Oscar Podcast #65: FINAL Oscar winner predictions with Vanity Fair’s Joanna Robinson
It’s all down to this.
Oscar voting is now over and the big show is on Sunday. In this 65th podcast I am thrilled to be joined by Vanity Fair’s Joanna Robinson.
READ: Why Should I Care About the Oscars?
This podcast focuses quite a bit on the race itself, how this season has gotten us to three possible Best Picture winners, the obstacles it took to get there and how our predictions were led by passion and gut versus simple statistics.
Will it be Three Billboards? The Shape of Water? Get Out? Or possibly something else?
With the acting categories seemingly locked up, we talk about the divergence of early critics wins versus the televised awards, the possible importance of Original Screenplay telling us something early in the show and close with the categories that always end up making or breaking your Oscar pool predictions: the shorts.
Take a peek at the Gold Rush Gang’s Final Oscar predictions here before tomorrow’s publication.
This podcast runs 1h 13m with music
Intro: “And the Oscar goes to…”
Outro: “New York City by Day,” by Thomas Newman from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to Desperately Seeking Susan
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