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Covers:  Awards analysis for film and television leading to major entertainment awards including the Academy Awards (Oscars), Golden Globes, SAG, BAFTA, Emmys, and others.
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Clayton Davis’s Biography

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Clayton Davis, Variety's Senior Awards Editor, began his journey with the Hollywood bible in September 2020. When not just predicting the upcoming Oscars or Emmys, he is one of the hosts of the "Variety Awards Circuit Podcast" and the video web series "The Take." For more than 15 years, he's been a renowned critic, media, film and television analyst, appearing in various publications and platforms, including ABC's Oscars Pre-Show in 2021 and 2022. An award-winning journalist, he was selected as…

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Oscar Strategists Approach Finish Line After an Awards Season Full of Obstacles

Oscar Strategists Approach Finish Line After an Awards Season Full of Obstacles

The cost of awards campaigning has reached an all-time high, even in a pandemic year. We're not just talking …

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As Oscar Voting Closes, Members Indicate 'Father' Upsets, Actress Race Down to Viola Davis and Fr...

As Oscar Voting Closes, Members Indicate 'Father' Upsets, Actress Race Down to Viola Davis and Fr...

The final voting for the Academy Awards officially closed at 5 p.m. PT today. Speaking with multiple Academy …

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Latinos' Absence in Hollywood Has Felt Deliberate. Is 2021 the Year It Changes?

Latinos' Absence in Hollywood Has Felt Deliberate. Is 2021 the Year It Changes?

Rosie Perez hasn't been invited back to the Oscars since she attended the ceremony as a nominee in 1994 for "…

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Variety Awards Editor Clayton Davis' 2021 Oscar Nominations Ballot

Variety Awards Editor Clayton Davis' 2021 Oscar Nominations Ballot

Oscar ballots will be in the hands of AMPAS voters on March 5, and they'll have until March 10 to turn them i…

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Golden Globes Former President Admits the HFPA Hasn't Had Any Black Members in Two Decades

Golden Globes Former President Admits the HFPA Hasn't Had Any Black Members in Two Decades

The Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. is gearing up for its annual Golden Globes this Sunday and responding to cr…

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Awards' Diversity Crisis: How Oscars, BAFTA, SAG and HFPA Are Balancing Celebration and Change

Awards' Diversity Crisis: How Oscars, BAFTA, SAG and HFPA Are Balancing Celebration and Change

In January 2016, the hashtag that changed the awards landscape - #OscarsSoWhite - forced the Academy of Motio…

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David Byrne Returns to Oscar Race With Original Song for Elon Musk Documentary ‘Musk’ (EXCLUSIVE) Original

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Home Film Awards Sep 1, 2026 5:24pm PT Talking Heads frontman wrote and performs “Let Me Sell You a Dream,” co-written with Oscar-nominated composer Daniel Pemberton, for Alex Gibney’s 232-minute documentary Gregg Segal David Byrne wrote a song about the world’s richest man. The Talking Heads frontman has written and performs an original song for “Musk,” Alex Gibney‘s sprawling documentary reckoning with Elon Musk, Variety can exclusively reveal.
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Emily Blunt to Receive Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Film at Santa Barbara Film Festival

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Home Film Awards Sep 1, 2026 10:00am PT Blunt's year has featured two acclaimed roles in 'Disclosure Day' and 'The Devil Wears Prada 2' John Nacion/Variety The awards season is heating up with the fall festivals underway, and Emily Blunt is in line for one of its marquee tributes. The Academy Award nominee will receive the 19th annual Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Film from the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
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Mike Leigh Has Spent 50 Years Refusing to Compromise. He’s Not Starting Now.

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Michael Buckner No one tells Mike Leigh what his movie is about. Not financiers, not distributors, not even Netflix, which he says could fund him “without batting an eyelid” but never has. At 83, Leigh is exactly the man he has always been: an artist with integrity. He’s telling this story to prove it. At the Savoy Hotel in London, a year or so after the 1997 Academy Awards, Harvey Weinstein received Leigh in his room in a bathrobe, a young woman seated in the corner.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

OscarIgloo.com

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Everybody in THE PAPER (1994)