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Opinion | The Oscar best picture ranking no one asked for

Opinion | The Oscar best picture ranking no one asked for

By Raquel Padin-Nicholas, Staff Columnist • March 17, 2025
This spring break, I unfortunately had to stay alone on campus. In my desperation to find something to occupy my time, other than the towering list of assignments I was given, I decided to watch, for the first time ever, all 10 best picture nominees for the Oscars. 
97th Academy Awards post-mortem: Should we replace the Academy voters with a poll on Letterboxd?

97th Academy Awards post-mortem: Should we replace the Academy voters with a poll on Letterboxd?

By Ore Fawole, Staff Writer • March 12, 2025

While blockbusters like “Dune: Part Two” and cultural phenomena like “Challengers” dominated at the box office and in the public’s hearts and minds, when placed in between years chock-full of...

Opinion | Why award show speeches are only performative gestures

Opinion | Why award show speeches are only performative gestures

By Emma Hannan, Contributing Editor • February 26, 2025
While these speeches are often well-intentioned, the very basis of these award shows is based on classism and exclusivity, which creates hypocrisy in these political statements.
Oscar statuettes appear backstage at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Feb. 28, 2016.

Staff Picks | Who will take home an Oscar?

By The Pitt News Staff • March 8, 2024

Who will win an Academy Award on March 10? 2023 was a stellar year for cinema as box office hits like “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” drew audiences back into theaters. The splendid squad at The Pitt...

Lily Gladstone, Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio in “Killers of the Flower Moon.”

Micro-reviews of the 2024 Best Picture nominees

By Ore Fawole, Staff Writer • February 25, 2024

Awards season has been in full swing since the beginning of the year, but we all await the winner of the biggest race of the year — the Academy Award for Best Picture. Among this year's 10 nominees are...

Aditi Sridhar presented at the Oscars on March 12.

‘Part of that moment in history’: Pitt film student presents at Oscars

By Carissa Canzona, Staff Writer • March 19, 2023
Aditi Sridhar, a senior film and psychology major, made her Hollywood debut last Sunday when she presented trophies at the 95th Academy Awards.
Ke Huy Quan, winner of the best supporting actor award, arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Editorial | The real winners and losers at this year’s Oscars

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • March 14, 2023
The best and worst winners and losers at this year’s Academy Awards.
Editorial | The Oscar Nominations could be better

Editorial | The Oscar Nominations could be better

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • January 30, 2023
As we move into the 2023 Oscar season, we see many of the same movies up for awards, some for good reason and others… not so much.
Jon Batiste poses in the press room at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday in Las Vegas.

Editorial | The Grammys need to appreciate all award winners

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • April 5, 2022
Award shows are losing their purpose of awarding the best of the best by not honoring all nominees during the broadcast.
Weekend Watchlist | Oscar Nominees

Weekend Watchlist | Oscar Nominees

By The Pitt News Staff • March 24, 2022
It’s Oscar season again, and there are a lot of movies up for awards this year. Here are some of these films the Pitt News Staff thinks you should watch.
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