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.
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2024 Student Oscar Winners Include Film School Grads in France, USA, Czech Republic
All winning movies are also eligible in the shorts categories at the 2025 Academy Awards
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IDA Awards to Honor Israeli and Palestinian Directors of West Bank Documentary ‘No Other Land’
The International Documentary Association will also bestow special awards to filmmakers Dawn Porter and Shiori Itō
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Six Aspiring Screenwriters Win Academy’s Nicholl Fellowships for 2024
The winners were chosen from more than 5,000 submissions
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Joan Chen, Zoe Saldaña, Tyler Perry Among Honorees at CCA’s Diversity Celebrations
The nation’s largest film critics’ organization will be holding career achievement galas in the coming months
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Amy Adams Was in Awe of Her Canine Costars in ‘Nightbitch’: ‘It Was Wild’
TIFF 2024: Six-time Oscar nominee Adams gives another brave, revelatory performance in Marielle Heller’s new semi-supernatural film
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Jennifer Lopez Sports Drama ‘Unstoppable’ Gets Rousing, Tearful Toronto Premiere Reception
TIFF 2024: The based-on-a-true-story feature stars Jharrel Jerome and is “one of the most beautiful stories I’ve ever seen on the screen,” Lopez says
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Ken Burns on ‘The American Buffalo’ and the Tragedy of Mass Eradication
In his latest docuseries, the five-time Emmy winner explores the near-extinction of the buffalo in the context of the Native American experience
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Cannes: Diane Kruger Says David Cronenberg’s ‘The Shrouds’ Is a ‘Desperate, Emotional Cry’
TheWrap magazine: The German actress describes Cronenberg’s latest, which was inspired by his wife’s death, as “100% the most personal film he’s ever made”
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‘Godzilla Minus One’ Director Is 1st Filmmaker to Win Visual Effects Oscar Since Stanley Kubrick
The monster movie is also the first foreign language film, first Japanese production and first Godzilla film to win Best VFX
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‘The Zone of Interest’ Is Oscar’s 1st Best International Feature Winner From the UK
How did Jonathan Glazer’s acclaimed German and Polish language drama score a victory for the United Kingdom?
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Oscars In Memoriam: A Look at the Segment’s History of ‘Glory and Grief’ in Its 30th Year
The telecast’s emotional high point is “also guaranteed to infuriate part of the audience,” former Academy executive director Bruce Davis tells TheWrap
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‘Oppenheimer’ Wins Top Prize From American Society of Cinematographers
Television winners included “Barry,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and “Boston Strangler”
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How ‘American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders’ Channels Alfred Hitchcock’s Use of Duality
“I took it into this Hitchcockian area and used doppelgänger references that exist already in the language of cinema,” director Zachary Treitz tells TheWrap
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‘American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders’: Why a Chilling Scene About JFK’s Assassination Is Key to Docuseries
Director Zachary Treitz explains how a “haunted and creepy” sequence involving the Zapruder film helps us understand “the manipulation of reality” at the heart of new Netflix series
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Oscars Performers Set: Ryan Gosling, Billie Eilish, Jon Batiste Will Sing Their Nominated Songs
Mark Ronson, Becky G, Scott George and the Osage Singers are also confirmed to take part in the telecast on March 10
