Month: February 2026
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30th Art Directors Guild Awards
These largely went as expected with the Oscar nominees that could win winning. Frankenstein had a pretty clear shot before but now that seems even more certain. The Awards Best Animation Art Direction KPop Demon Hunters WL PP TL Best Period Art Direction Frankenstein WL PP TL Best Fantasy Art Direction The Fantastic Four: First…
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37th Producers Guild Awards
The one place where the sheer box office strength of Sinners could have given it the edge instead goes the prevailing direction towards One Battle After Another. SAG could still create some doubt but not enough to stem the tide and with today’s news of military strikes on Iran, it picks up even more salience.…
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Oscar History: February 29 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1896: William Wellman (79 at death) {4 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Directing, Original Story Oscar Win: Original Story 1924: David Bretherton (76 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Editing Oscar Win: Editing Died 1944: Bobby Connolly (46) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Dance…
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Oscar History: February 28 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: Ben Hecht (70 at death) {6 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Screenplay, Adaptation, Original Story, Screenplay Oscar Wins: Original Story 1903: Vincente Minnelli (83 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Directing Oscar Win: Directing 1904: Anthony Havelock-Allan (98 at death) {3 Noms, 0…
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65th American Cinema Editors Awards
Nothing new under the sun with the drama and comedy winners going on to their Oscar competition. The Awards Best Drama Editing Sinners WL PP TL Best Comedy/Musical Editing One Battle After Another WL PP TL Best Animation Editing KPop Demon Hunters WL PP TL Best Documentary Editing The Perfect Neighbor WL PP TL American…
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Predictions: Screen Actors Guild
With BAFTA giving no guidance for most of the acting awards, we’re left with the more populist SAG voters to provide it. SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS Legend: Winner Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette Runner-Up Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette Best Cast Frankenstein Nil Hamnet Nil Marty Supreme Nil One Battle After…
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Predictions: Producers Guild of America
The PGA once tended towards populist choices but has settled firmly into ratifying critic group selections so it will be interesting to see the direction they choose to go this year. PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA AWARDS Legend: Winner Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette Runner-Up Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette Best Picture…
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Predictions: Art Directors Guild
Pair this with Set Decorators Society of America and you might have a good guess as to what will win Best Production Design this year. ART DIRECTORS GUILD AWARDS Legend: Winner Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette Runner-Up Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette Best Animation Art Direction The Bad Guys 2 Nil…
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Path to Oscar 2025: Visual Effects
We’re looking at each individual category for the Oscars and what our thoughts are going into the final stretch. We’ll adjust our thoughts based on the precursor associated with this category, Visual Effects Society. Below are our predictions in Best Visual Effects. Best Visual Effects Winner Predictions Avatar: Fire and Ash (WL) (PP) (TL) F1…
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42nd Casting Society Awards
Nothing terribly exciting here. Of the five Oscar nominees for Best Casting, only three were nominated from CSA and those were all competing against each other in the Big Budget Drama Casting category. There, Sinners won and that’s the most likely Oscar winner as well though One Battle After Another, its biggest competitor, was not…