AwardsWatch - Oscars

2019 Oscars: Production team for 91st Academy Awards announced

Erik Anderson February 7, 2019

Production Team Welcomes New Faces, Includes Veterans Producers Donna Gigliotti and Glenn Weiss today announced 11 key members of the production team for the 91st... Read More

Gary Oldman, Frances McDormand, Sam Rockwell and Allison Janney will return to the Oscar stage

Erik Anderson February 6, 2019

Here we go again. Just days after the most recent controversy by the Academy and 91st Oscars producers Donna Gigliotti and Glenn Weiss, last year’s... Read More

2019 Oscars: What it will take to have a 3-hour show and why they shouldn’t do it

Erik Anderson February 6, 2019

In the face of dwindling ratings and a huge yearly cost to put on the Academy Awards, New ABC president Karey Burke doubled down at... Read More

2019 Oscars: Awkwafina, Chris Evans, Charlize Theron, Daniel Craig, Tessa Thompson among first round of Oscars presenters

Erik Anderson February 4, 2019

First 2019 Oscar presenters announced: Awkwafina, Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Tina Fey, Whoopi Goldberg, Brie Larson, Jennifer Lopez, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Amandla Stenberg, Charlize Theron, Tessa Thompson,... Read More

Academy backtracks; All Oscar-nominated songs will be performed

Erik Anderson January 31, 2019

Not long after it was leaked (intentionally?) that only two Original Songs would be performed at this year’s Oscars and encountered tons of backlash, the... Read More

‘Music Inspired by the Film ROMA’ album feat. Beck, Patti Smith on its way

Erik Anderson January 23, 2019

Remember that mysterious tweet from Beck back in November that implied he was working on a music project connected to Alfonso Cuarón’s ROMA? Well, he... Read More

2019 Oscars: Nominations Facts Sheet for Best Picture, Acting Categories, Foreign Language Film and more

Erik Anderson January 22, 2019

Here are stats and facts of 2019 Oscar nominees in Best Picture, Best Director, Foreign Language Film, Animated Feature and more. Best Motion Picture of... Read More

2019 Oscar Nominations: The Shocks, Snubs and Trivia

Erik Anderson January 22, 2019

The Oscar nominations are nothing if not a treasure trove of shocks and snubs but also with a healthy dose of historical precedence and juicy... Read More

2019 Oscars: Nominee Reactions from ‘Border,’ ‘The Favourite,’ ‘RBG,’ ‘Cold War’ and more

Erik Anderson January 22, 2019

Here are some reactions from today’s Oscar nominees, including Sandy Powell (The Favourite, Mary Poppins Returns), Pawel Pawlikowski (Cold War) and Betsy West & Julie... Read More