CNN had a meaty clickbait headline, which is behind a paywall I didn't know CNN had. Times must be a wee bit tough for the network, and so they're out here competing with the rest of us. If you are a subscriber, you can head on over to read the piece. Here are some quotes: Was it around the 2024 presidential election? Or since the overturn of Roe v. Wade? Maybe when men’s rights activists pushed back against #MeToo? Whatever the catalyst,...

The CCA just voted for their documentary nominations and Orwell: 2+2=5 leads with seven nominations. It's the height of irony that the same industry that became the book 1984 without realizing it will now use the book to make it seem like they are on the other side. But doesn't that just say everything about film awards now? A flattering magic mirror and the truth be damned? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvGmOZ5T6_Y&t=7s They could have no idea that THEY are the 2+2=5 side. And by "they"...

Continuing with the above-the-line categories, there is now conversation to be had about one of the most ambiguous categories in the eyes of many people: Best Supporting Actress. For the entire year, so many have been wondering who could be crowned the next recipient in a category that has been awarding people who have never won before for over thirty years (the last being Dianne Wiest), with still no such consensus frontrunner just five months before the ceremony. From veterans to newcomers,...

The Free Press has published Woody Allen's beautiful obit for his longtime friend Diane Keaton. It sounds so weird to say it that way. Of course, they were more than that. He writes of her as only someone who has known her for over 50 years could. As time went on I made movies for an audience of one, Diane Keaton. I never read a single review of my work and cared only what Keaton had to say about it. If she...

You can subscribe to newsletter here. One of the few writers in the business who has even the tiniest bit of courage to tell the truth about anything is Anthony D’Alessandro, who covers box office for Deadline. He knows the limits of what he can and can’t say, which is why he’s never come out and said that One Battle After Another has bombed in the United States, which it has. They will make up some of the loss with international sales,...

I don't even know how to begin to write about someone I loved so much as Diane Keaton. I wouldn't even know where to start. Would it be how people told me I was like Annie Hall in high school back in the 1980s, and I had to know everything about her, dress like her, talk like her, want to be like her? Would it be all the ways I watched her on screen, from her Woody Allen comedy roles through her...

If box office mattered, Wicked for Good would be a force to be reckoned with. The pre-sales are through the roof, breaking Fandango's record for first-day sales for 2025.  That might have mattered once upon a time, back when the Oscars had some relevance for the majority. I think it's safe to say those days are gone. Not only won't box office matter when it comes to how much a movie made, it's possible that how much a movie cost might not...

Chase Infinity will campaign in lead, so says this exclusive from Variety. Can she crack the top five? And how does that impact the balance of the Best Actress race? The placement does a couple of things. The first is that it frees up the Supporting Actress category for Teyana Taylor, who is most-buzzed and might even win, or could win, in the category. Chase Infinity probably can't beat Jessie Buckley, but she won't cancel out Teyana Taylor. Chase Infinity has an impressive...

Sasha Stone, Scott Kernen and Jeremy Jentzen talk for a bit on the race. We talk about Marty Supreme and argue about whether or not Ryan Coogler will make the cut. It gets a little spicy. Hope you enjoy.

Timothée Chalamet was buzzed early in the Best Actor race by people who had not yet seen Marty Supreme. His "Oscar story" was already being crafted as someone who almost won last year for playing Bob Dylan. The versatile actor has now shapeshifted into a ping pong player in a film by Josh Safdie. It has been compared to Uncut Gems both favorably and unfavorably. Of Timothée Chalamet, Josh Safdie said he wrote Marty Supreme for him and for "his essence and...

The official teaser for Neon's No Other Choice Directed by Park Chan-wook, starring Lee Byung Hun and Son Yejin. In Select Theaters Christmas. Everywhere January. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK_DEabMNVg The International Feature category is always packed. This year, Sentimental Value and No Other Choice seem to be at the top of the heap, but who knows how it will play out ultimately. This probably feels more "important" than Sentimental Value but it might not land in the major categories like Sentimental will.  

Netflix leads with 15 nominations. Nominations as follows: CASTING SOCIETY ANNOUNCES  TELEVISION, THEATER, COMMERCIALS, SHORT FILM & SERIES NOMINATIONS FOR 41st ANNUAL ARTIOS AWARDS  TO BE HELD THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2026 Netflix Leads with 15 Nominations and Apple TV+ with 9 Nominations  in Television Categories  FILM, FIRST RELEASED FOR TELEVISION OR STREAMING BRIDGET JONES MAD ABOUT THE BOY: Lucy Bevan, Olivia Grant, Associate Casting Director: Lucy Downes CARRY-ON: Chelsea Ellis Bloch, Marisol Roncali MOUNTAINHEAD: Francine Maisler, Associate Casting Directors: Molly Rose, Amber...