The deadline for Oscar nomination voting has been extended two days due to the Southern California fires.

The nominations announcement, originally scheduled to be announced on Jan. 17, has moved to Jan. 19. https://t.co/uG7nBAnIkK pic.twitter.com/uJuDwub8T8
- Variety (@Variety) January 8, 2025
Voting began today for the Oscar nominations, but given ( Read more... )

Robbie Williams' "Forbidden Road" disqualified from Oscars shortlist https://t.co/TvO5bN1PQ8
- Stereogum (@stereogum) December 20, 2024

The Robbie Williams biopic Better Man, starring a CGI monkey, is out this week. "Forbidden Road," a song Williams ostensibly wrote for the movie, was shortlisted for the Oscars last week but has since been ( Read more... )

Oscars Shortlist Announced in 10 Categories: 'Emilia Pérez' and 'Wicked' Lead the Charge https://t.co/AUwojZTtJ5
- Variety (@Variety) December 17, 2024

The shortlists for the 2025 Academy Awards have been announced, with Wicked and Emilia Pérez racking up the most potential nominations ( Read more... )

Brian Cox Feels the Oscars Are 'Absolute Nonsense' for This Reason: 'A Fallacy, Quite Honestly' https://t.co/4KNcuHl0qr
- People (@people) December 16, 2024

Brian Cox has a bone to pick with the Oscars.

"The Oscars are absolute nonsense because everything that’s judged in the Oscars, it’s not a year’s work. It’s just the work that comes out ( Read more... )

Zoe Saldaña Feels Actors Who Use CGI for Roles Are Often Overlooked for Awards https://t.co/V0fj1NWR0q
- The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) December 15, 2024

When asked if she thinks awarding bodies struggle to look past CGI when used on actors. Saldaña said :

“They do. Old habits die hard, and when you have old establishments, it’s really hard to ( Read more... )

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no level up "what is Taylor Swift doing there" wtf here, but why is Variety so obsessed with Deadpool??

• Denis Villeneuve & Luca Guadagnino
• Jon M. Chu & Shawn Levy
• Matt Reeves & Zoë Kravitz
• Brady Corbet & Sean Baker
• Halina Reijn & Pedro Almodóvar

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Award season is heating up

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Sean Penn slams the Oscars for “limiting different cultural expressions.”

“The Academy has exercised really extraordinary cowardice when it comes to being part of the bigger world of expression, and in fact, have largely been part of limiting the imagination and very limiting of… pic.twitter.com/AXs3Hk9Unc
- Variety (@Variety) December 3, 2024
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2025 #Oscars: Best Actor Predictions https://t.co/SJDBwNQqTO pic.twitter.com/CgCTz40Kg7
- IndieWire (@IndieWire) November 28, 2024
The past couple of years, the Best Actor Oscar race has been rigid to the point of there typically only being room for one surprise nominee to gain momentum in the back half of awards season ( Read more... )