Oscars 2024

[emmygrammyoscartony]

The trailer for "All of Us Strangers" looks AMAZING

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I saw a clip of Kim Kardashian on the new season of AHS, and her character talks about blowjobs for Gotham Awards and Jamie Lee Curtis answering questions about nepo babies because she wanted an Oscar and it's every damn thing.

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Killers of the Flower Moon will surely get a Best Picture nom, which means Jesse Plemons will have been in a Best Picture nominee in 6 of the past 9 years. That's of course in addition to his stellar TV career where he was in three all-time great shows; Friday Night Lights, Breaking Bad, and Fargo. He was also in one of the most celebrated episodes of Black Mirror. With all of that I think my favorite performance of his might be in the terrific Game Night.

[malcolm1980]

Jimmy Kimmel is hosting again.

[emmygrammyoscartony]

(10-21-2023 11:01 AM)misplaced validity Wrote:  Killers of the Flower Moon will surely get a Best Picture nom, which means Jesse Plemons will have been in a Best Picture nominee in 6 of the past 9 years. That's of course in addition to his stellar TV career where he was in three all-time great shows; Friday Night Lights, Breaking Bad, and Fargo. He was also in one of the most celebrated episodes of Black Mirror. With all of that I think my favorite performance of his might be in the terrific Game Night.

He will always be Landry (Lance, according to Coach Taylor) Clark to me, but his has definitely been an awesome post-breakthrough career.

[malcolm1980]

The VFX Oscar finalists:

“Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quanumania” (Marvel Studios)
“Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” (Warner Bros.)
“Barbie” (Warner Bros.)
“The Boys in the Boat” (Amazon MGM Studios)
“The Creator” (20th Century Studios)
“Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” (Paramount Pictures)
“Godzilla: Minus One” (Toho)
“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” (Marvel Studios)
“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” (Walt Disney Pictures)
“Killers of the Flower Moon” (Apple Original Films/Paramount Pictures)
“The Marvels” (Marvel Studios)
“Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” (Paramount Pictures)
“Napoleon” (Apple Original Films/Sony Pictures)
“Nyad” (Netflix)
“Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures)
“Rebel Moon: Part One – A Child of Fire” (Netflix)
“Society of the Snow” (Netflix)
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” (Sony Pictures)
“Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” (Paramount Pictures)
“Wonka” (Warner Bros.)

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(12-08-2023 08:46 AM)malcolm1980 Wrote:  The VFX Oscar finalists:

It is bonkers to me that Oppenheimer and The Killer aren't on this list.

[malcolm1980]

I’ve seen 12 of this year’s International Feature entries this year since I will be unable to see any others before the Top 15 shortlist drops on the 21st, here is my quick assessment of what I’ve seen:

In order of preference:

01. France
02. The Philippines
03. Japan
04. Iceland
05. Finland
06. South Korea
07. Argentina
08. The Netherlands
09. Costa Rica
10. Mongolia
11. Singapore
12. Taiwan

I actually liked them all (although I’m kind of meh with the Taiwanese entry) but I loved the Top 3.

In order of likelihood to be nominated:

01. France
02. Finland
03. Japan
04. Iceland
05. Argentina
06. South Korea
07. The Philippines
08. The Netherlands
09. Costa Rica
10. Mongolia
11. Singapore
12. Taiwan

[emmygrammyoscartony]

Here is what I am thinking as of 12/18/23...

PICTURE:
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Barbie
The Holdovers
Poor Things
American Fiction
Maestro
Past Lives
The Zone of Interest
Anatomy of a Fall
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May December
The Color Purple
Saltburn
Air
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

DIRECTOR:
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
Greta Gerwig, Barbie
Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things
Bradley Cooper, Maestro
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Celine Song, Past Lives
Alexander Payne, The Holdovers
Cord Jefferson, American Fiction
Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest
Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall
Blitz Bazawule, The Color Purple
Todd Haynes, May December

LEAD ACTOR:
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Bradley Cooper, Maestro
Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction
Zac Efron, The Iron Claw
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Colman Domingo, Rustin
Leonardo DiCaprio, Killers of the Flower Moon
Andrew Scott, All of Us Strangers
Teo Loo, Past Lives
Barry Keoghan, Saltburn

LEAD ACTRESS:
Emma Stone, Poor Things
Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Huller, Anatomy of a Fall
Margot Robbie, Barbie
Carey Mulligan, Maestro
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Greta Lee, Past Lives
Natalie Portman, May December
Annette Bening, Nyad
Cailee Spaeney, Priscilla
Fantasia Barino, The Color Purple
Aunjenue Ellis-Taylor, Origin

SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Robert Downey, Jr., Oppenheimer
Charles Melton, May December
Ryan Gosling, Barbie
Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things
Dominic Sessa, The Holdovers
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Sterling K. Brown, American Fiction
Robert DeNiro, Killers of the Flower Moon
Willem Dafoe, Poor Things
Glenn Howerton, BlackBerry
Paul Mescal, All of Us Strangers

SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Da'Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer
Julianne Moore, May December
Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
Sandra Huller, The Zone of Interest
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Jodie Foster, Nyad
Rosamund Pike, Saltburn
America Ferrerra, Barbie
Rachel McAdams, Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret.
Taraji P. Henson, The Color Purple

[malcolm1980]

The Oscars shortlists:

Documentary Feature
“American Symphony”
“Apolonia, Apolonia”
“Beyond Utopia”
“Bobi Wine: The People’s President”
“Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy”
“The Eternal Memory”
“Four Daughters”
“Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project”
“In the Rearview”
“Stamped from the Beginning”
“Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie”
“A Still Small Voice”
“32 Sounds”
“To Kill a Tiger”
“20 Days in Mariupol”


Documentary Short Subject
“The ABCs of Book Banning”
“The Barber of Little Rock”
“Bear”
“Between Earth & Sky”
“Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games”
“Camp Courage”
“Deciding Vote”
“How We Get Free”
“If Dreams Were Lightning: Rural Healthcare Crisis”
“Island in Between”
“The Last Repair Shop”
“Last Song from Kabul”
“Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó”
“Oasis”
“Wings of Dust”


International Feature Film
Armenia, “Amerikatsi”
Bhutan, “The Monk and the Gun”
Denmark, “The Promised Land”
Finland, “Fallen Leaves”
France, “The Taste of Things”
Germany, “The Teachers’ Lounge”
Iceland, “Godland”
Italy, “Io Capitano”
Japan, “Perfect Days”
Mexico, “Totem”
Morocco, “The Mother of All Lies”
Spain, “Society of the Snow”
Tunisia, “Four Daughters”
Ukraine, “20 Days in Mariupol”
United Kingdom, “The Zone of Interest”

Live-Action Short Film
“The After”
“The Anne Frank Gift Shop”
“An Avocado Pit”
“Bienvenidos a Los Angeles”
“Dead Cat”
“Good Boy”
“Invincible”
“Invisible Border”
“Knight of Fortune”
“The One Note Man”
“Red, White and Blue”
“The Shepherd”
“Strange Way of Life”
“The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar”
“Yellow”

Animated Short Film
“Boom”
“Eeva”
“Humo (Smoke)”
“I’m Hip”
“A Kind of Testament”
“Koerkorter (Dog Apartment)”
“Letter to a Pig”
“Ninety-Five Senses”
“Once upon a Studio”
“Our Uniform”
“Pachyderme”
“Pete”
“27”
“War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko”
“Wild Summon”

Original Song
“It Never Went Away” from “American Symphony”
“Dear Alien (Who Art In Heaven)” from “Asteroid City”
“Dance The Night” from “Barbie”
“I’m Just Ken” from “Barbie”
“What Was I Made For?” from “Barbie”
“Keep It Movin’” from “The Color Purple”
“Superpower (I)” from “The Color Purple”
“The Fire Inside” from “Flamin’ Hot”
“High Life” from “Flora and Son”
“Meet In The Middle” from “Flora and Son”
“Can’t Catch Me Now” from “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes”
“Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)” from “Killers of the Flower Moon”
“Quiet Eyes” from “Past Lives”
“Road To Freedom” from “Rustin”
“Am I Dreaming” from “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”

Original Score
“American Fiction”
“American Symphony”
“Barbie”
“The Boy and the Heron”
“The Color Purple”
“Elemental”
“The Holdovers”
“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”
“Killers of the Flower Moon”
“Oppenheimer”
“Poor Things”
“Saltburn”
“Society of the Snow”
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
“The Zone of Interest”

Makeup and Hairstyling
“Beau Is Afraid”
“Ferrari”
“Golda”
“Killers of the Flower Moon”
“The Last Voyage of the Demeter”
“Maestro”
“Napoleon”
“Oppenheimer”
“Poor Things”
“Society of the Snow”

Visual Effects
“The Creator”
“Godzilla Minus One”
“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3”
“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”
“Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One”
“Napoleon”
“Poor Things”
“Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire”
“Society of the Snow”
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”

Sound
“Barbie”
“The Creator”
“Ferrari”
“The Killer”
“Killers of the Flower Moon”
“Maestro”
“Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One”
“Napoleon”
“Oppenheimer”
“The Zone of Interest”