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Oscars 2025: The Records, trends, and surprises to watch for

As Hollywood gears up for the Oscars 2025, discover the potential record-breakers and trends that could make this year unforgettable

Evening Standard · Mar 2, 2025

Anora might win the Oscar for Best Picture and it shouldn't — here's why

Hot take: "Anora" isn't good.

Tom’s Guide · Mar 1, 2025

Salon's infallible Oscar predictions

Salon's film critic and resident film buff are here to make sense of the most unpredictable awards season in years

Salon · Feb 28, 2025

Oscars 2025: best actress nominees – awards, interviews and what their chances are

What to know about the actors nominated for the Academy Awards’ biggest acting prize, along with the Guardian’s reviews and interviews

The Guardian - UK · Feb 26, 2025

Ralph Fiennes’ Oscars hopes hit after voters ‘admit Schindler’s List mistake’

Ralph Fiennes has been nominated for three Oscars during his career

The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2025

Oscar nominees gather for a chummy night of cocktails, dinner and the annual class picture

Five days before the Academy Awards, nearly every nominee gathered for a cocktail reception, dinner and class picture that served as a sort of Oscars orientation

The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2025

What will win at a nailbiter Oscars? AP's film writers make their predictions

By the time the Oscars wind around after months of other award shows and constant handicapping, the prizes can feel almost predetermined

The Independent UK · Feb 25, 2025

Oscars 2025: best director nominees – reviews, interviews and chances for victory

All you need to know about the five directors in the running for the Academy’s prestigious film-making prize, along with reviews of their nominated films, interviews and the awards they’ve earned so far

The Guardian - UK · Feb 25, 2025

Oscars 2025 predictions: Who will win and who should win at this year’s Academy Awards

OSCARS 2025: Will it be Demi Moore or Mikey Madison? Timothée Chalamet or Adrien Brody? And is ‘Emilia Pérez’ really, truly dead in the water? Ahead of this Sunday’s Academy Awards, Adam White predicts who will reign supreme in the show’s major categories

The Independent UK · Feb 25, 2025

Why Anora should win the best picture Oscar

Mikey Madison’s open-spirited performance as a lapdancer who falls for a feckless young client ignites a film brimful of heart, and we ought to return the love

The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2025