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  1. gold rush
    Who’s the Most Overdue for an Oscar Right Now?For some, the most-nominated people are the ones who “deserve” to win. But that’s an awfully clinical way of looking at this! Ever heard of vibes?
    By Nate Jones and Joe Reid
  2. cheeky
    Wait, Was John Cena Actually Butt Naked at the Oscars?He presented the award for Best Costume Design without much of a costume on.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  3. job candidates
    Hey Oscars, Book John Mulaney for 2025 NowHe’s got resting awards-show face!
    By Jesse David Fox
  4. how to watch
    95th Academy Awards - Show
    All the Ways to Watch (and Replay) the 2024 Oscars and ClipsNo cable, no problem.
    By Savannah Salazar and Eric Vilas-Boas
  5. chat room
    OPPENHEIMER
    Oscar Winner Jennifer Lame on the Hardest Scenes to Edit Into OppenheimerThe Best Editing winner talked to us last summer about what almost got cut from Christopher Nolan’s high-wire epic, and the obsessions that fueled it.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  6. vulture lists
    The Best Movies That Lost Best Picture at the OscarsA second look at 96 years of the Academy Awards, including this year’s ceremony.
    By Keith Phipps
  7. highs and lows
    The Highs, Lows, and Whoas of the 2024 OscarsIs this a show for everyone or just the diehards? Is Hollywood back and better than ever, or has it lost its sense of identity?
  8. oscars 2024
    How Oppenheimer Won Best PictureFor years, you had to be a lovable underdog to win Best Picture. But Oppenheimer cruised through as the front-runner all season — here’s how.
    By Nate Jones
  9. oscars 2024
    ‘I’m Just Ken’ Brings Oscars Audience to Their FeetGosling performed alongside Slash and the other Kens.
    By Zoe Guy
  10. oscars 2024
    The 2024 Oscar WinnersHow did your horse do in the race?
    By Zoe Guy
  11. awards season
    The Simple Life and Smash Alum Wins Editing OscarChris Nolan does have taste …
    By Jason P. Frank
  12. endings
    The Zone of Interest’s Final Moments Are a Nazi Workaholic’s NightmareWhat if Rudolf Höss isn’t vomiting out of remorse? What if it’s his own irrelevance dawning on him instead?
    By A.A. Dowd
  13. awards season
    Godzilla Minus One Pulled Off Its Oscar-Winning VFX for Less Than $15 MillionThe director of the Oscar-winning Japanese kaiju epic on the workflows that kept his effects-heavy movie under $15 million.
    By James Grebey
  14. live from the red carpet
    All the 2024 Oscars Red-Carpet Looks That Are Just FantasticLet’s Barbenheimer one last time.
    By Savannah Salazar
  15. solidarity forever
    Behind-the-Scenes Workers Took Center Stage at the Oscars“Thank you for standing with us,” Jimmy Kimmel said during his opening monologue.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  16. off the leash
    96th Annual Academy Awards - Show
    Embattled Oscars Darling Messi the Dog Bravely Attends OscarsStudio haters won’t get him down.
    By Jason P. Frank
  17. oscars 2024
    96th Annual Oscars - Red Carpet
    Vanessa Hudgens Unveils Baby Bump on the Oscars Red CarpetThe High School Musical alum is hosting ABC’s pre-show for the third consecutive year.
    By Tom Smyth
  18. vulture lists
    The Best Paul Giamatti Movies, RankedOften typecast as a (lovable) curmudgeon, the Oscar nominee has a surprising range.
    By A.A. Dowd
  19. my academy awards
    All 53 of This Year’s Oscar-Nominated Movies and Shorts, RankedThe feature-length and short films that were nominated in 2024 are, in the aggregate, the most impressive (to me) in years.
    By Joe Reid
  20. a star is born
    DIANE WARREN
    Diane Warren’s Oscar-Losing Songs, RankedHer dramatic power ballads are a perfect fit for Hollywood, even if the Academy hasn’t acknowledged it yet.
    By Carrie Wittmer
  21. oscar futures
    Vulture’s Final 2024 Oscar Predictions in Every CategoryOppenheimer looks likely to win a bunch of trophies, but some major races are still up in the air.
    By Nate Jones
  22. backstories
    A Party, a Spanking, a Radio PlayThe past came looking for Killers of the Flower Moon in its three most ambitious scenes.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  23. never letting it go
    Wicked 20th Anniversary Celebration
    Adele Dazeem Wishes Herself a Happy BirthdayTen years after John Travolta introduced her to the world.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  24. awards season
    Why The Iron Claw Never Became an Oscars HeavyweightThe A24 wrestling drama ticks a lot of the Academy’s usual boxes. So why did it fail to pick up a single nomination?
    By A.A. Dowd
  25. gold rush
    How (Almost) Every Best Picture Nominee Can End Up With a TrophyThe participation-trophy ethos is alive and well at the Oscars.
    By Nate Jones
  26. gold rush
    Secrets of the Oscars Class PhotoWhat does it take to produce this image? We spoke to the Academy’s special events wrangler to find out.
    By Nate Jones
  27. academy awards
    Casting Directors Will Finally Get Their Oscars DueThe Academy is introducing a new casting category in a rare move.
    By Zoe Guy
  28. a good old chinwag
    Is Paul Giamatti the First-Ever Oscar Nominee With a Podcast?The Holdovers star has been chatting it up on a mic for nearly a year.
    By Fran Hoepfner
  29. extremely online
    Paloma Diamond Is Winning Awards SeasonJulian Sewell’s Oscar darling wants more than just your consideration.
    By David Mack
  30. ethans 2024
    Forget the Oscars, Bowen Yang Announces the ‘Ethan Awards’ on SNLFinally, an awards show for Ethan, by Ethan!
    By Tom Smyth
  31. i’m with ger(wig)
    Hillary Clinton Pokémon-Goes-Off on Barbie SnubsEveryone needs to Greta grip!
    By Rebecca Alter
  32. oscar futures
    The Snubs and Surprises of the 2024 Oscar NominationsBarbie suffers irrepressible thoughts of death, and Nyad does indeed exist.
    By Nate Jones
  33. go go godzilla
    Congrats to Godzilla for His First Oscar Nomination in 70 Years of ShowbizWhen reached for comment about this honor, Godzilla said, “SKREEEOOONK!”
    By James Grebey
  34. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: Our Final Predictions for the NomineesEvery year, Oscar pundits say the current season is the hardest one they’ve ever tried to predict. And this year, they might be right!
    By Nate Jones
  35. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: Who Will Be Our Nomination-Morning Surprise?Which less-heralded contenders will snag a spot at Tuesday’s Oscar nominations?
    By Nate Jones
  36. award hoarders
    EGOT Watch: Who Will Be Next to Complete the Awards-Show Grand Slam?Trent Reznor, H.E.R., and Lin-Manuel Miranda are just one award away.
  37. oscar futures
    Can Anyone Stop Oppenheimer at the Oscars?The season’s slumbering colossus finally woke up.
    By Nate Jones
  38. alternate timelines
    What If Meryl Streep Never Won a Lifetime Achievement Award?If Streep hadn’t won the Cecil B. DeMille and gone after Trump in her acceptance speech, Amy Adams’s life might look different — among other things.
    By Joe Reid
  39. acceptance speeches
    Can You Lose an Oscar With a Bad Acceptance Speech?A great speech can power an actor to Oscar gold. But is the reverse also true?
    By Nate Jones
  40. awards season
    The Golden Globes Do What the Oscars Weren’t Brave Enough ToAnd give out a “popular film” award.
    By Justin Curto
  41. oscar futures
    How Will Barbie’s Screenplay Shake-up Affect the Awards Race?The Academy ruled this week that Greta Gerwig’s film will run in Adapted Screenplay, not Original. How does that impact the rest of the Oscar field?
    By Nate Jones
  42. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: The 12 Contenders of ChristmasLet’s get into the Christmas spirit by running down the 12 awards ho-ho-hopefuls with the best chance of nabbing Oscar’s Best Picture.
    By Nate Jones
  43. oscar futures
    Can an Oscar Contender Be Too Timely?The Zone of Interest and American Fiction, two very different films, stake their claims on a Best Picture spot.
    By Nate Jones
  44. golden globes 2024
    The Biggest Snubs and Surprises of the 2024 Golden Globe NominationsGone is the old Globes insanity, replaced by something safe and respectable.
    By Nate Jones and Jen Chaney
  45. oscar futures
    Can May December Meme Its Way Into Oscar Contention?Will an Academy that’s never nominated a Todd Haynes film for Best Picture get on the same wavelength as this blend of Ingmar Bergman and TruTV?
    By Nate Jones
  46. oscar futures
    As Awards Season Picks Up, Critics Are Giving Martin Scorsese His FlowersThe New York Film Critics Circle sprang for Killers of the Flower Moon, which won both Best Picture and Best Actress.
    By Nate Jones
  47. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: Can The Color Purple Strike Gold?The mainstream crowd-pleaser feels destined to light up the holiday box-office, even if critics are more likely to be respectful than besotted.
    By Nate Jones
  48. oscar futures
    Will Napoleon’s Oscar Campaign End in Victory?Ridley Scott’s historical epic charged into the race this week, with a surprise worthy of Austerlitz: The movie is … funny?
    By Nate Jones
  49. vulture festival
    EGT Billy Porter Is Ready for His OOr at least an Oscar nomination so he can perform his Our Son “love duet” with Luke Evans.
    By Zoe Guy
  50. oscar futures
    Which Oscar Contenders Got the Biggest Boost From the End of the Strike?With the end of the SAG-AFTRA strike, Oscar campaigning can finally start in earnest. Which actors will do well on the trail?
    By Nate Jones
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