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With the actors and writers still on strike, we pundits kind of have the room to ourselves. There are no late-night guest spots for viral moments, no roundtables at the trades that have become a staple, no magazine cover stories or big splashy interviews anywhere. It's a lot like COVID times in that way. Thus, what we chatter about on a daily basis seems like it really matters. But when the strike is over and celebrities are back, the dynamic of the Oscar race is going to change. Although after last year's huddle to push through a Best Actress contender using social media and private...
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Good As Gold: 2024 Oscar Predictions Post Venice, Telluride, and Toronto
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Newport Beach Film Festival Announces Opening and Closing Night Films
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2024 Oscar Predictions: Lily Gladstone Shakes Up the Best Actress Race
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2024 Oscar TRACKER
SO FAR...
Best PictureOppenheimer
Killers of the Flower Moon
Poor Things
The Holdovers
Barbie
American Fiction
Past Lives
Zone of Interest
Anatomy of a Fall
Maestro
Rustin
The Killer
Saltburn
Priscilla
The Bikeriders Best ActorCillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Leonardo DiCaprio, Killers of the Flower Moon
Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
Bradley Cooper, Maestro
Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction
Colman Domingo, Rustin
Michael Fassbender, The Killer
Peter Sarsgaard, Memory
Barry Koeghan, Saltburn
Michael Fassbender, The Killer
Best Actress Emma Stone, Poor Things
Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Huller, Anatomy of a Fall
Carey Mulligan, Maestro
Margot Robbie, Barbie
Jodie Comer, The Bikeriders
Greta Lee, Past Lives
Best Supporting ActorRobert Downey, Jr., Oppenheimer
Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things
Ryan Gosling, Barbie
Austin Butler, The Bikeriders
Matt Damon, Oppenheimer
Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon
Jesse Plemons, Killers of the Flower Moon
Bill Camp, Sound of Freedom
Best Supporting ActressDa'Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
America Ferrera, Barbie
Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer
Best Director Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things
Greta Gerwig, Barbie
Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall
Cord Jefferson, American Fiction
Jonathan Glazer, Zone of Interest
Celine Song, Past Lives
David Fincher, The Killer
Jeff Nichols, The Bikeriders
Emerald Fennell, Saltburn
Wes Anderson, Asteroid City
Adapted ScreenplayChristopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Eric Roth, Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
Tony McNamara, Poor Things
Cord Jefferson, American Fiction
Celine Song, Past Lives
Andrew Kevin Walker, The Killer
Original ScreenplayDavid Hemingson, The Holdovers
Celine Song, Past Lives
Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach, Barbie
Emerald Fennell, Saltburn
Cinematography Poor Things
Oppenheimer
Killers of the Flower Moon
The Killer
Barbie
Asteroid City
Best EditingOppenheimer
The Killer
Killers of the Flower Moon
Poor Things
The Holdovers
The Bikeriders
Production Design Poor Things
Barbie
Oppenheimer
Saltburn
Sound Mixing + EditingOppenheimer
Killers of the Flower Moon
Poor Things
Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Costumes Poor Things
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
The Bikeriders
Visual EffectsOppenheimer
Original ScoreRobbie Robertson, Killers of the Flower Moon
Ludwig Goransson, Oppenheimer
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, The Killer
Mark Orton, The Holdovers
Original Song
Makeup and Hair Poor Things
Barbie
Oppenheimer
Killers of the Flower Moon
The Bikeriders
Animated Feature The Boy and His Heron
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse
Elemental
Documentary Feature
International Feature
Live Action Short
Documentary Short
Animated Short
Interviews
Oscarwatchers Say…
I don't believe there is any self-respecting director who will pick Gerwig over Song. Or any great filmmaker picking Barbie…
I'm happy when I disagree with the pundits because I tend to be right when I go my own way.…
I agreed with the Sasha's top-5 in Director here with Payne, Lanthimos, Nolan, Scorsese, Gerwig. There is no clear cut…
Peter Jackson? Peter Flemming? William Wyler.? David Lean?
ALERT: WGA Reaches Tentative Agreement With Studios and Streamers, Union Tells Strike Captains https://www.hollywoodreporter.Com/business/business-news/writers-guild-deal-reached-studios-end-of-strike-1235403981/