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“Cinema won tonight,” NEON head Tom Quinn said as he escorted his father to his waiting limo in the parking garage of the Soho House, where a long line of partygoers was still waiting well past 11 p.m. just to get inside to the wild and very packed celebration Quinn’s company had planned for its Oscar nominees, Parasit…

The 92nd Oscars featured a mix of the expected and the unexpected Sunday, with Neon’s South Korean film Parasite capping the evening by winning Best Picture, making history as the first foreign-language film ever to take the marquee prize. Parasite director and co-writer Bong Joon Ho made four trips to the Dolby…

The Oscars kicked off with an immediate political dig, not at not President Donald Trump but at the Iowa Caucuses. A few mild smacks at the Senate impeachment trial and health care followed, but the night was decidedly apolitical, even with U.S. politics stormier than ever. Maybe everyone's had it. Maybe Parasite won…

With most of the top categories long locked in, if there was any real drama in the 92nd Oscars on Sunday it was how well another year of no host would fare. Not so great turned out to be the answer for Hollywood and ABC after the more than three-hour-long ceremony. After the novelty of last year's forced lack of a…

UPDATED with video: Over the past few months on the awards circuit, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood's Brad Pitt has been an MVP in more ways than one, routinely figuring in with one of the most memorable acceptance speeches of the night. Pitt's speeches have been so polished that they've led some to wonder whether the…

Brad Pitt picked up the best supporting actor Oscar Sunday night and got political in his acceptance speech. The Once Upon a Time in Hollywood star began by calling out Senate Republicans for refusing to allow witnesses, particularly former National Security Adviser John Bolton, to testify in President Donald Trump’s…

It is a good thing the Academy Awards are getting it over with two weeks earlier than normal, because this year’s truncated season’s suspense quotient has been virtually zapped by the weekly procession of the same winners we have been witnessing Sunday after Sunday for the past month (these winners are running out of…

A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. Even though Oscar voting is in full swing, with ballots due back no later than Tuesday, no one seems to be throwing in the towel. Campaigning this week and over the upcoming weekend continues, even as many nominees have to figure out a way to be at…

When it comes to awards season, the luncheons take the cake. AFI Awards lunch, usually around the first Friday in January, is always a warm affair where everyone in the room is a winner, and today’s annual Oscar Nominees Luncheon had the same good-feeling vibe as it always does. Each year’s class of nominees gets to…

"I just won an Oscar, but will that help me earn a living?" So asked F. Murray Abraham in a note sent to me in 1984 – one that I have faithfully saved. Unlike some Oscar winners, Abraham was both modest and bewildered by his Amadeus triumph. He also correctly predicted the uncertainties of his future. I thought of him…

As one Oscar strategist who definitely has a dog in this hunt emailed me Sunday night after the SAG Awards show, “Now we’re having us some fun.” Indeed. What an interesting weekend as far as the Oscar race goes. With three key guilds weighing in, the verdict on momentum is mixed, but it is clear two films — 1917 and Pa…

UPDATED with video: Brad Pitt picked up the best supporting actor SAG Award Sunday night for his performance as Cliff Booth in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and he left the audience in stitches with his acceptance speech. Watch it above and his backstage comments below. The actor joked about working with director Quen…