Oscars
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How ‘1917’ Editor Lee Smith Cut a ‘One-Shot’ Feature Film
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “I kept thinking to myself, ‘I have no idea how this is going to work,’” Smith says
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Go Into the Trenches With ‘1917’ Production Designer Dennis Gassner
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “The studio said, ‘Impossible — how are you going to do this?’” Gassner said of the enormously complicated design and shoot
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How ‘1917’ Cinematographer Roger Deakins Pulled Off Sam Mendes’ One-Shot WWI Film
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “It’s a single shot, but does that force us to just follow them down a trench all the time?” Deakins says
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Golden Globes Have a Prime Position on the Awards Calendar, but Do They Matter?
The Academy’s shortened season has helped, not hurt, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s annual bash — but there’s a difference between perception and reality
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How Oscar Voting Really Works: Critics’ Top 10 Lists Would Produce These 7 Best Picture Nominees
We tabulated more than 200 Top 10 lists as if they were Oscar ballots, and came up with a smaller-than-usual slate of nominees
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How Many Votes Does It Take to Get an Oscar Nomination in 2020?
We have the category-by-category breakdown, ranging from a high of 424 to a low of 26
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5 Awards Shows on One Night! Inside the Most Crammed Awards Season Ever
It’s gonna rain awards stuff for the next 40 days and 40 nights
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8 Biggest Changes to the Oscars in the 2010s, From #OscarsSoWhite to Envelopegate
The past 10 years saw the Academy reshape itself in the wake of #OscarsSoWhite, #MeToo, declining ratings and executive changes
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The Safdie Brothers Detail the 10-Year Journey to Make the Adam Sandler Drama ‘Uncut Gems’
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “What’s great is that it’s a happy ending, but then all of a sudden it’s not,” producer Scott Rudin told the filmmakers
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Here’s What’s on My Oscar Season Christmas Wish List: Eddie Murphy, ‘A Hidden Life’ and Lots More
Dear Santa: Can you also make sure the poor Oscar voters watch all the movies in time?
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Academy Allows ‘Cats’ to Submit Its New, Improved Version to Oscars
The Oscar rulebook prohibits changing a film after its initial run — but it doesn’t cover what happens when a movie makes changes in the middle of that run, as “Cats” did
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‘Toy Story 4’ Director Says the Key to the Hit Film Wasn’t Woody or Buzz
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “The code name for this movie internally was ‘Peep,’” Josh Cooley says
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How ‘Frozen II’ Filmmakers Handled ‘That Pressure’ to Follow a Blockbuster: ‘We Made a Pact’
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “The first movie ended with ‘happy ever after,’ but life doesn’t work that way,” producer Peter Del Vecho says
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How ‘I Lost My Body’ Director Melded Live Actors, 2D Animation and CGI for ‘Handmade’ Look
TheWrap Oscar Magazine: “It brings a new perception of reality of how you explore character,” Jérémy Clapin says
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‘Ford v Ferrari’ Editors Say Those Auto-Racing Scenes Weren’t the Biggest Challenge
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “It had to feel like you were in a 24-hour race, but you weren’t just sitting in a car the whole time,” Michael McCusker says
