Film Academy Defends Oscars Plan After Filmmakers Condemn Exclusion of Awards From Live Broadcast
Cinematography, film editing, live-action short film and makeup and hairstyling categories will be presented during commercial breaks
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Quentin Tarantino, Spike Lee, Others Condemn Oscars Broadcast Plan in Open Letter
Plan to exclude cinematographers and other nominees from live show “is nothing less than an insult,” letter says
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‘Oscar Mania Is a Post-Harvey Weinstein Thing,’ First-Time Nominee Paul Schrader Says
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “I remember I went to the Oscars for ‘Taxi Driver’ and … I got up and left in the middle,'” the “First Reformed” writer-director says
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The Key to Winning the Best Picture Oscar: Stitching Together a Compromise
TheWrap Oscar magazine: The preferential system is designed to find a consensus favorite in the Best Picture category, but is consensus even possible in this wild, ugly year?
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Oscars Academy Catches Flak From IATSE President for Dumping Categories to Commercial Breaks
American Society of Cinematographers president also promised to “protest” the decision
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Oscar Voting Begins: Why You Can’t Game the Best Picture Ballot System and 4 More Myths Exploded
We clear up all the misconceptions about the Academy’s mysterious preferential voting system for Best Picture
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Academy Sparks Outrage for Dumping 4 Oscar Categories to Commercial Breaks: ‘I Am So Pissed Off’
“Cinematography and editing are at the very heart of our craft,” wrote last year’s Best Picture and Best Director winner, Guillermo del Toro
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Oscars Move Cinematography and 3 Other Awards Into the Commercial Breaks
An email to members from Academy President John Bailey revealed the four categories that will be handed out off the air
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BAFTA Awards 2019: ‘The Favourite’ Dominates, But ‘Roma’ Wins the Big One
Acting awards go to Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, Rami Malek and Mahershala Ali; Alfonso Cuarón wins best director
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‘Leave No Trace’ Wins Scripter Award for Adapted Screenplay
The win means that the Scripter Awards’ eight-year streak of predicting the Oscar winner for Best Adapted Screenplay will come to an end this year
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Stephen Merchant, Timothy Spall to Star in New Series for BBC and ITV’s BritBox
Jeff Pope and BritBox will co-produce two original projects: “The Barking Murders” and “The Hatton Garden Heist”
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Richard E. Grant Is Unapologetically Ecstatic Over His Oscar Nomination (Video)
Grant says at TheWrap’s Screening Series that he can’t believe he’s still getting roles at 61, let alone earning an Oscar nom
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Oscar Short Doc Nominees Discuss Filming the Fight for Human Dignity (Video)
The 2019 Oscar short documentaries tackle racism, mortality and gender equality
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New ABC Boss Says Oscars Drama Has Been ‘Really Compelling,’ Shows People Still Care
TCA 2019: “To me, that’s evidence of how relevant the Oscars still are,” Karey Burke says
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‘Black Panther,’ ‘The Favourite’ Among Winners at Art Directors Guild Awards
For the last five years in a row, one of the ADG winners has gone on to win the Oscar for Best Production Design
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‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ Sweeps With Seven Wins at Annie Awards
The Annies winner goes on to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature more than 70 percent of the time
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Alfonso Cuaron Wins Directors Guild Award for ‘Roma’
“Eighth Grade” director Bo Burnham scores upset victory over Bradley Cooper in first-time director category; top TV awards go to Bill Hader for “Barry” and Adam McKay for “Succession”
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‘Bohemian Rhapsody,’ ‘The Favourite’ Win Top Awards From the American Cinema Editors
Television winners include “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Atlanta,” “Killing Eve” and “Bodyguard”
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SAG Awards’ Surprise ‘Black Panther’ Victory Adds More Confusion to the Oscar Race
Screen Actors Guild voters reinforced that Glenn Close and Mahershala Ali are Oscar front runners, but the guild’s ensemble award made a messy race even messier
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Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper Surprise Vegas Audience With ‘Shallow’ Duet (Video)
Gaga celebrated her two “A Star Is Born” Oscar nominations with her director at Park MGM in Sin City
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How the Oscar-Nominated ‘Free Solo’ Helped Daredevil Climber Alex Honnold ‘Evolve’
Directors Jimmy Chin and Chai Vasarhelyi say the talented yet socially awkward climber has grown since they filmed the Oscar-nominated documentary
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AMC, Regal Won’t Screen Netflix’s ‘Roma’ in Oscars Best-Picture Showcase
“This year, Academy members nominated a film that was never licensed to AMC to play in our theatres,” AMC says
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#OscarsSoMale? Lack of Major Female Nominees Sparks Outcry
“This is not about whether a film is good,” says Women and Hollywood founder Melissa Silverstein. “It’s about access and opportunity”
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Oscar Nominee Alfonso Cuarón: ‘Audiences Are Hungry for Diversity in Cinema’
The “Roma” director, writer, producer and cinematographer says he’s surprised that his intimate black-and-white film has connected with audiences and Oscar voters
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Rami Malek on ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Oscar Noms: ‘I’m on Cloud Nine’
“Bohemian Rhapsody” received five Oscar nods, including one for Malek’s portrayal of Freddie Mercury
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Inside the Oscar Nominations: ‘A Star Is Born’ Loses Ground as ‘Roma,’ ‘BlacKkKlansman,’ ‘The Favourite’ Surge
“A Star Is Born” and “Green Book,” meanwhile, will have to deal with the stigma of not landing Best Director nominations
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‘Roma’ Nabs Netflix its First Best Picture Oscar Nomination
“The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” also earned three nominations, including for adapted screenplay
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Watch the Oscar Nominations Announcement (Livestream)
Kumail Nanjiani and Tracee Ellis Ross will announce this year’s Oscar nominees
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‘Green Book’ Wins Producers Guild Award, Becomes Oscars Frontrunner
In a year with a fiercely competitive Oscars race and no clear favorite, the PGA finally gives us the film to beat
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‘A Star Is Born’ Faces Its Oscar Season Moment of Truth at the Producers Guild Awards
To have a real chance at the Best Picture Oscar, Bradley Cooper’s film needs to start winning some big awards — and that’ll have to start with a victory from the PGA
