The Oscars in a Time of Pandemic
At the last Oscar ceremony thousands iof us were crammed into the Dolby Theater. Everywhere you turned, every conversation you ...
Tag: The State of the Race
The State of the Race: What the BAFTAs Tell Us, and What They Don’t
Last night, the BAFTAs showed that they did not want to spread the wealth and instead went all in with ...
The State of the Race: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the Shortened Season
The 2019-2020 Oscar year has been the most condensed it's ever been. Pushing the Oscars up another month (as they ...
The State of the Race — BAFTA, PGA, DGA All in One Day
This awards season has been relentless. It's sort of like trying to get to shore, but another wave keeps hitting ...
The State of the Race: The Globes Giveth, the Globes Taketh Away
The Golden Globes are the only major publicity event this year that takes place before Oscar ballots are due — ...
The State of the Race — Five Takeaways on the Eve of Voting
We've almost reached the end of a very long road for the Oscars 2020. Voters will have one week, starting ...
The State of the Race – The Globes Drop the Hammer and Now the Race is On
According to our loose, casual read of stats, in light of today's Golden Globes nominations these are the films that ...
The State of the Race – Why the Hollywood Foreign Press Matters So Much This Year
What a difference a date change makes. Pushing up the Oscar ballot deadline, and the Oscars themselves, has thrust the ...
The State of the Race – Shortened Calendar Could Bring Surprising Results
For the first time ever, the major guilds will be announcing at the same time the Oscar ballots are turned ...
The State of the Oscar Race – Big Stars, Big Directors, Big Visions
Here are the just-released stills for Scorsese's The Irishman I am imagining a Best Director race where Martin ...
The State of the Race — Movies with Two Lead Actors and Best Gets Out of Telluride
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is still the film to beat for Best Picture, at least right now, after ...
The State of the Race – Oscar Voters Might Want MOVIE Movies
Every year around Oscar time, my old friend David Carr (rest in peace) used to call me up and we'd ...
The State of the Race: ‘Avengers: Endgame’ and Best Picture
You can't stop what's coming. In America, almost every aspect of our lives has become corporatized. Our choices, under a ...
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 ...
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 ...