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(Courtesy: Danny Moloshok/Danny Moloshok/Invision/AP)

By: Carson Blackwelder

Managing Editor

Most people probably don’t pay any attention to the three shorts categories at the Oscars — we’re talking about best animated short, best documentary short, and best live-action short. While these categories are meant to honor shorter films than those in their related categories that honor feature-length films, let’s see if runtime still plays a part in determining the winners.

With the 2017 Academy Awards right around the corner, we’re trying to see which films stand the best chance at winning in these three categories. The nominees and their corresponding runtimes are as follows: Blind Vaysha (eight minutes), Borrowed Time (seven minutes), Pear Cider and Cigarettes (35 minutes), Pearl (six minutes), and Piper (six minutes) competing for best animated short; Extremis (24 minutes), 4.1 Miles (21 minutes), Joe’s Violin (24 minutes), Watani: My Homeland (40 minutes), and The White Helmets (40 minutes »

- Carson Blackwelder

18 hours ago

Oscar statue (Courtesy: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

By: Carson Blackwelder

Managing Editor

There was always a chance for the best picture category at the 2017 Academy Awards to feature solid representation for female producers and, with the nominations official, the numbers are in. Turns out there are five of the nine films in this year’s top category with women behind it — but how does that stand up to the rest of Oscar history?

As mentioned above, there are five out of the total nine films in the best picture category this year that took some girl power to get made. There’s Hell or High Water (Carla Hacken and Julie Yorn), Hidden Figures (Donna Gigliotti and Jenno Topping), Lion (Angie Fielder), Manchester by the Sea (Kimberly Steward and Lauren Beck), and finally Moonlight (Adele Romanski and Dede Gardner). This leaves out Arrival, Fences, Hacksaw Ridge, and La La Land as »

- Carson Blackwelder

10 February 2017 6:00 PM, PST

Lin-Manuel Miranda (Photographed By: Austin Hargrave)

By: Scott Feinberg

The Hollywood Reporter

“I could not have had a happier place to go when I wasn’t in the midst of the tsunami — the wonderful tsunami — that was Hamilton,” says the actor/playwright/composer/songwriter Lin-Manuel Miranda of writing seven original songs for the Disney animated film Moana while simultaneously appearing in the biggest Broadway phenomenon in history. Hamilton, which Miranda created and starred in through last July, won 11 Tony Awards, two of which went to him personally, as did a Pulitzer Prize, a MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’ and a Grammy Award. For Moana, meanwhile, he is nominated for the best original song Oscar, for his song “How Far I’ll Go” — and if he wins, he will become only the 13th — and, at just 36, the youngest — Egot (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony winner) in history. But, as we sit down to »

- Carson Blackwelder

9 February 2017 3:00 PM, PST

Emma Stone (Courtesy: John Shearer/Getty)

By: Scott Feinberg

The Hollywood Reporter

“It was an experience of collaboration like I’d never had before,” says the actress Emma Stone of the making of La La Land as we sit down at Santa Barbara’s Biltmore Hotel to record an episode of The Hollywood Reporter‘s ‘Awards Chatter’ podcast. The 28-year-old won the best actress SAG Award and is nominated for the best actress Oscar for her portrayal of Mia, a struggling young actress in love with Ryan Gosling‘s struggling young musician Sebastian, in Damien Chazelle‘s original musical — one of a record-tying 14 nominations bestowed upon it by the Academy — which hits home for her as much as anyone. “I do understand a lot of what Mia’s going through,” she says, noting that reading Chazelle’s script for the first time both “lifted me up and broke my heart. »

- Carson Blackwelder

8 February 2017 9:00 AM, PST

Dev Patel (Courtesy: Jason Laveris/Getty Images)

By: Scott Feinberg

The Hollywood Reporter

“It’s utterly overwhelming,” says the actor Dev Patel of his banner awards season as we sit down at the offices of The Hollywood Reporter to record an episode of THR‘s ‘Awards Chatter’ podcast. Eight years after Patel first burst onto the scene with Slumdog Millionaire, he has, over the last six months, gone from the triumphant world premiere of the latest film in which he stars, Garth Davis‘ Lion, at September’s Toronto International Film Festival (where Slumdog also exploded onto the scene) to a best supporting actor Oscar nomination (his first, and only the third ever bestowed upon an actor of Indian descent), also picking up Golden Globe, SAG, Critics’ Choice and BAFTA noms along the way.

“What I hadn’t done before [Slumdog] was properly struggle,” Patel says, “and in-between that film and this film, »

- Carson Blackwelder

7 February 2017 4:00 PM, PST

‘La La Land’ (Courtesy: Lionsgate)

By: Scott Feinberg

The Hollywood Reporter

THR’s awards analyst steps away from the Santa Barbara International Film Festival to attend the Oscar Nominees Luncheon and take the temperature of all 24 Oscar categories.

These projections are a reflection of Scott Feinberg’s personal impressions (from advance screenings), publicly available information (release dates, genres, talent rosters and teasers/trailers often offer valuable clues), historical considerations (how other films with similar pedigrees have resonated), precursor awards (some awards groups have historically correlated with the Academy more than others) and consultations with industry insiders (including fellow members of the press, awards strategists, filmmakers and awards voters).

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- Carson Blackwelder

7 February 2017 6:00 AM, PST

Colleen Atwood (Rafael Pulido/Courtesy of Citizens of Humanity)

By: Carson Blackwelder

Managing Editor

When it comes to the best costume design category at the Academy Awards there are few who shine brighter than the legendary Colleen Atwood. This talented woman has been nominated 12 times — including this year — and, out of those times, has taken home the trophy three times so far. Let’s take a deep dive into Atwood’s career and see how she stacks against her peers.

As mentioned above, the 68-year-old costume designer has been up for numerous Oscars. Films for which Atwood was just nominated for include: 1994’s Little Women, 1998’s Beloved, 1999’s Sleepy Hollow, 2004’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, 2007’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, 2009’s Nine, 2012’s Snow White and the Huntsman, and 2014’s Into the Woods. Films for which Atwood has won, on the other hand, include: 2002’s Chicago, »

- Carson Blackwelder

6 February 2017 4:00 PM, PST

Matt Damon (left) and Barry Jenkins (Courtesy: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty)

By: Scott Feinberg

The Hollywood Reporter

“Each and every one of us knows that there are some empty chairs in this room, which makes all of us activists,” Cheryl Boone Isaacs, the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, said Monday as she welcomed guests to the Academy’s 36th annual Oscar Nominees Luncheon at the Beverly Hilton — among them, Fences best actor nominee Denzel Washington, La La Land best actress nominee Emma Stone, Moana best original song nominee Lin-Manuel Miranda, Manchester by the Sea best picture nominee Matt Damon, Hacksaw Ridge best director nominee Mel Gibson and Trolls best original song nominee Justin Timberlake.

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- Carson Blackwelder

6 February 2017 6:00 AM, PST

Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling in ‘La La Land’ (Courtesy: Lionsgate)

By: Carson Blackwelder

Managing Editor

Not only is La La Land breaking records as the most-nominated musical in Oscar history but that haul of 14 nominations for its lead pair, Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling. Musicals don’t often get that much love from the Academy Awards and getting recognition in both the best actor and best actress categories is even rarer. Let’s take a look back at the history of this happening and see how Stone and Gosling’s nominations — and potential wins — are important.

Taking a look at this year’s nominations, Stone is favored to win more than Gosling is for their work in the Damien Chazelle-directed musical. Gosling is up against Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea), Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge), Viggo Mortensen (Captain Fantastic), and Denzel Washington (Fences) — with the latter expected to reign supreme. »

- Carson Blackwelder

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