2020 Oscars: After 14 nominations and losses, will Thomas Newman finally triumph with ‘1917’?
Since first gracing the category with a pair of Oscar nominations in 1994 (for Little Women and The Shawshank Redemption), composer Thomas Newman has been... Read More
Andrew Carden
Andrew Carden is a contributing writer at Gold Derby and writes about all things Oscar on his blog, The Awards Connection. When he’s not on Twitter, lamenting Thelma Ritter’s 0-for-6 record in Best Supporting Actress, Andrew works in Massachusetts politics.
2020 Oscars: Can Diane Warren 'Breakthrough' and finally win Best Original Song?
She has an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award and a Golden Globe and has composed nine songs that topped the Billboard Hot 100. At the... Read More
2020 Oscars: Can Lupita Nyong’o or Alfre Woodard win Best Actress as their film’s lone nomination?
It’s not easy entering Oscar night as the lone nominee from your film. Just ask Glenn Close (The Wife) and Isabelle Huppert (Elle), both of... Read More
2020 Oscars: ‘Bombshell’ and ‘The Irishman’ in the hunt for multiple supporting nominations
It isn’t uncommon for a film to earn multiple Oscar nominations in Best Supporting Actor or Best Supporting Actress. Just last year, after all, The... Read More
2020 Oscars: Scream Queens in Best Actress – Is Lupita Nyong’o Next?
In his AwardsWatch debut, Andrew Carden talks about the history of horror movie scream queens and their luck, and disadvantages, at the Oscars. Six years... Read More
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