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Awards Season / Oscar Predictions Update: Ballots Are In for Academy Members and a Wild Precursor Season Has Come to An End
Ladies and gentlemen, voting for the 98th Academy Awards has come to an end. Oscar voters turned in their ballots yesterday, marking one of the final points in the precursor season. Frankly, aside from the Writers Guild of America Awards, which are this weekend, there’s nothing of real note left before the Oscars. So, while […] More
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Awards Season / Oscar Predictions Update: The Actor Awards and PGA Are About to Provide Some Clarity (or Have Chaos Reign) as Final Voting Kicks Off
Yesterday, final voting began for the 98th Academy Awards! Can you believe it? In just over two weeks, the Oscars will be held. So, this next week is crucial, as Academy members are filling out their ballots, all while major Guild precursors are being held. This is the time to really look and see what […] More
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Awards Season / Oscar Predictions Update: The State of the Race Post Nominations
Welcome to Phase Two, ladies and gentlemen. We’re now over a week removed from the Oscar nominations, which marked the end of Phase One. With over a month to go until the Academy Awards, a lot can and still will happen. However, the lead up to the Oscars will be filled with important information for […] More
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Awards Season / Oscar Predictions Update: Time for Final Picks Before the Academy Award Nominations
Pencils down, ladies and gentlemen. On Thursday morning, the Academy Award nominees will finally be revealed. Phase One of Oscar season will give way to Phase Two, with all of the craziness that goes along with that. Still, the Oscar nominations are the biggest moment of the cinematic year, outside of the ceremony itself. So, […] More
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Awards Season / Oscar Predictions Update: The Guilds Have Begun Right as the Golden Globes Are About to Have Their Say
In the blink of an eye, we’ve reached a real inflection point of the precursor season. Not only are we fully into 2026, phase one of the season has turned from exclusively critics groups to the guilds. That’s where some of the big awards season decisions are made, so it feels like the perfect moment […] More
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Awards Season / Oscar Predictions Update: The Shortlists (and a Future on YouTube) Are Here For Us to React/Overreact To!
Well now, this has been quite the week to be covering the Oscars, huh? Not only is it precursor season, but the Academy revealed two very notable bits of information. One was expected, in the reveal of the shortlists in a dozen categories, while the other was not in the slightest, as the Oscars are […] More
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Awards Season / Oscar Predictions Update: A Long December is Upon Us As the Precursors Are Underway and Loving ‘One Battle After Another’
Folks, we’ve entered the final month of 2025. Yes, December is upon us and the year is only weeks away from wrapping up. I’m grappling with that in several ways, though one that’s applicable to Awards Radar is the beginning of the precursor season. We’re a bit away from the Guilds chiming in to really […] More
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Awards Season / Oscar Predictions Update: Some Golden Globes Guesswork
Can you believe we’re already in the middle of November? Time sure flies, doesn’t it? Well, with just over a month and a half left in the year, it feels like there’s still so much to figure out, awards-wise. To that end, not only is it time for another update to my Academy Award predictions, […] More
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Awards Season / Oscar Predictions Update: What Has Festival Season Presented Us With?
In what feels like the blink of an eye, festival season is largely in the books. What began with the Venice Film Festival and Telluride Film Festival back at the end of August, transitioning to the Toronto International Film Festival in September, has now come close to the conclusion with the end of the 63rd […] More
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Awards Radar Podcast #261: Joey Discusses ‘Is This Thing On?’ with Myles Before They Compare Oscar Predictions
Welcome back to the Awards Radar Podcast. In each episode, Editor Joey Magidson (that’s me!) will be joined by some of the staff of Awards Radar to talk about the latest in film, television, and entertainment in general. The show will obviously have an awards season slant to it, but we won’t forget about other […] More
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Awards Season / Oscar Predictions Update: Where Do We Stand After Telluride, TIFF, and Venice?
My how September has changed things. When we were wrapping up August, the start of the fall film festival season was upon us. That was where many a movie would debut, hoping to catapult from the festivals to the Academy Awards. Now, with a good portion of festival season already having been completed, it feels […] More
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Awards Season / Oscar Predictions Update: The Summer is Basically Over and Fall Film Festival Season is About to Show Us Some Contenders
The wait is over folks, we’re here. The fall film festival season is literally underway, with so much of the early speculation about to give way to analysis and reviews. Yesterday, I departed for the Telluride Film Festival, so as you read this, I’m on the ground preparing to, or actually already watching movies. Once […] More















