From Emilia Pérez and its 13(!) nominations to the profoundly gross The Substance getting a Best Picture nod, the 2025 Oscar nominees addressed big social and political issues, all to varying degrees.

The film academy had plenty of surprise nominations Thursday for the 97th Oscars. It's to be expected in one of the more wide-open fields in recent history. Not too long ago, it seemed that people ...

Oscar nominations finally landed Thursday morning after being delayed twice by the Los Angeles wildfires. For some, the news might arrive as a welcome distraction from a month of headlines that have ...

I n one of the more wide-open Oscar fields in recent history, there were plenty of nominations surprises Thursday. Not too ...

The Biggest Snubs and Surprises The Oscar nominations finally arrived Thursday morning, a welcome distraction from a month ...

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Marianne Jean-Baptiste gives the performance of the year as an explosive volcano of a woman in “Hard Truths.” She tells us what it was like to be so unhinged—and win awards for it.

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