• New Poll Series Debuts This Week

    New Poll Series Debuts This Week

    With the closure of the Friday Face-Off, we decided to start up a new polling series that asks you to rate every Oscar nominee in most of the major categories. Every day of the week at noon (Central), a new poll group will post with anywhere between 30 and 35 nominees across two to four…

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  • Calendar Preview: March

    Calendar Preview: March

    Precursors to the Academy Awards come in many different forms and they can appear all year from festivals and national awards to critics groups and other organizations. Here’s what’s coming up this month. MARCH Festivals Friday, Mar. 8 – South by Southwest Film Festival (Festival) (Official) Nominations Wednesday, Mar. 13 – Critics Choice – Super…

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  • Predictions: USC Scripter

    Predictions: USC Scripter

    With the Writers Guild of America abdicating its position (ceremony after the Oscars) as a precursor (a poor one truth be told), our best precursor for Best Adapted Screenplay is now the USC Scripter prize. USC SCRIPTER AWARDS Best Adapted Screenplay American Fiction (Wesley, Peter, Thomas) Killers of the Flower Moon Oppenheimer (RU:Wesley, RU:Peter, RU:Thomas)…

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  • Predictions: American Cinema Editors

    Predictions: American Cinema Editors

    The Best Film Editing award gets surprisingly little precursor action in spite of it being one of the most important aspects of a film’s success or failure. Thankfully, we have the American Cinema Editors to give us a hand. AMERICAN CINEMA EDITORS AWARDS Best Drama Editing Anatomy of a Fall (Peter, RU:Wesley, RU:Thomas) Killers of…

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  • Predictions: American Society of Cinematographers

    Predictions: American Society of Cinematographers

    When looking at Best Cinematography, this group is one of the best precursors. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CINEMATOGRAPHERS AWARDS Best Cinematography El Conde Maestro Killers of the Flower Moon (RU:Peter, RU:Thomas) Poor Things (RU:Wesley) Oppenheimer (Wesley, Peter, Thomas) Wesley Lovell: Oppenheimer has been dominating this award all season. I see no reason for it to stop.…

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  • Predictions: Motion Picture Sound Editors

    Predictions: Motion Picture Sound Editors

    The other Best Sound feeder is the Motion Picture Sound Editors. After the Sound Editing category was removed, it was rolled into Best Sound and Sound Editors are now nominated alongside Mixers. We still look at their results for clues, especially if they align with the Cinema Audio Society. MOTION PICTURE SOUND EDITORS AWARDS Best…

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  • Predictions: Cinema Audio Society

    Predictions: Cinema Audio Society

    When looking at the Best Sound category, the Cinema Audio Society is one of two precursors that might reveal Oscar voters’ thinking. CINEMA AUDIO SOCIETY AWARDS Best Sound Mixing – Live Action Barbie Ferrari Killers of the Flower Moon (RU:Peter) Maestro (RU:Wesley, RU:Thomas) Oppenheimer (Wesley, Peter, Thomas) Wesley Lovell: Oppenheimer should make a clean sweep…

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  • Path to Oscar 2023: Supporting Actor

    Path to Oscar 2023: Supporting Actor

    We now have our likely final predictions with SAG having had its say. Best Supporting Actor Winner Predictions Sterling K. Brown – American Fiction Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer WLPPTL Ryan Gosling – Barbie Mark Ruffao – Poor Things Runner-Up Predictions Ryan Gosling – Barbie WLPPTL…

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  • Path to Oscar 2023: Actor

    Path to Oscar 2023: Actor

    With the biggie, SAG, out of the way, we have all of our predictions cemented. Best Actor Winner Predictions Bradley Cooper – Maestro Colman Domingo – Rustin Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers PP Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer WLTL Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction Runner-Up Predictions Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers WLTL Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer…

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  • The Ultimate List Poll #90

    The Ultimate List Poll #90

    We’re looking back at all of the Oscar winners and selecting what films and performances and comparing them to one another. The most effective way to do that is pit each winner against each other winner. This long-running series will ultimately result in a final ranking of every winner in every category (except the documentary…

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  • 96th Oscars Poll: Best Actress

    96th Oscars Poll: Best Actress

    Every day through the Thursday before the Oscars, we’re running polls to determine which of the Oscar nominees are the best. Keep checking back daily. Best Actress Loading…

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  • Oscar History: March 1 (2024)

    Oscar History: March 1 (2024)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Geza Herczeg (65 at death)   {2 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Original Story, Screenplay      Oscar Win: Screenplay 1908: Oscar Millard (82 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Motion Picture Story 1910: David Niven (73 at death)   {1 Nom, 1 Win}      Oscar Nomination: Actor      Oscar…

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  • 96th Oscars: Performers Announced

    96th Oscars: Performers Announced

    They don’t seem particularly concerned about too many announcements at one time… JON BATISTE, BECKY G, BILLIE EILISH AND FINNEAS O’CONNELL, SCOTT GEORGE AND THE OSAGE SINGERS, RYAN GOSLING AND MARK RONSON TO PERFORM NOMINATED ORIGINAL SONGS ON 96TH OSCARS® THE OSCARS SET TO AIR LIVE MARCH 10 ON ABC LOS ANGELES, CA – Jon…

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  • 96th Oscars: Second Slate of Presenters

    96th Oscars: Second Slate of Presenters

    A decidedly more populist list than the prior. MORE STARS TAKE THE STAGE TO PRESENT AT THE 96TH OSCARS®: BAD BUNNY, CHRIS HEMSWORTH, DWAYNE JOHNSON, MICHAEL KEATON, REGINA KING, JENNIFER LAWRENCE, KATE McKINNON, RITA MORENO, JOHN MULANEY, CATHERINE O’HARA, OCTAVIA SPENCER AND RAMY YOUSSEF THE OSCARS SET TO AIR LIVE MARCH 10 ON ABC LOS…

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  • Path to Oscar 2023: Costume Design

    Path to Oscar 2023: Costume Design

    The Costume Designers Guild had something to say about this year’s winners but was it enough to point us in the right direction? Best Costume Design Winner Predictions Barbie TL Killers of the Flower Moon Napoleon Oppenheimer Poor Things WLPP Runner-Up Predictions Barbie WLPP Poor Things TL (color and symbol key at bottom of page)…

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  • Oscar Profile: Rodrigo Prieto

    Oscar Profile: Rodrigo Prieto

    Born November 23, 1965 in Mexico City, Mexico, Rodrigo Prieto’s grandfather (Jorge Prieto Laurens) was the mayor of Mexico City and leader of the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico who was later persecuted by the country’s ruler because of political differences. The grandfather escaped with his family to Texas and then to Los Angeles where…

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