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The State of the Race: A Divided Country, A Divided Oscar Race, and the Wild Finish
We've never seen anything like this year's Oscar race, and probably not in the ways that you might think. On...
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar says Three Billboards is “about the search for the ember of humanity in all of us”
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has written an eloquent, moving, powerful essay on Martin McDonagh's Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri that everyone should...
The Oscar Squad Updates As Oscar Voting Begins
The Oscar Squad continues with the latest update. You can find some of our squad members at their own sites...
Can Black Panther Become the First Superhero Best Picture Nominee?
With an A+ Cinemascore, a culture quake in the making, a healing film for black men and women whose representation...
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri wins 5 BAFTAs along with McDormand, Oldman, Janney, Rockwell
Best Film: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Best Director: Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water) Best Actress: Frances McDormand...
Oscar Predictions on Eve of Voting Week
It will all be over soon! One more agonizing week, Oscar watchers, and the whole thing comes to a wild...
Predictions Friday — What Will the BAFTA Bring?
Three Billboards Outside Miami Trolling Marco Rubio
How come, lil' Marco? How come inaction? How come no one has done a thing about the senseless slaughter of...
Love and Heartbreak – from “Beautiful Thing” to “Call Me By Your Name”
The first time I ever ventured to Awards Daily was back in 2000, so long ago it wasn't even Awards...
The State of the Race: Why Films “Deserve” to Win Best Picture
As we head into the final weeks of Oscar season, thank you readers for being here each and every day...
Hans Zimmer on Composing the Score for Dunkirk
Before you read any further, head over to YouTube or Spotify and take a listen to some of the scores...
Oscar Stats – Not All Are Created Equal – You Pick Which One’s Gonna Fail This Year
Even though we go on and on about stats and the preferential ballot it is important to remember that all...
When Best Picture Nominees Go Home Empty Handed — It Happens More Than You’d Think
Last week, Kyle Buchanan at Vulture singled out Lady Bird as a film that might go home empty-handed on Oscar...
The BAFTAs Are Coming, the BAFTAs Are Coming! How Might They Influence the Oscar Race That Never Ends
The last punctuation mark for this year's Oscars will be the BAFTAS, coming at you next Sunday. In a season...
Oscar bits and bites – Random Oscar Notes
That Jordan Peele's Get Out just won a prestigious writing award a full year after it was released is proof...
The State of the Race: WGA Says Get Out, But Best Picture Remains a Cliffhanger
It has been an odd year for finding Best Picture because, as I once wrote long ago, we don't quite...
Call Me By Your Name Wins USC Scripter
It's not a surprise but it's still a nice thing. James Ivory took home the adapted screenplay award for Call...
Predictions Friday — Why Dunkirk Is Still in the Race for Best Picture and Other Odd Findings
Here is a brief history of how the Oscars have changed the dates of the awards ceremony over the years....
Martin McDonagh Talks Three Billboards, Offers Up Explanation for Triggered Twitter
Martin McDonagh did not set out to make a film that would please everyone. In fact, he did exactly the...
Writers Guild Predictions and Preview — Pressure Is On in Original Screenplay
The WGA awards and the Scripter Awards are happening this weekend. The Scripter will be Saturday and the WGA will...
Patrick J. Don Vito On Editing The Music Sequences In Green Book
When we talk about Green Book we talk about the "chicken scene", the music playing scenes or even the interaction...
Marc Platt On The Intensely Creative Experience Of Mary Poppins Returns
Ardent admirers of film musicals know that putting together a great musical is no easy accomplishment, and they will soon...
Rob Marshall Talks Mary Poppins Return and Why The Time Is Right To Revisit Our Favorite British Nanny
Rob Marshall met with us in a Beverly Hills Hotel early in the day to discuss his new film Mary...
Alexandra Byrne On How She Used Denim and How She Made Elizabethan Men Sexy For Mary Queen Of Scots
Costume designer Alexandra Byrne is no stranger to designing period costumes, and no stranger to recreating the world and royal...
Debra Granik Talks About Life in the Wilderness in Leave No Trace
Debra Granik is one of the few female directors getting consistent recognition this season. Leave No Trace won the LA...
The Actors — What the SAG Nominations Tell Us and What They Don’t Tell Us
The critics spent months pleading and begging and whining about the Oscar category for popular films. Right? The Academy then...
Patricia Clarkson on Loving Adora for HBO’s ‘Sharp Objects’
Patricia Clarkson speaks to Clarence, Joey, and Megan about her incredible performance on HBO's Sharp Objects. In Gillian Flynn's twisted...
Screen Actors Guild Award TV Nominations
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series The Americans Better Call Saul The Handmaid's Tale Ozark This Is...
A Star is Born Leads SAG Nominations
The Theatrical Motion Picture Nominees are: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role CHRISTIAN BALE /...
Review: Mary Poppins Returns and There’s Nowhere To Go But Up
Rob Marshall discovered Mary Poppins as a child. He was 5 years old the year it premiered. It was the...