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HEADLINE: Anticipation Builds for Hollywood's Highest Honor: Oscars
TEASER: Actors, filmmakers to find out who wins Sunday, with madcap fantasy
'Everything Everywhere All at Once' and 'Elvis' among leading contenders
PUBLISHED AT: 03/06/2023 at 6:30 pm
BYLINE: Mike O’Sullivan
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((INTRODUCTION)) [[All eyes will be on Hollywood Sunday when the Academy
Awards, or Oscars, will honor the best in filmmaking. From Los Angeles, Mike
O’Sullivan has a preview.]]
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BOULEVARD, WORKERS INSTALLING OSCAR DECORATIONS))
((NARRATOR))
They have rolled out the red carpet, as actors, directors and others get ready to
compete for the Oscars.
((SHOW REUTERS CLIP OF HOLLYWOOD SIGN, AFP CLIP OF MICHELLE YEOH
POSING AT OSCAR LUNCH))
It’s the highlight of the year for the movie industry, and for leading nominees, including
actor Michelle Yeoh
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((CREDIT: Everything Everywhere All at Once/A24)) ((YouTube logo))
and the frenzied fantasy "Everything Everywhere All at Once."
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((CREDIT: 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards))
Three other cast members are also up for acting awards for the film that received major
honors at this year’s Screen Actors Guild Awards.
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((CREDIT: Tár/Focus Features)) ((YouTube logo))
Cate Blanchett is also a frontrunner for best leading actress for her role as a classical
conductor in the drama “Tár.” Both films are among the 10 Oscar nominees for best
picture.
((NATS UP, ELVIS INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC UP BRIEFLY, SHOW AP CLIP OF
AUSTIN BUTLER AT OSCAR LUNCH))
So is "Elvis," a retelling of the story of pop icon Elvis Presley, with star Austin Butler
competing for best actor.
((SHOW CLIP OF ACTING COACH INTERVIEWING ACTOR JEREMY IRONS,
DIRECTOR PETER FARRELLY IN HIS CLASS))
((Credit: Bernard Hiller)) ((YouTube logo))
Bernard Hiller, an acting coach who has interviewed winners for his acting class, says
Hollywood takes the Oscars seriously.
((Bernard Hiller, Hollywood Acting Coach))
“It’s very important for the film and can be very important for the actor because it’s an
acknowledgment from the industry that you have something unique.”
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PREMIER))))
((NARRATOR)) ((CREDIT: The Whale/A24)) ((YouTube logo))
Brendan Fraser in "The Whale" is another top contender for best leading actor in a tale
of a morbidly obese man and his troubled relationship with his daughter.
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((CREDIT The Banshees of Inisherin/Searchlight)) ((YouTube logo))
"The Banshees of Inisherin," about tensions in a friendship in an Irish village, earned
nominations for leading actor Colin Farrell and supporting actors Brendan Gleeson ...
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((CREDIT: Invision))
and Barry Keoghan ((PR: kee-OH-gan), as well as supporting actress Kerry Condon.
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Condon’s competitors include Angela Bassett,
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((CREDIT: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever/Marvel Studios)) ((YouTube Logo))
for her supporting role in the Marvel action film "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever."
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SCREEN TALKING AUDIO DOWN))
((CREDIT: The Fabelmans/Universal Pictures)) ((YouTube logo))
Nominees for best picture also include The Fabelmans, loosely based on the early life
of director Steven Spielberg,
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((CREDIT: All Quiet on the Western Front/Netflix)) ((YouTube logo))
and the German film "All Quiet on the Western Front," based on a classic 1929 anti-war
novel. It is nominated for best picture and is also a favorite for best international film.
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Comparing movies and performances is difficult, says acting coach Hiller.
((Bernard Hiller, Hollywood Acting Coach))
“Because some people have dramatic ,Oscar-winning scenes and some people don’t.
So it’s kind of comparing an apple and an orange and a pear and [asking] which one’s
best? So it’s fun. Don’t take it too seriously.”
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((CREDIT: Navalny/HBO Max, CNN Films)) ((YouTube Logo))
((NARRATOR))
Some real-life dramas are on display in documentary nominees, including "Navalny," a
film about the plot to kill Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
((SHOW AFP CLIPS OF OSCAR FANS CHEERING, RED CARPET
PREPARATIONS))
Despite some serious themes, the Oscars are intended as a time of celebration, when
fans cheer their favorite movies and the people who make them.
((Mike O’Sullivan, VOA News, Los Angeles.)
NewsML Media TopicsArts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
NetworkVOA
Location (dateline)
Los Angeles
Embargo DateMarch 6, 2023 17:52 EST
Byline
((Mike O’Sullivan, VOA News, Los Angeles.))
Brand / Language ServiceVoice of America - English
