THE INSIDER’S GUIDE TO ALL THINGS OSCARS SPECIAL SAOIRSE BEHIND THE SCENES & BELOW QUENTIN PLUS ANIMATION RONAN GOES THE LINE WITH SICARIO, TARANTINO SAG Awards and SECTION EX MACHINA, CRIMSON PEAK GOES WEST Golden Globes by the HOME & MORE numbers, Creed, docs and our critic’s picks NOMS I SAG I GLOBES I DECEMBER 23, 2015 SPOTLIGHT’S JOURNEY FROM REAL TO REEL INSIDE THE YEAR’S BEST DRAMA WITH THE PEOPLE WHO INSPIRED IT & MADE IT Left to right: actors Liev Schreiber, Brian D’Arcy James, John Slattery, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams and Mark Ruffalo, journalists Mike Rezendes, Sacha Pfeiffer, Walter Robinson, Ben Bradlee Jr., Matt Carroll and Marty Baron TheWrap S.2260 Centinela Ave. Suite 150 Los Angeles, CA 90064 THE INSIDER’S GUIDE TO ALL THINGS OSCARS SPECIAL SAOIRSE BEHIND THE SCENES & BELOW QUENTIN PLUS ANIMATION RONAN GOES THE LINE WITH SICARIO, TARANTINO SAG Awards and SECTION EX MACHINA, CRIMSON PEAK GOES WEST Golden Globes by the HOME & MORE numbers, Creed, docs and our critic’s picks NOMS I SAG I GLOBES I DECEMBER 23, 2015 SPOTLIGHT’S JOURNEY FROM REAL TO REEL INSIDE THE YEAR’S BEST DRAMA WITH THE PEOPLE WHO INSPIRED IT & MADE IT Left to right: actors Liev Schreiber, Brian D’Arcy James, John Slattery, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams and Mark Ruffalo, journalists Mike Rezendes, Sacha Pfeiffer, Walter Robinson, Ben Bradlee Jr., Matt Carroll and Marty Baron TheWrap S.2260 Centinela Ave. Suite 150 Los Angeles, CA 90064 “SCOTT’S FILM VERSION OF THE BESTSELLING DEBUT NOVEL BY SPACE NERD ANDY WEIR FIRES ON ALL CYLINDERS, FUELED BY A HEROICALLY ENTERTAINING PERFORMANCE FROM MATT DAMON... 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THIS SUSPENSEFUL SURVIVAL TALE, SMARTASS TO ITS CORE, SLAPS A SMILE ON YOUR FACE THAT BEST ACTOR YOU’LL WEAR ALL THE WAY HOME.” MATT DAMON PETER TRAVERS, BEST DIRECTOR RIDLEY SCOTT 4 AWARDS BEST DIRECTOR RIDLEY SCOTT BEST ACTOR MATT DAMON BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY DREW GODDARD TOP FILMS FOR YOUR INSPIRATION IN ALL CATEGORIES LEGEND FINAL SIZE 40623 / THE MARTIAN - THE WRAP - GATEFOLD - PANELS 1 & 2 / FOX / 12.10.15 FINAL MECHANICAL 12959 CORAL TREE PLACE / LOS ANGELES, CA 90066 / T. +1 310 315 6300 / F. +1 310 315 6301 / WWW.IGNITIONCREATIVE.COM Live: Live: 18.9375” W x 11.5” H Trim: Trim: 19.4375” W x 12” H Bleed: Bleed: 19.9375” W x 12.5” H LEGEND FINAL SIZE 40623 / THE MARTIAN - THE WRAP - GATEFOLD - PANEL 3 / FOX / 12.10.15 FINAL MECHANICAL 12959 CORAL TREE PLACE / LOS ANGELES, CA 90066 / T. +1 310 315 6300 / F. +1 310 315 6301 / WWW.IGNITIONCREATIVE.COM Live: Live: 9.5” W x 11.5” H Trim: Trim: 10” W x 12” H Bleed: Bleed: 10.5” W x 12.5” H Contents NOMS I SAG I GLOBES PREVIEW DECEMBER 23, 2015 FEATURES 20 “It’s the type 20 IN THE NEWS of story you want Sitting down with the journalists to get perfectly right, and actors from Spotlight and be as honest as possible.” 30 IRISH ROSE —Rachel McAdams on Spotlight Saoirse Ronan goes home again— Photographed by to New York City? Corina Marie Howell 36 HATEFUL TWO Quentin Tarantino and Samuel L. Jackson get bold and bloody once again 40 TOON TIME Inside the year’s top animated films, from Inside Out to Anomalisa to Peanuts 40 LOOKING GOOD Behind the scenes and below the line with Ex Machina, Crimson Peak and more DEPARTMENTS 6 AWARDS BEAT Oscar’s surprising glut of female films 8 BY THE NUMBERS Golden Globe and SAG Awards nominations 10 CRITIC’S CHOICE Alonso Duralde advises the voters 12 WHAT’S UP? DOCS Oscar shortlists the distinctive voices of Marlon Brando and Laurie Anderson 16 A FIGHTING CHANCE How Ryan Coogler gave Rocky a new complexion 18 SHINDIGS & SOIREES Holiday cheer means campaign ops 52 OSCAR’S BACK PAGES When Rocky KO’d the heavyweights FREEDOM. LIBERTY. REVOLUTION. FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THE WRAP SINGLE PAGE, REVISION 1 NETFLIX: WINTER ON FIRE PUB DATE: 12/23/15 TRIM: 10” X 12” BLEED: 10.5” X 12.5” SAFETY: 9.5” X 11.5” FRONT & CENTER / Contributors THE WRAP MAGAZINE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Sharon Waxman EDITOR CREATIVE DIRECTOR Steve Pond Ada Guerin SHARON WAXMAN STEVE POND TIM APPELO DEPUTY EDITOR The founder, CEO and Steve Pond, TheWrap’s Tim Appelo was a found- Tim Appelo Editor in Chief of TheWrap, awards editor, has been ing senior writer and video VICE PRESIDENT, SALES Sharon Waxman is an writing about film, music critic for Entertainment SALES Nicole Winters, award-wining journalist and the entertainment Weekly, and Amazon’s Caren Gibbens Mattie Reyes and bestselling author. She industry for more than 30 founding entertainment DISTRIBUTION CREATIVE ASSISTANTS served as the Hollywood years for the Los Angeles and digital video editor. Trevor Tivenan Laura Geiser, Eric Hernandez correspondent for the New Times, New York Times, He has worked for the York Times and was a Washington Post, Premiere, Hollywood Reporter and correspondent for eight Rolling Stone and others. Billboard, and contributed THEWRAP.COM years for the Washington He is the author of The Big to the New York Times, Los DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR Post. She is the author of Show: High Times and Dirty Angeles Times, Wall Street Thom Geier two books, including Dealings Backstage at the Journal, Rolling Stone and DEPUTY EDITOR Rebels on the Backlot. Academy Awards. Premiere. 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