Oppenheimer dominates Oscars, with no big surprises
Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer has ended this year’s film awards season as it began, dominating the major categories and far out-performing the other half
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Oppenheimer, Poor Things, Killers of the Flower Moon and Barbie among the top Oscar contenders
So the nominations are finally in for the most coveted awards of the film calendar; as predicted, at the top of the list
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Blockbuster nominees boost Oscar viewing figures
Whether or not this year’s Oscars elevated ratings are enough to equate a Hollywood comeback story for the beleaguered telecast, reports seem to
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Everything Everywhere All At Once takes 7 top Oscars
The much-touted multi-verse fantasy Everything Everywhere All At Once has dominated the Academy Awards. Going into Hollywood’s big night with eleven nominations, it
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Will Smith’s first Oscar win will be remembered for all the wrong reasons
When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences tried to ring the changes to attract bigger audiences to watch the Oscar ceremony,
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Nomadland takes Oscar’s biggest prizes on a less diverse night than expected
Nomadland has taken three of the top awards at the 2021 Oscars, at a ceremony delayed for two months by the pandemic. As
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Contagion director Steven Soderbergh to produce Covid Oscars show
The body behind the Oscars – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences – have picked the director of the global pandemic
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Will Oscar diversity requirements change much?
It’s been a turbulent few years for the film industry, with the Oscars So White controversy – when all twenty acting nominees were
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Streamed films eligible for 2021 Oscars in one-off response to lockdown
For the first time, films released on-demand or online only will be eligible for the Oscars, under new regulations agreed in response to
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Parasite upsets Oscar’s apple cart as acting awards go to favourites
Parasite – a dark social comedy from South Korea – beat 1917 to Oscar’s top two prizes. South Korea’s social satire Parasite has
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Oscars to go ahead without host for the first time in 30 years
The Oscars will be held without a host, for the first time since an experimental show back in 1989. The Academy of Motion Picture
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The Favourite and Roma lead Oscar nominations
The Golden Globes have come and gone, BAFTA nominees are eagerly waiting and busily campaigning and the SAG Awards are less than a
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Academy delays introduction of “popular” film Oscar
After a mixed response to its recent announcement that it plans to introduce a new Oscar to recognise achievement in what’s been described
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“Popular film” to be honoured in revamped Oscars ceremony
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced three changes to try to make future Oscar ceremonies more relevant – and
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The Shape of Water takes top Oscars on a Hollywood night charged with politics
The Shape of Water’s 4 Oscars included Best Picture and Best Director Guillermo del Toro’s romantic fantasy The Shape of Water has triumphed
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Moonlight causes Oscars upset – in more ways than one
Two of the producers of the musical La La Land – the equal most nominated film in Oscar’s history and one of the hottest
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Sound mixer loses Oscar nomination at the last minute
The Academy that hands out the Oscars has rescinded a nomination for tomorrow’s awards ceremony, because of a breach of campaigning rules. 13
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La La Land leads the most diverse set of Oscar nominations for years
The traditional movie-musical La La Land has followed expectations and dominated the Oscar nominations, with a record-equalling 14 nods. Emma Stone and Ryan
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Oscar spoils shared between The Revenant, Spotlight, Mad Max – and SPECTRE
At an Oscars ceremony where there was as much talk about who was not nominated as about who was, there were a number
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Academy increases diversity through Oscar presenters
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the first eleven awards presenters and performers to be joining the host, comedian
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