For the Ryan Coogler-directed vampire tale, “this character is what pushed me to sort of truly live in myself,” the actress said.
Category: Academy Awards (Oscars)
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2026 Directors Guild Nominations: ‘One Battle,’ ‘Sinners’
The films of Paul Thomas Anderson and Ryan Coogler have been competing all season. Also in the running are Guillermo del Toro, Josh Safdie and Chloé Zhao.
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Arthur Cohn, Film Producer With an Oscar-Winning Touch, Dies at 98
Six of his movies received Academy Awards, including the Italian drama “The Garden of the Finzi-Continis” and the trade-union strike documentary “American Dream.”
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Can Timothée Chalamet Break This Oscar Curse?
The best actor Oscar almost never goes to young men, though the 30-year-old has his best chance yet with “Marty Supreme.”
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Park Chan-wook and the Funny Thing About Stomach-Churning Horror
When American studios wouldn’t back his film about a laid-off manager committing gruesome murders, the director returned to Korea. Now he has a hit on his hands.
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Did We Underestimate Kate Hudson?
For years she was pigeonholed as a rom-com star. Her turn as a blue-collar mom with a love of Neil Diamond just might vault her back to the Oscars.
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Theodor Pistek, Oscar-Winning ‘Amadeus’ Costume Designer, Dies at 93
A busy designer who worked on over 100 films, he was also a racecar driver and a painter of photorealistic works, many depicting cars and their operators.
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Timothée Chalamet, Gwyneth Paltrow and Zohran Mamdani Toast ‘Marty Supreme’
With orange beanies, a roast pig and a mayor-elect, the New York premiere of A24’s buzzy Ping-Pong film was its own kind of flick.
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Oscars Reach Deal With YouTube
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said that it had reached a deal with YouTube for exclusive rights to the show starting in 2029.
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Will the Oscars Make Room for ‘Difficult’ Women for 2026’s Best Actress Category?
Rose Byrne, Jennifer Lawrence and Amanda Seyfried give great performances as women who buck convention. But some voters prize ‘likability’ above all else.
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Oscar Shortlists: ‘Sinners,’ ‘One Battle After Another’ and ‘Wicked: for Good’ Lead
The lineups, which Oscar voters will choose from next month, include the new casting category, which was largely a dress rehearsal for best picture.
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Renate Reinsve of ‘Sentimental Value’, Talks Levity, Joachim Trier and Quantum Physics
“I would feel deflated if I couldn’t go into something deeply existential and explore,” said the Norwegian actress, who stars in the Oscar-buzzy “Sentimental Value.”