It's Your Week. What to watch for during the Oscars
What's your favorite movie?
Mine's "Die Hard," probably disqualifying me from ever being a movie critic.
Welcome to the Your Week party, pal. I'm Sallee Ann and this edition is all about the Oscars. We talk to our entertainment team who know movies and Hollywood better than anyone.
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Our favorite season? Awards
The Oscars are a big night for movie fans, and our team is ready to serve us all the lights, camera and action.
"Paste BN’s movie team nerds out about what to watch on the regular," said deputy manager editor for Life, Kim Willis. "But we’re never geekier than we are on Oscars weekend.
"It’s been a rocky two years in Hollywood, so it’s a win for film fans that the red carpet is rolling out again at the Dolby Theatre. We’ve been there for every unpredictable Oscar moment (remember that infamous night when ‘La La Land’ was erroneously announced as best picture instead of ‘Moonlight’?) and we can’t wait to witness Oscar history in the making."
What is the team specifically geeking out about? Kim gave us the highlights:
⭐ Does four-time nominee Will Smith get his first Oscar?
⭐ Will Troy Kotsur be the first male deaf actor to win an Oscar?
⭐ Or Ariana DeBose the first openly queer woman of color to win an Oscar acting award?
⭐ Could Lin-Manuel Miranda get his EGOT?
⭐ And if "CODA" takes best picture, remember that Paste BN film critic Brian Truitt was a believer from the beginning.
Everything you should read ahead of the Oscars
- Predictions: Who will win Sunday's Academy Awards – and who should
- Every Oscar best picture winner, ranked (because we just had to)
- Are the Oscars worth saving? An Oscars hater and an Oscars lover fight it out
- Oscar do's and don'ts: Our unsolicited advice for hosts Amy Schumer, Regina Hall and Wanda Sykes
- 'Brave enough to be out in Hollywood': What Ariana DeBose, Kristen Stewart's Oscar nods mean
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"We are here today, going through this catharsis and great change for the better because of a free press in America and specifically Paste BN and Kenny Jacoby," said trustee Douglas Faigin.
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