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Oscars host Conan O’Brien delivers jokes about Amazon and Jeff Bezos

Academy Awards host Conan O’Brien took a couple shots at Amazon and founder Jeff Bezos during the opening monologue of Sunday night’s ceremony. O’Brien, the late-night TV vet and first-time… Read More

Amazon scores one Oscar nomination; Netflix war drama is streaming leader with nine nods

Amazon Studios earned a single Academy Award nomination Tuesday morning, with “Argentina, 1985” getting a nod for best international feature film. Netflix stole the show among streaming services, garnering 16… Read More

Amazon lands four Oscar nominations, led by acting nods for ‘Being the Ricardos’ stars

Amazon scored four nominations Tuesday for the 94th Academy Awards, led by three stars of the film “Being the Ricardos, about “I Love Lucy” stars Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.… Read More

Amazon wins two Oscars for ‘Sound of Metal;’ Netflix leads all studios with seven wins

Amazon picked up two Oscars Sunday night during the 93rd Academy Awards as the annual celebration of the best in film took on a more subdued approach because of the… Read More

Amazon scores 12 Oscar nominations as streaming services lead the pack during pandemic year

After a year in which most moviegoers had to avoid theaters and catch films at home, streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon cleaned up Monday in nominations for the… Read More

‘Jeff Bezos is so rich … ‘: Amazon CEO called out in multiple jokes during opening of Oscars

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos was back in attendance at the Academy Awards on Sunday night and even though there was no official host, comedians Steve Martin and Chris Rock took… Read More

Netflix leads all studios with 24 Oscar nominations as Amazon gets one nod for foreign film

“The Joker” was laughing at the rest of Hollywood on Monday morning with a leading 11 Oscar nominations, including best picture, lead actor and director, but Netflix again streamed its… Read More

Netflix is a leading Oscar contender as ‘Roma’ scores 10 nominations for the streaming service

Netflix will not only be representing the streaming services at this year’s Academy Awards, it will be leading the way among all contenders as it picked up 10 Oscar nominations… Read More

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Netflix is streaming champ at Oscars with win for ‘Icarus’ while Amazon loses in screenplay category

The back-and-forth battle for awards season supremacy among the streaming services shifted back to Netflix on Sunday night at the 90th Academy Awards. “Icarus,” a film that helped expose widespread… Read More

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Who’ll win big at the Oscars? Number crunchers put in their predictions

Update for 1:25 p.m. PT March 5: Looks like the living, breathing humans — and Unanimous AI — take the statuette for Oscar predictions this year. Scroll down to the end of… Read More

The Big Sick

Amazon returning to Oscars with screenplay nod for ‘The Big Sick;’ Netflix also makes history

A year after taking home three Academy Awards in a first for any streaming service, Amazon Studios will return to the big event thanks to a nomination this year for… Read More

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Amazon wins 3 Oscars in a first for streaming studio — and Jeff Bezos gets a fun shout-out

Amazon Studios won its first-ever Academy Awards on Sunday night, taking home three Oscar statues in what was a historic achievement for the streaming industry. The ceremony itself was history… Read More

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Amazon makes Oscars history with streaming industry’s first-ever Best Picture nomination

Keep laughing, Jeff Bezos, and get that tux ready again. Amazon landed its first-ever Oscar nominations this morning as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced that “Manchester by… Read More

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Bing predicts who will take home Oscar gold — is it finally Leonardo DiCaprio’s year?

With an expanded Guide to the Academy Awards, Bing is offering film fans a range of insight and tools dedicated to making the most out of Hollywood’s biggest night. Because… Read More

Jeff Bezos: ‘I want Amazon to win an Oscar’

As streaming services dive deeper into high-quality original content, including movies, they’re expected to start competing with traditional films at the Oscars. Jeff Bezos hopes to be a part of that phenomenon in… Read More

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