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The In Competition Jury For The 2026 Cannes Film Festival
As previously announced, the Jury of the 79th Festival de Cannes will be chaired by South Korean director, screenwriter and producer Park Chan-wook. He will be joined by American actress and producer Demi Moore, Irish-Ethiopian actress and producer Ruth Negga, Belgian director and screenwriter Laura Wandel, Chinese director and screenwriter Chloé Zhao, Chilean director and…
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2026 Tony Award Nomination Predictions
This time last year, Broadway fans and Tony obsessives were overwhelmed by the abundance of riches the 2024-25 season offered. The same definitely can’t be said for this season. The pickings are slimmer when it comes to objective quantity, and depending on who you talk to, the overall quality of this season isn’t too high…
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The Next Best Picture Podcast: Episode 490 – New Oscar Rules, “Verity,” “Resident Evil,” “Jackass: Best And Last” & “One Night Only” Trailers
For Episode 490, with one week before we set off for Cannes, I am joined by Katie Johnson, Dan Bayer, Amy Kim, and Tom O’Brien as we discuss the new rules announced by the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for the 99th Oscars and Audiences. For this week’s poll question, to tie into the announcement, we’re asking everyone: “Which Film…
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The Next Best Picture Podcast – “The Devil Wears Prada 2”
For this week’s main podcast review, Josh Parham, Dan Bayer, and Cody Dericks join me to review and discuss “The Devil Wears Prada 2” starring Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Justin Theroux, Kenneth Branagh, and Stanley Tucci. A sequel to the 2006 film “The Devil Wears Prada,” the film reunites the old cast and crew to tell…
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New Academy Rules And Campaign Promotional Regulations Announced For The 99th Oscars
The Academy’s Board of Governors has approved awards rules, inclusion standards, and campaign promotional regulations for the 99th Academy Awards. For Academy Awards consideration, a feature film must have a qualifying theatrical release between January 1st, 2026, and December 31st, 2026. Substantive awards rules changes include: In the Acting category, actors may be nominated for multiple performances in the same…
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Five Seasons In, “Abbott Elementary” Still Has Lessons For Other Long-Running Sitcoms
THE STORY – A group of dedicated, passionate teachers—and a slightly tone-deaf principal—find themselves thrown together in a Philadelphia public school where, despite the odds stacked against them, they are determined to help their students succeed in life. THE CAST – Quinta Brunson, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Janelle James, Tyler James William, Lisa Ann Walter, Chris…
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“CONBODY VS EVERYBODY”
THE STORY – Throughout the course of eight years, Coss Marte constructs ConBody, a gym modeled after the exercises he learned while incarcerated. THE CAST – Coss Marte THE TEAM – Debra Granik (Director) THE RUNNING TIME – 336 Minutes With her debut feature “Down to the Bone,” it was clear 21 years ago that Debra…
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The Next Best Picture Podcast – Interview With “Two Pianos” Filmmaker Arnaud Desplechin
“Two Pianos” (or in French, “Deux pianos”) is a 2025 French romantic drama film directed by Arnaud Desplechin, starring François Civil as a virtuoso French pianist who returns from Asia to experience an impossible love story in his hometown of Lyon. The cast also includes Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Charlotte Rampling, and Hippolyte Girardot. The film had its…
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