Oscars 2025: Our critic chooses what should win, what’s AWOL
I’ll let you in on a secret: I lose my play-along Oscar ballot every year. Hey, I’m a critic who can’t help voting her heart…
‘The Talent’ author on the chaotic Oscar season and writing fiction
On the Shelf The Talent By Daniel D’AddarioGallery/Scout Press: 336 pages, $29If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission…
Oscars flashback: An Oscar for playing an Oscar winner
Never question the way Hollywood loves a good old biopic. After all, the 77th Academy Awards ceremony, held on Feb. 27, 2005, at the Kodak…
Netflix isn’t solving awards season ratings crisis with SAG Awards
It’s official, Netflix will not be solving the awards-show ratings crisis by turning the Screen Actors Guild Awards into must-watch television.This year’s SAG Awards opened…
Not a great year for climate change at the Oscars
And the Oscar for best climate change film of 2024 goes to ...“The Wild Robot,” a beautiful animated movie that takes place in a world…
Oscars flashback: Spain’s ‘The Sea Inside’ takes the prize
The Oscars ceremony may look like a lot of glitter and glam on the surface, but beneath the glossy surface lurks a battle of worldwide…
Fernanda Torres on ‘I’m Still Here,’ Oscars, Brazilian fans
Speaking to The Times in 2019, Brazilian acting legend Fernanda Montenegro described receiving an Academy Award nomination 20 years earlier for her role in Walter…
These days an Oscar snub is almost a badge of honor
The 97th Academy Award nominations have been announced and, sorry, Pamela, you’re not on the invite list. But take comfort, you’re in very good company.Every…
How do these pitches from the 10 best picture nominees sound?
What movie will win the Oscar for best picture? The race, for the moment, is more of a free-for-all than it has been in years.…
Karla Sofia Gascón tweets turn Oscars first into Oscars nightmare
Karla Sofia Gascón has put Oscar voters between a historic first and a hard place.When she received a nomination for best actress in a leading…
The Oscars are Hollywood’s infomercial. But the awards and movies are getting more niche
At its core, the Oscars telecast is supposed to serve as a three-hour infomercial for the movie business. But celebrating the year in film is…
Pamela Anderson, 57, shows off her endless legs in a suit for Elle after Oscars snub
BAYWATCH icon Pamela Anderson looks the business — even after getting snubbed for an Oscar.The 57-year-old received critical acclaim for her role as an ageing…
Oscars flashback: Sandy Powell prevails over Colleen Atwood
It’s a truism worth repeating: If you’ve done stellar costume design in a contemporary film, you may as well plan to stay home on Oscar…
Amid L.A. fires, Oscars ‘must go forward’ and will, CEO says
Decimated by fire season, it seems impossible that the Los Angeles area could even begin to think about awards season.As fires that have killed at…
Oscars 2025: Who’s in for supporting actor and actress?
A month before our December awards vote, the Los Angeles Film Critics Assn. launches a group email thread for members to advocate for their favorite…
‘The Six Triple Eight’: Netflix should embrace the TV movie
Once upon a time, “The Six Triple Eight,” which premieres Friday on Netflix, would have been a shoo-in for a best TV movie Emmy.It tells…
The academy has found its next Oscars host: Conan O’Brien
Emmy-winning talk show host and comedian Conan O’Brien has been tapped to emcee the 97th Academy Awards, set for March 2, the academy announced Friday.…
Cillian Murphy bloodied and bruised as he films Peaky Blinders as Tommy Shelby in Birmingham
CILLIAN Murphy looked bloodied and bruised as he filmed scenes for the new Peaky Blinders movie. The Oscar-winning actor is set to reprise his beloved…
With the fall festivals ending, what’s heading to the Oscars?
This time last year, “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” were taking a victory lap after saving cinema. We spent the summer swooning over Celine Song’s heartbreaking love…
Oscars: Netflix to enter Kristen Wiig for ‘Will & Harper’ song
“‘Talented musician’ might be a little strong” to describe Kristen Wiig, the “Saturday Night Live” veteran demurs when complimented about her chops. So another label…