contenders
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Two of last year’s biggest Oscar contenders, “Sinners” and “One Battle After Another,” also skipped fall festival launches, raising questions about how essential such festivals — Telluride among them — remain to an awards campaign.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
From a new “Resident Evil” reboot from the director of “Weapons” to Oscar contenders starring Mikey Madison and Tom Cruise, here are the movies we’ll be at this fall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
With a tandem of Leonard and fellow superstar Paul George, L.A. immediately vaulted to the ranks of the NBA’s championship contenders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Aside from the Northern Irishman there were few moments of sparkle on show elsewhere among the potential contenders, albeit Justin Rose's slam-dunk hole-in-one on the par-three ninth was an obvious exception.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
As it happened, the death of Alexander unleashed a pack of contenders who spent the next several decades fighting over his legacy.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
