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2021 Oscars Postponed to April

By Oakley Burt, Arts Editor June 27, 2020

  The date for the 93rd Oscars ceremony has been pushed back to April 25, 2021, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. This latest announcement comes almost two months after the Academy of Motion...

The Academy makes changes to eligibility rules in light of coronavirus (Courtesy LibreShot)

Life After COVID-19: Streaming Films Now Eligible for Oscars 2021

By Kate Button, Arts Writer, Copy Editor May 15, 2020

  As the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted several industries and daily routines, the Oscars look to cope with the closures of movie theaters by permitting streaming films to be eligible to win awards. Prior...

The Favourite is nominated for 10 Academy Awards. courtesy Flickr.

Opening Up the Oscars: ‘The Favourite’ Offers a Genuinely Original Twist on British History

By Josh Petersen February 23, 2019

  Somewhere deep in its twisted DNA, beneath the violence and cynicism and pitch-black humor, Yorgos Lanthimos’ film, “The Favourite,” is a rags-to-riches story in the vein of Cinderella...

A Star is Born received eight Academy Award nominations. courtesy Flickr.

Opening Up the Oscars: ‘A Star is Born’ Brings the Classic Romance to a New Generation

By Marshall Falkner February 23, 2019

  Warning: This review contains spoilers for "A Star is Born."  "A Star is Born," directed by Bradley Cooper, has been nominated for a number of Oscars, including Best Picture, Lead Actor...

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Opening Up the Oscars: Spidey-Senses Predict that ‘Spider-Verse’ Will Take the Gold

By Alison Myers, Arts Writer February 8, 2019

  If you’re anything like me, then the idea of seeing "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" only began to have some appeal after learning that John Mulaney played a part as "Peter Porker." Of all...

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Opening Up the Oscars: ‘Vice’

By Yixin Song February 6, 2019

  It was not until the moment in the film that Liz Cheney announced her shift of position on same-sex marriage that "Vice" finally struck me as an intimate record of a personal transformation. “Vice,”...

The 2019 Oscar Awards Nominees were announced on January 22, 2019. courtesy Flickr.

Opening Up the Oscars: Nominations Snubs and Surprises

By Palak Jayswal, Arts Editor January 24, 2019

  The 2019 Oscar Nominations were announced by hosts Kumail Nanijiani and Tracee Ellis Ross on Tuesday morning at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. While the range of films nominated may...

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“Green Book” Continues Old Tropes and Tired Racial Narratives

By Josh Petersen November 20, 2018

  The Academy Award season is officially upon us, which means that it’s time for an Oscar-friendly historical drama about race relations. Most recent years have one: “Hidden Figures” in 2016...