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Awards Season / Oscar Predictions Update: Final Voting by the Academy Has Begun!
As of yesterday, voting for the 94th Academy Awards has begun! Yes, in just over a week, the Oscars are going to be held. There, we’ll find out at last who and what are taking home Academy Award statues. Right now, however, we’re in the endgame, wondering and trying to find out what voters are […] More
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Awards Season / Oscar Predictions Update: More Precursors Are About to Chime In With Uncertainty Reigning Supreme
Normally, I like to update my predictions for a Friday. However, a few things kept that from happening this week. One was just life-related, as I was flying out to California from New York for the Critics Choice Awards, which happens to fall on my birthday. So, while Sunday will be happy birthday to me, […] More
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Awards Season / Oscar Predictions Update: The Post-SAG Fallout
Last week, I set the stage (here) for what might be happening with the evolving second phase of the awards season. It was written with the Screen Actors Guild Awards only a few days out. Now, with it in the rearview mirror, we have SAG’s impact, as well as the rest of the precursors, to […] More
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Awards Season / Oscar Predictions Update: Precursors Galore…What Do We Make Of It All?
We live in a very different cinematic reality today than we did early yesterday morning. Not only have nearly all of the precursors chimed in with their nominations…Oscar voting has begun. Yes, the Academy has started to have their membership put virtual pen to virtual paper, selecting their top films and performances. I spent a […] More
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Can We Look to PGA for Our Best Picture Winner?
Tomorrow evening, the Producers Guild of America will put their fingers on the scale of the Oscar race. Once the 2021 PGA Awards wrap up, we may well know what our Best Picture winner is at the Academy Awards. That’s not hyperbole, either, as the Producers Guild looms as the single most important precursor. Not […] More
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Awards Season / Oscar Predictions Update: Where Do We Stand Post-Nominations?
Monday morning seems both moments ago and also a bit of a distant memory, doesn’t it? Well, time has lost all meaning over the past year and change, so it’s not surprising. However, we still are at a point where we can sit and ponder the start of Phase Two. Awards Season may not have […] More
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Awards Season / Oscar Predictions Final Phase One Update: Voting Closes and All That’s Left to Do is Wait
It’s all done except for the crying. Now, the question is, will the tears on Monday morning be ones of disappointment or joy? The answer is, likely both. Yes, with the Academy Award nominations now only days away, there’s nothing left to do but wait. Voters have finished casting their ballots, the nominees are prepared, […] More
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Producers Guild Nominations Include ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’ but Snub ‘Da 5 Bloods’ and ‘News of the World’
A big precursor shoe just dropped, folks. The Producers Guild of America revealed their PGA nominees today, which is one of the single biggest factors in what gets into the Best Picture lineup for Oscar. As you all know, Producers Guild members have a solid crossover with Academy members, so voters here are voters there […] More
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Awards Season Update: Could ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ Be the New ‘Spotlight’ in Best Picture?
For a significant portion of the year, my predicted winner in Best Picture has been The Trial of the Chicago 7. Aaron Sorkin‘s film has been in the pole position, Oscar prediction-wise, for months now. However, as the season has evolved, some of its potential wins have slipped away, to the point where I now […] More
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Awards Season Update: Pondering the Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Nominations
What a week, right? Hot on the heels of last week, where we were teased with the Film Independent Spirit Awards and their nominations, precursor season kicked into overdrive over the past 48 hours. First, the Golden Globe nominations arrived, with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association listing very on brand citations for them. Then, the […] More
