Riz Ahmed
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The 15 best Jake Gyllenhaal performances
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Fingernails trailer with Jessie Buckley, Riz Ahmed, Jeremy Allen White makes love a science
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Fingernails review: Jessie Buckley and Riz Ahmed lead a romantic dramedy marred by body horror
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How Nimona broke barriers with a charming same-sex kiss
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Nimona review: This energetic fantasy film is a powerful queer story
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The story of Nimona, the groundbreaking animated film that refused to die
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The Nimona cast on the film's long journey (and learning to make ostrich noises)
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A new hero takes shape in Netflix's Nimona teaser trailer
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Everything we know about the 2023 Oscars — including celebrity presenters, performances, pre-shows, and more
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Riz Ahmed saying My Year of Dicks at the Oscar nominations is pure gold
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2023 Oscar nominations announced: See the full list
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How to watch the 2023 Oscar nominations
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Netflix saves Nimona after Disney scrapped LGBTQ-friendly animated film
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Summer of Soul's South Asian producer speaks out about Chris Rock's 'four white guys' Oscars comment
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Oscars 2022 winners list: Will Smith, Jessica Chastain, CODA win big at wildest Academy Awards in years
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Oscars heat index: CODA crescendos to Best Picture frontrunner status
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Riz Ahmed's Flee documentary breaks strange Oscars record
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The rise and rise of Riz Ahmed
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Drake, Pharrell, Idris Elba, more mourn death of Virgil Abloh, Louis Vuitton designer and album art creator
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Riz Ahmed on adapting Hamlet, why Shakespearean themes are 'more alive and urgent than ever'
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2022 Oscar predictions: Lady Gaga, Kristen Stewart, more contenders to look out for
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The must-see films and performances from the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival
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Encounter Telluride review: Riz Ahmed is the best thing about the eerie, uneven road-trip drama
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Anthony Hopkins wins in shocking upset over Chadwick Boseman, becomes oldest Oscars acting winner
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Oscars 2021: See all the stars on the red carpet
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Sound of Metal fittingly wins Best Sound Oscar
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Fans love Riz Ahmed sweetly fixing his wife's hair on the Oscars red carpet
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Chadwick Boseman immortalized in NFT artwork to be given to Academy Award nominees
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Everything to know about the 2021 Oscars
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Awards season tracker: Early winners before the 2021 Oscars
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Digital Mank monkeys, Pete Davidson's shirt win PETA 'Oscats' for animal kindness
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The Awardist podcast: How Riz Ahmed found his groundbreaking, Oscar-nominated Sound of Metal performance
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See all the stars dressed up for the 2021 SAG Awards
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Riz Ahmed's family was hilariously unimpressed by his Oscar nod: 'He didn't win anything'
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The Awardist podcast: Who's out front to win after the Oscar nominations?
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Stars react to their 2021 Oscar nominations: 'What a dream come true'
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Riz Ahmed makes Oscar history as first Muslim Best Actor nominee
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Oscar nominations 2021: See the full list
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EW previews Oscar noms chaos: See our final predictions in all 23 categories
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Chadwick Boseman wins his first Golden Globe posthumously
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Watch Riz Ahmed in new music video for Sound of Metal's Oscar-shortlisted song
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Minari, Mank roar back into Oscar race with huge Critics Choice nominations
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Tahar Rahim on the importance of his surprise Best Actor Golden Globe nomination
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Stars react to their 2021 Golden Globes nominations
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EW's Golden Globe predictions: Borat, Zendaya, more bring Oscars heat to nominations
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Zendaya, Riz Ahmed get Oscars boost from Santa Barbara Film Festival awards
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Who's up and who's down in the Oscar race? EW's awards experts debate
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Da 5 Bloods, Riz Ahmed, Carey Mulligan score wins from National Board of Review
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Ma Rainey, Nomadland score big Film Independent Spirit Award nominations
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Riz Ahmed to voice animated refugee documentary Flee
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Oscar contenders Tom Holland, Amanda Seyfried, more join EW's The Awardist
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The 15 best film performances of 2020
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Riz Ahmed tracks a deaf drummer's journey in the standout indie Sound of Metal: Review
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Chadwick Boseman lands 2020 Gotham Awards nomination, First Cow leads
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Baby Yoda immortalized with official portrait in London's National Portrait Gallery
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Riz Ahmed on his ASL-learning, punk-drumming performance in Sound of Metal
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Elisabeth Moss, Carey Mulligan, and more stars on coronavirus, #MeToo, and the importance of film festivals
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Riz Ahmed rocks through the pain in moving Sound of Metal trailer
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Riz Ahmed and Octavia Spencer to star in sci-fi thriller Invasion
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Riz Ahmed is a triple threat in 'Any Day' music video featuring Jay Sean
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Idris Elba, Halle Berry join TIFF lineup, Toronto festival unveils coronavirus changes
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James McAvoy lands a Dream role in The Sandman Audible adaptation with Neil Gaiman
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Sound of Metal cast hopes film brings awareness to deaf community in Hollywood