The annual awards ceremony honoring Hollywood's achievements will be held on February 26, 2017. Between the echoes of last year's diversity struggle over #OscarsSoWhite, and the political stances being taken by the winners at other major awards ceremonies, this year promises to be particularly contentious.Follow The Verge's coverage here for news, opinion, reports on the 89th Academy Awards ceremony as it's broadcast, and thoughts on the winners and losers.
The Oscars set a diversity record, but that’s not enough
Scrutiny and protest can’t stop here
How Moonlight’s creators made a universally acclaimed window into gay black identity
The Best Picture winner is heavily autobiographical, but stylized as well
Moonlight wins the Oscar for Best Picture after a shocking mix-up
After a shocking mix-up
The Jungle Book wins the Oscar for Best Visual Effects
The most realistic fake things of the year
Oscars 2017: All of the winners from the 89th Academy Awards
The best of the best, all in one place
A Syrian cinematographer has been barred from entering the United States to attend the Oscars
The 21-year-old shot much of the footage of Netflix’s The White Helmets
Oscars 2017: how to improve the Academy Awards
A shorter ceremony? A smarter one? More politics? Less? We all have different answers.
The long history of Oscar speeches as political protest
Politics haven’t always been welcome at the Academy Awards
Jan 24, 2017Alessandra Potenza
How Italy’s Gianfranco Rosi made the stunning Oscar-nominated migrant doc Fire At Sea
‘I like to have more questions than answers in my films’
Arrival disqualified from Oscar for Best Original Score because it's 'diluted' by old music
Manchester by the Sea is out, too
