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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 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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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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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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The industry's biggest actors' group votes early, and its picks have a habit of showing up again on Oscar night.

Donald Williams

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A contender's year runs on a fixed calendar: festivals, guilds, two rounds of Academy voting, and one envelope.

Marco Bellandi

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Housing, day jobs and entry-level paths, laid out plainly — the industry hires people who can afford to stay, not just people who show up.

Marco Bellandi

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The PGA votes the way the Academy does, and when its top two finish dead even, the season's Best Picture race is officially a split field.

Donald Williams