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Oscar Charts Updated!
Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at 12:20PM 
We know you've waited a long time for them. As a New Year's Eve gift the charts for PICTURE, DIRECTOR, and INTERNATIONAL FILM have all been updated. Plus the REVIEWS index, too. More to come obviously as these updates were badly needed given all the precursor nominations we've seen.
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Be safe tonight
Monday, December 30, 2019 at 12:34PM 
Pedro Almodovar will be nominated for best director at the Oscars. Currently Bong Joon Ho, Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino lead the pack. Noah Baumbach, Greta Gerwig, Sam Mendes, Todd Phillips and Taika Waititi are fighting for the 4th spot. The 5th is booked for Almodovar. He might not appear on any director shortlist before January 13th, but his name will be called on the day when it most matters. There are 3 reasons why he’ll be nominated...
Sunday, April 30, 2017 at 12:00PM As you may have heard rumors are afoot about who will replace Cheryl Boone-Isaacs when her term as up as President of AMPAS and Laura Dern's name keeps popping up. Cheryl Boone-Isaacs presided with a mostly clear head over a difficult stretch of Oscar history but she can't run this year (four consecutive terms is the limit, each term is 1 year). Despite the excessive campaigning that goes on at Oscar time for nominations, the Academy doesn't like any active campaigning when it comes to this role.
In other words, don't count on David Lynch showing up with his cow on Los Angeles streets to campaign for Laura Dern as he did when she starred in INLAND EMPIRE (2006). The rumored frontrunners for this prestigious but unpaid position are...