Joe McGovern is an awards reporter at TheWrap, writing about actors, directors, craftspeople and trends in the annual Oscar race. He also moderates conversations with filmmakers for TheWrap’s Screening Series. Before joining TheWrap in 2020, he was a correspondent at Entertainment Weekly. He is based in Brooklyn, New York.
Experience:
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Ted Danson to Receive Carol Burnett Award at 2025 Golden Globes
The three-time Globe winner and legendary “Cheers” star is currently appearing in Netflix’s “A Man on the Inside”
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How the Music for ‘Frida’ Documentary Gave ‘Inner Voice’ to the Beloved Artist
TheWrap magazine: Victor Hernández Stumpfhauser explains how he used guitar, synthesizer and the human voice to build the film’s triumphal score
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‘Nawi’ Actress Reveals How the Kenyan Oscar Entry Is ‘Going to Save Lives’ | Video
TheWrap Screening Series: First-time actress Lumuya Ikeny and the German/Kenyan film crew open up about crafting a movie around the illegal practice of child marriage
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How Jharrel Jerome Evolved Into a Grown Man While Making Sports Drama ‘Unstoppable’
TheWrap magazine: “My whole work ethic increased dramatically,” the Emmy-winning actor says. “I want the leading roles and I want my physique to help me enter that world”
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Timothée Chalamet and ‘A Complete Unknown’ Director James Mangold to Receive Visionary Tribute at Gotham Awards
The upcoming Bob Dylan biopic collaborators are hotly favored for awards attention this season
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Nicole Kidman to Receive Palm Springs Film Festival’s International Star Award
The “Babygirl” actress joins previously announced honorees Colman Domingo, Mikey Madison and Adrien Brody, in addition to the casts of “Emilia Pérez” and “Conclave”
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Maria Bakalova’s Sci-Fi Comedy ‘Triumph’ Tells the ‘Absolutely True Story’ of Psychics and Space Aliens
TheWrap Screening Series: The Oscar-nominated actress says the wild movie tells “a story that makes sense far outside” her native Bulgaria
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Netflix Leads Casting Society’s 40th Artios Awards Nominations
“The Crown” and “Baby Reindeer” are among the titles honored for achievements in casting on television
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Film Academy Names 2024 Gold Fellowship for Women Recipients
Raha Amirfazli and Shadi Karamroudi have been selected for the one-year mentorship program, now in its seventh year
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‘Conclave’: How the Striking Umbrellas Shot Was Designed to Convey a Sense of Relentless ‘Forward Movement’
Cinematographer Stéphane Fontaine tells TheWrap that the image shares DNA with director Edward Berger’s “All Quiet on the Western Front”
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Why ‘Harvest’ Director Athina Rachel Tsangari Included Hiking Boots in the Middle Ages
The Greek filmmaker chats with TheWrap about her new Scottish-set film and the “silly” gender expectations of women directors
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Illumination Founder Chris Meledandri to Receive PGA’s David O. Selznick Award
The esteemed animation exec (“Despicable Me,” “Minions”) will be honored at February’s annual Producers Guild Awards
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Jennifer Fox to Produce Oscars’ Governors Awards for 6th Straight Year
The 15th annual ceremony will bestow Academy Honorary Awards to Quincy Jones and Juliet Taylor
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How Jennifer Tilly ‘Molded the Universe’ to Land Her ‘Bullets Over Broadway’ Oscar Nom – to Harvey Weinstein’s Chagrin
On the theater industry comedy’s 30th anniversary, the actress tells TheWrap all about her hard-fought, self-started campaign
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Major Oscar Precursor DOC NYC Short Lists Will Ferrell, Malala Yousafzai, Raoul Peck Projects
Movies in the prestigious festival lineup have been nominated for documentary Oscars for 11 of the past 12 years
