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News Articles: academy awards

Empty frames that would normally hold movie posters hang on the front of an AMC theater shuttered by the coronavirus pandemic on Dec. 4, 2020, in Rosemont, Ill.

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  • Movies

If Big Box Office Means Big Ratings, This Year's Oscars Are In Big Trouble

Most awards seasons find film fans seeking out Best Picture nominees in the runup to the telecast, with the eventual winner reaping millions of additional dollars. But this year's bounce is a thud.

April 24, 2021
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  • Bob Mondello
John Cho and Issa Rae announce the nominees for the 92nd Annual Academy Awards in Beverly Hills, on Monday, January 13, 2020.

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  • Pop Culture

'Entertainment Rundown': Jackie Cooper On Oscar Nominations, Snubs And Surprises

Nominations for the 92nd Academy Awards were announced Monday. The list, which skews heavily white and male, has faced fierce criticism in the last few...

January 16, 2020
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  • Virginia Prescott and
  • Emilia Brock
Director Alfonso Cuaron poses for photographers backstage with his Best Film and Best Director award for his film 'Roma' at the BAFTA awards in London, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019.

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'Roma,' 'The Favourite' Lead The 2019 Oscar Race

In the weeks leading up to the Academy Awards, predictions about who will win are usually running full tilt. This year, the guesses are about the show...

February 22, 2019
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  • Elena Rivera ,
  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • and 1 more
American writer James Baldwin poses in front of his typewriter in his house, March 15, 1983, in Saint Paul de Vence, France.

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  • Author Interviews

New Letters Reveal James Baldwin's Emotional Turmoil During His 1957 Tour Through The American South

James Baldwin's tour of the American South in 1957 featured meetings with Civil Rights leaders like Martin Luther King, Jr. and Fred Shuttlesworth. It...

February 20, 2019
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  • Elena Rivera and
  • Virginia Prescott
The Breakroom this week included (l to r): environmental blogger Ken Edelstein, former NPR correspondent Kathy Lohr, host Celeste Headlee, Soumaya Khalifa of the Islamic Speakers Bureau of Atlanta, and Republican strategist Julianne Thompson.

The Breakroom: Oscars Blunder, Regulating Tanning, President Oprah

The Breakroom gang joins host Celeste Headlee to weigh in on the week's news. The panel includes Soumaya Khalifa of the Islamic Speakers Bureau of...

March 03, 2017
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  • Celeste Headlee and
  • Sean Powers

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