Oscars
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Diane Warren, ‘The Susan Lucci of the Oscars,’ Is Back in the Race Again
TheWrap Oscar magazine: And initially, she says, she really didn’t want Chrissy Metz to perform her new song “I’m Standing With You” from “Breakthrough”
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Why Jackson Browne Overcame His Reluctance to Write Movie Songs for ‘5B’
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “I found it easier than I thought,” Browne admits of the song he co-wrote for the documentary about the early says of the AIDS epidemic
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How Mary Steenburgen Used Her ‘Actor Superpowers’ to Write a Song for ‘Wild Rose’
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “I can’t play guitar, but I can get ahold of scripts,” says the actress who has turned to songwriting in the last decade
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Clint Eastwood’s ‘Richard Jewell’ Auditions for the Oscars at AFI Fest Premiere
The world premiere of Eastwood’s drama about the 1996 Olympic bombing in Atlanta won raves in some circles, but the film could face significant obstacles with awards voters
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How the Chinese Animation Industry Stepped Up With Oscar Entry ‘Ne Zha’
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “Since we chose this profession, we cannot allow the animation industry to fail in China,” says director Yu Yang
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Awkwafina on the Personal Tragedy That Connected Her to ‘The Farewell’
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “I was flabbergasted at how much I related to the material and how that ties into my personal life,” the actress says
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How Moroccan Drama ‘Adam’ Exposes the Unequal Treatment of Women in Life and Death
TheWrap Oscar magazine: Director Maryam Touzani says the story of a young woman pregnant out of wedlock is based on a true story “that marked me very deeply — I kept her inside me for 15 years”
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Why ‘Monos’ Director Created ‘Ideological Vacuum’ for His War Drama – and Doesn’t Say Where It’s Set
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “The wars that are fought now — Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan — are fought mainly in the shadows,” director Alejandro Landes says
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Awards Season Screeners Are Here, Finally – And So Are Clint Eastwood and World War I
With a week to go before Thanksgiving, the screener stream is not likely to let up
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‘Out Stealing Horses’: How Stellan Skarsgard and Hans Petter Moland Adapted an Impossible Book
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “If you try to make a film out of a book and concentrate on what actually happens in the book, then you’re lost when it’s something as poetic as this,” Skarsgard says of the Norwegian Oscar entry
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Are Women Directors on the Verge of an Oscar Breakthrough?
TheWrap Oscar magazine: Mati Diop (“Atlantics”) and Antoneta Kastrati (“Zana”) are two in a record number of women competing in this year’s Best International Feature Film category
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‘The Whistlers’ Director on How a Documentary and a Lot of Classic Noir Films Inspired His New Comedy
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “When I decided to make a movie about people double-crossing each other, I said, ‘OK, I have to re-see noir films,’” says Romanian director Corneliu Porumboiu
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Why India’s Oscar Entry ‘Gully Boy’ Is More Hip-Hop Than Bollywood
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “I’ve always been interested in American hip-hop, but I had no idea that there was an underground scene happening in my own city,” director Zoya Akhtar says
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Pedro Almodóvar on the Real-Life Fears and Aches Behind ‘Pain and Glory’
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “The idea of arriving at a moment where I can no longer make movies worries me,” Oscar-winning Spanish director says
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‘Stupid Young Heart’ Director Explains Why Childbirth Makes Even Neo-Nazis ‘Look Small’
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “The fight scenes get more violent toward the end of the film, but then the childbirth scene washes over all that hate and violence and all those men and boys trying to be the cock of the walk,” director Selma Vilhunen says
