2026 Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED FEATURE (November)
35 features are eligible for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 98th Academy Awards. The Academy released the official list of eligible... Read More
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AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 304 – Oscar Talk: Best Actor, Best Actress, Supporting Actor
It’s time for our weekly Oscar talk and the one before everything changes. Next week begins the fall festival season with Venice and Telluride on... Read More
2026 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTRESS (August)
Everything’s coming up Gladys! Ever since the huge box office opening of Zach Cregger’s Weapons two weeks ago, the name on everybody’s lips has been... Read More
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 261: The Oscar Race Election Connection; Conan O’Brien as Oscar Host
On episode 261 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by AwardsWatch Associate Editor Sophia Ciminello and AwardsWatch contributors Mark Johnson and... Read More
2024 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR (December)
With Critics Choice and the Golden Globe nominations in as well as a deluge of critics’ nominations and wins, we have a real race on... Read More
AwardsWatch Podcast #211: ‘Poor Things,’ ‘The Boy and the Heron’ and the Oscar Acting Races
On episode 211 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by AwardsWatch contributor Dan Bayer to discuss the four acting categories within... Read More
AwardsWatch Podcast #172: SAG sweeps and what they mean for the Oscar race
On episode 172 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, AwardsWatch Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by AwardsWatch contributors Dan Bayer and Sophia Ciminello break down the... Read More
The AwardsWatch Podcast #133: Supporting acting Oscar predictions, Cannes international directors and games, games, games
On episode 133 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by Editor-in-Chief Erik Anderson, as well as AwardsWatch contributors Sophia Ciminello and... Read More
Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: Give me a sign
The Screen Actors Guild Awards kicked the very fast Phase II of awards season into high gear, establishing two winners as undeniable frontrunners and opening... Read More
2022 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (February)
While most of us saw this race early on as a 2001 rematch between Will Smith and Denzel Washington, Smith is the clear frontrunner here... Read More
Seattle Film Critics Society (SFCS) Nominations: ‘Sinners’ Leads with Record-Tying 14 
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 318 – The First Week of Awards Season with Critics Choice, Spirit Awards Nominations; NYFF, NBR, Gotham Winners 
Critics Choice Awards TV Nominations: ‘Adolescence’ Leads, Followed by ‘Nobody Wants This’ 
Michigan Movie Critics Guild Nominations: ‘One Battle After Another’ Leads with 12