Hollywood’s biggest stars will gather on March 4 at the 90th Academy Awards to recognize the past year’s greatest achievements in film. This year’s fascinating group of potential Oscar winners could make history. Timothée Chalamet would be the youngest Best Actor in a Leading Role of all time, while Best Documentary Feature director Agnès Varda (Faces Places) is the oldest-ever nominee. Mudbound cinematographer Rachel Morrison could become the first woman to win for Best Cinematography in the Academy Awards’ 90-year history, and Kobe Bryant is in line to become the first NBA player to take home an Oscar for his animated short. For a refresher course on all of the award hopefuls, catch up on The Ringer’s coverage of this year’s nominees.
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March 6, 2018
Oscars Takes, Hope Hicks’s Exit, and Lack of Institutional Control
Bryan and David discuss the politics at the Academy Awards, the outgoing White House communications director, and more
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March 5, 2018
Progress in Moderation: A Night of Conflict and Compromise at the Oscars
As usual, the Academy’s good intentions were in competition with outdoing its boring taste
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March 5, 2018
Timothée Chalamet Losing at the Oscars Is a Good Thing
A precocious young talent gets bypassed by the Academy on his first nomination, then pursues an ambitious, challenging acting career to eventually earn his trophy. Sound familiar?
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March 5, 2018
The ‘Shape of Water’ Best Picture Win Is Not a Return to Oscar’s Dark Past
Even though fan favorites like ‘Lady Bird’ and ‘Get Out’ were mostly shut out, Guillermo del Toro’s sad, strange film still carves a new kind of path in movie history
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March 5, 2018
The Shape of the 90th Academy Awards
Our Oscar gang gathered after the show to provide some instant analysis
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March 3, 2018
Make the Case: There Are Five Worthy Nominees for Best Director, But One Clear Standout
Jordan Peele is the deserving winner in an Oscars category notable for both its quality and diversity
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March 2, 2018
Here Are Our 2018 Oscars Ballots
Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and the rest of the staff make their official predictions. Plus, a printable blank ballot to fill out your own picks!
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March 2, 2018
The Ringer’s Oscar Predictions
All of editor-in-chief Sean Fennessey’s predictions for the 90th Academy Awards
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March 2, 2018
How to Win Your Oscar Pool: The Unpredictable Battle for Best Picture
A last-minute change of heart and a long-planned evolution in the Academy could mean another stunning final moment at the Oscars
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March 2, 2018
2018 Oscars Preview: What Is Your Favorite Performance That Wasn’t Nominated?
Ringer staffers and Wesley Morris discuss the biggest snubs from this year’s Oscar nominations
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March 1, 2018
‘Director’s Commentary’: Nick Young and Friends Decide Best Picture at the Oscars
These "New Academy" voters aren’t into ‘The Shape of Water’
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March 1, 2018
2018 Oscars Preview: Who Is Meryl Streep Rooting For?
The three-time Oscar winner likely won’t win Best Actress again this year, so Ringer staffers and Wesley Morris debate who she’s pulling for instead
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March 1, 2018
2018 Oscars Preview: Will Tom Hanks Ever Be Nominated Again?
The five-time Best Actor nominee hasn’t been in the Oscars race since his performance in 2000’s ‘Cast Away’
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March 1, 2018
2018 Oscars Preview: Is This It for Meryl, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Denzel?
Afters years of dominating the Academy Awards, this may be the end of an era for three all-time greats
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March 1, 2018
‘Lady Bird’ Is the World’s First Sacramento Movie
And the people of Sacramento are thrilled about their first big Oscar moment
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February 28, 2018
2018 Oscars Preview: What Was the Best Scene of the Year?
From the opening scene of ‘Lady Bird’ to the Sunken Place sequence in ‘Get Out,’ Ringer staffers and Wesley Morris share their favorite scenes
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February 28, 2018
2018 Oscars Preview: How the Voting Process Helps ‘The Shape of Water’
Why ranked-ballot voting helps Guillermo del Toro’s movie
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February 28, 2018
2018 Oscars Preview: Is ‘Three Billboards’ Just ‘Crash’ 2.0?
Ringer staffers and Wesley Morris draw comparisons between Martin McDonagh’s crime drama and the 2006 Best Picture winner
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February 28, 2018
Molly Bloom on ‘Molly’s Game’ and Oscars Odds
The entrepreneur and author joins the show to discuss the Oscar-nominated adaptation of her memoir
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February 28, 2018
How to Win Your Oscar Pool: Can Jordan Peele’s ‘Get Out’ Break Out?
If so, the wave for the horror phenomenon starts here
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February 28, 2018
Look, Now Look Again: On Agnès Varda
On the long career of Agnès Varda, who is still making crucial movies at 89 years old
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February 27, 2018
The Burning Questions of the 2018 Oscars
Our resident movie experts are joined by New York Times critic-at-large Wesley Morris for a series of frank discussions of the most important questions of this year’s Academy Awards
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February 27, 2018
2018 Oscars Preview: Will ‘Black Panther’ Get a Best Picture Nomination Next Year?
‘Black Panther’ has been a force of nature at the box office, but will it garner the respect it deserves at next year’s Academy Awards
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February 27, 2018
A Review of Every Best Picture Contender, by Jennifer Lawrence
This is what the actress (probably) thought after watching the first three minutes or so of every movie nominated for the Oscars’ top prize