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Dave Karger

Senior Writer, Entertainment Weekly and EW.com

Dave Karger obsesses over the Oscars for EW and reports on box office and appears regularly on NBC's Today and Access Hollywood. He also has a soft spot for music-competition shows like The X Factor, American Idol, The Sing-Off and The Voice.

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Inside Movies How many Oscars will 'Hugo' win?
by Dave Karger | Feb 05, 2012 07:07 PM

As any Oscarwatcher knows, Martin Scorsese's ode to film preservation, Hugo, earned the most Academy Award nominations this year. But how many of its 11...

Inside Movies Can 'The Help' make Oscar history?
by Dave Karger | Feb 04, 2012 01:01 PM

In the 84-year history of the Academy Awards, there has been one African-American Best Actress winner (Halle Berry for Monster's Ball) and four black Best...

Inside Movies Today on Oscar.com: 'Moneyball' and Best Directors
by Dave Karger | Feb 03, 2012 12:03 PM

If you need an Academy Awards fix for your Friday, head to Oscar.com, where we've just premiered episode 3 of my 10-part series, Nominated with...

Inside Movies George Clooney on his Oscar-nominated 'Descendants' role -- EXCLUSIVE VIDEO
by Dave Karger | Feb 02, 2012 02:05 PM

One of the biggest question marks at this point in the awards season is Alexander Payne and George Clooney's domestic drama The Descendants. It emerged...

Inside Movies Announcing new web series 'Nominated with Dave Karger,' featuring...guess who?
by Dave Karger | Feb 01, 2012 12:43 PM

Anyone who reads Entertainment Weekly or EW.com knows that I am obsessed with the Academy Awards, to put it mildly. I can guarantee you that...

Inside Movies Oscar predictions: Can Jean Dujardin beat George Clooney?
by Dave Karger | Jan 30, 2012 04:58 PM

Last night's Screen Actors Guild Award results certainly made at least one Oscar category a lot more interesting. Jean Dujardin's win changed Best Actor from...

Inside TV SAG Award winners announced
by Dave Karger | Jan 29, 2012 07:40 PM

The Help swept the 18th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, winning the prizes for Best Cast, Best Actress (Viola Davis), and Best Supporting Actress (Octavia...

Inside Movies 'The Artist' sweeps Australian Academy's International Awards
by Dave Karger | Jan 27, 2012 11:00 PM

For the first time, the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) has handed out international prizes, and Oscar frontrunner The Artist took home...

Inside Movies SAG Awards: Will it be 'The Artist' or 'The Help'? Meryl or Viola?
by Dave Karger | Jan 27, 2012 03:33 PM

Just like the Directors Guild Awards, the Screen Actors Guild Awards are a reliable indicator of which way the Academy may be leaning. Last year,...

Inside Movies Directors Guild Award: Who will win?
by Dave Karger | Jan 27, 2012 01:09 PM

In each of the last eight years, the winner of the Directors Guild of America Award went on to win the Best Director trophy at...

Inside TV Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony on their new TV talent show 'Q'Viva' -- EXCLUSIVE VIDEO
by Dave Karger | Jan 26, 2012 01:05 PM

Two months before separating last July, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony announced they'd be appearing in Q'Viva, a genre-defying reality show in which the pair...

Inside Movies Oscar predictions: Ranking the nominees
by Dave Karger | Jan 24, 2012 07:28 PM

With the Oscar nominations now behind us, it's time to take stock of my predictions. My best call? Max Von Sydow for Extremely Loud &...

Inside Movies Gary Oldman on his first Oscar nomination... finally!
by Dave Karger | Jan 24, 2012 02:52 PM

Whenever anyone would make a list of actors who shockingly have never been nominated for an Oscar, Gary Oldman was always near the top. And...

Inside Movies Watch this morning's Oscar nominations live!
by Dave Karger | Jan 24, 2012 07:43 AM

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is set to announce nominees for the 84th Academy Awards at 8:30 a.m. ET / 5:30 a.m....

Inside Movies Oscars 2012: And the nominees are...
by Dave Karger | Jan 24, 2012 07:43 AM

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the nominees for the 84th Academy Awards. This year's most nominated film? Martin Scorsese's Hugo,...

Inside Movies Oscar nominations: What will be tomorrow's biggest surprise?
by Dave Karger | Jan 23, 2012 05:59 PM

We're now only hours away from the Academy Award nominations. I've already posted my predictions, but I'm bound to get more than a few wrong....

Inside Movies 'The Artist,' 'Tintin' win Producers Guild Awards
by Dave Karger | Jan 22, 2012 01:01 AM

The Artist continued its march to the Oscars by winning the Producers Guild of America award for Best Picture of the Year, emerging victorious over...

Photo Gallery: Oscars 2012 25 movies to see before Oscar night
by Dave Karger | Jan 18, 2012

Want to be in the know when the winners are announced on Feb. 26? Here's your research list.

Photo Gallery: Oscars 2012 25 movies to see before Oscar night
by Dave Karger | Jan 18, 2012

Want to be in the know when the winners are announced on Feb. 26? Here's your research list.

Photo Gallery: Oscars 2012 25 movies to see before Oscar night
by Dave Karger | Jan 18, 2012

Want to be in the know when the winners are announced on Feb. 26? Here's your research list.

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