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2025 Oscar Predictions – Do Early Calls Do Harm or Not?
The game of Oscar predicting is fun. Except when it's not. Take it from an old-timer who built Oscarwatch.com in 1999 and watched an entire Oscar-watching industry explode. The early days of the internet were like the Gold Rush. Building a business in such a wide-open new world was an exciting time. You could be anything, say anything, or disrupt anything. Only Variety, the Hollywood Reporter, and Premiere Mag (along with Gold Derby) were covering the Oscars when I got online. The LA Times would publish Oscar predictions closer to the day of the big show, which was always in March, sometimes April. It was...
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Best Actress Watch: Kate Winslet in Trailer for Lee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEbhoqgpqPE "Lee, the directorial feature from award-winning Cinematographer Ellen Kuras, portrays a pivotal decade in the life of American war correspondent and photographer, Lee Miller (Kate Winslet). Miller’s singular talent and unbridled tenacity resulted in some of the 20th century's most indelible images of war, including an iconic photo of Miller herself, posing defiantly in Hitler's private bathtub....
Good As Gold April Recap: ‘Challengers’ Serves a Deuce, Dev Patel’s Directorial Debut, and Standout Female Performances Highlight the Month
Luca Guadagnino has emerged as a director renowned for his exploration of sensuality and emotionally charged themes. Films such as I Am Love, A Bigger Splash, Call Me By Your Name, and Bones and All showcase his penchant for provocative, character-driven narratives. His latest endeavor, Challengers, continues this trend, offering audiences a deep dive into the emotional complexities of his...
Tony Award Nomination Predictions! Why Not!
Last year was the first time that I predicted the Tony Award nominations, and I did...all right. In March of last year, I saw eventual Best Musical winner, Kimberly Akimbo, as well as revivals contenders Parade and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. I haven't made it back to Broadway since that, so we are flying blind this time,...
Yes, Jerry Seinfeld is Right Again
A giant elephant is standing in the middle of the room. Someone says, wow, look at that elephant. And the entire entertainment media and Twitter go into damage control mode to say that there isn't a giant elephant standing in the middle of the room. Yes, Jerry Seinfeld is right. He is simply stating out loud what everyone knows but...
The Instigators Coming This Summer
Casey Affleck and Matt Damon are small-time crooks in The Instigator. Written by Affleck and directed by Doug Limon, the pic is meant to be a throwback of sorts to the days when Hollywood still made great movies for everyone. Modeled after Midnight Run (if you know, you know), The Instigators pairs Damon and Limon for the first time since...
Disney Releases Trailer for Mufasa: The Lion King
Disney will be bringing back some of its more reliable brands when the sequel to The Lion king hits theaters this Christmas, December 20. Oscar-winning director Barry Jenkins directs, with songs written by Lin-Manuel Miranda. It is described as "Blending live-action filmmaking techniques with photoreal computer-generated imagery." Not gonna lie, it looks kind of great. I hope it is. I hope...
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‘Baby Reindeer:’ Catching Up on Netflix’s Unexpected Pop Culture Sensation (Sent From My iPhone)
This week, the Water Cooler breaks down Netflix's Baby Reindeer, which has exploded onto the streaming world and grew exponentially in viewers week to week. Starring Richard Gadd based on his own one-man show, the limited series explores the real-life events of an unexpected relationship between Donny Dunn (Gadd) and Martha Scott (Jessica Gunning) that eventually devolves into a terrifying...
‘Tokyo Vice’ Editor Ralph Jean-Pierre on Closing out Season Two With Panache
Editor Ralph Jean-Pierre is a relatively new kid on the block who got his big break with M. Night Shyamalan’s horror / mystery series Servant. Based on his work on that series, and a hearty recommendation from Shyamalan himself, Jean-Pierre took a leap into the neo-noir world of Tokyo Vice. Jean-Pierre edited episodes three and four, and then came back...
‘Baby Reindeer:’ Has Netflix’s Word-of-Mouth Smash Saved This Emmy Season?
It's not the Emmys fault. Is it? To me, the 2024 Emmy season feels a little slight at the moment. A little... underwhelming. There are a few reasons for that. First, we just had the 2023 Emmy ceremony last January. Remember that was the celebration of TV that, in some cases, aired a year and a half earlier? Yes, it...
‘The Jinx Part Two:’ Revisiting the Trial, Conviction, & Cultural Impact of the Shocking HBO Documentary Series
We're back together at the Water Cooler this week to review the newest season in an old favorite. Andrew Jarecki's The Jinx first aired in 2015 and provided an amazingly in-depth and compelling look into the life and mysterious deaths surrounding millionaire Robert Durst. As the series ended with a seemingly shocking confession, audiences have since clamored for behind-the-scene details...
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Oscars 2024 – Closing It Out with One Last Podcast
We got together for one last podcast to close out the season. This time it's me, Sasha Stone, Ryan Adams,...
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Best PictureDune 2
Best ActorTimothee Chalamet, Dune 2
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Director Denis Villanueve, Dune 2
Adapted Screenplay
Original Screenplay
Cinematography
Dune 2
Best EditingDune 2
Production Design Dune 2
Sound Mixing + EditingDune 2
CostumesDune 2
Visual EffectsDune 2
Original ScoreDune 2
Original Song
Makeup and Hair
Animated Feature
Documentary Feature
International Feature
Live Action Short
Documentary Short
Animated Short