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What should win vs. what will win — here are our Oscars predictions
There are 10 movies in the running for best picture. Our critics are split over whether Anora or Nickel Boys should take home the prize.
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The Oscars are never just about the movies
This year, off-screen tweets may end up swaying the Oscars race. But real-world events and people have been shaping the awards for decades.
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Here are our favorite actors who’ve never been nominated for an Oscar
If you ask us, Pam Grier, John Goodman, Oscar Isaac and Regina Hall are all long overdue for Oscar nominations. Here’s why.
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The 2025 Oscars’ best original song nominees, cruelly ranked
This year’s race — which includes beloved stars, up-and-coming talents and a pair of songs from a successful but controversial musical — feels wide open. That doesn’t mean all the songs are equally worthy.
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How ‘Anora’ breakout star Yura Borisov crafted a sensitive ‘brute’
Borisov, who plays the hired henchman Igor in Anora, is the first Russian actor to be nominated for an Oscar in decades. The film has a total of six nominations, including for best picture.
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A family endures a dictatorship in the Oscar-nominated ‘I’m Still Here’
A Brazilian family is rocked when the father disappears following a military coup. I’m Still Here tells the heroic true story of a wife and mother who steers her family through the rapids of tyranny.
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Ariana Grande says ‘Wicked’ was a gift — and is proud to be in the ‘beautiful coven’
As a kid, Grande loved singing karaoke with her family. “I looked up to Whitney and Mariah and Celine endlessly,” she says. “I think that’s a large part of the reason why I learned to sing.”
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Palestinian and Israeli filmmakers team up to create ‘No Other Land’
This Oscar-nominated documentary, which tells the story of the Israeli military’s demolition of Palestinian homes in the West Bank, was created by a team of two Palestinian and two Israeli filmmakers.
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Karla Sofía Gascón is the first openly trans actress to receive an Oscar nomination
The Spanish actress portrays the titular character in Emilia Pérez, a polarizing musical that focuses on the life of a transgender drug lord in Mexico.
