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Arts
Performing Arts
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Ricky Gervais talks After Life (and why people ...
EW’s Henry Goldblatt, Lynette Rice, and Kristen Baldwin explore the competitive categories of Outstanding Leading and Supporting Actors in a Comedy
54 min
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Anna Chlumsky on Veep’s final season (and Amy’s...
The Awardist is back, and it’s time to talk Emmys!
45 min
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Oscars cap off awards season with history-makin...
EW’s Shana Naomi Krochmal, Piya Sinha-Roy and Bill Keith break down the very end of a very long awards season following the 2019 Oscars.
36 min
254
Last looks before the Oscars – plus producers G...
EW’s Shana Naomi Krochmal, Piya Sinha-Roy and Bill Keith talk through all the telecast drama before the Academy Awards
86 min
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How a Best Picture winner (or loser) becomes a ...
Turner Classic Movie host Ben Mankiewicz joins EW’s Shana Naomi Krochmal and Piya Sinha-Roy to definitively determine how an Academy Award-winning movie – or a losing one, or one that never even makes the nominations cut – might eventually become a time-honored, widely respected, and beloved classic film.
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From ‘The Favourite’ costume design to ‘Roma’ c...
52 min
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SAG Awards chart a course toward the Oscars, pl...
55 min
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Oscars nominations are here, from ‘Black Panthe...
62 min
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Adam McKay talks ‘Vice,’ plus more ‘Green Book’...
66 min
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What Golden Globes upsets mean for the Oscars a...
44 min
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‘Mary Poppins Returns’ director Rob Marshall an...
64 min
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Golden Globes nominations and ‘Destroyer’ direc...
41 min
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John C. Reilly and what happens when actors are...
47 min
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Indie films and awards season: ‘Can You Ever Fo...
39 min
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The ‘Best Picture’ big picture: Realism vs. esc...
84 min
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Golden Globes to Oscars: Awards season is here
38 min
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Best Reality & Variety Show: What Will and Shou...
38 min
268
Best Guest Star: Who Will and Should Win?
25 min
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Best Drama: Who Will and Should Win? (Plus: Yvo...
36 min
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Best Limited Series: Who Will and Should Win? (...
43 min
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Best Comedy: Who Will and Should Win? (Plus: Ai...
51 min
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The Emmy nominations are here!
19 min
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Mayim Bialik on how 'The Big Bang Theory' chang...
37 min
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Hayley Atwell is a natural in 'Howards End'
43 min
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Debra Messing returns home to 'Will & Grace'
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