Oscars
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USC Leads With 2 Gold Medals at 2020 Student Academy Awards
Rhode Island School of Design, NYU and schools from Germany, Norway and Estonia also take top prizes at virtual ceremony
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After ‘Parasite’ and ‘Roma,’ What Can the Oscars International Race Do for an Encore?
On the heels of two of the most successful non-English films in Oscar history, the category is facing a year of production halts and theater closings
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Oscars International Entries, 2020: The Complete List
See the full list of submitted films to date, with descriptions and links to trailers
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Oscars Look to Netflix and 2021 to Rescue the Skimpiest Best Picture Race Ever
With major studios pushing their films into next year, the Oscars will likely need the slate of films that the streaming giant is offering
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Oscars Ease Eligibility Rules, Allow Films With Drive-In Releases to Qualify
Films that premiere on streaming platforms can also qualify if they are made available on the Academy’s virtual screening room for members
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Academy Names Winners of $35,000 Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowships
Scenes from the winning screenplays will be read by a group of actors in a virtual event on Dec. 3
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Academy Museum Lands Huge Collection of Optical Devices From Before Movies Existed
The Richard Balzer Collection consists of more than 9,000 artifacts dating back to China’s Ming Dynasty
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Aaron Sorkin In, Steven Spielberg Out in Already Strange Awards Season
“The Trial of the Chicago 7” proved that it’s a real contender, but “West Side Story” decided to wait until next year
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USC, NYU Lead in 2020 Student Academy Awards
Foreign Student Oscars go to filmmakers from Germany, Norway, Mexico, Belgium and Estonia
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Oscars Set New Inclusion and Diversity Standards for Best Picture Eligibility
The standards are designed to nudge the industry in the direction of increased representation throughout all stages of film production, by using the lure of the movies’ most coveted prize
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Oscars Academy Gives Film Scholars Grants to Author Books About Race in Hollywood
Racquel Gates and Rebecca Prime will each receive $25,000 from the Academy’s Film Scholars Grants program, which supports film scholarship
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Oscars Academy Elects David Rubin to Second Term as President
The news was announced by the Academy a few hours after Rubin was nominated for an Emmy Award
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Why Producer Michael Shamberg Sued the Oscars Academy: ‘They Don’t Want to Listen to Anybody’
“They have both a failing business model and a failing management structure because they won’t ask for help,” the “Erin Brockovich” producer tells TheWrap
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‘The Painted Bird’ Director Explains Why His ‘Brutal’ WWII Film Is Timelier Than ‘The Avengers’
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “I don’t want to live in the world of the Avengers, I do this for the real world,” writer-director Vaclav Marhoul says
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Oscars Academy Nails Diversity Goals for Membership, Eligibility Rules Could Be Next
Even as AMPAS reaches the benchmarks set in 2016, the organziation is making dramatic changes to Oscar eligibility to fight bias
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