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Scott Feinberg
Executive Editor of Awards
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Scott Feinberg has led The Hollywood Reporter’s awards coverage since 2011 (he covered awards for the Los Angeles Times before that). He is best known for his “Feinberg Forecast,” through which he assesses the standings of various showbiz awards races, and for Awards Chatter, the interview-centric podcast that he started in 2015, for which he has conducted career-retrospective interviews with some 500 of Hollywood’s biggest names. An alumnus of Brandeis University, he is also a trustee professor at Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts and a voting member of BAFTA and the Critics Choice Association.
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SCAD Savannah Film Fest: Directors of 10 of 2026’s Top Documentaries Set for ‘Docs to Watch’ Panel (Exclusive)
'American Doctor,' 'Avedon,' 'Cookie Queens,' 'Everest: The Other Side,' 'The Last First: Winter K2,' 'My Undesirable Friends: Part II – Exile,' 'Once Upon a Time in Harlem,' 'One in a Million,' 'The Trial of Alec Baldwin' and 'You Can See Everything' will be represented at the Oct. 28 gathering.
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‘La Bola Negra’ Sets Awards Categories: Guitarricadelafuente and Rest of Cast Will All Go Supporting (Exclusive)
This approach has previously been employed by four high-profile awards hopefuls that went on to win the best picture Oscar: 'Crash,' 'Spotlight,' 'Moonlight' and 'Parasite.'
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Santa Barbara Film Fest: John Malkovich Tapped for Performer of the Year Award for ‘Wild Horse Nine’
The 72-year-old will be feted with an evening of clips and conversation on Friday, Feb. 12.
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Bleecker Street Sets ‘Tender Loving Care’ Awards Categories: ‘Widow’s Bay’ Breakout Kate O’Flynn Going Supporting (Exclusive)
Meanwhile, Marion Bailey will pushed for best actress and Alice Bailey Johnson will be pushed for best supporting actress.
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Virginia Film Fest: Jessica Lange Set for Visionary Award, Live Taping of THR’s ‘Awards Chatter’ Podcast (Exclusive)
The fest will also screen two films in which Lange stars: 'Long Day's Journey Into Night,' a new adaptation of the classic play, and 1994's 'Blue Sky,' for which Lange won the second of her two Oscars.
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Peter Berg’s Netflix War Movie ‘The Mosquito Bowl’ to Premiere at AFI Fest (Exclusive)
The film, an adaptation of Buzz Bissinger's bestseller of the same name, will premiere in a Gala slot on Oct. 22.
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Neon Sets ‘Paper Tiger’ Awards Categories, Plans First Real Push for a James Gray Film (Exclusive)
Miles Teller, Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver are among the contenders for Gray's crime-thriller, which premiered at the Cannes Festival in May and will open the New York Film Festival on Friday.
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Toronto: 5 Things the Fest Told Us About the Oscar Race
The Hollywood Reporter's executive editor of awards coverage weighs in about 'La Bola Negra,' 'I Play Rocky,' 'Elsinore,' sales titles and 'Obsession.'
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Emmys Analysis: On the ‘Widow’s Bay’ Sweep, Sally Field Surprise and Weird Variety Series Situation
The Hollywood Reporter's executive editor of awards coverage dissects Monday night's results.
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Toronto Awards Analysis: ‘I Play Rocky’ Channels Namesake, Could Follow in Its Oscar Footsteps
Like Peter Farrelly's earlier film 'Green Book,' this crowd-pleaser could seriously contend for TIFF's audience award en route to major Oscar noms (including best actor for Anthony Ippolito, who plays Sylvester Stallone).
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Oscar Predictions via Feinberg Forecast: Updated Post Venice and Telluride, as TIFF Gets Underway
Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter's executive editor of awards coverage, updates his assessment of all 24 Oscar categories.
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Toronto: Penélope Cruz to Guest on Live Episode of THR’s ‘Awards Chatter’ Pod as Fest Premieres ‘La Bola Negra’ and ‘Bunker’
The Spanish Oscar winner will discuss her life and career with Scott Feinberg at Toronto's 1 Hotel on Sept. 15.
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