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‘Godzilla Minus One’ Director Is 1st Filmmaker to Win Visual Effects Oscar Since Stanley Kubrick
The monster movie is also the first foreign language film, first Japanese production and first Godzilla film to win Best VFX
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‘The Zone of Interest’ Is Oscar’s 1st Best International Feature Winner From the UK
How did Jonathan Glazer’s acclaimed German and Polish language drama score a victory for the United Kingdom?
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Oscars In Memoriam: A Look at the Segment’s History of ‘Glory and Grief’ in Its 30th Year
The telecast’s emotional high point is “also guaranteed to infuriate part of the audience,” former Academy executive director Bruce Davis tells TheWrap
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‘Oppenheimer’ Wins Top Prize From American Society of Cinematographers
Television winners included “Barry,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and “Boston Strangler”
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How ‘American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders’ Channels Alfred Hitchcock’s Use of Duality
“I took it into this Hitchcockian area and used doppelgänger references that exist already in the language of cinema,” director Zachary Treitz tells TheWrap
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‘American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders’: Why a Chilling Scene About JFK’s Assassination Is Key to Docuseries
Director Zachary Treitz explains how a “haunted and creepy” sequence involving the Zapruder film helps us understand “the manipulation of reality” at the heart of new Netflix series
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Oscars Performers Set: Ryan Gosling, Billie Eilish, Jon Batiste Will Sing Their Nominated Songs
Mark Ronson, Becky G, Scott George and the Osage Singers are also confirmed to take part in the telecast on March 10
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Producers Guild Launches Initiative to Offer Health Insurance to All Working Producers
The new initiative is supported by Blumhouse, Legendary, Macro and Berlanti Productions
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‘Oppenheimer’ Wins Top Prize at Producers Guild Awards
“The Bear,” “Succession” and “Beef” won in television categories at the 35th annual awards
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‘Godzilla Minus One’ Director Says His Pets Inspired the Big Monster: ‘I Love My Cats So Much’
TheWrap magazine: Japan’s Takashi Yamazaki says that when his wife watched the film, she told him, “That’s our cat!”
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Why ‘Poor Things’ Actress Kathryn Hunter Was Covered in ‘Mad and Wonderful’ Tattoos | Exclusive Photos
Hunter (“Andor”) and Oscar-nominated makeup artist Nadia Stacey tell TheWrap about the “tattoo storybook” designed for one scene in the film
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NBC, BBC and Sony Among 2024 Technology and Engineering Emmy Winners
DirectTV and Google will also be honored at the ceremony, which will be held this October in New York
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Why History-Making Oscar Nominee Neil Corbould Has 3 Choices of Seatmates at This Year’s Show
TheWrap magazine: The three-peat visual effects nominee says, “I probably won’t win, because that would be the irony of it”
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‘Godzilla Minus One’ Director ‘Flattered and Honored’ by Historic Oscar Nomination: ‘It Means So Much’
TheWrap magazine: Takashi Yamazaki is the first director nominated for Best Visual Effects since Stanley Kubrick in 1969
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TheWrap Screening Series: Best Documentary Feature Oscar Nominees on ‘Maze of Different Techniques’ in Nonfiction Storytelling | Video
Directors Christopher Sharp, Kaouther Ben Hania, Maite Alberdi and producer Michelle Mizner gathered for an engaging Q&A hosted by Steve Pond