Category: 98th Oscars
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98th Oscar Morning: Final Nomination Thoughts
Tomorrow morning, the nominations for the 98th Academy Awards will be announced. They’ll be revealed by Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman. Want to follow along tomorrow. See the checklist at the end of this article and mark off the selections as they are revealed. Before the nominations are announced, I wanted to put down in…
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The Contenders 25/26: December Retrospective/February Forecast
We’re looking at Oscar contenders as they release and trying to determine which films have potential and which have wasted it. Let’s look back at the month of December and see what films succeeded and faltered. Then we’ll look forward to February and see what has some potential. Wesley Lovell’s Thoughts December Retrospective Back in…
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Predictions: Golden Globe Awards
The second televised awards show of the season and the last for a while, the Globes have changed a lot since they were spun off from the now-defunct Hollywood Foreign Press Association. They have certainly come a more appropriately international organization but their Oscar prognosticative capabilities are in the air for now. We’ll see how…
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Eligible Film List for 98th Oscars
All of the primary contenders for Best Picture show up on the 201-film eligibility list, so no surprises. 317 FEATURE FILMS IN CONTENTION FOR 98TH ACADEMY AWARDS® 201 FEATURE FILMS IN CONTENTION FOR BEST PICTURE CATEGORY LOS ANGELES, CA – Three hundred seventeen feature films are eligible for the 98th Academy Awards®, the Academy of…
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Contenders 25: January Update
For our January update, we’re closing in on the end and this will be our final update prior to the Oscar nominations. There are still several films that haven’t closed so are not currently at their end rating. There are a few more that have been removed and a few that are still stuck in…
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Predictions: Critics Choice Awards
The first televised awards show of the year comes a bit too early in the season to have much impact. CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS Legend: Winner Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette Runner-Up Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette Wesley Lovell: When a group this large votes, they tend to vote to support trends…
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Calendar Preview: January 2026
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. JANUARY Festivals Thursday, Jan. 22 – Sundance Film Festival (Festival) (Official) Nominations Thursday, Jan. 1 – Casting Society (Nominations) (Unconfirmed) Monday, Jan.…
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2025 Nominations Predictions: December
With the shortlists revealed and many critics groups announced, this will be our most accurate list yet but we’ve still got at least a month before the finals. KEY: Appears on Three Lists Appears on Two Lists Appears on One Lists Wesley Lovell Peter Patrick Tripp Burton Thomas LaTourrette Introductions Wesley Lovell: With many of…
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98th Oscars Shortlists Announced
98TH OSCARS® SHORTLISTS IN 12 AWARD CATEGORIES ANNOUNCED LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced shortlists in 12 categories for the 98th Academy Awards®: Animated Short Film, Casting, Cinematography, Documentary Feature Film, Documentary Short Film, International Feature Film, Live Action Short Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score),…
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The Contenders 25/26: November Retrospective/January Forecast
We’re looking at Oscar contenders as they release and trying to determine which films have potential and which have wasted it. Let’s look back at the month of November and see what films succeeded and faltered. Then we’ll look forward to January and see what has some potential. Wesley Lovell’s Thoughts November Retrospective Quite a…