Colman strikes me as Brenda Blethyn 2.0. I’m just not sure if Close or McCarthy is Frances McDormand.

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^it’s fantastic, as is the song!

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Plausible submission for Goodman if he somehow makes the cut

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I would think a Globe nom is all Hedges musters.

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No way he makes the cut now

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I suspect Pryce emerges at BAFTA and that’s it.

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I think Gaga needs one of SAG/BAFTA to triumph on Oscar night – the Globe alone, which is entirely expected, isn’t enough.

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Hemingway should’ve won! 🙂

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If Close somehow beats Gaga at the Globes, game over. (The likelier scenario, of course, is Gaga at the Globes, Close at SAG and Colman at BAFTA.)

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While I’ve come around on Black Panther (barely) making the Best Picture cut, I can’t fathom it having a prayer at winning. Voters averse to the genre will be prone to ranking it dead last.

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Twice – for The Bridges of Madison County and Adaptation

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My two cents…

Boy Erased has all of the ingredients of a Best Picture Oscar winner, including three of the most devastating performances to this year grace the screen. What it ultimately lacks, holding it back from reaching masterpiece territory, is the right filmmaker to get it across the finish line.

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It almost surely would’ve been Field.

Dunaway reportedly said in private she was stunned not to earn a Best Actress nom – that’s a tad odd, however, considering Paramount didn’t give Mommie Dearest an Oscar campaign. Those critics’ mentions were from the few writers, including Pauline Kael, willing to admit how fabulous Dunaway was in that…[Read more]

Ew.

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Barring The Mule being a sleeper smash, I’m increasingly convinced this is Cooper’s to lose. I didn’t even buy Mortensen as a winner prior to his comments.

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I can’t fathom Bening going Featured – that is, unless Lead Actress indeed looks like a clown car and Featured Actress a ghost town.

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^it is indeed eligible. With that said, it seems highly unlikely Netflix gives it anything near a Roma-level campaign.

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Its ratings decline with each week – I enjoy the show but when will the bleeding stop?

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I can still maybe fathom a Globe nom for Jones. Hammer ain’t happening anywhere.

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Not sure how much of an Emmy campaign CBS will provide Murphy Brown if it isn’t picked up for another season.

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