
9 Inspiring First-Time Oscar Nominees
From Dev Patel to Ruth Negga, here are nine first-time Oscar nominees to watch out for.
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From Dev Patel to Ruth Negga, here are nine first-time Oscar nominees to watch out for.

Here’s a breakdown of the series, films and performances that took our breath away and left us feeling inspired.

The film and TV star shares how she overcame fear and failure to live her God-given purpose.

The Silence star shares how his friendship with a Jesuit priest saved his acting career and why he’s playing one again on screen.

As 2016 comes to a close, Guideposts pauses to remember some of the inspiring individuals who left us over the past 12 months.

In a long and accomplished life, Kirk Douglas appeared in dozens of motion pictures, wrote several books, raised four sons and battled back from a debilitating stroke.

The country music icon’s “My People Fund” has already raised $1 million to help families displaced by the forest fires near her hometown.

Dolly Parton teases her latest movie, Christmas of Many Colors, and share some of her family’s most treasured holiday traditions.

Criminal Minds actor Joe Mantegna talks big changes in Season 12 and how he’s working to help veterans.

Dr. Bobby Jones shares why he wanted the show to go out on top and what he hopes its legacy will be.

In this story from June 1948, comedian Joe E. Brown, best remembered today as millionaire Osgood Fielding III in the classic 1959 comedy “Some Like It Hot,” discusses the healing power of laughter.

Guideposts’ August 2016 cover star is award-winning actor Courtney B. Vance.
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