This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The 2026 original song contenders come from deep inside the characters singing them: a simple man wistfully ...

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It might make some great music from big name artists ineligible, but it puts the focus back on using music for storytelling. In what is becoming a sad annual tradition, in order to save screen time at ...

Every year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hands out awards to the best and brightest filmmakers, actors, cinematographers, writers, makeup artists, and composers. They don’t always ...

This madness must end. For too long have we watched, eyes rolling practically out of our skulls, as year after year Diane Warren sits in the Dolby Theater watching another Oscar pass her by. At one ...

Before the 2025 Academy Award nominations came out Thursday, the Academy revealed that none of the songs up for best original song would be performed during the Oscars ceremony. MARTIN: And several of ...

At last year's Academy Awards, the race for best original song was sleepy enough that the nominees — led by winner "El Mal," from Emilia Pérez — weren't even performed on the telecast. This year, the ...