Barring some category placements, Best Actor feels like a clearer path for a handful of early contenders than Supporting Actor. Like we usually do, we... Read More
Best Actor
Will Smith’s Oscar journey started exactly 20 years ago, when he was nominated for his performance as famed boxer Muhammed Ali in 2001’s Ali. He... Read More
While most of us saw this race early on as a 2001 rematch between Will Smith and Denzel Washington, Smith is the clear frontrunner here... Read More
41 and 77. Those are the two numbers that Best Actor will be all about on Oscar nomination morning because they represent the number of... Read More
One of the tougher early races to call for nominations is starting to take some shape. While Will Smith (King Richard), who won NBR, is... Read More
While supporting actor feels up in the air with a melange of contenders, yet also kind of barren, Best Actor is so packed with A-listers,... Read More
Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog), Joaquin Phoenix (C’mon C’mon), Clifton Collins, Jr. (Jockey) and Andrew Garfield (tick, tick…BOOM!) all tick up this month... Read More
41 years. That’s how long it’s been since the Best Actor category at the Academy Awards was comprised entirely of previous winners or nominees. In... Read More
Hot off his Best Actor Oscar win for 2019’s Joker and having to awkwardly close out this year’s Oscar’s when the show’s producers thought it... Read More
As with Best Director, this month’s chart are mostly about how much the winners of the Cannes Film Festival have impacted their respective races, if... Read More

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