The State of the Race — Radical Date Change, Who Benefits, How It Shifts the Oscar Race
The Academy decided to push up the Oscars next year to February 9, a few weeks before its previous date ...
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The State of the Race: The Aftermath, the Hive Mind and the Real World
Heading into the Dolby last night, I had no idea what to expect. It felt like the worst Oscar year ...
The State of the Race — Competing Agendas Throw Oscar Race Out of Whack
For most of the time I've been covering the Oscars (going on 20 years now) and throughout their 90 year ...
The State of the Race: The Academy Tries to Save Its Telecast, Fans Try to Save the Oscars
Plan A - "Add a popular film category," said the Academy. "That might help bring back those who have long ...
The State of the Race: Will the Most Powerful Guild Please Stand Up?
Yesterday, Roma won Best Film and Best Director at the BAFTAs, setting into motion that old seductive idea that the ...
The State of the Race: New Hollywood, Old Hollywood, and the Future of the Best Picture Race
Three Households Three households, both alike in dignity, (In fair Hollywood, where we lay our scene), From ancient studio system ...
The State of the Race — The Oscars in the Time of Trump
There is no question that the Trump presidency has had a major impact on the Oscar race. The Obama presidency ...
The State of the Race: A Superhero, a Netflix Revolution, and Spike Lee? Could Tuesday’s Nominations Bring Big Change to the Oscar Race?
No (live-action) superhero movie has ever been nominated in the major categories — with two exceptions: a screenplay nomination for ...
The State of the Race — Oscar Ballots Due in Four Days Amid Shitstorms
Every year it's the same story. Right around the time Oscar voting begins, controversy hits. Sometimes it's manageable. In the ...
The State of the Race — What the Globes Gave and What They Took Away
By now, we have a pretty good idea of how the acting races are going. The frontrunner for Best Supporting ...
The State of the Race — Can the Golden Globes on Sunday Clarify the Murky Oscar Race?
This weekend, the Golden Globes will be the first big try-outs for how the Oscar race might go. As the ...
The State of the Oscar Race: “Movies Now More Than Ever”
The critics have spoken. Roma has far and away been acclaimed the best film in 2018. Many in the Oscar ...
Of Remakes, Sequels, Franchises – the Oscars at a Crossroads
Once the news that Mary Poppins Returns was actually good, it didn't take long for many of the Oscarati to ...
The State of the Race — November Is Almost Over, Still No Clear Frontrunner for Best Picture
"What's going to win Best Picture," I asked The Wrap's Steve Pond the other night at the AFI Fest. He ...
The State of the Race: When Box Office Matters, And When It Doesn’t
We're in the phase of the Oscar race where pundits are being blamed for the way the voters always vote. ...
The State of the Oscar Race: Welcome to the End of the World
We find ourselves entering the Best Picture race in a dark time when the strength of liberalism has been cut ...
The State of the Race: Oscar Season Arrives at Last Amid Peak Anxiety, Toronto, and the Venice-Telluride One-Two Punch
“Keep an eye on that recessive male,” writes Deadline’s Michael Cieply at Deadline, looking for a broad plotline that might ...
Best Picture – An Early Look at the Landscape
The Oscar race will be a strange one this year. In some respects it will be business as usual, as ...
Superhero Overlords, Netflix Anxiety, Angry Academy Members, Trigger Happy Virtue Signaling on Twitter – Welcome to Oscarwatch 2019
The reason it's so easy to point a finger on Twitter and send an angry swarm out to destroy one ...
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 ...
Interview: Christina Hendricks Talks ‘Good Girls’, Beth and ‘Toy Story 4’
Jazz Tangcay talks Good Girls with Christina Hendricks and voicing Toy Story 4's villain. There's such joy and delight in Christina Hendricks' voice...
Cannes Dispatch – A Hidden Life / The Lighthouse
Two of the most eagerly anticipated titles at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival premiered today and I’m happy to report...
Cannes Dispatch – Pain and Glory / Little Joe
There are filmmakers who are so good the minute you start watching their work, you know, you just know, that...
Interview: Kemal Harris On Creating The Presidential Wardrobe for Claire Underwood
Jazz Tangcay talks to costume designer Kemal Harris on creating the Presidential look of Claire Underwood in House of Cards....
Cannes Dispatch – Rocketman / The Climb
It was a party at the ginormous Grand Théâtre Lumière this morning as Bennie and the Jets, Tiny Dancer, The...
The State of the Race — Radical Date Change, Who Benefits, How It Shifts the Oscar Race
The Academy decided to push up the Oscars next year to February 9, a few weeks before its previous date...
Cannes Dispatch – Atlantics / And Then We Danced
Something I really enjoy about watching movies at festivals is that, especially in the case of lower-profile films, you often...
Lizzo Will Perform At The 2019 MTV Movie & TV Awards
MTV announces performers for the 2019 MTV Movie & TV Awards. Lizzo will take the stage to perform at the...
Timothy Simons On Politics, Jonah Ryan, and Saying Goodbye to ‘Veep’
Awards Daily talks to Timothy Simons, star of HBO's classic political comedy Veep, on the latest Emmy edition of the...
Joey King Discusses What Makes Gypsy Rose’s Case Truly Unique, Why ‘The Act’ Broke Records
Megan McLachlan chats with actress Joey King of The Act on Hulu about why she was scared to take on...