Frontrunner Friday 2024 Oscar Predictions: First Post-Nominations Look at the Race
The Oscar nominations for the 96th Academy Awards are in and, for the most part, without too many huge surprises (we’ll get to that), ones... Read More
Predictions
FINAL 2024 Oscar Predictions in All 23 Categories
Just the good stuff. Click on each category link for a full breakdown plus who’s just under. Nominations will be announced on Tuesday, January 23... Read More
FINAL 2024 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR
Is it just me or do you feel weirdly calm about what’s making it into Best Picture and that it’s going to be the PGA... Read More
FINAL 2024 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTRESS
No acting category has been quite as tough to suss out over the pre-season months than Best Actress. How do you not include Margot Robbie... Read More
FINAL 2024 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR
Is it the SAG five in Best Actor? It’s never that easy, right? There isn’t much of a case to be made against Cillian Murphy... Read More
FINAL 2024 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTOR
With this year’s RRR – Robert Downey Jr., Ryan Gosling and Robert De Niro – firmly in place, like so many categories (especially acting) it’s... Read More
FINAL 2024 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTRESS
While it may be a forgone conclusion that Da’Vine Joy Randolph in The Holdovers is winning the Oscar for Supporting Actress – and really, her... Read More
FINAL 2024 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE and ORIGINAL SONG
In Original Score we have just two that have gone all the way with the most precursors an Oscar category has: BAFTA, Golden Globe, Critics... Read More
FINAL 2024 Oscar Predictions: ADAPTED SCREENPLAY and ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
With the writers branch of the Academy declaring the screenplays for both Greta Gerwig’s Barbie and Ava DuVernay’s Origin must compete in Adapted (and not... Read More
FINAL 2024 Oscar Predictions: FILM EDITING and CINEMATOGRAPHY
We won’t have the ACE Eddie nominations for film editing until two days after Oscar nominations so they’re not a precursor here but we do... Read More
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