Oscars

Opinion: Remembering the star screenwriter Robert Towne

8:00am July 06, 2024

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon remembers screenwriter Robert Towne, who died this week. Towne won an Oscar for Chinatown, which is considered one of the best screenplays in American cinema.

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This week's quiz has no shady edits (unlike a certain royal photo)

9:30am March 15, 2024

by Holly J. Morris

This week brought us an utterly predictable presidential deathmatch and reminded us to not stare directly at the sun. But there were also some surprises. Were you paying attention?

Arts

Red carpet looks from the 2024 Oscars

7:10pm March 10, 2024

by Mhari Shaw

Check out this year's most memorable red carpet looks from the 2024 Oscars.

Thelma Schoonmaker accepts the Oscar for achievement in film editing in 2007 for her work on The Departed.

Arts

The pioneering women behind the invisible art of film editing

5:01am March 09, 2024

by Marc Rivers

There would be no film without film editing. And yet, its practitioners don't often grace the cover of magazines.

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From left: Rihanna, the 2023 Academy Awards "red" carpet.

National

From rogue flooring to lactating worms, this news quiz is weird

5:01am March 08, 2024

by Holly J. Morris

Why was the Oscars carpet champagne? Why is some subterranean worm-amphibian making milk? What's next for the American Samoa guy? Are there any records left for Caitlin Clark to break? Find out!

Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs.

Arts

And the Oscar for best picture doesn't go to ... horror!

10:32am March 01, 2024

by Brianna Scott

It's been more than 30 years since a horror movie won an Academy Award for Best Picture. Should the Oscars rethink its approach?

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So many Oscar nominations, so little time! Let us help.

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Lights, Camera, Oscars: Your guide to nominated movies and where to watch them

11:21am January 26, 2024

If the Oscar nominations on Tuesday morning left you with a long to-watch list, we've got you covered. We've assembled all our past coverage of films nominated in six major categories.

Ryan Gosling received an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor for his performance as Ken, but Margot Robbie did not receive a lead actress nomination for her role in Barbie. Greta Gerwig was overlooked for best director. Read more on the nominations here.

Arts

'Barbie' receives 8 Oscar nominations, but was that Kenough?

5:18pm January 24, 2024

by Neda Ulaby

Fans were quick to point out: A pair of charismatic, smart, girl-power entertainment figures are up for the biggest prize in the industry. And one of the biggest nominations goes to ... Ken?

Arts

'Oppenheimer' dominates the Oscar nominations, as Gerwig is left out for best director

5:07pm January 23, 2024

by The Associated Press

Christopher Nolan's blockbuster biopic will be up for 13 awards, followed by Poor Things with 11 and Killers of the Flower Moon with 10. Barbie, the year's highest-grossing film, got 8 nominations.

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Health & Safety

'You forget to eat': How Ozempic went from diabetes medicine to blockbuster diet drug

5:00am April 01, 2023

by Stacey Vanek Smith

The Novo Nordisk diabetes medication was found to cause significant weight loss in users and has since become a blockbuster drug and very big business.

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