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    Oscar Futures: Ford v Ferrari Speeds Into a Crowded LaneWith The Irishman, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and 1917, the dad-movie lane in this year’s race is awfully crowded. Can Ford v Ferrari sneak in?
    By Nate Jones
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    Oscar Futures: Can Marriage Story Put Up a Fight in Best Picture?Noah Baumbach’s divorce drama is being hailed as one of the best films of the year. Can it make some noise in the top categories?
    By Nate Jones
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    Oscar Futures: Can Harriet Carry Cynthia Erivo to EGOT Glory?Critics agree: The much-awarded actress gives a good performance in a biopic that’s just okay.
    By Nate Jones
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    Oscar Futures: Little Women Marches Into the Best Picture FieldEarly viewers agree that Greta Gerwig’s literary adaptation could make capital addition to the awards race.
    By Nate Jones
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    Oscar Futures: Bombshell Explodes Into the Best Actress RacesThe Fox News sexual-harassment drama launched its first-look screenings last weekend, and the impact was palpable.
    By Nate Jones
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    Your Guide to This Year’s Best Actor BloodbathThe Best Actor field has been weak in recent years, but 2019’s crop boasts ten-plus serious claimants. Which of them will make it in?
    By Nate Jones
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    Oscar Futures: Can Parasite Worm Its Way Into Best Picture?Bong Joon-ho’s dark satire hits theaters in New York and Los Angeles this week, and American viewers finally get to see what all the fuss is about.
    By Nate Jones
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    Oscar Futures: Scorsese’s The Irishman Looks Like a Major ContenderThe crown jewel of Netflix’s Oscar hopes made an impressive debut at the New York Film Festival.
    By Nate Jones
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    Oscar Futures: Are Jojo Rabbit and Joker Too Divisive for Oscar?Whatever debates Taika Waititi’s film may inspire are probably nothing compared to what’s going on with Todd Phillips’s movie right now.
    By Nate Jones
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    Could Hustlers Scam Its Way Into the Oscars Race?The grifter-strippers movie has been receiving rave reviews, and pulled in over $30 million opening weekend. Will awards voters buy a dance?
    By Nate Jones
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    A Way-Too-Early Guide to the Wild, Abbreviated 2020 Oscar SeasonThe 2020 Oscars ceremony will take place on February 9, about three weeks earlier than usual. How will that shake up the Academy Awards race?
    By Nate Jones
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    After a Strong Year, How Many Cannes Contenders Could Score With Oscar?Last year’s slate at the Croisette picked up 14 nominations. Could this year top that?
    By Nate Jones
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    Could Lupita Nyong’o Get an Oscar Nomination for Us?Oscar loves a physical transformation, and Nyong’o gives us one in the movie itself.
    By Nate Jones
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    How Green Book Won Best PictureOnline debates over the movie’s politics didn’t seem to make it through to the movie’s fans, who took it as a straightforward plea for tolerance.
    By Nate Jones
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    Vulture’s Oscar Predictions: What Will Win?Who will win and who can steal in each of the Academy’s 24 categories.
    By Nate Jones
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    6 Reasons Why A Star Is Born Stumbled This Season (and 1 Reason for Optimism)A Star Is Born came into this season as the presumptive Oscars front-runner. Then suddenly, that changed.
    By Nate Jones
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    How Every Best Picture Nominee Can Go Home With a TrophyFor the first time since 2015, none of the Best Picture nominees could walk away from the Dolby Theatre empty-handed.
    By Nate Jones
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    Is Best Director a One-man Race?Alfonso Cuarón leaped out to a commanding lead in late August, and his grip on the trophy has shown no signs of loosening.
    By Nate Jones
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    In Best Actor, Has Rami Malek’s Time Come?But Christian Bale and Bradley Cooper will keep fighting till the end.
    By Nate Jones
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    This Oscar Season, Everyone Gets a TrophyThe guild results that were supposed to narrow the field to a handful of contenders have instead spread the love around.
    By Nate Jones
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    Can Anyone Beat Glenn Close in Best Actress?Close seems a solid bet to take home her first Oscar. Does anyone else in the field have a chance?
    By Nate Jones
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    Who’s on Top As We Enter Oscar’s Final Stretch?Roma’s big BAFTA wins ensure that it enters Oscars voting as the Best Picture front-runner.
    By Nate Jones
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    Who’s on Top in This Year’s Topsy-turvy Best Picture Race?Roma triumphed at the Directors Guild, Green Book at the Producers Guild. Who has the better chance of winning the Oscars’ top prize?
    By Nate Jones
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    What the SAG Results Tell Us About This Year’s Unpredictable Oscar RaceGlenn Close seems like a sure thing, but many other categories remain up in the air.
    By Nate Jones
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    Dr. Ruth, America’s Sex Therapist, Is Gunning for an OscarAsk Dr. Ruth, which premiered at Sundance, is a delightful, emotional portrait of a Holocaust survivor who went on to change America’s sex lives.
    By Rachel Handler
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    Oscar Nominations: The Biggest Snubs and SurprisesBradley Cooper and Peter Farrelly missed out in Best Director, while Roma scored not one but two acting nominations.
    By Nate Jones
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    Oscar Nominations: Who’s Safe and Who Could Be Snubbed?Our final Oscar nomination predictions in the ten biggest categories.
    By Nate Jones
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    Oscar Futures: The Knives Come Out for Green BookA bunch of bad stories about Green Book started leaking the first week of Oscar voting. That’s probably not a coincidence.
    By Nate Jones
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    The WGA Nominations Shine Some Light on Long-Shot Oscar ContendersDespite being ineligible at the WGAs, The Favourite is still, well, the favorite.
    By Nate Jones
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    How Will Those Bonkers Golden Globe Results Affect Oscar Picks?Are Green Book and Bohemian Rhapsody our new front-runners? Is the Star Is Born duo doomed? Don’t panic just yet.
    By Nate Jones
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    Oscar Futures: Can A Quiet Place and Crazy Rich Asians Crack Best Picture?Both massive hits earned surprise nominations from the Producers Guild. Will Oscar follow suit?
    By Nate Jones
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    Oscar Futures: Is Vice Too Polarizing to Score With Voters?The Bush campaign triumphed in 2004 by running on wedge issues, and Adam McKay’s Dick Cheney biopic is proving similarly divisive.
    By Nate Jones
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    Oscar Futures: Who’s on Top After Those Shocking SAG Nominations?Bohemian Rhapsody and BlacKkKlansman scored Best Cast nominations, while Beale Street was snubbed entirely.
    By Nate Jones
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    4 Things to Watch for at the SAG Awards NominationsCan Black Panther sneak in?
    By Nate Jones
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    Oscar Futures: How the Golden Globe Nominations Reshuffled the RaceIt might finally be time to bury Widows and First Man.
    By Nate Jones
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    Oscar Futures: Could Roma Actually Pull This Thing Off?Whatever misgivings the Hollywood Establishment may have about Netflix, they are not shared by critics, as Roma was the big winner at the NYFCCs.
    By Nate Jones
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    What the Gotham Awards Told Us About This Year’s Oscar RaceIt was a good night for First Reformed and Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
    By Nate Jones
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    Oscar Futures: Can Saoirse Ronan Land Her Fourth Nomination?And what do Friday’s Independent Spirit Award nominations mean for the Oscars race?
    By Nate Jones
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    Oscar Futures: Can The Front Runner Come Back From Its Election Day Drubbing?Jason Reitman’s Gary Hart biopic opened on Election Day, a time when its intended audience was glued to the couch.
    By Nate Jones
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    Oscar Futures: Will Roma’s Theatrical Release Sway Netflix Skeptics?Netflix has finally abandoned its most controversial practice, giving Roma a theatrical release weeks before it hits streaming.
    By Nate Jones
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    Oscar Futures: Mama, Rami Malek’s Campaign Has Just BegunAre the Bohemian Rhapsody star’s chances a little high, or little low?
    By Nate Jones
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    Oscar Futures: A Royal Shake-up in the Best Actress RaceThe Favourite’s Olivia Colman is running as a lead. How will that affect the Oscars race?
    By Nate Jones
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    Oscar Futures: How High Can First Man Fly?Critics are praising Damien Chazelle’s outstanding technical achievement, but is the cold of space too chilly for voters looking for heart?
    By Nate Jones
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    Oscar Futures: How Will The Favourite Untangle Its Three Stars?A Star Is Born hits theaters, The Favourite opens the New York Film Festival, and we get our first glimpse of Vice.
    By Nate Jones
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    Oscar Futures: A Best Picture Contender Is Born?After the fall festivals, the Oscar race has begun in earnest. Can A Star Is Born keep momentum going?
    By Nate Jones
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    Oscars: Roma Is Netflix’s Best Chance at Cracking the Best Picture RaceThe tech giant is going to get Alfonso Cuarón’s movie into as many Academy screening rooms as possible before it hits laptops and phones in December.
    By Nate Jones
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    Oscars: Can Beale Street Recapture Moonlight’s Magic?Barry Jenkins’s ode to black love filled Toronto audiences with tears.
    By Nate Jones
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    Summer’s Over — Let’s Talk About the OscarsA look at the frontrunners and dark horses. Plus, 21 narratives to watch out for.
    By Nate Jones
  57. Is It Possible to Predict Best Picture in Our Politically Charged Moment?What will win? And why would it win? This year, it feels like anything could happen.
    By Mark Harris and Kyle Buchanan
  58. Lady Bird Will Go Home Empty-handed on Oscar Night, Unless …… some of these five come-from-behind conditions are met.
    By Kyle Buchanan
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