Awards Shows
Vox’s coverage of all things awards shows, from the Oscars to the Golden Globes, Emmys, and more.


Phoenix discussed racism, queerness, misogyny, animal rights, personal sacrifice, and cancel culture.


The 2020 Oscars in firsts, milestones, and other statistics.


Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best International Feature Film.


Janelle Monáe’s armor-like crystal gown, Kristen Wiig’s lasagna ruffles, and Billy Porter’s royals-inspired dress.


The film took home four Oscars, including the biggest prize of the night.


The audience reactions to Eminem’s surprise performance were hilariously divided, but it was a win for the rapper.




Laura Dern is having her moment right now.


There were no female nominees in the Best Director category this year.


We honestly can’t decide if the opening number at the Oscars was good or bad.


For the second year in a row, the Oscars are going host-free. It’s likely the start of a new normal.


Saturday’s Independent Spirit Awards recapped the season in LGBTQ representation … sort of.


The custom Gucci suit has “24” on the lapels and under the back collar.


Joker leads the nominations with 11 nods. 1917 and Parasite are frontrunners to win Best Picture.


Joker is the most-nominated film, with 11 nods.


This year’s race seems likely to come down to two wildly different movies.


A VFX artist reacts to 5 Oscar-nominated movies.


The long and torturous awards season creates an unnecessarily limited vision of what an Oscar movie is.


How to watch the films the Academy snubbed.

Academy Award nominations spotlight great films. So why do the awards themselves leave me cold?


“There is kind of this fatalism that is going on,” an expert told Vox.


Here’s how its rules need to change.


Greta Gerwig’s Little Women dared to imagine a story where Amy isn’t a villain.


From Joker to Parasite to Little Women, here are all the movies competing for the Academy’s biggest prize.


Our roundtable discusses the Oscar chances for Noah Baumbach’s tale of the ties that bind.


Our roundtable discusses the Oscar chances for the historical tale of men, fast cars, and mortality.


Our roundtable discusses the Best Picture chances for Martin Scorsese’s mobster epic.


Eilish is youngest artist and the first woman to win all four of the awards’ major categories: Best New Artist, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Record of the Year.


From Lizzo to Demi Lovato to Lil Nas X.


Bruno Mars swept the three top categories.


Women ruled the awards, in a show hosted by Alicia Keys.


Celebrities in attendance and across social media remembered the NBA superstar.


Recording Academy CEO Deborah Dugan says she was suspended in retaliation for exposing a “boys’ club” atmosphere and a rigged Grammy nominations process.


Music’s biggest night will be about Lizzo, Billie Eilish, Nipsey Hussle, and Demi Lovato, with a side dish of chaos and controversy.


Our roundtable discusses the Oscar chances for Sam Mendes’s “one shot” war movie.


The 62nd Grammy Awards will take place Sunday, January 26.


Our roundtable discusses the Oscar chances for the director’s twisty elegy for a lost age.


Our roundtable discusses the Oscar chances for Greta Gerwig’s beautiful adaptation of a beloved old story.


Our roundtable discusses the Oscar chances for Todd Phillips’s take on the origin of the notorious villain.


Our roundtable discusses the Oscar chances for Bong Joon-ho’s critically acclaimed thriller about deception, class, and inequality.