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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: It’s Mikey Madison vs Demi Moore in Best Actress as ‘Anora’ Seeks to Hold Off ‘Conclave’ in Best Picture with Ballots Turned In
We have just over a week and change until the Academy Awards, ladies and gentlemen. Oscar ballots were due this week, so voting has come to an end. March 2nd is just around the corner. All that’s left in terms of precursors is the Screen Actors Guild Awards, which we’ll be talking a bit about […] More
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Awards Season / Oscar Predictions Update: ‘Anora’ is One Big Guild Win Away From Ending This Race
Happy Valentine’s Day, folks! Hopefully you’re all celebrating love today. If any film right now is feeling the love, it’s Sean Baker‘s Anora. This weekend prior saw it pull arguably three upsets at the culmination of the critics prize section of awards season in the Critics Choice Awards, as well as two of the most […] More
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Awards Season / Oscar Predictions Update: Factoring in the ‘Emilia Pérez’ Fallout As Guilds Begin to Announce
For much of the season, it felt as though predictions only needed to be updated in dribs and drabs. Well, that’s about to change. Not only do we have notable precursors coming today and this weekend, we also had in the last few days a real curveball thrown in the whole Emilia Pérez situation. So, […] More
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Awards Season / Oscar Predictions Update: A First Crack at Phase Two Picks After the Nominations
Welcome to Phase Two! Last week, the Academy Award nominations were revealed, ending Phase One and giving us a whole new crop of Oscar nominees. That same day, my predictions were obviously updated, which is perhaps a sign of some sort of compulsive disorder, but also a signal that we’ve entered a new stage of […] More
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Awards Season / Oscar Predictions Update: Final Picks as the Academy Gets Set to End Phase One on Thursday Morning
We have come to the end of Phase One ladies and gentlemen. On Thursday morning, the Oscar nominations will be revealed to us. The Academy has finished voting, so all that’s left to do is wait. Well, wait and also…make my final predictions! So, today, I present to you where I’ve landed in regards to […] More
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Awards Season / Oscar Predictions Update: The Academy is Now Voting As Campaigning Has Come to a (Temporary?) Halt
This past week has been unlike any really in the history of awards seasons. The entire nature of the season has been upended, with campaigning and the like on pause, due to the wildfires currently devastating parts of Los Angeles. Rightly, that’s what is on everyone’s mind, whether you’re in LA or not. Awards Radar […] More
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Awards Season / Oscar Predictions Update: Factoring in the Shortlist Finalists
Earlier this week, the Academy released a slate of ten categories in which we now have an Oscar shortlist to work off of. Those shortlists can be seen here, while Myles and I discussed them at length during the newest episode of the Awards Radar Podcast here. Today, I want to talk a little bit […] More
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Awards Season / Oscar Predictions Update: Which Films Are Faring Best During the Early Stages of the Precursor Announcements?
The season sure changed in a hurry, didn’t it? What once was a completely wide open awards season, without many frontrunners at all, now appears to have set up a few power players. I’m going to look at how that appears right now, seen through the lens of the precursor season. Plus, it was an […] More
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Awards Season / Oscar Predictions Update: Where Do We Stand After ‘A Complete Unknown’ Has Revealed Itself and the Precursors Have Kicked Off?
Folks, we’re in it now. Not only have we seen every film in contention for Academy Award nominations/wins, the precursor season has gotten underway. We’re a long way away from knowing who and what will be cited by Oscar, but as the season progresses, more and more will be known. So, what better time is […] More
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Awards Season / Oscar Predictions Update: Final Picks Before the Academy Award Nominations Are Announced
Ladies and gentlemen, we’ve reached the end of Phase One. The Academy has closed voting, which means that membership had their say. Oscar ballots have been tabulated, so the Academy Award nominations are looming large on Tuesday morning. As such, I’ve not just updated predictions (you can hear about some of my thought process on […] More
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Awards Season / Oscar Predictions Update: The Academy is About to Make Some Easy Picks and Some Real Close Calls With Final Voting Underway
As of yesterday, the Academy has begun voting! Yes, Oscar votes are officially being entered into the ledger, as it were. The entire season has been reduced to clicking a link for members of the Academy. The pomp and circumstance of the Oscars is now nine days away as of this publishing. Can you believe […] More
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