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Awards Season Video Interviews
14 November 2016 4:09 PM, PST
Starting at Cannes, I’ve been sitting down with awards contenders for exclusive video interviews. Check out the Oscar contenders below.
‘Into The Inferno’: How Werner Herzog Learned to Love and Fear Volcanoes (Exclusive Video)
‘Moonlight’ and ‘Luke Cage’ Breakout Mahershala Ali on the Power of Diverse Roles
Lupita Nyong’o Finds Her Strength in ‘Queen of Katwe’ (Video)
Joel Edgerton Reveals How ‘Loving’ Can Change the Conversation About Racism in America (Video)
Amy Adams: Queen of Fall Festivals and Heading for Oscars (Exclusive Tiff Video)
How Meryl Streep Embraced Being Awful in ‘Florence Foster Jenkins’ – Video
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- Anne Thompson
Governors Awards: Inside Hollywood’s Attempt to Clear Post-Election Fog and Kickstart Oscar Race
14 November 2016 8:55 AM, PST
In its own way, the Governors Awards is the most important film event of the year. On the surface, it’s the Academy Awards rendered in miniature as the Academy Board of Governors presents honorary Oscars to veteran film artists. But in reality, this is the Oscar starting gun wrapped in tuxedos and Louboutins: There’s never greater proximity to Academy voters.
Launched in 2009 to present career awards while not extending the already-long Oscarcast, the Governors Awards are meant to evoke the more-intimate feel of early Academy Award ceremonies. However, Oscar consultants quickly saw the event as an odyssey in its own right, since it provides an opportunity for intimate, grade-a campaigning just at the start of Phase 1 — the period that defines the Oscar season up until nominations are announced.
It’s a moment that won’t be matched for the rest of the season, but it also makes for »
- Anne Thompson
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