Valid concerns but I think your comparisons are off. Maniac was a cerebral, distant and cold miniseries that never took off in popularity and failed to even get Emma Stone major traction beyond a SAG nod. It went as soon as it came. The Haunting of Hill House was straight up horror that was never going to be taken seriously since there was no…[Read more]

What Viola Davis said was true; you can’t win or even be nominated for roles that aren’t there for you. But to go further than that, what exactly is “for” POC women? Most of the black actresses who are Oscar winners have won for characters that are struggling in some form or fashion.

It’s also a testament to see what the awards consider which…[Read more]

I have always noticed it but it never truly distracted me unless the material she was given was ridiculous like American Son or the later seasons of Scandal. It’s just a thing she has much like Viola’s snot or Natalie Portman’s eyebrow furrow whenever they cry. It’s not distracting if the performance is excellent and that’s what Kerry Washington…[Read more]

Not sure about The Weeknd sweeping but he’s definitely getting nominated across the board. That’s clear, just as it was when Ariana and Billie released around this time last year.

Stupid Love isn’t getting any noms. Came out too early in the year and there will probably be several stronger Pop contenders that the voters will check off. It’s not even a ballad where the vocality is enough for them to namecheck Gaga on ala Joanne or Spirit.

Stupid Love predicted to be out of the top 30?? I knew it was gonna drop but chileeeeee. CHILE

Stupid Love is the lead single, if I’m not mistaken, not a buzz one.

Not true. Streaming is the major access to music now and we have seen hits from last year such as Truth Hurts, Bad Guy, Old Town Road, Middle Child do stay in the top 10 of Spotify for months. High streams informs who is actually listening to the song and how many times a day, particularly in the GP since fans can only do so much. Stupid Love…[Read more]

Leaked songs have done well in the past and that was when iTunes actually mattered. Stupid Love had a shit ton of promotion and radio payola, which is why it had the debut it had. It freefalling means the GP does not care for it whatsoever and I promise you, no one that wasn’t a Little Monster was checking for the leak.

100% lead. Mara’s placement is classic fraud and if she went lead, she would’ve saved us from a useless Jennifer Lawrence nomination.

Possible but Denzel would get there before he would. More respected than Leo, anyways.

Many said the same for Jennifer Lopez and yet, lol. That same night, Amy Adams had 2 nominations and they could’ve easily given her one of them and yet they said nope. So I don’t buy that Gaga, a much less respected actress than Adams, would’ve garnered sympathy votes if Any couldn’t.

Yep, The Box is a near-lock. Roddy Rich just won a Grammy and he kicks off his new era with a streaming monster of a lead single and his album as a whole has done well. He could get Lil Nas treatment.

Gaga was never winning for ASIB and it’s clear the guilds did not love the film when it came to wins.

Blanchett was a distant 4th. No way was she winning for Carol.

I have watched it before and nothing about the show really felt undeniable except it’s makeup. It’s actually very inconsistent in its writing and without support for that or its directing, that’s where it loses. Not even SAG bit as populist as that was. No “prestige factor” to it.

In a way, I think the controversy from the nominations helped. Yes, we say the Academy will never care about social media outrage and how that didn’t work for Roma but Parasite had something that the former didn’t; no detractors. Roma was considered THE frontrunner all season  and with all the hoopla over Green Book’s mediocrity, we assumed that…[Read more]

Don’t disrespect the impact of Mary J. Blige for the defense of Katy Perry.  You white pop stans are ridiculous.

This “guaranteed” thing needs to stop. It is MARCH and we have until AUGUST/SEPTEMBER to have a shit ton of pop contenders that can easily win for this. It was a “lock” for ASIB to become the frontrunner for AOTY because it was the supposed safest choice all year and that didn’t go well, at all.