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  • Academy Awards 2025: And the Oscars Go To…

    The show opened with a close-up of Dorothy’s ruby red slippers and her voice-over “there’s no place like home” during an homage to the L.A. fire victims. Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo brought the house down with “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” and the Wicked anthem “Defying Gravity.” Host Conan O’Brien was delayed getting on stage…

  • Oscar Predictions 2025: Your Guess is as Good as Mine

    Often by now many of the Oscar categories are sure things by building an unstoppable momentum during the Awards season. (Think Oppenheimer last year and Everything Everywhere All at Once the year before.) While there are a few slam dunks, more toss-up races are in the field this year, particularly in some major categories. This…

  • The 96th Academy Awards: No Surprise, Oppenheimer Was the Big Winner

    After sweeping the Directors, Producers, and Screen Actors Guild Awards, as well as the Golden Globes, Oppenheimer was a shoo-in for Best Picture. Nominated in 13 (!) categories, it won seven – Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Supporting Actor, Cinemaphotography, Editing, and Score. Poor Things took home the Oscar for Best Actress, Production Design,…

  • Oscars Predictions 2024: Looks Like Oppenheimer for the Big Wins

    The Best Picture nominations for the year 2023 run from blockbusters (Barbie and Oppenheimer) to critical favorites that few people saw (Past Lives and Anatomy of a Fall). Often by now many of the categories are sure things by building an unstoppable momentum during the Awards season. That’s still the case, but there are some…