophobic Tweets
“I wonder if there was any backlash here,” Cannon tweets
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Snoop Dogg Gives Kevin Hart a Pep Talk After Oscars Exit: ‘Tell the Academy to Suck a D—‘ (Video)
“Doggystyle” rapper makes it known that he’s not too crazy about the Grammys, either
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Kevin Hart Steps Down as Oscars Host, Apologizes for Homophobic Tweets
“I sincerely apologize to the LGBTQ community for my insensitive words from my past,” comedian says
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Kevin Hart Responds to Uproar Over Anti-Gay Tweets: ‘Stop Looking for Reasons to Be Negative’
Tweets resurfaced after comedian was announced as 2019 Oscars host
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How Alfonso Cuarón Brought His Memories to Life in ‘Roma’
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “You don’t choose projects, they choose you — it becomes a need, and you go for it,” the director says
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Kevin Hart Has Deleted Old Anti-Gay Tweets Since Landing Oscar Hosting Gig
GLAAD is currently in talks with Kevin Hart’s team, a person with knowledge of the situation tells TheWrap
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Kevin Hart Will Host 2019 Oscars Ceremony
91st Academy Awards will air Feb. 24, 2019
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Academy Museum to Launch With Hayao Miyazaki, Black Cinema Exhibits
Museum opens in late 2019
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18 Most-Watched TV Specials of 2018: Oscars, Emmys and Everyone Loves a Parade (Photos)
Maybe next year, AMAs and Tonys
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10 Things We Learned at the Oscars’ 10th Governors Awards
The honorees were Cicely Tyson, Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall, Lalo Schifrin and Marvin Levy – but there was more going on than just awards
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The Key to Israeli Oscar Entry ‘The Cakemaker': Making Someone Else’s Story Personal
TheWrap foreign magazine: “I took my friend’s story and the story of his widow, and I put my own life into it,” says director Ofir Raul Graizer
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How the Film School Director of ‘Yomeddine’ Turned 2 Illiterate Amateurs Into Actors
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “I workshopped them a lot, preparing them about what it’s like to act and to stand in front of the camera,” says first-time director A.B. Shawky
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‘Donbass’ Director: My Film’s Grotesque Corruption Isn’t Just in Ukraine, It Reaches Around the World
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “In America, in Brazil, they elected a man because he was giving a performance and saying the kind of things you could never before say in a civilized society,” says Sergei Loznitsa
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How ‘Crystal Swan’ Told an Edgy Story in a Repressive Country
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “My creative friends in [Belarus] were like, ‘Wow, I’m really amazed that they let you show the film,'” says director Darya Zhuk
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How Palme d’Or Winner ‘Shoplifters’ Made ‘The Invisible People’ Visible
TheWrap foreign magazine: “I think there are many segments of every society that prefer that they remain invisible,” director Hirokazu Kore-eda tells TheWrap
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‘The Guilty’ Offers a Recipe for an Unconventional Thriller: One Location and Lots of Imagination
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “It’s always hard to make suspense work,” says director Gustav Möller of his film that rachets up the tension while never stepping outside a single room
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‘Village Rockstars’ Director Says Her Acting Struggles Helped Her Oscar Contending Film
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “I didn’t want them to feel what I was feeling when I was looking for jobs in Bollywood,” says director Rima Das of the young stars of her film
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Why Kosovo’s Gay Rights Film ‘The Marriage’ Shocked Its Own Director When It Was Released
TheWrap Oscar magazine: Director Blerta Zeqiri tells TheWrap she had to be cautious making a film about tolerance in an intolerant society — but she wasn’t expecting the reaction her film received
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How Oscar Favorite ‘Cold War’ Turned a Personal Story Into a Sweeping Epic
TheWrap foreign magazine: Director Pawel Pawlikowski based the story on his parents’ volatile relationship, but he says he wanted to set it in “the epic backgrounds” of post-World War II Europe
