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2025 Emmy Predictions: Creative Arts
VARIETY SPECIAL (PRE-RECORDED) Adam Sandler: Love You (Netflix) Ali Wong: Single Lady (Netflix) Bill Burr: Drop Dead Years (Hulu) Conan O’Brien: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Comedy (Netflix) Sarah Silverman: Postmortem (Netflix) Your Friend, Nate Bargatze … Continue reading
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Tagged apple, hbo, last of us, mountainhead, netflix, peacock, poker face, sarah silverman, saturday night live, snl, studio
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2025 Emmy Picks: Drama
DRAMA SERIES Andor (Disney+) The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu) The Last of Us (HBO) Paradise (Hulu) The Pitt (Max) Severance (AppleTV+) Squid Game (Netflix) The White Lotus (HBO) Potential surprises: The Diplomat (Netflix) – never nominated House of the Dragon (HBO) … Continue reading
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Tagged andor, apple, diplomat, disney, handmaid's tale, hbo, hulu, last of us, max, netflix, paradise, Pitt, severance, showtime, slow horses, squid game, star wars, white lotus, yellowjackets
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2025 Emmy Picks: Comedy
COMEDY SERIES Abbott Elementary (ABC) The Bear (Hulu) The Four Seasons (Netflix) Hacks (Max) Nobody Wants This (Netflix) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) The Studio (AppleTV+) What We Do in the Shadows (FX) Potential surprises: Étoile (Prime Video) – … Continue reading
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Tagged abbott elementary, apple, bear, four seasons, hacks, hulu, max, mid-century modern, netflix, nobody wants this, only murders in the building, peacock, poker face, saturday night live, shrinking, snl, studio, what we do in the shadows
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2025 Emmy Picks: Variety/Talk and Guest Acting
TALK SERIES The Daily Show (Comedy Central)Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney (Netflix)The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS) Potential surprises:Hot Ones (YouTube) – never nominated Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC) – 12 nominations Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC) – 3 … Continue reading
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Tagged andor, apple, bear, beyonce, bill burr, brandi carlile, conan o'brien, daily show, disney, elton john, everybody's live, handmaid's tale, hannah einbinder, hbo, hulu, jerrod carmichael, john mulaney, john oliver, kennedy center, last of us, last week tonight, late night, mark twain prize, max, netflix, olympics, only murders in the building, oscars, peacock, Pitt, poker face, sabrina carpenter, sarah silverman, saturday night live, seth meyers, severance, showtime, snl, star wars, stephen colbert, studio, super bowl, tony awards, white lotus, yellowjackets
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20 After 20: 2004
20. The Terminal (dir. Steven Spielberg)Maybe it’s a little naïve. Maybe it’s a little (Capra) corny. But in an era where immigrants of all backgrounds and statuses are demonized, this is a pleasantly compassionate dramedy about people just trying to … Continue reading
Oscar Re-Do 2014
BEST PICTURE American Sniper Birdman Boyhood The Grand Budapest Hotel The Imitation Game Selma The Theory of Everything Whiplash Should have won: Selma Not even nominated: Interstellar Whether it was a bad campaign, a late release, or simply willful ignorance, Selma … Continue reading
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Tagged big hero 6, birdman, boyhood, gone girl, grand budapest hotel, inherent vice, selma, whiplash
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My Dream Oscar Ballot 2025
BEST PICTURE Anora The Brutalist Conclave A Different Man Dune: Part Two Evil Does Not Exist Hit Man I Saw the TV Glow The People’s Joker Sing Sing BEST DIRECTING Sean Baker, Anora Brady Corbet, The Brutalist Radu Jude, Do … Continue reading
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Tagged alien, anora, beetlejuice, between the temples, brutalist, challengers, civil war, complete unknown, conclave, deadpool, different man, do not expect too much from the end of the world, dune, Emilia Perez, evil does not exist, gladiator, hit man, hundreds of beavers, I saw the tv glow, kneecap, late night with the devil, love lies bleeding, netflix, no other land, nosferatu, people's joker, planet of the apes, real pain, red rooms, sing sing, substance, twilight of the warriors, twisters, wolverine
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Oscar Guide 2025
BEST PICTURE Anora The Brutalist A Complete Unknown Conclave Dune: Part Two Emilia Pérez I’m Still Here Nickel Boys The Substance Wicked Will win: Anora Could win: Conclave Should win: The Brutalist Should have been nominated: Sing Sing BEST DIRECTING … Continue reading
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Tagged anora, brutalist, complete unknown, conclave, dune, Emilia Perez, netflix, porcelain war, real pain, wicked, wild robot
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The Best Film Performances of 2024
Ensemble in a DramaSing SingWhile Colman Domingo and Clarence Macklin have rightly gotten the praise for standing out in this ensemble, the whole cast – most of whom are formerly incarcerated amateurs – are astonishing and authentic. If it weren’t … Continue reading
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Tagged anora, between the temples, brutalist, different man, hundreds of beavers, late night with the devil, love lies bleeding, red rooms, saturday night, sing sing
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