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    Oscar Futures: Will the Malcolm & Marie Backlash Sink Its Chances?Critics have called the film “masturbatory,” “blinkered,” “shouty,” “hammy,” and “shrill.” (And those are the ones who liked it!)
    By Nate Jones
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    Oscar Futures: Nomadland Aces the Season’s First TestWith a trio of auspicious wins, Nomadland has solidified its status as the cinephile’s choice in the Best Picture race.
    By Nate Jones
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    Oscar Futures: The Fifth Awards Season of the Trump EraWednesday’s insurrection at the Capitol is a sign that, while we may be through with the Trump era, the Trump era is not through with us.
    By Nate Jones
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    Oscar Futures: Could the Globes Controversy Benefit Minari in the Long Run?The modest indie just got a groundswell of support at a time when other would-be contenders are struggling to break through.
    By Nate Jones
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    Oscar Futures: Is It Time to Start Worrying About Mank?David Fincher’s Old Hollywood drama all but blanked at this week’s critics’ awards. Is it still a contender?
    By Nate Jones
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    Oscar Futures: Can Midnight Sky Get George Clooney Back in Oscar’s Good Graces?The actor-director’s new space-survival epic sees him painting on a larger canvas than ever before.
    By Nate Jones
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    Oscar Futures: Is Tom Hanks’s Long Oscar Drought Over for Good?After 20-year gap between nominations, Hanks will look to go two in a row with the Western News of the World.
    By Nate Jones
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    Oscar Futures: An Elegy for Amy Adams’s ChancesIt says something that even Amy Adams’s own fans don’t want the actress to win her long-awaited trophy for Hillbilly Elegy.
    By Nate Jones
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    Oscar Futures: The Weirdest Race Ever BeginsUsually, we’d have a pretty good sense of the Best Picture field by now. This year, we can barely predict what’s going to come out.
    By Nate Jones
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    Get Ready for the Weirdest Oscars Season EverAn early look at the extra-long, still slightly theoretical 2021 awards season.
    By Nate Jones
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    Could Borat’s Daughter Earn an Oscar Nomination?Sacha Baron Cohen is clamoring for Maria Bakalova to get some Oscar recognition. In a wide-open race, can a comedic performance break through?
    By Nate Jones
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    Can Eurovision Crash the Oscars’ Best Original Song Race?Of all the pitch-perfect spoofs in the Netflix movie, one song stands out among the rest.
    By Nate Jones
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    Imagining the Oscars With No Oscar BaitIf no more films come out this year, movies like The Way Back and Birds of Prey could become Best Picture nominees by default.
    By Nate Jones
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    Vulture’s Final 2020 Oscar Predictions for Every CategoryIn 1917 versus Parasite, we’ve got a battle of consensus versus passion. Which will win out?
    By Nate Jones
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    How Many Best Picture Contenders Will Go Home Empty-handed This Year?The way the Oscars race is shaking out, not everyone will get a trophy.
    By Nate Jones
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    How Many Oscars Could 1917 Win?Oscar voters have recently tended to spread the wealth around. Could 1917 be the movie that breaks that trend?
    By Nate Jones
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    1917 Is Starting to Look Like an Oscars JuggernautThe World War I blockbuster cruised to victory at this weekend’s Directors Guild Awards. Is Oscar next?
    By Nate Jones
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    All Hail 1917 and Parasite, Our New Best Picture Front-runnersTired: Scorsese versus Tarantino. Wired: Bong versus Mendes.
    By Nate Jones
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    Who’s the Early Leader in the Best Picture Race?You can make a case for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Parasite, 1917, or even Joker.
    By Nate Jones
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    Oscar Nominations: Who’s Safe and Who Could Be Snubbed?Ahead of Monday’s nominations, we attempt to forecast the ten biggest Oscar categories.
    By Nate Jones
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    How the Golden Globes Just Turned the Best Picture Race Upside DownSam Mendes’s late-breaking 1917 is now entrenched as a major 2020 Best Picture contender.
    By Nate Jones
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    Oscar Futures: Things Are Looking Up for Little WomenAnd other late-breaking developments as voting begins.
    By Nate Jones
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    Oscar Futures: Will Christmas Bring Cheers for Late-Breaking Contenders?In a shortened season, 1917, Bombshell, and Little Women are trying to break into the race late. And Cats is there, too.
    By Nate Jones
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    Oscar Futures: Parasite Isn’t Just in the Race, It’s ThrivingWith Golden Globe and SAG nominations in the books, Parasite looks like a major Best Picture heavyweight.
    By Nate Jones
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    The Biggest Snubs and Surprises of the 2020 Golden Globe NominationsAnother year, another Golden Globe ceremony without any nods for women directors.
    By Nate Jones and Hunter Harris
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    Oscar Futures: The Irishman Looks Like Our Early Front-runnerAnd other things we learned from the first week of actual awards.
    By Nate Jones
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    After a Late Entrance to the Oscar Race, Can 1917 Go Over the Top?Sam Mendes’s single-take war film stormed into the awards race over the weekend. Can it be a major contender?
    By Nate Jones
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    Oscar Futures: Will Voters Recognize Tom Hanks As Mr. Rogers?Plus, how the Spirit Award nominations shook up the indie lane of the awards race.
    By Nate Jones
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    Oscar Futures: Ford v Ferrari Speeds Into a Crowded LaneWith The Irishman, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and 1917, the dad-movie lane in this year’s race is awfully crowded. Can Ford v Ferrari sneak in?
    By Nate Jones
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    Oscar Futures: Can Marriage Story Put Up a Fight in Best Picture?Noah Baumbach’s divorce drama is being hailed as one of the best films of the year. Can it make some noise in the top categories?
    By Nate Jones
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    Oscar Futures: Can Harriet Carry Cynthia Erivo to EGOT Glory?Critics agree: The much-awarded actress gives a good performance in a biopic that’s just okay.
    By Nate Jones
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    Oscar Futures: Little Women Marches Into the Best Picture FieldEarly viewers agree that Greta Gerwig’s literary adaptation could make capital addition to the awards race.
    By Nate Jones
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    Oscar Futures: Bombshell Explodes Into the Best Actress RacesThe Fox News sexual-harassment drama launched its first-look screenings last weekend, and the impact was palpable.
    By Nate Jones
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    Your Guide to This Year’s Best Actor BloodbathThe Best Actor field has been weak in recent years, but 2019’s crop boasts ten-plus serious claimants. Which of them will make it in?
    By Nate Jones
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    Oscar Futures: Can Parasite Worm Its Way Into Best Picture?Bong Joon-ho’s dark satire hits theaters in New York and Los Angeles this week, and American viewers finally get to see what all the fuss is about.
    By Nate Jones
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    Oscar Futures: Scorsese’s The Irishman Looks Like a Major ContenderThe crown jewel of Netflix’s Oscar hopes made an impressive debut at the New York Film Festival.
    By Nate Jones
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    Oscar Futures: Are Jojo Rabbit and Joker Too Divisive for Oscar?Whatever debates Taika Waititi’s film may inspire are probably nothing compared to what’s going on with Todd Phillips’s movie right now.
    By Nate Jones
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    Could Hustlers Scam Its Way Into the Oscars Race?The grifter-strippers movie has been receiving rave reviews, and pulled in over $30 million opening weekend. Will awards voters buy a dance?
    By Nate Jones
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    A Way-Too-Early Guide to the Wild, Abbreviated 2020 Oscar SeasonThe 2020 Oscars ceremony will take place on February 9, about three weeks earlier than usual. How will that shake up the Academy Awards race?
    By Nate Jones
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    After a Strong Year, How Many Cannes Contenders Could Score With Oscar?Last year’s slate at the Croisette picked up 14 nominations. Could this year top that?
    By Nate Jones
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    Could Lupita Nyong’o Get an Oscar Nomination for Us?Oscar loves a physical transformation, and Nyong’o gives us one in the movie itself.
    By Nate Jones
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    How Green Book Won Best PictureOnline debates over the movie’s politics didn’t seem to make it through to the movie’s fans, who took it as a straightforward plea for tolerance.
    By Nate Jones
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    Vulture’s Oscar Predictions: What Will Win?Who will win and who can steal in each of the Academy’s 24 categories.
    By Nate Jones
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    6 Reasons Why A Star Is Born Stumbled This Season (and 1 Reason for Optimism)A Star Is Born came into this season as the presumptive Oscars front-runner. Then suddenly, that changed.
    By Nate Jones
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    How Every Best Picture Nominee Can Go Home With a TrophyFor the first time since 2015, none of the Best Picture nominees could walk away from the Dolby Theatre empty-handed.
    By Nate Jones
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    Is Best Director a One-man Race?Alfonso Cuarón leaped out to a commanding lead in late August, and his grip on the trophy has shown no signs of loosening.
    By Nate Jones
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    In Best Actor, Has Rami Malek’s Time Come?But Christian Bale and Bradley Cooper will keep fighting till the end.
    By Nate Jones
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    This Oscar Season, Everyone Gets a TrophyThe guild results that were supposed to narrow the field to a handful of contenders have instead spread the love around.
    By Nate Jones
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    Can Anyone Beat Glenn Close in Best Actress?Close seems a solid bet to take home her first Oscar. Does anyone else in the field have a chance?
    By Nate Jones
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    Who’s on Top As We Enter Oscar’s Final Stretch?Roma’s big BAFTA wins ensure that it enters Oscars voting as the Best Picture front-runner.
    By Nate Jones
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