FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR
I want to say Best Actor feels pretty locked in now but there are still little outliers in the 5-7 slots that make that lock... Read More
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2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (December)
The first week of December brought us a deluge of industry and critics winners and nominations, including the AFI Top 10 list, National Board of Review, Critics Choice, Golden... Read More
2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (November)
Let’s here for the boys (who went to the Governors Ball): Leonardo DiCaprio, Joel Edgerton, Colin Farrell, Brendan Fraser, Oscar Isaac, Hugh Jackman, Michael B.... Read More
2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (October)
All aboard! The October Best Actor race is chugging along and this month Joel Edgerton makes a major move in what feels like Netflix’s sleeper... Read More
2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (September)
A new month, a new #1. Leonardo DiCaprio moves to the top spot for Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another with a stellar performance... Read More
2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (August)
There’s something interesting about Timothée Chalamet’s trajectory as both and actor and an Oscar nominee that isn’t unlike Leonardo DiCaprio is many ways. Both broke... Read More
2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (July)
In 2022, when The Whale premiered at the Venice Film Festival, Brendan Fraser’s reviews were pretty rapturous. While he didn’t win the Volpi Cup for... Read More
2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR and BEST ACTRESS (June)
With George Clooney, Leonardo DiCaprio and Julia Roberts in high profile films this season, we may be entering, or reentering, a modern classic movie star... Read More
2026 Oscar Predictions: The Awards Alchemist’s First Look at the Acting Races
Back in March, I kicked off my early predictions for the 98th Academy Awards with a preview of potential Best Picture contenders. That was more... Read More
2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR and BEST ACTRESS (May)
In the acting races this early in the season, like in Best Picture and Best Director, we have a handful of films seen from the... Read More
79th BAFTA Film Awards Winners List (Updating Live) 
53rd Annie Awards: ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Makes History with Clean Sweep of 10 Wins 
6th Set Decorators Society of America (SDSA) Awards: ‘Frankenstein,’ ‘Hamnet,’ ‘One Battle After Another’ Take Top Honors 
76th Berlin Film Festival Awards: ‘Yellow Letters’ Wins Golden Bear for Best Film; ‘Queen at Sea’ Nabs Two Among Festival Unrest Over Politics