American Fiction
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Cord Jefferson to Receive Special Award From WGA West
The writer-director recently won an adapted screenplay Oscar for his debut film, “American Fiction”
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‘American Fiction’ Author Percival Everett Explains Why N-Word Is ‘Inoffensive’ in the Right Context | Video
His new novel “James” tells the story of Mark Twain’s “Huckleberry Finn” from enslaved co-protagonist Jim’s point of view
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‘American Fiction’ Filmmaker Cord Jefferson Uses Oscar Speech to Ask Hollywood to Take Chances: ‘$200 Million Movies Are Also a Risk’
The writer-director won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay
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How to Watch ‘American Fiction’: Is the Jeffrey Wright Movie Streaming?
The “Westworld” actor stars as frustrated novelist Monk whose big break as a writer comes after he pens a book that exploits Black stereotypes
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‘American Fiction’ Wins Scripter Award for Adapted Screenplays
“Slow Horses” wins the television award for the second year in a row
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‘Oppenheimer’ Dominates, Lily Gladstone Surges and Other Lessons We Learned on a Big Awards Weekend
The Screen Actors Guild Awards, Independent Spirit Awards and Producers Guild Awards set the table for the Oscars
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How ‘American Fiction’ Composer Laura Karpman’s Fight for Diversity Led to Her First Oscar Nomination
TheWrap magazine: “I have benefited from my own advocacy, but that was never the intent,” she says
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Does the 2024 Oscars Represent History’s Most Inclusive Lineup of Best Picture Nominees?
TheWrap magazine: Despite the much-discussed “Barbie” snubs, there appears to be an awful lot to celebrate
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How Cord Jefferson and Celine Song Grabbed Oscar Success With Their First Movies
TheWrap magazine: A conversation with the directors who got Best Picture nominations with their film debuts, “American Fiction” and “Past Lives”
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TheWrap Screening Series: Billie Eilish and Finneas Fell in Love With Movie Music Through ‘Social Network’ and ‘American Beauty’ | Video
They joined Best Original Song and Score nominees Diane Warren, Scott George, Laura Karpman and Jerskin Fendrix for a live Q&A
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‘American Fiction’ Director Cord Jefferson Chats With Ruben Östlund About the Pleasure and Pain of Awards Season | Exclusive Video
Jefferson’s film is nominated for five Oscars including Best Picture and Best Actor
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Sterling K. Brown’s Half-Naked ‘American Fiction’ Scenes Were Added After Costumer Saw Him Shirtless: ‘Just Keep It Open’ | Video
“Anytime people still want to see it, I’ll take the dub,” the Oscar nominee says
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‘American Fiction’ Oscar Nominee Cord Jefferson Says He Stills Feels Like a Journalist at Heart
“I’ll always love the profession. I am seeing the power of the profession on this side of it,” the debut filmmaker tells TheWrap
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Some Oscar Nominees Got a Box Office Bump, But Not a Big One
Searchlight’s “Poor Things” led the Best Picture contenders still in theaters, earning $3 million this weekend after landing 11 noms
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Beyond ‘Barbenheimer’, This Year’s Best Picture Nominees Didn’t Leave a Big Box Office Footprint | Analysis
90% of all grosses for this year’s Oscar-nominated films came from Greta Gerwig and Christopher Nolan’s summer hits
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