Tag: Academy Awards
Oscar predictions: Can anything beat ‘Nomadland’?
Ahead of Sunday’s 93rd Academy Awards, Associated Press Film Writers Jake Coyle and Lindsey Bahr share their predictions for a ceremony that is forging...
New this week: ‘Stowaway,’ ‘Rutherford Falls’ and the Oscars
Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.
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12-time Oscar nominee Diane Warren hopes for ‘awesome’ win
LOS ANGELES — For a dozen and more reasons, Diane Warren would be overjoyed to win a best original song Oscar for her work...
Venice Film gives lifetime achievement to Roberto Benigni
ROME — The Venice Film Festival said Thursday it will give its lifetime achievement award this year to Oscar-winning director and actor Roberto Benigni.
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The disabled hope their Oscar moment can become a movement
LOS ANGELES — Right down to its production design, the Oscars have not always felt like the most welcoming place for the disabled.
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The gonzo art of writing for ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’
NEW YORK — Screenplay writing, usually a fairly solitary, uneventful process, is more of a full-contact sport for a movie like “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.”
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Harrison Ford, Brad Pitt join Oscars starry presenting cast
The Oscars are aiming to be more like a movie than a television show and enlisting A-list stars like Harrison Ford, Brad Pitt, Halle...
Small Icelandic town rallies behind Oscar-nominated song
The writers behind the Oscar-nominated song “ Husavik (My Hometown) ” knew that they wanted it to be an emotional core to the otherwise...
How an Irish town became home for an animation powerhouse
NEW YORK — The medieval town of Kilkenny in the southeast of Ireland is an unlikely home for a perennial Oscar contender. But there,...
Will the Oscars be a `who cares’ moment as ratings dive?
NEW YORK — George Bradley used to love watching the Academy Awards. The 28-year-old Brit now living in San Diego would stay up late...
