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Santa Barbara Taps Eight Virtuosos for 2027, but What Does the Award Actually Predict?

The festival's breakout-actor list spans three Oscar categories this year — a sign the honor is broadening, or blurring.

Marco Bellandi

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The Best International Feature Film Oscar is credited to a country, not a person. The rules behind the one-film-per-country system explain why.

Donald Williams

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The Oscars once honored sound in two races: one for building the sounds, one for balancing them. Here is the difference between the two crafts.

Donald Williams

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The October stop in London has become the international launch point of the Oscar race. Here is what actually happens there, and how to follow it.

Donald Williams

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The most dangerous work on a film set still has no Academy award. Here is why the gap persists, and what recognition elsewhere looks like.

Donald Williams

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Before any campaign or ballot, a film has to clear a checklist of eligibility rules — and each one has quietly reshaped the race.

Donald Williams

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A premiere slot is a studio's bet. Here is what the calendar, the venue, and the slot actually say.

Marco Bellandi

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The German actor built a career on risk, then turned two roles in one season into the rarest kind of awards recognition.

Marco Bellandi

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A cult-favorite child performance built a career the major academies never quite measured.

Donald Williams

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Two Oscars in three years put the character actor in rare company. Here is what the hardware says about the career.

Donald Williams