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


Here are the actors and unforgettable roles everyone will be talking about come awards season.


Science fiction, musical melodramas, heist movies, several rising pop stars, and a lot more.


The Handmaid’s Tale, Game of Thrones, SNL, and Westworld lead the pack.


It’s time for bad-faith hysteria about unseen movies to stop.


The Academy says the idea “merits further study.” But a different, possibly more damaging change is moving forward.


Yes, the American flag is in the movie.


The buzziest movies yet to be released in 2018, from superhero sagas to comedies to awards-season contenders.


An Oscar for Best Stunt Coordination? For Best Casting? For Best Voice Performance? For Best Trailer?! Let’s make it happen!


The Academy Awards are the most prestigious honor in the film industry.


There are many reasons the new category is concerning, but three in particular stand out.


It’s part of several big (and vague) changes voted in by the Academy.


How to watch the greatest movies of the year, from Lady Bird and Dunkirk to Get Out and The Big Sick.


Winners: Atlanta, The Handmaid’s Tale, and (sigh) Saturday Night Live. Losers: Modern Family and anything surprising.


Oh was nominated for her performance in the BBC series Killing Eve.


If nominated for Best Picture, it would be a historic first.


Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has broken its record for new members four years running — all in pursuit of diversity.


Bill Mechanic, the Hacksaw Ridge producer and former Governors Board member, isn’t on board with the new direction of the Film Academy.


It’s a safe choice for an industry that wants to signal its values.


This year’s winners were about basketball, deafness, and an outsider artist.


Most are available to stream at home.


Will Black Panther get a Best Picture nomination? Its chances are stronger than you might think.


The host took on Hollywood harassment and inequity with straightforward candor.


The Best Actress winner told her peers to put their money where their mouth is with financing and an “inclusion rider.”


The watery, bittersweet romance is rich, moving, and loaded with meaning.


This year’s Best Actor race has been deeply marked by the #MeToo movement.


The montage focused on representation and ignored systemic abuse.


How celebrities like Tiffany Haddish are using fashion as image-building at the Oscars.




The Shape of Water wins big, Lady Bird loses out, and we all win thanks to Tiffany Haddish and Maya Rudolph.


The show itself wasn’t necessarily groundbreaking, but it did include specific calls for change — many of them by women.


A look at all the notable milestones from the 2018 Oscars — and some that didn’t happen.


The Mexican director, an unlikely winner for his supernatural romance The Shape of Water, makes a heartfelt plea to support immigrants.


The musicians backed political activists and called out the NRA and Donald Trump in their Oscars performance.


The night honored several of Hollywood’s oldest living legends.


The Shape of Water leads this year’s Academy Award nominations with 13 nods, but there’s no clear frontrunner in the wide-open Best Picture race.


Celebrity fashion experts Tom and Lorenzo break down how one of the biggest events in Hollywood comes together.


The Shape of Water leads with 13 nominations. But which movie will win Best Picture is anyone’s guess.


Are you a major recording star? Here’s a way you can win an Oscar!


Hint: It’s not the director, who wins something else entirely.


One awards the overall mix of the film’s sound design. The other is for sound effects added in post-production.