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News Articles: oscars

Academy members now have to watch all the nominated films in a category if they want to cast a final-round vote. Above, Oscar winners pose with their awards in 2017.

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This new rule won't fix the Oscars — but it's a step in the right direction

The Academy has announced that Oscar voters will actually have to watch all the movies in a category before making their final-round picks. It's on the honor system, but hey, it's a start.

April 26, 2025
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  • Linda Holmes
Oscar statues in a press preview in February 2025.

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  • Movies

Oscar voters actually need to watch the nominated movies now

In an announcement Monday about rules for the next Oscars, the Academy also said that a film's use of generative AI and other digital tools "neither help nor harm the chances of achieving a nomination."

April 22, 2025
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  • Mandalit del Barco
From left: British royalty, NBA royalty, Hollywood royalty.

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  • National

Trump says nobody has heard of Lesotho. Can you answer our quiz question about it?

It was another action-packed week, with the Academy Awards, Mardi Gras and the president's address to Congress. Did you pay attention?

March 07, 2025
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  • Holly J. Morris
From left: Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham pose with their Oscar awards for best documentary for the film <em>No Other Land</em> in the press room at the 97th Academy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday.

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  • Movies

Israel's culture minister calls a Palestinian-Israeli film's Oscar a 'sad moment'

The Oscar documentary win by the movie No Other Land is garnering very different reactions in Israel and the West Bank.

March 03, 2025
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  • Daniel Estrin,
  • Itay Stern,
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Actress Karla Sofia Gascon at the 82nd annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California, on January 5, 2025.

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  • Arts & Life

Oscar-nominated actress Karla Sofía Gascón apologizes for old social media posts

The first openly trans actress to be nominated for an Oscar is facing backlash for old social media posts that denigrate certain marginalized groups. She apologized for the posts through a statement.

January 31, 2025
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By:
  • Dhanika Pineda
<em>All We Imagine as Light,</em> a film about working class women in Mumbai, won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival this year. From left: actor Divya Prabha, director Payal Kapadia, and actors Chhaya Kadam and Kani Kusruti pose during the Cannes closing ceremony.

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  • Global Health

An Indian movie, loved abroad, is snubbed at home for Oscar submission

All We Imagine as Light explores the lives of working-class women in Mumbai and won the Grand Prix at Cannes. But it was deemed not Indian enough to submit to the Oscars. 

December 24, 2024
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  • Diaa Hadid
Screenwriter Robert Towne poses at The Regency Hotel in New York on March 7, 2006.

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Opinion: Remembering the star screenwriter Robert Towne

NPR's Scott Simon remembers screenwriter Robert Towne, who died this week. Towne won an Oscar for Chinatown, which is considered one of the best screenplays in American cinema.

July 06, 2024
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  • Scott Simon
What's Kate looking at?

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  • National

This week's quiz has no shady edits (unlike a certain royal photo)

This week brought us an utterly predictable presidential deathmatch and reminded us to not stare directly at the sun. But there were also some surprises. Were you paying attention?

March 15, 2024
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  • Holly J. Morris
Gabrielle Union and Dwayne Wade pose for a selfie at the Oscars on Sunday, March 10, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

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  • Arts & Life

Red carpet looks from the 2024 Oscars

Check out this year's most memorable red carpet looks from the 2024 Oscars.

March 10, 2024
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  • Mhari Shaw
Thelma Schoonmaker accepts the Oscar for achievement in film editing in 2007 for her work on <em>The Departed</em>.

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  • Movies

The pioneering women behind the invisible art of film editing

There would be no film without film editing. And yet, its practitioners don't often grace the cover of magazines.

March 09, 2024
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  • Marc Rivers
From left: Rihanna, the 2023 Academy Awards "red" carpet.

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  • National

From rogue flooring to lactating worms, this news quiz is weird

Why was the Oscars carpet champagne? Why is some subterranean worm-amphibian making milk? What's next for the American Samoa guy? Are there any records left for Caitlin Clark to break? Find out!

March 08, 2024
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  • Holly J. Morris
Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter in <em>Silence of the Lambs</em>.

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  • Movies

And the Oscar for best picture doesn't go to ... horror!

It's been more than 30 years since a horror movie won an Academy Award for Best Picture. Should the Oscars rethink its approach?

March 01, 2024
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  • Brianna Scott
So many Oscar nominations, so little time! Let us help.

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  • Movies

Lights, Camera, Oscars: Your guide to nominated movies and where to watch them

If the Oscar nominations on Tuesday morning left you with a long to-watch list, we've got you covered. We've assembled all our past coverage of films nominated in six major categories.

January 26, 2024
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  • Hafsa Fathima and
  • Julia Carney
Ryan Gosling received an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor for his performance as Ken, but Margot Robbie did not receive a lead actress nomination for her role in <strong></strong><em>Barbie.</em> Greta Gerwig was overlooked for best director. <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/01/23/1226287545/oscar-nominations-oppenheimer-surprises-snubs">Read more on the nominations here.</a>

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  • Pop Culture

'Barbie' receives 8 Oscar nominations, but was that Kenough?

Fans were quick to point out: A pair of charismatic, smart, girl-power entertainment figures are up for the biggest prize in the industry. And one of the biggest nominations goes to ... Ken?

January 24, 2024
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  • Neda Ulaby
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  • Movies

'Oppenheimer' dominates the Oscar nominations, as Gerwig is left out for best director

Christopher Nolan's blockbuster biopic will be up for 13 awards, followed by Poor Things with 11 and Killers of the Flower Moon with 10. Barbie, the year's highest-grossing film, got 8 nominations.

January 23, 2024
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