After Rebecca Keegan decided that my tweets and opinions were worth an expose at the Hollywood Reporter, I was "canceled" the way people often are in these terrifying, crippling, suffocating, puritanical, nauseating times we find ourselves living through. No one likes it yet too many people bow to the whims of the scolds. Who bowed to them? Gold Derby. My good friend Tom O'Neil "benched" me to make the other predictors "feel safe" keep the ad money rolling in....

The Santa Barbara Film Festival offers contenders an ideal showcase heading into the second part of the Oscar race (Phase 2). Under the direction of Roger Durling, he holds lengthy interviews with actors himself or will have journalists like Anne Thompson or Scott Feinberg interview them. Angelina Jolie is such a big star (one of the last remaining) that when she shows up, everyone in town knows it. So this will be quite the event. Jolie is in the...

There is a line in Alfred Hitchcock's most excellent Rear Window where Grace Kelly defends the pretty dancer surrounded by men in the apartment across the way, "I'd say she is doing a woman's hardest job, juggling wolves." That reminds me of Bill Kramer's job heading into the Oscars. He's juggling wolves. It's impossible to satisfy everyone and still produce a popular show that doesn't crater in the ratings to an embarrassing degree. No one in the Hollywood of...

I have decided to combine both Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress. Best Supporting Actress Best Supporting Actress as a category is always wildly popular because it seems to be more “adventurous” races compared to other above the line wins. Despite several inconsistent wins regarding quality and acceptance from the Oscar community, its recipients are traditionally considered more unique and “out there.” From honoring career narratives (Viola Davis, Laura Dern) to anointing rising stars (Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Alicia Vikander), it...

The Key West Film Festival will honor Delaney Buffett with the fourth annual Golden Key Award for Emerging Talent, and the screening of her film "Adult Best Friends," which will screen at the festival heading into the thick of award season. In the past, the festival has honored up-and-comers, like Kodi Smit-McPhee for The Power of the Dog, Elegance Bratton for his work on The Inspection, and Thomasin McKenzie for her work in Eileen. Adult Best Friends has a 100%...

It's impossible not to see this Oscar race, like every Oscar race, as a reflection of what's happening politically. I've been covering the Oscars since the very end of the Bill Clinton administration, on through the George W. Bush administration, then through Obama, then Trump, then Biden, and now, in just two agonizing weeks, the results of this year's election. There is no getting around politics this year, especially not now. So, for this week, I will write THE...

We're putting together a group of predictors called the Gate Crashers. These will be a group of assembled industry folks who are on the margins of the cool kids at Gold Derby, or have been shunned outright. We're the outsiders, if you will. We will be releasing our first batch of predictions soon and will release who all is involved. But in the meantime, I'm also introducing the first ever AD Predicts, a chance for readers to participate in...