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The 2025 Oscars have arrived.

On Sunday, the Academy will crown its best movies and performances of 2024 at the 97th annual Academy Awards.

Follow Gold Derby on social media for all the breaking news and results from this year’s Oscars ceremony. Then, after the event, watch the live Awards Magnet post-show beginning at 11:30 p.m. Et/8:30 p.m. Pt as hosts Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen recap the biggest winners and the shocking snubs and put a bow on this year’s awards season.

The 2025 Oscars will be held on March 2, beginning at 7 p.m. Et/4 p.m. Pt.

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Anora or Conclave? Mikey Madison or Demi Moore? Awards Magnet hosts Christopher Rosen and Joyce Eng make their final 2025 Oscar winner predictions with Gold Derby editor-in-chief Debra Birnbaum.

Sunday's Screen Actors Guild Awards kept things spicy in multiple categories. After claiming the Producers Guild of America, Directors Guild of America, and Writers Guild of America Awards, Anora was goose-egged at SAG. Worse, it lost the ensemble award to its closest Oscar rival, Conclave. The Vatican drama also has the BAFTA Best Picture prize under its belt, is basically locked for Best Adapted Screenplay, and might claim Best Film Editing too after its BAFTA triumph in the same category. Is that enough to take down Anora's guild trio for the Best Picture Oscar? Anora has already proven it can win — and beat Conclave — on a preferential ballot with its PGA victory. The only film to lose the Oscar with PGA, DGA,...

Congratulations to Gold Derby user Voyage for an amazing score of 93.33 percent in predicting the 2025 SAG Awards winners on Sunday. Our top scorer is just ahead of 17 other people with 86.67 percent accuracy and has a great point score of 6,161 by using the two Super Bets (500 points each) wisely.

A total of 3,558 people worldwide predicted these Screen Actors Guild movie and TV champs with our top scorer correctly predicting 14 of 15 winners. The Los Angeles ceremony was hosted by actress Kristen Bell. Among the long shots picked accurately were Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown) for Best Film Actor, Martin Short for Best TV Comedy Actor, and Only Murders in the Building for Best TV Comedy Ensemble. The only miss was Conclave for Best Picture.

SEE2025 BAFTA Awards: Complete winners list

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Did the BAFTAs change the Oscar race? Will Demi Moore rebound at the Screen Actors Guild Awards? Awards Magnet hosts Christopher Rosen and Joyce Eng discuss the BAFTAs and make their SAG predictions with Gold Derby editor-in-chief Debra Birnbaum.

The BAFTAs spread the wealth a bit on Sunday, with Conclave taking Best Picture and Brady Corbet (The Brutalist) taking Best Director, a week after Anora won the Producers Guild of America and Directors Guild of America Awards and reclaim its spot as the Oscar frontrunner. Anora was not favored to win either of those categories, but it still made out well across the pond as it won Best Casting and Best Actress for Mikey Madison, who upset favorite Moore (The Substance). Moore has the non-industry awards Golden Globe and Critics Choice under her belt, but the BAFTAs marked the first time the industry chimed in on the acting categories. After...

Congratulations to Gold Derby user Divij Kak for an outstanding score of 86.96 percent in predicting the 2025 BAFTA Film Awards winners on Sunday. Our top scorer is just ahead of 17 other people with 82.61 percent accuracy and has a great point score of 11,351 by using the two Super Bets (500 points each) wisely.

A total of 2,865 people worldwide predicted these movie champs, with our top scorer correctly predicting 20 of 23 winners. The London ceremony was hosted by actor David Tennant. Among the long shots picked accurately were Conclave for Best Picture and Mikey Madison from Anora for Best Actress.

SEE2025 BAFTA Awards: Complete winners list

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Can Anora win without Mikey Madison? Does the “vibrancy” of a character matter at the Oscars? Awards Magnet hosts Christopher Rosen and Joyce Eng are here to answer your burning questions of the week.

After Anora collected prizes at the Producers Guild of America Awards and Directors Guild of America on Saturday, the Best Picture and Best Director Oscar races seem pretty secure for the Neon film, so all eyes are now on Best Actress and whether Mikey Madison can regain her frontrunner status. Demi Moore (The Substance) dethroned Madison from the top of the odds following her Golden Globe win, but as multiple listeners inquired, “How can voters award Anora without awarding Madison when she’s front and center of the movie?” Lots of Best Picture winners have triumphed without their leads, like Birdman and The Shape of Water, but three of the last four Best Picture champs had a lead win,...

How did Anora pull off its guild twofer? Awards Magnet hosts Christopher Rosen and Joyce Eng discuss Anora‘s winning weekend and make BAFTA predictions with Gold Derby editor-in-chief Debra Birnbaum.

Anora had a stellar Saturday, bagging the first two industry awards of the season — and two big ones at that: the Producers Guild of America Award for Best Picture and the Directors Guild of America Award for Sean Baker. The awards also came 24 hours after the film won Best Picture and nothing else at the delayed Critics Choice Awards. The PGA and DGA victories were not forecasted in the odds, though PGA was less of a surprise, but now as a result, the film has reclaimed the top spot in the Best Picture and Best Director Oscar odds. PGA and DGA have great track records with the Oscars — the former has not aligned with Best Picture 10 times in 35 years...

Congratulations to Gold Derby user JessiBlady for a terrific score of 90.48 percent in predicting the 2025 Critics Choice Awards film winners on Friday night. Our top scorer is actually tied with Christian.theo but has the better point score of 13,531 by using the two Super Bets (500 points each) wisely.

A total of 3,081 people worldwide predicted these movie champs, with our top scorer correctly predicting 19 of 21 winners. Among the long shots picked accurately were Anora for Best Picture and Conclave for Best Ensemble.

SEE2025 Critics Choice Awards: Complete winners list

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To quote a Best Picture-winning musical, the name on everyone’s lips is Karla Sofía Gascón. Awards Magnet hosts Christopher Rosen and Joyce Eng are here to answer your burning questions of the week, most of which are unsurprisingly about the embattled Emilia Pérez star.

One listener wonders if Gascón’s resurfaced offensive tweets and her subsequent defiant statements have taken up so much oxygen that the other scandals of this Oscar season — Anora not using an intimacy coordinator, The Brutalist using AI, etc. — won’t have an impact on the race. But that also assumes the very offline Oscar voters were aware of those very online controversies in the first place. Gascón, on the other hand, has made her situation incredibly difficult to ignore. Another listener suggests Gascón might not even be invited to the Oscars.

See Awards Magnet mailbag: ‘Emilia Pérez’s’ win package and screen time obsession

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Can Emilia Pérez recover from Karla Sofía Gascón‘s incendiary tweets and rogue press tour? Awards Magnet hosts Christopher Rosen and Joyce Eng discuss the unprecedented controversy with Gold Derby editor-in-chief Debra Birnbaum.

Unless you’ve been living under the rock since Thursday, Gascón’s unearthed offensive social media posts have turned the Oscar race upside down. This is not the first social media controversy in Oscar history, but instead of laying low after her apology, the Best Actress nominee has consistently put out statements, including doing an hour-long CNN en Español interview, in which she continues to defend herself and call out attackers. Emilia Pérez has since fallen from second to fourth place in the Gold Derby Best Picture odds (and will likely drop further), but can its Oscar chances be salvaged? And would even the film’s biggest fans want to vote for any aspect of it if...

Congratulations to our user usk for a great score of 72.97 percent in predicting the 2025 Grammy Awards winners on Sunday night. Our top scorer is actually tied with madsonmelo and PinkCas but has the better point score of 37,704 by using the two Super Bets (500 points each) wisely.

More than 4,000 people worldwide predicted the music champs, with our top scorer getting 27 of 37 categories correct for the Los Angeles ceremony hosted by Trevor Noah. Among the most difficult categories picked accurately were Beyoncé for Album of the Year, Kendrick Lamar for Record of the Year, and Chappell Roan for New Artist.

SEEGrammy Awards: Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar are big winners, Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish shut out

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Will Emilia Pérez be missing a key win to prevent it from capturing the Best Picture Oscar? Gold Derby editors and experts Christopher Rosen and Joyce Eng are here to answer your burning questions of the week on Awards Magnet.

Despite its leading 13 nominations, Emilia Pérez is second place in the Best Picture odds behind The Brutalist. Perhaps the thought process is that the musical is too divisive to win (even though the clear affection from the industry), but one listener cannot bring himself to predict Emilia Pérez for the top prize because it’s not likely to win Best Director or Best Adapted Screenplay (it’s in second in both categories as well). The Best Picture champ usually takes director or screenplay or both, and the last Best Picture champ to win neither was another musical, Chicago. But stats are not rules. Is it time for this to happen in the preferential ballot era?...

What has the edge in Best Picture? Can Fernanda Torres take down Demi Moore? Awards Magnet hosts Christopher Rosen and Joyce Eng make their first Oscar winner predictions in above-the-line categories with Gold Derby editor-in-chief Debra Birnbaum.

In the most unpredictable Best Picture race in years, a case could be made for six films to win Best Picture: Anora, The Brutalist (the odds-on favorite), A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Emilia Pérez, and Wicked. With 13 nominations, Emilia Pérez is leading the field and the online hate train, but we already know the industry adores the Netflix crime musical, which puts it in good position to win. But how will it perform on the Oscars’ preferential ballot? Could it reap a ton of No. 1 votes but not enough in the No. 2 and 3 spots? And which film could be the Spotlight of the year?

See Awards Magnet live recap show: Breaking down the 2025 Oscar nominations snubs and surprises

Meanwhile,...

I’m Still Here in Best Picture! Edward Berger snubbed again! Awards Magnet hosts Christopher Rosen and Joyce Eng went live following Thursday’s Oscar nominations to discuss all the snubs and surprises, and who has the edge now to win.

The day’s biggest shocker came right at the very end when I’m Still Here was revealed to be one of the 10 Best Picture nominees. It was in 13th place in the odds, two spots below the next slightly surprising nominee Nickel Boys. Even with all the debate over the final Best Actress spot between star Fernanda Torres and Hard Truths‘ Marianne Jean-Baptiste, very few seriously considered I’m Still Here as a Best Picture threat. So how did it get in? Torres’ Golden Globe win certainly helped, as does having master campaigner Sony Pictures Classics as your studio. I’m Still Here getting nominated alongside Emilia Pérez, which leads with 13 bids,...

Congratulations to Gold Derby user Judestar for a tremendous score of 83.33 percent in predicting the 2025 Oscars nominees on Thursday. Our top scorer is tied with eight other people but has the better point score of 99,912 by using the two Super Bets (500 points each) wisely.

A total of 11,285 people worldwide predicted these Academy Awards nominations, with our top scorer correctly predicting 100 of 120 nominee slots. Among the long shots picked accurately were Nickel Boys for Best Picture, plus Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice) for the Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor categories.

See‘Emilia Pérez,’ ‘The Brutalist,’ and ‘Wicked’ lead 2025 Oscar nominations: See the full list

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What’s taking the 10th spot in Best Picture? And who’s grabbing the fifth spot in Best Actress? Gold Derby experts and editors Christopher Rosen and Joyce Eng make their final 2025 Oscar nominations predictions in all 23 categories on Awards Magnet.

The delayed Producers Guild of America Awards nominations threw us all for a loop on Thursday with a surprise nomination for September 5 alongside the expected Anora, The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez, A Real Pain, The Substance, and Wicked. Sing Sing, which remains in ninth place in the Best Picture odds, was Awol, a day after it collected three BAFTA nominations in all of its longlisted categories. The A24 drama’s run has been up and down all season, but is the PGA snub a death knell? Especially since September 5 has also underperformed?

See ‘Awards Magnet’: Analyzing the 2025 BAFTA Awards nominations

Similarly, the...

How did Daniel Craig miss at BAFTA? Is A Complete Unknown coming on like a freight train? Gold Derby experts and editors Christopher Rosen and Joyce Eng break down the 2025 BAFTA Awards nominations on Awards Magnet.

A week after scoring a surprise Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Best Actor for Queer, Craig was even more surprisingly Awol from BAFTA’s nominations list that has an extra sixth spot. Hugh Grant (Heretic) and Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice) made it in alongside the predicted Oscar top four of Adrien Brody (The Brutalist), Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown), Colman Domingo (Sing Sing), and Ralph Fiennes (Conclave). How could the erstwhile Bond be excluded on home turf? That was always a possibility since Heretic is a greater box office success, and said home turf enormously liked The Apprentice, which converted three of its longlist mentions into nominations. Queer? Craig was its sole longlist showing.

Congratulations to our user Valiant Mollusk for an outstanding score of 89.83 percent in predicting the 2025 BAFTA Film Awards nominees on Wednesday morning. Our top scorer is tied with 13 other people but has the better point score of 26,334 by using the two Super Bets (500 points each) wisely.

A total of 2,264 people worldwide predicted these British movie nominations, with our top scorer correctly predicting 53 of 59 nominee slots. Among the long shots picked accurately were A Complete Unknown for Best Picture and Hugh Grant (Heretic) for Best Actor.

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Is Fernanda Torres safe for an Oscar nomination now? Is Cynthia Erivo as high as second in the Best Actress race? Gold Derby editors and experts Christopher Rosen and Joyce Eng are here to answer your burning questions of the week on Awards Magnet.

Since her upset Best Drama Actress win at the Golden Globes for I’m Still Here, Torres has cracked the Best Actress Oscar top five, rising from eighth place in the odds. Normally, the Globe drama winner would be a shoo-in for the Oscar nomination, but this is a weird year in which the top Best Actress contenders are all on the Globes’ comedy/musical side in probable Best Picture nominees. The drama hopefuls are rather weak, and some could be lone nominees. Torres likely wouldn’t be one as I’m Still Here looks solid for a spot in the international feature lineup. She also has master...

Congratulations to our user, mmelsoo, for a terrific score of 80.00 percent in predicting the 2025 SAG Awards movie nominees on Wednesday morning. Our top scorer is tied with 13 other people but has the better point score of 26,275 by using the two Super Bets (500 points each) wisely.

3,895 people worldwide predicted the Screen Actors Guild film nominations, with our top scorer getting 20 of 25 nominee slots correct. Among the long shots picked accurately were Pamela Anderson (The Last Showgirl) and Monica Barbaro (A Complete Unknown).

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Congratulations to our user maya2000 for an excellent score of 86.67 percent in predicting the 2025 Golden Globes movie winners on Sunday. Our top scorer is actually tied with Choekaas but has the better point score of 9.072 by using the two Super Bets (500 points each) wisely.

A total of 4,620 people worldwide predicted the film champs, with our top scorer getting 13 of 15 categories correct for the Beverly Hills ceremony hosted by Nikki Glaser. Among the upsets picked accurately were Demi Moore (The Substance) and Sebastian Stan (A Different Man) for the comedy lead categories.

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Hollywood’s biggest party ended Sunday night with Best Picture wins for The Brutalist and Emilia Perez, capping off a wild, game-changing 2025 Golden Globe Awards ceremony.

Brady Corbet‘s The Brutalist won three awards: Best Drama, Best Director for Corbet, and Best Drama Actor for Adrien Brody.

Emilia Perez won four awards: Best Comedy/Musical, Best Supporting Actress for Zoe Saldana, Best Non-English Film, and Best Song.

Are these the two sides of the Best Picture race, or can presumed frontrunner Anora rebound from its Golden Globes shutout?

Don’t worry; we’ve got the answers. On Sunday night, following the 82nd annual Golden Globe Awards, Awards Magnet hosts Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen went live to recap the 2025 Golden Globes and break down every surprising twist and turn afforded by the results.

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Welcome to Oscar Experts Mailbag, a rebranded version of Oscar Experts Typing and a spin-off of Awards Magnet, in which Gold Derby editors and experts Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen answer your burning questions of the week. Questions have been edited for length and clarity. Email your questions to slugfests@goldderby.com.

Jennifer writes:

Dear Joyce and Chris,

I really enjoy listening to your pod, and appreciate the mailbag episodes because so many listeners have questions similar to mine. Since I’m the lone cinephile in my family, it’s nice to know that others share my interest/obsession.

My question is about Amy Adams — though it could also be about Glenn Close. But I’m an Amy stan so… since Amy has six nominations and no wins, is it better for her to not be nominated in any given year when she has little chance of winning? Does just...

Why does it look like Kieran Culkin is set to steamroll the Best Supporting Actor Oscar race? Is Angelina Jolie a lock to get a Best Actress nomination? Gold Derby editors and experts Christopher Rosen and Joyce Eng are here to answer your burning questions of the week on Awards Magnet.

For the second week in a row, a listener is down on Culkin’s performance in A Real Pain and doesn’t get why he’s the Best Supporting Actor favorite. But as we all know, there’s a lot more that goes into a successful Oscar campaign than just the performance itself, regardless of how one feels about it, and some of that has to do with one’s competition as well. Meanwhile, another listener comes to Culkin’s defense while another listener floats the idea of A Real Pain pulling a Coda.

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How did The Substance only show up in one category? Is Emilia Pérez going to convert all six of its shortlist mentions into nominations? Gold Derby editors and experts Christopher Rosen and Joyce Eng are here to discuss the 2025 Oscar shortlists snubs and surprises in this episode of Awards Magnet.

After a great showing at the guilds last week, followed by a surge in the Oscar odds, The Substance had a rough day Tuesday, only popping up in the makeup and hairstyling category, which was widely expected for its Monstro Elisasue prosthetics. It missed visual effects and sound — two vital components to the success of the Coralie Fargeat hit — as well as original score. This came on the heels of the film getting shut out of nominations from the Aacta International Awards, aka the Australian Oscars, earlier in the day. The Substance is obviously not out of it completely, but...

Welcome to Oscar Experts Mailbag, a rebranded version of Oscar Experts Typing and a spin-off of “Awards Magnet,” in which Gold Derby editors and experts Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen answer your burning questions of the week. Questions have been edited for length and clarity. Email your questions to slugfests@goldderby.com.

Sean writes:

Hi Joyce and Chris,

I noticed a lot of Oscars prognosticators have recently moved “Conclave” to the top of their Best Picture rankings, including a narrow plurality of Gold Derby experts. I just saw the movie — how entertaining, hilarious, and surprisingly subtle. I was cracking up when they slammed the dead pope’s body into the back of an ambulance and flashed the title card. Does it have any chance of pulling off a “Coda,” “Spotlight,” or “Argo”-style win by becoming a consensus, down-the-middle crowd-pleaser? Or does it need more critical support? I think it...

What’s up with the Critics Choice Awards’s Best Director lineup? Is Timothée Chalamet running his Oscar campaign like a presidential campaign? Gold Derby editors and experts Christopher Rosen and Joyce Eng are here to answer your burning questions of the week on “Awards Magnet.”

Two years ago, Critics Choice had 10 nominees instead of its standard six. Similarly, when this year’s nominations were announced on Dec. 12, eight directors made the cut. Were there really multiple ties? Obviously no one knows the answer to that except those who tabulated the votes, but there is a certain pattern when Critics Choice has expanded beyond six slots in this category. But how many of its eight nominees will transfer over the Oscars’ field of five? Two years ago, despite 10 nominees, Critics Choice missed eventual Oscar nominee Ruben Östlund for “Triangle of Sadness.”

See ‘Awards Magnet’ mailbag: Cynthia Erivo on the ascent...

Congratulations to Gold Derby user Kai for an almost perfect score of 94.12% when predicting the 2024 Billboard Music Awards winners on Thursday night. The top scorer is just ahead of three people who tied at 88.24% and has a great point score of 66,925 by using the two Super Bets (500 points each) wisely.

Over 450 fans worldwide predicted these music champs with our top scorer getting 16 out of 17 categories correct. On a night dominated by Taylor Swift and Morgan Wallen, our top scorer’s only miss was for Top Soundtrack (choosing “Twisters” over winner “Trolls Band Together”).

SEE2024 Billboard Music Awards winners: Full list

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Congratulations to Gold Derby experts Wilson Morales (BlackFilmandTV) and Matt Neglia (Next Best Picture) for an excellent score of 89.23% when predicting the 2025 Critics Choice Awards movie nominations on Thursday morning. They are best among 16 experts and journalists who cover the entertainment industry throughout the year. See experts’ scores.

Over 2,100 fans worldwide predicted these film nominees with our top scorers getting 58 out of 64 nominee slots correct. Both of them got nine of 10 Best Picture nominees but missed on “A Complete Unknown.”

SEE2025 Critics Choice Awards film nominations: Full list

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Congratulations to Gold Derby user simonlucabarletta for an astounding score of 93.85% when predicting the 2025 Critics Choice Awards movie nominations on Thursday morning. The top scorer is just ahead of five people who tied at 92.31% and has a great point score of 18,502 by using the two Super Bets (500 points each) wisely.

Over 2,100 fans worldwide predicted these film nominees with our top scorer getting 61 out of 64 nominee slots correct. Some of the toughest choices picked accurately were “A Complete Unknown” (Best Picture), Coralie Fargeat for “The Substance” (Best Director), and “Wicked” for Best Adapted Screenplay.

SEE2025 Critics Choice Awards film nominations: Full list

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Will “Emilia Pérez” dominate the Golden Globes? Gold Derby editors and experts Christopher Rosen and Joyce Eng make their first 2025 Golden Globe winners predictions in this episode of “Awards Magnet.” Plus: An interview with New York Film Critics Circle member Jordan Hoffman.

“Emilia Pérez” scored a record-breaking 10 nominations, but how many will it actually win? A reminder that “Barbie” led the field last year with nine and “only” walked away with two prizes, including the inaugural Cinematic and Box Office Achievement Award. It lost Best Comedy/Musical Film to “Poor Things.” Could the same fate befall “Emilia Pérez”? It has competitive rivals in five-time nominee “Anora,” which hit every category it needed to hit, and in four-time nominee “Wicked,” which missed Best Director and Best Screenplay but is a blockbuster smash. On the drama side, “The Brutalist” leads with seven bids, but could the well-liked “Conclave” upset anywhere?

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Where in the world is Denis Villeneuve? And Danielle Deadwyler? And Marianne Jean-Baptiste? How big of a boost did “Emilia Pérez” get? Gold Derby editors and experts Christopher Rosen and Joyce Eng dissect the 2025 Golden Globe nominations in this episode of Awards Magnet.

Several films underperformed in Monday’s nominations, most notably “Dune: Part Two,” which earned just two bids for Best Drama Film and Best Original Score. Villeneuve, who was nominated by the Globes three years ago for the first “Dune,” was surprisingly Mia in Best Director, which featured two female nominees in “The Substance’s” Coralie Fargeat and “All We Imagine as Light’s” Payal Kapadia. What gives? At least the film made the top category, unlike “Sing Sing.” The A24 drama only received one bid for Colman Domingo, missing Best Drama Film and Best Supporting Actor for Clarence Maclin, two widely predicted nominations. The snubs, combined with those of Deadwyler and Jean-Baptiste,...

Congratulations to our expert Wilson Morales (BlackFilmandTV) for a wonderful score of 84.85% when predicting the 2025 Golden Globes TV nominations on Monday morning. He is best among 21 television experts, journalists who cover the entertainment industry throughout the year. See experts’ scores.

Over 2,200 fans worldwide predicted these television nominees with our top scorer getting 56 out of 66 nominee slots correct. Some of the toughest picks included Keira Knightley for “Black Doves” (Drama Actress), Kristen Bell for “Nobody Wants This” (Comedy Actress), and Cooper Koch for “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” (Limited/Movie Actor).

SEE2025 Golden Globes nominations: Complete list

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Congratulations to our user futurehours for an excellent score of 87.88% when predicting the 2025 Golden Globes TV nominations on Monday morning. Our top scorer is just ahead of 26 other people at 84.85% and has a great point score of 16,433 by using the two Super Bets (500 points each) wisely.

Over 2,200 fans worldwide predicted these television nominees with our top scorer getting 58 out of 66 nominee slots correct. Some of the toughest picks included “Day of the Jackal” (Drama Series), Keira Knightley for “Black Doves” (Drama Actress), Kristen Bell for “Nobody Wants This” (Comedy Actress), and Kate Winslet for “The Regime” (Limited/Movie Actress).

SEE2025 Golden Globes nominations: Complete list

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Congratulations to our expert Tariq Khan (Gold Derby) for an outstanding score of 89.74% when predicting the 2025 Golden Globes movie nominations on Monday morning. He is best among 27 film experts, journalists who cover the entertainment industry throughout the year. See experts’ scores.

Over 4,100 fans worldwide predicted these film nominees with our top scorer getting 70 out of 78 nominee slots correct. Some of the toughest choices picked accurately were “A Complete Unknown” (Film Drama), Kate Winslet for “Lee” (Film Drama Actress), Zendaya for “Challengers” (Film Comedy/Musical Actress), and Jesse Plemons for “Kinds of Kindness” (Film Comedy/Musical Actor).

SEE2025 Golden Globes nominations: Complete list

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Congratulations to our user Aaron Pineda for a tremendous score of 91.03% when predicting the 2025 Golden Globes movie nominations on Monday morning. Our top scorer is just ahead of eight people who tied at 89.74% and has a great point score of 14,032 by using the two Super Bets (500 points each) wisely.

Over 4,100 fans worldwide predicted these film nominees with our top scorer getting 71 out of 78 nominee slots correct. Some of the toughest choices picked accurately were “A Complete Unknown” (Film Drama), Kate Winslet for “Lee” (Film Drama Actress), Zendaya for “Challengers” (Film Comedy/Musical Actress), and Jesse Plemons for “Kinds of Kindness” (Film Comedy/Musical Actor).

SEE2025 Golden Globes nominations: Complete list

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Talk about popular! On the eve of the Golden Globe nominations being announced, “Wicked” has now solidified its place within the top five for Gold Derby’s Best Picture Oscar predictions.

Buoyed by its ever-growing box office and its recent wins at the National Board of Review and the AFI top 10, the musical film soared past “Dune: Part Two” this weekend to officially claim the No. 5 spot in our rankings. Here are Gold Derby’s updated Best Picture odds, as of Dec. 7:

1. “Anora” — 7/1

2. “The Brutalist” — 8/1

3. “Conclave” — 8/1

4. “Emilia Pérez” — 9/1

5. “Wicked” — 9/1

6. “Dune: Part Two” — 10/1

7. “Sing Sing” — 21/2

8. “A Real Pain” — 15/1

9. “Nickel Boys” — 18/1

10. “September 5” — 30/1

Note that it’s still quite early in this awards season, and things could keep changing as our experts, editors, and top 24 users continue to update their Oscars predictions at Gold Derby. Sound off about “Wicked” in our movie forums.

After two decades as one of the most popular musicals on the Broadway stage,...

Welcome to Oscar Experts Typing, a weekly column in which Gold Derby editors and experts Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen discuss the Oscar race — via Slack, of course. This week’s topic: the Best Director race following Jon M. Chu’s surprising National Board of Review victory.

Christopher Rosen: Hello, Joyce! We’ve successfully emerged from “Under the Skin” to type about this year’s Best Director race. The critical precursors that arrive this time of year don’t mean all that much in the grand scheme of things — particularly because the industry is not making its collective voice known at this time — but my Peter tingle is telling me there is one Blockbuster Filmmaker who has emerged ahead of the others: Jon M. Chu. The “Wicked” filmmaker won Best Director at the National Board of Review this week, a result that had many on Film Twitter losing their minds...

Can Cynthia Erivo win the Golden Globe? And is she this year’s… America Ferrera? Gold Derby editors and experts Christopher Rosen and Joyce Eng are here to answer your burning questions of the week on Awards Magnet.

As “Wicked” continues to soar at the box office and generate endless memes, Cynthia Erivo has surged in the Oscar nods and now sits in fifth place in Best Actress. She’s basically a lock to get a Golden Globe nomination on Monday for Best Comedy/Musical Actress, but can she actually win? She feels like she would’ve been as slam dunk winner with the defunct Hollywood Foreign Press Association, but will she be just as, uh, popular with the new and larger pool of Golden Globe voters?

See Experts slugfest mailbag: ‘Wicked’s’ color grading, Kate Winslet, and Demi Moore is Margot Robbie?

Meanwhile, one listener posits that Erivo might...

There’s a new frontrunner in Gold Derby’s Oscar odds for Best Production Design: Nathan Crowley for “Wicked”

The English artisan has broken his tie with Patrice Vermette (“Dune: Part Two”) to claim the No. 1 position on our chart for the upcoming 2025 Oscars. Note that it’s still quite early in this awards season, and things could keep changing as our experts, editors, and top 24 users continue to update their predictions.

After two decades as one of the most popular musicals on the Broadway stage, “Wicked” finally arrived in theaters with Part 1 in November 2024. Cynthia Erivo plays Elphaba Thropp, aka the Wicked Witch of the West, and Ariana Grande takes on the role of Galinda Upland, aka Glinda the Good, in director Jon M. Chu‘s instant classic film from Universal Pictures.

This would be Crowley’s seventh career Oscar nomination, after previously being recognized for “The Prestige” (2006), “The Dark Knight...

Welcome to Awards Magnet! Same show, new name. Gold Derby editors and experts Christopher Rosen and Joyce Eng kick off the inaugural episode with their 2025 Golden Globe nominations predictions.

Last year, “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” led the film field with nine and eight nominations, respectively. If any film comes close to those hauls this year, it might be “The Brutalist,” which is predicted to nab seven bids — and it won’t get the additional Box Office and Cinematic Award nomination that Barbenheimer received for obvious reasons. And with many of the Oscar hopefuls competing in comedy/musical — “Anora,” “Emilia Pérez,” “Wicked,” “The Substance” — how will voters fill out the “open” slots in Best Drama Actress? Plus: Can Sebastian Stan score double nominations?

See Experts slugfest: ‘Maria,’ ‘Queer,’ and their Oscar potential

On the TV side, “Succession” dominated nominations last year with nine. That’s probably not going to be replicated this...

Congratulations to our user Azous for an excellent score of 75.00% when predicting the 2024 Gotham Awards winners at the New York City ceremony on Monday night. Our top scorer is actually tied with 24 other people but has the better point score of 23,281 by using the two Super Bets (500 points each) wisely.

Almost 1,100 people worldwide predicted these film champs with our top scorer getting six out of eight categories correct. On a night filled with upsets, our top scorer got tough ones like RaMell Ross (“Nickel Boys”) for Best Director and Clarence Maclin, Mark Johnson (The Contending), Wilson Morales (BlackFilmandTV), and Anne Thompson (Indiewire) are tied at 50.00% each. Susan King (Gold Derby) and Matt Neglia (Next Best Picture) are tied at 37.50%. Jazz Tangcay (Variety) is at 25.00% and then Thelma Adams (Gold Derby) is at 12.50% See experts’ scores.

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Welcome to Oscar Experts Typing, a weekly column in which Gold Derby editors and experts Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen discuss the Oscar race — via Slack, of course. This week’s topic: Best Supporting Actor, where a top five has firmed up.

Christopher Rosen: Hello, Joyce! It’s Black Friday and while the rest of the world recovers from Thanksgiving dinner by scouring online shopping deals, we’re dutifully typing about the Best Supporting Actor race. It’s not even Dec. 1, but I’m ready to call this one the 2024 version of last year’s Best Supporting Actress race. As you remember, that field was dominated by Da’Vine Joy Randolph once critics groups and industry bodies started giving out statuettes, and not even the presence of two-time Oscar winner Jodie Foster turning in one of her best and most enjoyable performances in years could stop the Randolph train from hitting the Oscar stage.

Is “Wicked’s” color grading that bad? Will Kate Winslet‘s friendly endorsements amount to anything? Gold Derby editors and experts Christopher Rosen and Joyce Eng are here to answer your burning questions of the week.

“Wicked’s” desaturated look, especially compared to the Technicolor pop of “The Wizard of Oz,” has been a point of grievance since the first images dropped. And the discourse has not subsided since the movie’s been seen (and Jon M. Chu‘s viral explanation of it also hasn’t exactly helped). But maybe there’s a more technical reason why “Wicked” look the way it does that doesn’t have to do with color at all — because there are colors in the movie.

See Experts slugfest mailbag: More ‘Wicked’ acting nominations, Sebastian Stan controversy

Meanwhile, Winslet has been hitting the campaign trail for “Lee” — and not alone. She’s got the support of...

The Best Limited/Movie Actress race at the 2025 Golden Globes has had the same two frontrunners all season long: Jodie Foster (“True Detective: Night Country”) and Cate Blanchett (“Disclaimer”). But there’s a brand new challenger in the third place position in the form of Cristin Milioti (“The Penguin”). Can she pull out a victory when the 82nd annual Golden Globes air on Jan. 5, 2025, on CBS?

Foster, Blanchett, and Milioti are expected to be joined by Sofia Vergara (“Griselda”), Naomi Watts (“Feud: Capote vs. The Swans”), and Nicole Kidman (“The Perfect Couple”) in this year’s nominations lineup, per our combined odds. Foster recently won the Emmy for “True Detective: Night Country, with Vergara and Watts being co-nominees. Blanchett, Milioti, and Kidman star on new programs that will be eligible at next year’s Emmys.

“The Penguin” is HBO’s take on the classic DC Comics “Batman” villain, with Colin Farrell playing the titular role.

Will Oscar voters sing the praises of “Maria? Will “Queer” be Daniel Craig‘s Oscar breakthrough? Gold Derby editors and experts Christopher Rosen and Joyce Eng are here to discuss this week’s new releases and more.

Pablo Larraín‘s film trilogy about famous 20th century women will conclude on Wednesday with the limited release of “Maria” (it hits Netflix on Dec. 11). Angelina Jolie has earned strong reviews for her turn as opera legend Maria Callas and sits in second place in the Best Actress odds, which would continue Larraín’s streak of netting a nomination for all of his leading ladies. But could she actually be snubbed as people like Cynthia Erivo and Demi Moore continue to build momentum in stronger and buzzier titles? Like “Jackie,” which earned three bids, and “Spencer,” which received just the the one for Kristen Stewart, “Maria” is not expected to be a huge player,...

Welcome to Oscar Experts Typing, a weekly column in which Gold Derby editors and experts Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen discuss the Oscar race — via Slack, of course. This week’s topic: Best Supporting Actress, where a new contender is ascendant.

Christopher Rosen: Hello, Joyce! I feel like this week’s column might be… popular. “Wicked” is out in theaters now, riding a wave of pre-release hype that hasn’t been seen in these parts since “Barbie.” Fans are fanning, stans are stanning, and I’ve got Ariana Grande winning Best Supporting Actress. We knew this would happen once you planted the seed, “Inception”-style, that typical Best Supporting Actress winners from musicals are more like Grande’s performance than what Zoe Saldaña does in “Emilia Pérez.” So, of course, I’ve made the swap — Ariana fans, tweet at me! — and while I’m always reactionary, it seems I’m not alone.

Will “Wicked” be more popular with the Oscars’ acting branch than we think? Could the brouhaha over Sebastian Stan and “Actors on Actors” help him? Gold Derby editors and experts Christopher Rosen and Joyce Eng are here to answer your burning questions of the week.

It’s “Wicked” mania this week as the long-awaited film hits theaters and continues to rise in various categories in the Oscar odds. Ariana Grande is in fourth place in Best Supporting Actress and Cynthia Erivo is in seventh place in Best Actress. But could its other supporting players coattail? Jonathan Bailey is in 11th place and Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh is way down in 32nd. Plus: Are the musicals subplots underdeveloped?

See Experts slugfest mailbag: ‘Emilia Pérez’ vs. ‘Wicked,’ Nicole Kidman vs. Martin Scorsese fans

Meanwhile, Stan made headlines this week when he revealed that he couldn’t do our sister site Variety‘s...

Will Glicked be the next Barbenheimer at the Oscars? Gold Derby editors and experts Christopher Rosen and Joyce Eng are here to discuss “Gladiator II” and “Wicked” as the the double bill finally hits theaters this weekend.

“Gladiator II” has some big sandals to fill, coming 24 years after the original “Gladiator” won five Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Russell Crowe, out of 12 nominations. But the Ridley Scott sequel is currently in 10th place in the Best Picture odds. Is it being underestimated or will it actually miss the top category like another recent follow-up to a blockbuster that tasted Oscar success, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”? That film scored four below-the-line nominations and a supporting bid for Angela Bassett. “Gladiator II” is predicted to get into several crafts categories and supporting actor for Denzel Washington. Scott, who’s still seeking his first Oscar, is also in seventh place...

Welcome to Oscar Experts Typing, a weekly column in which Gold Derby editors and experts Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen discuss the Oscar race — via Slack, of course. This week’s topic: Best Actor dark horses.

Christopher Rosen: Hello, Joyce! You’re no doubt riding on the high of the news that Conan O’Brien will host this year’s Oscars, a decision that seems absolutely perfect and immediately raises my interest in the ceremony on March 2, 2025. But we’re not here to type about Conan. Instead, our focus this week is on the fellas in the Best Actor race. The remains the most static of our acting races — lacking both the depth of field and loud stan armies of the Best Actress race that we typed about last week. When we did our ridiculously early 2025 Oscar picks in March, we both picked Ralph Fiennes, Colman Domingo, and Daniel Craig as potential Best Actor nominees.