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AFI Fest
Though the festival lacked red carpet premieres for Oscar frontrunners, the 2025 edition of the Los Angeles-based festival set the stage for some awards-season dark horses to make their case.
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Gothams
Though the Gotham Awards expanded its Best Feature category to 10 nominations this year, with no budget cap, several popular Oscar contenders still did not make the cut.
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In Development
Oscar season’s soft launch is glamorous and familiar, but the industry is on new ground.
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Oscars
Countries across the world have have determined which film will represent them in consideration for the Best International Feature category at the 2026 Oscars.
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Awards Calendar
There are pros and cons to an extended film awards season, one in which the 98th Oscars are not happening until Sunday, March 15, 2026.
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BAFTA
After being announced this August for a November unveiling, the awards body has shifted the first-ever BAFTA Honours to next year.
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Emmys
Host Nate Bargatze's epic fail of an Emmys bit is the latest example of the kind of rookie mistake that awards show producers keep making.
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Thompson on Hollywood
At a packed Warner Bros. VistaVision industry screening on Tuesday night, Christopher Nolan, A.G. Iñárritu, Daniel Scheinert, and Rian Johnson were on hand to watch, followed by a half-hour Q&A with Anderson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Teyana Taylor, Benicio del Toro, and more.
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Emmys
Hosted by Nate Bargatze, the Primetime Emmy Awards 2025 will air on CBS on September 14, and feature the casts of series new and old, like "Black Rabbit," "Euphoria," and "Gilmore Girls" as presenters.
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Shantay, Let’s Stay in LA
Exclusive: Emmy-nominated Lighting Designer Gus Dominguez shares why 'RuPaul's Drag Race' keeps its production in Los Angeles, and why other TV series should follow suit.
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BAFTA
The announcement of the BAFTA Honours, a new U.S.-based event, confirms the end of the organization's previous Los Angeles-based ceremony, the Britannia Awards.
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The new Academy Foundation Board will have casting director Kim Taylor-Coleman as its president, with her and newly elected Academy president Lynette Howell Taylor also joining the Academy Museum Board of Trustees.
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