The final Oscar voting period has begun, and the year of multiple contenders has finally found its frontrunner. The $6 million indie about an outer-borough sex worker has stood out in a field of ...

From a Jewish architect and a Brooklyn stripper to a couple of Ozian witches and a whole bunch of wannabe popes, this Oscar season is giving us everything. Everything but an actual front-runner.

LOS ANGELES -- We're less than a month away from the 2025 Oscars! You won't want to miss all the pre-show action on the red carpet, the 97th Academy Awards ceremony, and all the post-show excitement.

Now that Academy Awards nominations are out, we move to that most important next step in any Oscar season: watching them all before the big night! There's been no hotter (or more divisive ...

No, not best picture. The best actress race is often considered one of the toughest races to win, including in recent years when Oscar pundits were split on whether Michelle Yeoh or Cate Blanchett ...

In the run-up to the Oscars, Pop Culture Happy Hour is watching all 10 best picture nominees – and you're invited to join us! Sign up for the NPR Movie Club newsletter series and tell us what ...

After Oscar nomination leader Emilia Pérez recently befell controversy over past social media posts star Karla Sofía Gascón, it got that much harder to predict the Best Picture winner from this ...

The 97th Academy Awards have unveiled their roster of nominations, and we’ve got some Oscar omissions to parse through from Thursday morning’s announcement. While these aren’t “snubs” in ...

In an awards season without an obvious front-runner, "Emilia Pérez" broke from the pack on Thursday and earned 13 Oscar nominations. The Netflix musical crime thriller is up for best picture as ...

With this year's list finally out, let's break down some of the biggest shocks in the 2025 Oscar nominations. While Gladiator II once had high Oscar prospects, considering Ridley Scott’s 2000 ...

“Wicked” director Jon M. Chu beat out several Oscar nominees for best director at the Critics’ Choice Awards Friday evening, taking home the prize from that body. The filmmaker seemed ...

The 2025 Oscar nominations are in. Oscar nomination were announced Thursday in California. Nominees had been set to be announced Jan. 17, but were delayed twice because of the Southern California ...