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Alex Abad-Santos

Alex Abad-Santos

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Alex Abad-Santos

    Culture
    What went wrong (and right) with Jessica Jones’s second seasonWhat went wrong (and right) with Jessica Jones’s second season
    Culture

    Jessica Jones is still Marvel’s best Netflix show, but there are some new flaws.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    Oscars
    The complete list of Oscar winnersThe complete list of Oscar winners
    Oscars

    The Shape of Water wins Best Picture.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    Oscars
    Oscars 2018: the complete list of nomineesOscars 2018: the complete list of nominees
    Oscars

    The Shape of Water leads this year’s Academy Award nominations with 13 nods, but there’s no clear frontrunner in the wide-open Best Picture race.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    Culture
    What to expect at the 2018 OscarsWhat to expect at the 2018 Oscars
    Culture

    The Shape of Water leads with 13 nominations. But which movie will win Best Picture is anyone’s guess.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    Awards Shows
    How The Shape of Water, a romance between a mute woman and a fish-man, could win Best PictureHow The Shape of Water, a romance between a mute woman and a fish-man, could win Best Picture
    Awards Shows

    Our critics roundtable discusses the Oscar chances for Guillermo del Toro’s watery fantasy-romance.

    By Emily St. James, Alissa Wilkinson and 1 more
    Awards Shows
    Call Me by Your Name probably won’t win Best Picture. Here’s why.Call Me by Your Name probably won’t win Best Picture. Here’s why.
    Awards Shows

    Our critics roundtable discusses the Oscar chances for Luca Guadagnino’s lush gay romance.

    By Alissa Wilkinson, Caroline Framke and 1 more
    Culture
    Black Panther is on track to become Marvel’s most successful solo superhero movie everBlack Panther is on track to become Marvel’s most successful solo superhero movie ever
    Culture

    Its massive second weekend at the box office has already put it ahead of Iron Man and Guardians of the Galaxy domestically.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    Awards Shows
    Why The Post is a Best Picture contender, and why it probably won’t winWhy The Post is a Best Picture contender, and why it probably won’t win
    Awards Shows

    Our critics roundtable discusses the Oscar chances of the Steven Spielberg movie that ought to have been a shoo-in.

    By Alex Abad-Santos, Alissa Wilkinson and 1 more
    Culture
    Evgenia Medvedeva had a gold medal performance. Figure skating’s point system said otherwise.Evgenia Medvedeva had a gold medal performance. Figure skating’s point system said otherwise.
    Culture

    Why it feels like Evgenia Medvedeva was robbed.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    Culture
    Why Russian figure skaters Alina Zagitova and Evgenia Medvedeva are so hard to beatWhy Russian figure skaters Alina Zagitova and Evgenia Medvedeva are so hard to beat
    Culture

    The best rivalry in women’s figure skating is between a jumping dynamo and a goth ballerina.

    By Alex Abad-Santos