The destination for THR’s coverage of the contenders, creatives and crafts leading up to the Academy Awards
KEY DATES
Jan. 23
Academy Awards Nominations
Feb. 10
Art Directors Guild Awards
Feb. 18
People’s Choice Awards
Feb. 18
BAFTA Film Awards
Feb. 24
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Feb. 25
Film Independent Spirit Awards
Feb. 25
Producers Guild Awards
March 10
Academy Awards
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OSCAR ROUNDTABLES
The season’s biggest stars come together
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“Don’t You Lie for a Living?”: Margot Robbie, Emma Stone and THR’s Actress Roundtable
As girls, they dreamed of growing up to perform like Daniel Day-Lewis, Nicolas Cage, Goldie Hawn — even an Ewok. As women, they have turned in some of this year’s most daring and moving performances. In November, Annette Bening (Nyad), Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon), Greta Lee (Past Lives), Carey Mulligan (Maestro), Margot […]
The Hit Squad: Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo and Dua Lipa on the THR Songwriter Roundtable
“I honestly was concerned that it was over for me,” Billie Eilish confesses at a table with Dua Lipa, Olivia Rodrigo, Jon Batiste, Cynthia Erivo and Julia Michaels, who came together to discuss their songwriting prowess and process. “We’d been trying and it wasn’t doing what it usually would do in me. I was honestly […]
Greta Gerwig, Bradley Cooper and the THR Director Roundtable: “Final Cut Is a State of Mind”
The preshoot rituals they can’t live without, the studio negotiations they’ve learned to finesse and the creative choices they still can’t believe they got away with — the directors of six of this year’s most remarkable movies got together and talked shop. In November, Blitz Bazawule (The Color Purple), Bradley Cooper (Maestro), Ava DuVernay (Origin), […]
COVER STORIES
Deep dives and intimate conversations with the biggest contenders
ANATOMY OF A CONTENDER
Behind the scenes of the season’s biggest films
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How Christopher Nolan Blew Up the Screen: The Making of ‘Oppenheimer’
Contrary to all those clearly erroneous fan rumors, Christopher Nolan obviously did not detonate an atomic bomb while making the historical epic Oppenheimer. To re-create the Trinity Test — the world’s first A-bomb explosion — he and his team fired off tons of TNT, set flame to gallons of gasoline, and burned up mountains of […]
The Making of ‘Barbie’: Margot Robbie Says the Film’s Last Line Is “The Hill I Was Ready to Die On”
In the beginning — 1959, to be exact — there was Barbie. Neither formless nor vapid, she came to the toy-playing masses with high heels and high breasts, an apparition of mock adulthood. Her creator, Ruth Handler, gave her the grown-up persona she noticed little girls transferred onto baby dolls, and a name that would […]
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“Every Day I Was Like, ‘What Am I Doing?’”: The Making of ‘Poor Things’
In a scene early in the movie Poor Things, Emma Stone gleefully flings some kippers across a dining table at Ramy Youssef’s face. It’s a weird and important moment, one in which Stone is establishing her character as a childlike Victorian woman, someone oblivious to social mores and free of shame. Stone and her director, […]
FEINBERG FORECAST
Best Picture — Projected Ranking (Feb. 14)
Oppenheimer
Universal
Poor Things
Searchlight
Anatomy of a Fall
Neon
Barbie
Warner Bros.
The Holdovers
Focus
Maestro
Netflix
American Fiction
Amazon/MGM
Past Lives
A24
The nominees
Full List of Oscar Nominations
Oppenheimer leads the noms with a total of 13, followed by Poor Things with 11, Killers of the Flower Moon with 10 and Barbie with eight. They will compete for best picture with American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, The Holdovers, Maestro, Past Lives and The Zone of Interest.
ROUNDTABLE VIDEOS
Watch the season’s top talent share stories and discuss their creative process
BEHIND THE SCREEN
How crafts and tech masters make movie magic
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‘Civil War’ Sound Editor on Balancing “Oppressive” Battle Noise With Abrupt Silence
In notching A24’s highest-grossing opening weekend to date, Alex Garland’s debate-stirring combat film Civil War has made plenty of noise — both figuratively and literally. Starring Kirsten Dunst, Cailee Spaeny and Wagner Moura, the project has spurred conversation over its depiction of a small group of journalists witnessing the violently divided U.S. en route to […]
‘The Jinx’ Finally Explains Mystery of Robert Durst Arrest One Day Before TV Confession
For anyone who needed a refresher on The Jinx, the follow-up series to the 2015 true-crime phenomenon that led to the arrest of Robert Durst did just that with its first episode. Except it delved deeper — much deeper — when it took the audience behind the murder case against Durst to show how and […]
Stephen Colbert Aspires to Return to Acting at Some Point, Cites Dream Role in ‘A Man For All Seasons’
Stephen Colbert closed out Los Angeles’ annual PaleyFest TV festival on Sunday afternoon, as he sat down for a conversation with comedian Ben Schwartz about his career and time at The Late Show desk. During the wide-ranging chat inside the Dolby Theatre — which spanned from Colbert’s start in Chicago’s improv scene to his stint […]
AWARDS CHATTER
In-depth conversations with the most interesting and accomplished people in show business
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‘The Jinx’ Finally Explains Mystery of Robert Durst Arrest One Day Before TV Confession
For anyone who needed a refresher on The Jinx, the follow-up series to the 2015 true-crime phenomenon that led to the arrest of Robert Durst did just that with its first episode. Except it delved deeper — much deeper — when it took the audience behind the murder case against Durst to show how and […]
Stephen Colbert Aspires to Return to Acting at Some Point, Cites Dream Role in ‘A Man For All Seasons’
Stephen Colbert closed out Los Angeles’ annual PaleyFest TV festival on Sunday afternoon, as he sat down for a conversation with comedian Ben Schwartz about his career and time at The Late Show desk. During the wide-ranging chat inside the Dolby Theatre — which spanned from Colbert’s start in Chicago’s improv scene to his stint […]
Kevin Hart Sets the Record Straight on His Height and Whether He’s a Billionaire
Kevin Hart wants people to know that some of the stories of his height have been greatly exaggerated. The actor appeared on Sunday night’s edition of CBS‘ 60 Minutes, where he spoke with Anderson Cooper and set the record straight. Cooper noted that GQ reported his height as 5-foot-5, while The Los Angeles Times put […]
MORE AWARDS NEWS
Cillian Murphy, ‘Kin’ Season 2 Among Irish Film & Television Awards Winners
Cillian Murphy, Kin season two and Paul Mescal were among the winners of the Irish Film & Television Awards 2024, which were handed out during a ceremony in Dublin on Saturday. Lies We Tell, about an orphaned teenage heiress in 19th-century Ireland who is forced to embrace the dark legacy of her family, led the […]
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The Hollywood Reporter Lands Two 2024 Daytime Emmy Nominations
On Friday, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) announced the nominees for the 51st annual Daytime Emmy Awards, and The Hollywood Reporter earned two nominations. Off Script With The Hollywood Reporter — the magazine’s iconic roundtable series, which aired on SundanceTV — earned a nom for best arts and popular culture program. The segment, moderated by […]
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Daytime Emmys: ‘The Bold and the Beautiful’ and ‘The Young and the Restless’ Lead 2024 Nominations
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) announced Friday the nominees for the 51st annual Daytime Emmy Awards, with two CBS soaps — The Bold and the Beautiful and The Young and the Restless — leading the field with 12 nominations apiece. ABC’s General Hospital and Peacock’s Days of Our Lives join those […]
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Screen Actors Guild Awards Set 2025 Date
The Screen Actors Guild Awards has set the date for its 2025 edition. The film-and-TV honors ceremony will stream live on Netflix on Feb. 23 of next year. Additionally, key dates and deadlines were also announced for the SAG Awards season. Submissions for nomination consideration will open on Aug. 29 and will close on Nov. […]
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Emmy Predictions via The Feinberg Forecast: Scott’s Updated Projections for 26 Categories
*A FEW THINGS TO NOTE BEFORE READING* (1) This forecast, assembled by The Hollywood Reporter’s executive editor of awards coverage Scott Feinberg, reflects Scott’s best attempt to predict the behavior of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, not his personal preferences. (2) Unlike many other lists, the objective of the forecast is not to […]
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Drew Carey Speaks Out About Funding Writers Meals Amid Strike: “It Was the Right Thing to Do”
Drew Carey is opening up about the hefty investment he made by paying for striking writers meals at two Los Angeles-area restaurants in 2023. In an appearance at the Writers Guild of America awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday night, the comedian addressed his decision to pay for WGA members’ meals at Bob’s Big […]
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2024 Writers Guild Awards: ‘The Holdovers,’ ‘American Fiction,’ ‘Succession’ Among Winners
The Holdovers, American Fiction and Succession were among the winners at the 2024 Writers Guild Awards, which were handed out Sunday night in simultaneous ceremonies in New York and Los Angeles. Best adapted screenplay was presented to American Fiction, the winner for the best adapted screenplay Oscar, while The Holdovers won the award for best […]
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