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Will Big Ensembles Clog the Supporting Categories? • There’s no Academy rule preventing multiple performers from a single film being nominated against one another — and this year’s slate of ensemble-driven films could see fewer films honored for best supporting actor and actress

New Year, New Campaign Stops • THR’s awards analyst highlights a flurry of activity in the first week of 2024, ahead of the Jan. 11 start of Oscar nomination voting

Editing to Make a Story Sing • Maestro editor Michelle Tesoro explains how she conducted the story of Leonard Bernstein and his wife, Felicia, with director, producer and star Bradley Cooper

‘I REALLY LOVE GOING TO FANTASTICAL PLACES’ • The filmmakers behind Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Migration, Wish, Nimona and Elemental unpack AI fears, false Hollywood tropes and theatrical’s challenges. Says Seth Rogen about audiences: “They’re like, ‘I wish it didn’t cost $250 to take my family to a movie’ ”

THE HOLDOVERS • Alexander Payne’s wry comedy about three lost souls spending Christmas together in ’70s-era Massachusetts is destined to become a holiday classic, but getting it made required patience from all involved (including Paul Giamatti’s mustache)

‘Music Takes Us Into Another Realm’ • American Symphony director Matthew Heineman and subject Jon Batiste discuss their collaboration on- and offscreen as they made the emotional Netflix documentary, which earned mentions on three Oscar shortlists, including original score and original song

‘It’s Like 3,000 Paintings With 1,000 Artists’ • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is a rare animated feature that made this season’s visual effects Academy Award shortlist

Four Suits Over Five Decades and a Town Built From the Ground Up • Production designer Ruth De Jong and costume designer Ellen Mirojnick reveal how director Christopher Nolan guided them into the epic and immersive Oppenheimer

Conducting With Color (or Without) • Maestro DP Matthew Libatique employed Kodak film stocks to tell the decades-long love story of Leonard Bernstein and wife Felicia in Bradley Cooper’s film

The Barbenheimer Sound Guy • Rerecording mixer Kevin O’Connell is among the pros representing two movies on this year’s shortlist

‘There Were a Lot of Tears in Our Trailers’ • Killers of the Flower Moon makeup department head Thomas Nellen reflects on the challenges and responsibilities of making Martin Scorsese’s historical drama

“Flashdance… What a Feeling” Had It All in 1984