2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (November)
You think the acting categories are tough? Best Director is looking like the most competitive in years, bursting with so many possibilities that we’re inevitably... Read More
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Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: Keeping the ‘Spirit’ alive post-AFI FEST
It’s the end of AFI FEST 2019 and just a day after the nominations for the 35th Film Independent Spirit Awards. How much did these... Read More
Spirit Award nominations: ‘The Lighthouse,’ ‘Uncut Gems’ lead with 5
Honey Boy and Give Me Liberty earn 4 noms apiece; Marriage Story is the Robert Altman Award winner The 35th Film Independent Spirit Awards will... Read More
Independent Spirit Awards predictions: ‘Marriage Story,’ ‘The Farewell,’ ‘Waves’ should prevail
Former AMPAS president John Bailey said last year that the Oscars were looking too much like the Spirit Awards. Like it’s a bad thing. Some... Read More
2020 Oscars: Don’t Call It a Comeback Part 2 – Joe Pesci, Jennifer Lopez, Shia LaBeouf, Maggie Smith
2020 Oscars: Don’t Call It a Comeback Part 2 – Joe Pesci, Jennifer Lopez, Shia LaBeouf, Maggie Smith
Sometimes a star comeback can be a huge narrative that propels an actor or actress to an Oscar win, whether it’s a second, an overdue... Read More
‘Bombshell,’ ‘Rocketman, lead Makeup and Hair Stylists Guild nominations (MUAH)
Real life dramas lead nominations for the 2020 Makeup and Hair Stylist’s guild today with Lionsgate’s Bombshell and Paramount Pictures’ Rocketman earning three apiece. Bombshell,... Read More
Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: Marty vs Marvel; Nigeria disqualified from contention
A few weeks ago (was it only a few weeks?) Martin Scorsese made an off-hand comment in an interview with Empire magazine that Marvel movies... Read More
‘The Farewell,’ ‘Last Black Man in San Francisco,’ ‘Marriage Story,’ ‘Uncut Gems’ Lead Gotham Awards Nominations
Lulu Wang’s The Farewell, Joe Talbot’s The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story and Uncut Gems from the Safdie Brothers topped... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (October)
I haven’t been as high on Martin Scorsese for The Irishman as virtually all of my peers and colleagues have been so either I’m on... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTRESS (October)
Margot, oh Margot, what to do. Before we had much of an inkling as to what Bombshell would look like, Margot Robbie has been riding... Read More
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 259: 87th Oscars Retrospective 
‘Shōgun,’ ‘Ripley,’ ‘Only Murders in the Building’ Earn Casting Society (CSA) Artios Awards Television Nominations 
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