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Oscars International Race Takes Shape as Academy Asks Voters to Save In-Person Screenings

The entries with the highest profiles so far include Joachim Trier's Cannes-winning "Sentimental Value" (Norway), Kleber ...

EXCLUSIVE: How Oscar Snobbery Means Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Will NEVER Win an Academy Award — Despite Critics Hailing His Performance in 'Smashing Machine'

Dwayne Johnson's transformation in Benny Safdie's The Smashing Machine has drawn standing ovations and critical acclaim – yet ...

Oscars: Colombia Picks ‘A Poet’ as Best International Feature Submission

Simón Mesa Soto’s dark comedy about a failed writer mentoring a young student was a jury prize winner at Cannes in the Un ...

Ukraine Selects Oscar-Winning Director Mstyslav Chernov’s ‘2000 Meters to Andriivka’ for Academy Awards International Feature Race

Ukraine selects Mstyslav Chernov’s '2000 Meters to Andriivka' as its 2026 Oscar entry, following his win for '20 Days in ...

5 takeaways from our chat with Academy Award winner, Akron native Paul Tazewell

Paul Tazewell? Here are our takeaways from the first Black man to win an Oscar for Costume Design. He visits Kent State ...

Oscar Predictions via Feinberg Forecast: Scott’s Post-Venice/Telluride/TIFF/Emmys Update

Venice, meanwhile, awarded its top prize, the Golden Lion, to Father Mother Sister Brother (still seeking U.S. distribution).
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Oscar-Winning Director Sean Baker Adds to Cinema 21’s Centurylong History of Movie Magic

Theater owner Tom Ranieri ushered Cinema 21 through the pandemic, the Great Recession and the launches of Blockbuster and ...

Oscars: Dissident Iranian Filmmakers Reiterate Calls For AMPAS To Stop Accepting Entries From Iran’s State-Controlled Film Body

Oscars: Dissident Iranian Filmmakers Reiterate Calls For AMPAS To Stop Accepting Entries From Iran’s State-Controlled Film Body ...