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Warner Bros submits "Dune 2" for Original Score Oscars after not initially meeting requirements.

2025 Oscars Best Costume Design predictions include "Dune 2," "Gladiator 2," "Maria," "Nosferatu," "Wicked," "Blitz" and "The Brutalist."

"Agatha All Along" submits as a comedy series for awards season, indicating more seasons could be coming.

Awards Circuit Podcast: June Squibb on starring in the film 'Thelma,' which could potentially make her the oldest Oscar nominee ever.

2025 Golden Globes Predictions include "Gladiator 2," "Emilia Pérez," "Wicked," "Dune 2," "Squid Game" "Monsters" and "The Bear."

2025 Oscars Best Actress Predictions include Saoirse Ronan, Julianne Moore, Karla Sofía Gascón, Cynthia Erivo, Demi Moore, Angelina Jolie and more.

Awards Circuit Podcast: "Conclave" star Isabella Rossellini on how she almost didn't get her role in "Death Becomes Her." Also: June Squibb ("Thelma").

2025 Oscar best picture predictions include "Anora," "Conclave," "Emilia Pérez," "Gladiator 2," "Dune 2," "Wicked," "Blitz," "Challengers" and "Maria"

"Conclave" is garnering best picture heat. But how do religiously-themed movies perform at the Oscars?

The 11-year-old Elliott Heffernan stars opposite Saoirse Ronan in Steve McQueen's WWII epic "Blitz," for which he is earning rave reviews.