AwardsWatch - Oscars

2020 Oscars: 25 Best International Feature Film Contenders Part 2 – Denmark, France, Germany, Israel and Italy

Carlos Aguilar December 10, 2019

Welcome to ‘25 Best International Feature Film Contenders That Are Not Parasite,’ a 5-part series by Carlos Aguilar, his first for AwardsWatch. In this series,... Read More

2020 Oscars: 25 Best International Feature Film Contenders That Are Not ‘Parasite’ – Part 1

Carlos Aguilar December 9, 2019

Introducing ‘25 Best International Feature Film Contenders That Are Not Parasite,’ a 5-part series by Carlos Aguilar, his first for AwardsWatch. In this series, Carlos... Read More

2020 Oscars: After 14 nominations and losses, will Thomas Newman finally triumph with ‘1917’?

Andrew Carden December 5, 2019

Since first gracing the category with a pair of Oscar nominations in 1994 (for Little Women and The Shawshank Redemption), composer Thomas Newman has been... Read More

2020 Oscars: 'Alita,' 'Ford v Ferrari,' 'Captain Marvel' among 20 finalists for VFX Oscar

Erik Anderson December 3, 2019

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 20 films are in the running in the Visual Effects category for the 92nd... Read More

2020 Oscars: Can Diane Warren 'Breakthrough' and finally win Best Original Song?

Andrew Carden December 2, 2019

She has an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award and a Golden Globe and has composed nine songs that topped the Billboard Hot 100. At the... Read More

2020 Oscars: Can Lupita Nyong’o or Alfre Woodard win Best Actress as their film’s lone nomination?

Andrew Carden November 23, 2019

It’s not easy entering Oscar night as the lone nominee from your film. Just ask Glenn Close (The Wife) and Isabelle Huppert (Elle), both of... Read More

2020 Oscars: ‘Bombshell’ and ‘The Irishman’ in the hunt for multiple supporting nominations

Andrew Carden November 21, 2019

It isn’t uncommon for a film to earn multiple Oscar nominations in Best Supporting Actor or Best Supporting Actress. Just last year, after all, The... Read More

2020 Oscars: Scream Queens in Best Actress – Is Lupita Nyong’o Next?

Andrew Carden November 18, 2019

In his AwardsWatch debut, Andrew Carden talks about the history of horror movie scream queens and their luck, and disadvantages, at the Oscars. Six years... Read More

Oscars: Lynette Howell Taylor and producer Stephanie Allain will produce the 92nd Academy Awards

Erik Anderson November 15, 2019

Oscar®-nominated producer Lynette Howell Taylor and producer Stephanie Allain will produce the 92nd Oscars®, Academy President David Rubin announced today. It will be their first... Read More