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Oscars 2025: Gladiator II Sets Box Office Record in International Sales
One of these two movies, Gladiator II or Wicked, or both, will be getting into the Oscars. They are set to drop on this Friday opposite each other, Barbenheimer style. Both should do very well. I don't know who will win the box office between these two. I could even venture a guess at this point. Barbie trounced Oppenheimer but Oppenheimer won all the awards. It doesn't matter. I...
2025 Oscar Predictions: Clint Eastwood Rising
Despite the many films in release this year, there are just a small handful that are actually good movies. Of course, it's a matter of taste; everyone has their own. I once asked an Academy member years ago how they awarded Best Picture and he said to me, "We pick the best picture." What he meant was that they choose what they like the best. You'd be surprised how...
Oscars 2025: Conan O’Brien Chosen as Oscar Host
Well done, Academy. They chose well. Just when we thought they were down for the count, they picked a really strong host in Conan O'Brien. He's not someone who is not in the bubble of Hollywood. He's smart. He's funny. He won't be too partisan. The Oscars will live to see another day! Bravo. THE OSCARS SET TO AIR LIVE MARCH 2, 2025, AT 7 P.M. ET/4 P.M. PT,...
2025 Oscars: Is Best Actress Now Gascon’s to Lose?
I have heard people say, not just to me privately, but openly on social media that now, because of the election, the transgender and titular star of Emilia Perez, Karla Sofia Gascon, will win Best Actress. The theory goes something like this: because American voters ran from the Left and their policies on specifically transgender ideology (prisons, immigrants, sports, kids), that means that America is now transphobic, and thus,...
The Daily Wire Trolls the Academy and Submits “Am I Racist” for The Oscars
The Daily Wire announced they have submitted Matt Walsh's film Am I Racist for Documentary Feature. This is an obvious troll. They know there is no chance that the Academy will even watch it, much less consider it. They saw how the critics responded to it. One critic was dropped from Rotten Tomatoes after giving the film a positive review. Yet, Am I Racist should be considered. Matt Walsh...
A Fake Controversy at Camerimage Proves Fanaticism Still Dominates the Film Industry
Steve McQueen pulled out of the EnergaCamerimage festival, where he was to be named as Director of the Year. Why? Because the director said words. Yes. He dared to have an opinion. Silly goose. Doesn't he know opinions are no longer welcome in the so-called art and entertainment realm? No, you must always comply, and you must always agree, and if you don't, WE WILL RUIN YOU. What did...
Interview: Matthew Barbato, Editor for Only Murders in the Building
By Orrin Konheim Matthew Barbato is a profilific editor who has been cutting since the 1990s, and has credits that include directing (Anthony Bourdain's A Cook's Tour and Alexis Arquette: She's My Brother), and editing on hits like The Good Place, The Kominsky Method, Lessons in Chemistry and Apples Never Fall. He sat down with us to discuss his latest gig, Only Murders in the Building, now in its...
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SO FAR... Best Picture Anora
Conclave
Emilia Perez
The Brutalist
Dune 2
A Real Pain
Sing Sing
Wicked
Gladiator II
Nickel Boys
September 5
Saturday Night
The Substance
Hard Truths
All We Imagine as Light
The Piano Lesson
Inside Out 2 Best Actor Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Daniel Craig, Queer
Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain
Paul Mescal, Gladiator II
John David Washington, The Piano Lesson
Peter Sarsgaard, September 5
Best Actress Mikey Madison, Anora
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths
Angelina Jolie, Maria
Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Perez
Nicole Kidman, Babygirl
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Demi Moore, The Substance
Lupita Nyong'o, A Quiet Place Day One
Kate Winslet, Lee
Zendaya, Challengers
Jodie Comer, The Bikeriders
Anya Taylor-Joy, Furiosa
June Squibb, Thelma
Best Supporting Actor Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Denzel Washington, Gladiator II
Stanley Tucci, Conclave
Samuel L. Jackson, The Piano Lesson
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing
John Magaro, September 5
Paul Raci, Sing Sing
Best Supporting Actress Zoe Saldana, Emilia Perez
Ariana Grande, Wicked
Danielle Deadwyler, The Piano Lesson
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Nickel Boys
Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
Rachel Sennott, Saturday Night
Best Director Sean Baker, Anora
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
Edward Berger, Conclave
Denis Villeneuve, Dune 2
Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain
Tim Fehlbaum, September 5
Ridley Scott, Gladiator II
Jon Chu, Wicked
Jason Reitman, Saturday Night
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
Payal Kapadia. All We Imagine as Light
Greg Kwedar, Sing Sing
Luca Guadagnino, Challengers
George Miller, Furiosa
Adapted Screenplay Conclave
The Piano Lesson
The Life of Chuck
Nickel Boys
Dune 2
Inside Out 2
Furiosa Original Screenplay The Brutalist
A Real Pain
Anora
Saturday Night
Sing Sing
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Emilia Perez
The Substance
Challengers Cinematography The Brutalist
Dune 2
Gladiator II
Conclave
Wicked
Furiosa
Best Editing Conclave
Anora
The Brutalist
Gladiator II
Saturday Night
Nickel Boys
Dune 2 Production Design The Brutalist
Dune 2
Saturday Night
Gladiator II
Conclave
Furiosa
Sound Mixing + Editing Wicked
Dune 2
Saturday Night
Gladiator II
Twisters
Furiosa
Costumes Wicked
The Brutalist
Dune 2
Gladiator II
Conclave
Furiosa
Visual Effects Dune Part Two
Twisters
Gladiator II
A Quiet Place: Day One
Deadpool & Wolverine
Alien: Romulus
Wicked
Furiosa
Dune 2
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Original Score The Brutalist
The Room Next Door
Conclave
Blitz
Challengers
Emilia Perez
The Piano Lesson
Inside Out 2
The Wild Robot
Original Song
Makeup and Hair Wicked
Furiosa
Maria
Gladiator II
The Piano Lesson
Conclave
Dune Part 2
Animated Feature Inside Out 2
Flow
Wild Robot
If
Despicable Me 4
Documentary Feature Will & Harper International Feature
Live Action Short
Documentary Short
Animated Short