just realized ... the Oscars are this coming Sun, 15-Mar

[danny burstein]

Where's our prediction gal?


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[Rose Ellen Auerbach]

Prediction gal is busy working on predictions.

Prediction gal is also working on finally launching a Substack blog. There aren't that many free ways to mark a year of unemployment, but that's definitely one.

--Rose

[Rose Ellen Auerbach]

I've consulted with our eternal oracle. Here are this year's Magic 8-Ball Oscar picks.

As always, use my Magic 8-Ball's preferences in your watch party's pool at your own risk. But, hey, in a year when only a few categories seem locked up, it's as good a guide as any. 

Picture: One Battle After Another

Director: Chloe Zhao, Hamnet

Actor: Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon

Actress: Jessie Buckley, Hamnet

Supporting Actor: Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein

Supporting Actress: Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value

Original Screenplay: Sentimental Value

Adapted Screenplay: Bugonia

Animated Feature: KPop Demon Hunters

International Feature: The Voice of Hind Rajab

Documentary Feature: Cutting Through Rocks

Documentary Short: All the Empty Rooms

Live Action Short: A Friend of Dorothy

Animated Short: The Three Sisters

Original Score: One Battle After Another

Original Song: Sweet Dreams of Joy from Viva Verdi! (just edging out Golden from Kpop Demon Hunters after multiple tiebreak rounds) 

Sound: F1

Casting: One Battle After Another

Production Design: Hamnet

Cinematography: One Battle After Another

Makeup and Hairstyling: Sinners

Costume Design: Sinners

Film Editing: Sentimental Vazlue

Visual Effects: Jurassic World Rebirth

--Rose

[danny burstein]

[snip]

amusingly enough I haven't seen a single one of these
and have only heard of two or htree..