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The Oscars

The latest news, features, profiles, reviews, and more pertaining to the films being celebrated at the 95th Academy Awards.

Watch this Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.

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  1. oscars 2023
    The Year the Movies Died (Over and Over and Over Again)It was an exhausting season for cinephiles, who were constantly confronted with elegies for an art form that is very much alive.
    By Alison Willmore
  2. drawing conclusions
    ‘It’s Kind of Embarrassing’: Why Animators Are Unhappy With the OscarsTwo decades in, the Academy’s Best Animated Feature category isn’t living up to its promise.
    By Eric Vilas-Boas
  3. drawing conclusions
    7 Reasons the Oscars Ignored Your Favorite Animated MovieInternational titles, films aimed at adults, and adaptations all face an uphill climb.
    By James Grebey and Eric Vilas-Boas
  4. gold rush
    All 54 Oscar-Nominated Movies (and Shorts), RankedSome are great, some are good, and some are genuinely terrible. Cue the montage music, because we’re starting from the bottom.
    By Joe Reid
  5. woulda coulda shoulda
    Goldie Hawn Regrets Not Accepting her Oscar in PersonShe actually never watched the footage of her win until earlier this year.
    By Bethy Squires
  6. gold rush
    Could the Oscars Actually Be Good This Year?The 2023 Academy Awards are returning to an old formula — one that works not despite its imperfections but because of them.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  7. awards season
    Michelle Yeoh Spices Up the Best Actress Race at Last MinuteDays away from the 2023 Oscars.
    By Jason P. Frank
  8. oscars 2023
    Who Are You Rooting Against at the Oscars This Year?The Whale, Elvis, and To Leslie are case studies in three different ways a film can be an Oscar villain. Will any of them come out on top?
    By Nate Jones
  9. into it
    Would It Kill You to See The Fabelmans?It’s not that the Oscars stopped nominating films you’ve seen, it’s that audiences’ tastes have changed.
    By Sam Sanders
  10. stunt awards
    It’s Time for a Best Stunts OscarAfter 30-plus years of stuntpeople lobbying the Academy, an annual category for them remains elusive. Why?
    By Bilge Ebiri
  11. oscar futures
    Can Anyone Predict Who’s Going to Win Best Supporting Actress?Breaking down the contenders in the season’s most unpredictable Oscar race.
    By Nate Jones
  12. on the record
    Will Smith Is Very Sorry About the Oscars SlapBut he’s finally ready to give an awards acceptance speech in person again.
    By Zoe Guy
  13. cheat sheet
    How to Gossip About the 2023 OscarsEven (or especially) if you haven’t watched any of the movies.
    By Joe Reid
  14. oscar futures
    Everything Everywhere All at Once Is the Undeniable Oscars Front-runnerAfter its triple crown of precursor victories, the question is not whether EEAAO will win Best Picture but how many trophies it’ll nab along the way.
    By Nate Jones
  15. oscars 2023
    Rihanna Will Perform at the Oscars, Answering the Navy’s PrayersThe drought is over.
    By Zoe Guy
  16. stay ready
    Here Are 9 Scenarios the Oscars ‘Crisis Team’ Can Plan ForSince the Academy wants to be “prepared for anything” this year, we have some suggestions.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  17. book excerpt
    ‘It Would Have Been Like a Scene From One of My Movies.’A stranger–than–Pulp Fiction Oscars tale confirmed.
    By Michael Schulman
  18. performance review
    Paul Mescal Is Our Disappointment HeartthrobOther heartthrobs exude swagger or sex, but Mescal emanates something more devastating: the irresistible promise of eventually letting you down.
    By Alison Willmore
  19. for your consideration
    A Timeline of Andrea Riseborough’s Controversial Oscar NominationWithin seven days, Andrea Riseborough’s performance in To Leslie went from obscurity to the toast of Twitter. And all it took was a few famous fans.
    By Nate Jones
  20. oscars 2023
    Jimmy Kimmel Makes It His Mission to Host the 2023 OscarsNo word yet on if he’ll fly the plane lying down.
    By Zoe Guy
  21. awards szn
    Tom Cruise Was a Major Flirt at the 2023 Oscar Nominees LuncheonAll the tea from the record-breaking first luncheon since 2020.
    By Zoe Guy
  22. award hoarders
    EGOT Watch: Who Will Be Next to Complete the Awards-Show Grand Slam?All Trent Reznor needs is a Tony.
    By Nate Jones, Rachel Bashein, and Zoe Haylock
  23. awards szn
    Danielle Deadwyler Says ‘Residual Effects’ of Racism Affect the Film Industry“Whether it’s direct or indirect, it impacts who we are.”
    By Zoe Guy
  24. oscars 2023
    The Movie Industry’s Confused ‘Eat the Rich’ FantasyWhat Triangle of Sadness and The Menu get wrong about class warfare.
    By Sam Adler-Bell
  25. into it
    Lil Rel Howery Supports the Academy’s Andrea Riseborough InvestigationBut she’s not the person he’d drop from the Best Actress race.
    By Sam Sanders
  26. oscars 2023
    The Academy Subtweets Andrea Riseborough’s Friends in StatementAccording to the Academy, Riseborough will keep her nomination.
    By Jason P. Frank
  27. oscars 2023
    Lydia Tár Is Not an Art MonsterThe quiet redemption of awards season’s most divisive character.
    By Becca Rothfeld
  28. awards season
    Joyce Carol Oates Sure Tweets About The Fabelmans a LotFor reasons surely unrelated to awards season, the Blonde author has become Twitter’s staunchest critic of Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-nominated movie.
    By Matthew Jacobs
  29. awards season
    Everything Everywhere All at Once Leads the 2023 Oscar NominationsThe full list includes acting noms for Andrea Riseborough, Michelle Yeoh, and Angela Bassett.
    By Jason P. Frank
  30. oscars 2023
    The Snubs and Surprises of the 2023 Oscar NominationsThose crazy celebs actually got Andrea Riseborough an Oscar nomination.
    By Nate Jones
  31. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: Our Final Predictions for the NomineesAhead of Tuesday’s nominations, enjoy Vulture’s official predictions for the eight biggest Oscar races.
    By Nate Jones
  32. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: Who Will Be Our Nomination-Morning Surprise?All Quiet on the Western Front and Paul Mescal once seemed like long shots but have proved their strength. Who can follow in their footsteps?
    By Nate Jones
  33. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: Who Got a Boost From the Globes and the Guilds?Who’s on top as Oscars voting begins?
    By Nate Jones
  34. endings
    The ‘Wrongheaded,’ ‘Galaxy-Brained’ Ending of Babylon, ExplainedOnce again, a character is transported out of their ordinary, humdrum life through the wondrous power of cinema.
    By Nate Jones
  35. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: The 12 Contenders of ChristmasAs the awards circus takes a midseason break, let’s zoom out to take stock of the Best Picture field.
    By Nate Jones
  36. oscars 2023
    Taylor Swift’s All Too Well Oscar Hopes Are Long GoneBut she’s still in contention for her song “Carolina” from Where the Crawdads Sing.
    By Justin Curto
  37. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: Can Avatar: The Way of Water Crack the Best Picture Race?The original Avatar came close to winning Best Picture. Way of Water will be a presence in the race, too.
    By Nate Jones
  38. ‘a damn good story’
    Inside Avatar’s Losing Battle to Beat The Hurt Locker for Best PictureThe 2010 Oscars pitted two famous exes against each other in a race studio sources remember as a David-versus-Goliath battle.
    By Matthew Jacobs
  39. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: Will The Whale Sink or Swim?Finally out this weekend, Darren Aronofsky’s film has been met with critical harpoons.
    By Nate Jones
  40. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: Is the Academy Ready to Forgive Will Smith?He’s banned from the ceremony for the next ten years, but could Will Smith nab a nomination for Emancipation anyway?
    By Nate Jones
  41. lost baggage
    Letitia Wright Doesn’t Appreciate Being Compared to Alleged AbusersHer anti-vaxx statements popped up again in a new THR piece about Oscar contenders with “baggage.”
    By Zoe Guy
  42. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: Will Damien Chazelle’s Babylon Go Bust?Damien Chazelle’s Jazz Age orgy earned poisonous buzz in its L.A. premiere. But it only takes a few die-hards to see a misunderstood masterpiece.
    By Nate Jones
  43. trailer mix
    Will Smith Returns Sooner Than Expected With Emancipation TrailerThe actor’s first post-slap project hits theaters December 2.
    By Justin Curto
  44. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: Is The Fabelmans Still Our Front-runner?Steven Spielberg’s autobiographical time capsule debuts on the back of a starry AFI Fest relaunch and a rapturous Academy screening.
    By Nate Jones
  45. awards chatter
    The Academy Revises Decision on What Exactly Counts As AnimationRotoscoping rights!
    By Bethy Squires
  46. awards chatter
    Terrifier 2 Has Been Submitted for Oscars ConsiderationBecause why not?
    By Bethy Squires
  47. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: Tár and Everything Everywhere Compete for Hipster HeartsThe two Best Actress vehicles are also facing off in the battle to become the season’s tastemaker pick.
    By Nate Jones
  48. profile
    Gabriel LaBelle Is Suddenly Sorta SpielbergFor The Fabelmans, he beat out 2,000 actors to play a version of the famed director as a teen by embracing the meta-ness.
    By Jackson McHenry
  49. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: Can Banshees of Inisherin Banter Its Way to a Trophy?Martin McDonagh’s In Bruges reunion is the most universally regarded contender to bow thus far.
    By Nate Jones
  50. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: Can She Said Get Voters Talking?Harvey Weinstein created the modern Oscars. Can the drama about his downfall become an awards contender?
    By Nate Jones
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