‘LA LA Land’ leaps ahead in Oscar races for Best Picture, Director and...
Wow! “LA LA Land” received such a roaring, rapturous response at the Toronto Film Festival Monday night that it now clearly jumps out front in many Oscar races, including Best Picture, Director (Damien...
View ArticleOscar predictions battle: Pete Hammond vs. Tom O’Neil on Best Picture
When it comes to making Oscar predictions, Pete Hammond and I often clash, but we agree with the vast majority of other pundits at Gold Derby: “La La Land” is way out front to win Best Picture. See...
View ArticleOscar Best Picture predictions: Tom vs. Pete on likely nominees – Who’s right?
Which films will be on the Oscar list for Best Picture when the nominations are revealed next week? Fret no more! Pete Hammond (Deadline) and I have our (whew) final battle over this controversial...
View ArticleOscar predictions after SAG Awards: Sasha Stone and Tom O’Neil on who’ll win...
Now that Denzel Washington (“Fences”) has pulled off an impressive upset victory at the SAG Awards, does that mean he’s zoomed ahead of Casey Affleck (“Manchester by the Sea”) in the Oscar Best Actor...
View ArticleOscar predictions throwdown: Michael Musto vs. Peter Travers vs. Tom O’Neil...
Even though many Oscar experts now pick Denzel Washington (“Fences”) to win Best Actor after his recent victory at the SAG Awards, Peter Travers (Rolling Stone) and Michael Musto (Out) are still...
View ArticleOscar Best Picture predictions smackdown: Pete Hammond, Anne Thompson, Tim...
In our Oscar predictions smackdown, Pete Hammond (Deadline Hollywood), Anne Thompson (Indiewire) and Tim Gray (Variety) agree “The Shape of Water” will win Best picture, but I dare to disagree, opting...
View Article2018 Oscar predictions: Why Michael Musto picks ‘Three Billboards’ to win...
“I’m sticking with ‘Three Billboards’!” roars Michael Musto about his Oscar prediction for Best Picture now that it just won at BAFTA after previously snagging the top prizes at the Golden Globes and...
View ArticleTom O’Neil on Oscars: Why I was wrong about ‘3 Billboards’ winning Best Picture
I knew that my gutsy prediction that “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” would win the Oscar for Best Picture was in trouble when our managing editor Chris Beachum published the ballots of...
View ArticleCould the sequel to Disney’s one and only live-action Best Picture contender...
It has been 54 years in the making. Its predecessor earned 13 Academy Award nominations – the most ever for a movie released by Walt Disney Studios – and it won Best Actress for its star, Julie...
View ArticleWith ensemble bid at SAG Awards, ‘Black Panther’ is on the prowl and a step...
“Black Panther” is on the move to become perhaps the first-ever superhero film to find a spot among the titles vying for Best Picture at the Oscars. One of the early signs that it is on the right path?...
View ArticleWill ‘Roma’ be the 6th foreign-language nominee to also translate into a Best...
No foreign-language film has ever won an Oscar for Best Picture. But given the promotional push that Netflix is giving Alfonso Cuaron‘s “Roma,” which just made the cut as one of the nine titles to make...
View Article3 reasons why airborne ‘A Star Is Born’ could fall to earth on its way to...
“A Star Is Born” zoomed to the top of the Oscar Best Picture list on Gold Derby’s combined odds chart on Oct. 14, the week after it opened, pushing film fest fave “Roma” to No. 2. It has been the...
View ArticleDon’t forget: Oscar has hitched a best-pic ride on socially relevant road...
Right now, ‘A Star Is Born’ and ‘Roma’ seem to be dominating most Oscar-related Best Picture discussions, with either “The Favourite” or “BlacKkKlansman” as the presumed spoiler for a win. Meanwhile,...
View ArticleMoney, honey! This year’s Best Picture nominees have the highest average...
It’s a bit harder to judge just what kind of impact domestic box office has when it comes to the Oscar’s Best Picture race. Ever since the category expanded in 2009 to 10 contenders before switching...
View ArticleTop 10 early-bird Best Picture picks: ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ deemed...
Frontrunners are already forming for Oscar’s Best Picture race, according to early combined predictions at Gold Derby. While most films in contention have not yet been released, enough teaser trailers...
View ArticleOscar predictions: Top 10 frontrunners for Best Picture include ‘Once Upon a...
UPDATED 9/15: Frontrunners are already forming for Oscar’s Best Picture race, according to early combined predictions at Gold Derby. Now that the three major fall film festivals — Telluride, Venice...
View ArticleOscar predictions odds update: ‘Hollywood’ and ‘The Irishman’ stay...
Since Gold Derby launched Oscar predictions on August 5, one fact has remained consistent: The two frontrunners for Best Picture — the work of lauded auteurs who definitely qualify to be part of a...
View Article‘Joker’– the next Best Picture Oscar nominee with a violent streak?
“Joker” did its job at the movie theaters, setting a box-office record for an October opening with $93 million in ticket sales – quite robust for an R-rated comic book spinoff. The origin story also...
View ArticleBattle over Oscar predictions: Experts pick ‘The Irishman,’ but gutsy All...
In this corner are Gold Derby’s lofty seasoned Experts, professionals who bravely put their reputations on the line by attempting to the fate of each year’s Academy Awards race. They include such...
View ArticleOscar predictions slugfest on Best Picture: Gold Derby vs. Indiewire, Variety...
Three fearless Oscarologists joined me for this prediction slugfest on the Oscar Best Picture bout: Anne Thompson (Indiewire), Pete Hammond (Deadline) and Tim Gray (Variety). Watch above or listen to...
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