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Taika Waititi dedicated his Oscars win to “Indigenous kids all over the world” as he became the first Maori filmmaker to nab the prize for Adapted Screenplay.

Stay strange, Taika

At the 2020 Oscars tonight, Bong Joon Ho’s film Parasite picked up the Oscar for Best Picture. It’s the first non-English-language film ever to win the prestigious honor. Watch the historic moment happen below.

By Erik Pedersen

Taika Waititi has won best adapted screenplay at the 2020 Academy Awards for “Jojo Rabbit.” Taking the stage, the actor, director and writer joked about his statue, “This is really light! It’s supposed to be heavy.”

By Amanda N'Duka

In just a few short hours, the biggest night in Hollywood will commence. Yes, my friends, it’s Oscar day! The 92nd Academy Awards are being held today, bringing an end to one of the most unique award seasons in memory. Be sure to tune in and see what takes home the coveted Best Picture prize, as well as all of the other winners. It’s going to be a memorable evening, one way or another, that’s for sure…

“Look at me,” Taika Waititi exclaimed during an early afternoon interview at the Toronto Film Festival last fall, “it’s like asking you to play Adolf Hitler.”

We thought it had to be a mistake. Scarlett Johansson just got her... first Oscar nomination? Surely that wasn't the case!

The Oscars are just a few days away, which means it's officially time to reflect on all the and channel your inner movie critic to decide who you'd chose to win if you were an Academy member. For your consideration, just spoke with tree actress about how being a mother inspired her performance in Jojo Rabbit.

Taika Waititi says he has mixed feelings about people calling him a good fit to play Adolf Hitler in Jojo Rabbit.

Joker was one of the big winners at the 2020 BAFTA Awards, earning three trophies, including one for original score by Hildur ​​Guðnadóttir.Guðnadóttir's score for Joker was up against those for nominees 1917 (Thomas Newman), Jojo Rabbit (Michael Giacchino), Little Women (Alexandre Desplat) and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (John Williams) at the BAFTAs.Joker's wins also included best actor (Joaquin Phoenix) and casting (by Shayna Markowitz) at this year's ceremony, which took place Sunday

Taking home a gold statuette may be the ultimate prize for those in Hollywood, but businesses can reap benefits from the Academy Awards as well.Theater chains AMC and Cinemark are offering deals to catch up on the 2020 contenders ahead of the Feb. 9 telecast.

By Patrick Hipes

Taika Waititi owes a lot of this awards season to his mother, Robin Cohen. She’s the one who first told him that he should think about adapting Christine Leunens’ novel “Caging Skies” for the big screen.

At the Jan. 3 AFI Awards, Mel Brooks interrupted his speech about the American Film Institute’s women directors program to praise Taika Waititi for Searchlight’s “Jojo Rabbit.” However, he joked, the filmmaker “did not ask my permission to use Hitler!”

By Matt Grobar

Greta Gerwig’s script for “Little Women” has won the USC Libraries Scripter Award for best movie adaptation and “Fleabag” has taken the television award.

Scarlett Johansson, Charlize Theron, Jennifer Aniston and Jennifer Lopez all sported bombshell gowns at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.

By Amanda N'Duka

Scarlett Johansson's red carpet domination continues at the 2020 SAG Awards. 

The SAG Awards: where a kid can be a kid, apparently.

“Parasite” and “Jojo Rabbit” have won the top feature film trophies at the 70th Annual ACE Eddie Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

Taika Waititi, director of “Thor: Ragnarok” and “Jojo Rabbit,” is in early talks to develop a new “Star Wars” movie, Variety has confirmed.

February is set to be a busy month for Hollywood in China. “Jojo Rabbit,” “Little Women,” “Marriage Story” and “Dolittle” will all get their crack at the world’s second largest film market next month, Chinese reports confirmed on Tuesday. The news comes just after the big reveal that three Oscar best picture contenders rank among this year’s most decorated films, boasting 18 Academy Award nominations between them.

Fashionable films The Irishman, Jojo Rabbit, Joker, Little Womenand Once Upon a Time in Hollywood received Oscar nominations on Monday for their sartorial choices.

Scarlett Johansson and Cynthia Erivo were among the seven people who received double mentions when the The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominations for the 2020 Oscars on Monday morning.Both women were recognized for their acting, nabbing nods for best actress. Johansson was also nominated for her supporting role in Taika Waititi's Jojo Rabbit.

Bradley Cooper is once again an Academy Award nominee.

British star Florence Pugh has earned an Oscar nomination for her role in Little Women, it has been announced.

A star is born! Roman Griffin Davis caught the eye of audiences and critics alike as the title character in the satirical film Jojo Rabbit, which is based on Christine Leunens’ acclaimed 2004 novel, Caging Skies.

Star Wars icon Mark Hamill has signed up for a role in the second season of hit vampire comedy series What We Do in the Shadows.

To deliver the “anti-hate satire” of “Jojo Rabbit,” the story of a German boy who idolizes his own particular vision of Hitler before slowly learning the truth, director Taika Waititi followed a simple philosophy when it came to assembling his crew: “I like working with nice people.” 

The Directors Guild of America has nominated Bong Joon Ho for “Parasite,” Sam Mendes for “1917,” Martin Scorsese for “The Irishman,” Quentin Tarantino for “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” and Taika Waititi for “Jojo Rabbit.”

By Nancy Tartaglione

Just in case you weren't aware, Stephen Merchant, who stars in Taika Waititi's Nazi satire Jojo Rabbit, is a very tall man.