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The Oscars are embracing better movies. The show acts like it’s embarrassed by them

LOS ANGELES — You might have noticed some social-media chatter several weeks ago about how everyone’s favorite guessing game suddenly wasn’t fun anymore — that it had tilted in a pretentious new direction. The game was becoming too obscure, for the average American player. People were having to think too…

Los Angeles Times · Mar 21, 2022

‘West Side Story’ star Rachel Zegler says she wasn’t invited to the Oscars

Gee, Officer Krupke, didn’t you have one more ticket to the Oscars?

Tribune News Service · Mar 21, 2022

Oscars 2022: When is this year’s Academy Awards ceremony?

‘Don’t Look Up’, ‘The Power of the Dog’ and ‘Belfast’ will be among the films battling it out for the top prize

The Independent UK · Mar 21, 2022

Jessica Chastain says she will skip the Oscars red carpet if necessary to support her Tammy Faye makeup team

Best Makeup and Hairstyling is one of the eight categories to be relegated from the live broadcast

The Independent UK · Mar 20, 2022

Prince Harry and Meghan 'tipped to present award at Oscars' after Philip memorial snub

The Prince could land himself in a royal pot of hot water if speculation that he will take to the stage at the 2021 Academy Awards ceremony to dish out an award later this month is true

Daily Mirror · Mar 19, 2022

Sheila E, Barker, Glasper, Blackstone to perform at Oscars

The Oscars will feature a unique all-star music collaboration: Sheila E

The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2022

Oscars change angers Hollywood—but will make the show better

Predictions: Will Smith and Jessica Chastain will win, and viewers will get to bed sooner.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 18, 2022

Oscars producer Will Packer on the awards controversy: 'I take wild swings'

LOS ANGELES — Eleven days out from the Academy Awards, the show's first-time producer, Will Packer, is running on pure adrenaline. Asked if anything is keeping him up at night as the telecast looms, he laughed. "Everything is keeping me up at night — all of it," he said. "But…

Los Angeles Times · Mar 17, 2022

Red carpets and banana skins: Jane Campion and the Oscars hopefuls who jeopardised their chances

The Power of the Dog director has apologised for remarks about the Williams sisters, but they could cost her a gong. If so, she wouldn’t be the first nominee to fall from A-list to blacklist

The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2022

‘I wanted to make the gold statuette human’: Where the Oscars gets its beloved nickname from

One theory suggests Bette Davis and her husband’s bottom might have something to do with the affable nickname but the origin story remains up for grabs. Annabel Nugent looks at the potential backstories behind who exactly christened the golden statuette

The Independent UK · Mar 17, 2022