FINAL 2023 Oscar Predictions: MAKEUP and HAIRSTYLING
I think there are only two ways this will go and it’s either Elvis or The Whale. Both are Makeup and Hair Stylists guild (MUAH)... Read More
2023 Oscar Predictions
FINAL 2023 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SONG
There is no real Best Picture/Original Song correlation historically but, like Original Score, there is a Golden Globe connection. The last time the Oscar winner... Read More
FINAL 2023 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE
Since 1999, when the Original Score category merged into one, after four years of being split between comedy and dramatic scores and long after the... Read More
FINAL 2023 Oscar Predictions: COSTUME DESIGN
As I mentioned in my Production Design predictions, Catherine Martin is 2/2 in this category and PD (for 2001’s Moulin Rouge! and 2013’s The Great... Read More
FINAL 2023 Oscar Predictions: PRODUCTION DESIGN
With Art Directors Guild (ADG), BAFTA and Critics’ Choice, Babylon is the film to beat for Production Design. While the first Avatar won this category... Read More
FINAL 2023 Oscar Predictions: VISUAL EFFECTS
In what should be the easiest victory of the night, Avatar: The Way of Water should swim away with the win for Visual Effects are... Read More
FINAL 2023 Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED SHORT, DOCUMENTARY SHORT and LIVE ACTION SHORT
Animated Short Film is a shining category this year with two films I think that are battling it out: Annie and BAFTA winner The Boy,... Read More
FINAL 2023 Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED FEATURE, DOCUMENTARY FEATURE and INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
With the Annie, BAFTA, Critics’ Choice, Golden Globe and Producers Guild under its belt, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio is one of the most solid bets... Read More
Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: BAFTA did the thing, PGA and SAG you’re all of us
With PGA tomorrow and SAG on Sunday we’ll truly have all of the puzzle pieces to make these Oscar predictions easy, right? Not exactly. In... Read More
Frontrunner Friday Oscar predictions: The pre-DGA, pre-BAFTA storm
As we enter the final leg of the 2022/2023 awards race, with DGA and BAFTA this weekend and PGA and SAG the next, teetering on... Read More
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