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2021 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SONG (February)

Erik Anderson February 15, 2021

The Oscar shortlist showed us where the music branch leaned, snubbing several high-profile songs like “Wear Your Crown” from The Prom, “Rocket to the Moon”... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SONG (January)

Erik Anderson January 25, 2021

Tony and Grammy winner Leslie Odom, Jr. is all but assured to become a double Oscar nominee this year and this month he moves up... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SONG (December)

Erik Anderson December 22, 2020

I’m still banking on Diane Warren being a top contender but despite having three songs in possible contention, I’m going to work on the assumption... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SONG (November)

Erik Anderson November 22, 2020

With the reveal of the original song, “Wear Your Crown,” recorded for the film adaptation of the Tony-winning Broadway musical The Prom revealed – yes,... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SONG (October)

Erik Anderson October 14, 2020

Always one of the weirdest categories, as the music branch often reaches into the abyss to find an obscure nominee (Alone Yet Not Alone, anyone?),... Read More

Final 2020 Oscar Predictions – ORIGINAL SONG

Erik Anderson February 4, 2020

Much like Thomas Newman in Original Score, we have another double digit nominee here in Original Song that’s never won: Diane Warren, who earned her... Read More

2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE and ORIGINAL SONG (December)

Erik Anderson December 18, 2019

Two more categories the Oscar shortlists gave us, Original Score and Original Song, showed some possible directions the Academy as a whole might be going.... Read More

2020 Oscars: The Shortlists

Erik Anderson December 16, 2019

The shortlists are in for the 92nd Academy Awards and not without some surprises and snubs. International Feature Film was Europe-heavy once again and shut... Read More

2020 Oscar Predictions: The Shortlists

Erik Anderson December 15, 2019

The Oscar shortlists are coming tomorrow (Monday, December 16) and who doesn’t love an early Christmas present? Individual branches will give us nine categories with... Read More