Six Things We Learned from Nine Oscar Shortlists
The tireless awards team at Netflix managed to wrangle three shortlist spots for “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey”: Makeup and Hairstyling, Score, and Song.
The tireless awards team at Netflix managed to wrangle three shortlist spots for “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey”: Makeup and Hairstyling, Score, and Song.
Voting is coming up for the expanded shortlist, which could bring surprises this year with no executive committee saves.
Danish Oscar-winner Susanne Bier replaces Participant documentary chief Diane Weyermann.
Bong Joon Ho’s multiple award-winning “Parasite” is South Korea’s first Oscar nominee. Updated 2/6/20.
“Parasite” is poised to break more than box office records as a mainstream Oscar contender.
The Academy stands by its international committee members’ accounting on the percentage of English in the film.
The Academy has eliminated yet another film from a foreign country because it must have “a predominantly non-English dialogue track.”
“Lionheart” was disqualified for Best International Feature Film because of its English, but the English in “Lionheart” is hardly American.
The fuss over “Lionheart,” the recently ousted Nigerian entry for Best International Feature Film, has ignited Hollywood luminaries to speak out against confusing rules.
The Academy wants to make sure those who live outside Los Angeles, New York, and London also have a crack at voting.
More movies than ever before are vying for the Best International Film Oscar.
Magnolia previously released Scandinavian Oscar nominees “A Royal Affair,” “The Hunt,” and “The Square.”