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The Oscars Got This One Right

March 13, 2023

Jonathan Wang accepting the Best Picture Oscar for "Everything Everywhere All at Once," with the rest of the cast and crew behind him

The Oscars’ Incredible Knack for Being Wrong

April 2023 Issue

Illustration with jumble of overlapping abstract Oscar-statuette shapes in black, white, and gold

The Long Afterlife of Awards-Show Speeches

March 8, 2023

A TV playing different clips of Academy Award winners' acceptance speeches

The Most Overrated Movie of This Oscars Season

Brandon Tensley

March 7, 2023

A soldier covers his ear while an explosion goes off in "All Quiet on the Western Front"

The Fury of Chris Rock

March 6, 2023

Chris Rock dressed in all-white onstage holding a microphone

SNL Couldn’t Help Itself

April 3, 2022

A scene from "SNL" depicting Will Smith and a seat filler at the Oscars

The Night the Oscars Lost Control

March 28, 2022

Five Great Oscars Moments for Women

Xochitl Gonzalez

March 28, 2022

Ariana DeBose poses in the press room inside the Dolby Theatre during the 94th Academy Awards in Los Angeles.

The Unreality of Will Smith’s Oscars Slap

March 28, 2022

Image of Will Smith with overlayed scribbles

The Winners Who Reminded the Oscars Why Acceptance Speeches Matter

March 28, 2022

Ariana DeBose in a red dress holds an Oscar statue aloft.

Will Smith Hit Chris Rock. Then He Won an Oscar.

March 28, 2022

Will Smith and Chris Rock onstage at the Oscars

A Confusing, Experimental Oscars

April 26, 2021

A stylized still of Regina King at the Oscars

And the Best Oscars Acceptance Speech Goes to …

April 26, 2021

Youn Yuh-jung at the 93rd Oscars

There’s No Excuse for Failing the Oscars’ Diversity Requirements

September 10, 2020

No One Knew Why Eminem Was at the Oscars

Spencer Kornhaber

February 10, 2020

Eminem at the 2020 Oscars

The Real Message of Janelle Monáe’s Oscars Performance

February 10, 2020

The Best Speech of Oscars Night

February 10, 2020

Stephen King’s Comments About the Oscars Explain the Oscars

January 17, 2020

The Problem With the Oscars’ Idea of a ‘Good Movie’

January 14, 2020

The Oscars Finally Find Their Rightful Winners

October 28, 2019