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‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Is a Streaming Phenomenon, So How Is It Eligible for Oscars? Here’s How


‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Is a Streaming Phenomenon, So How Is It Eligible for Oscars? Here's How.

Earlier this week, we reported that the team behind the Netflix hit KPop Demon Hunters has chosen to submit “Golden” in the best original song category at the 2026 Oscars. Finally, there’s this stern warning: “Films that, in any version, receive their first public exhibition or distribution in any manner other than as a theatrical motion picture release will not be eligible for Academy Awards in any category. But there is also this note of saving grace: “Motion pictures released in such nontheatrical media on or after the first day of their theatrical qualifying run remain eligible.”

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