The 97th annual Academy Awards will take place on Sunday, March 2, 2025.

Let me know your honorable mentions for a next poll.

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For instance, Jackie Chan has an unbelievable film career and was (arguably) the most important figure to cross over Asian and Western cinema for the masses. That definitely accounts for a lifetime achievement award, in terms of his contributions to film.

But there's been tons of allegations of him being a puppet of the CCP, his children have been vocal of having negative relationships with him, cheating on his wife.

Should the personal side of a filmmaker's life be weighed when choosing them to honor with a major award?

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Marjorie main in The Egg and I, she played the role of Ma Kettle in 9 more movies. her co-star percy kilbride played pa kettle in 7 more, until he died.

that's more than Sylvester Stallone as rocky, he played him 7 more times.

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the actor with the most reprisals of an oscar winning role is Warner Baxter in In Old Arizona, he played the Cisco kid in 3 more movies

I started to follow them in 2014 (well technically in 2015 for movies of 2014) and I'd say my most successful year was last ceremony. Almost every person I wanted to win won. Not all of my wishes came true but most of them did

My favorite moment from recent was Oppenheimer winning seven awards and Barbie won Original Song What I was Made by Billie Ellish!

I will choose What I was Made by Billie Ellish because this song was made me emotional at that night giving me going back to my childhood days! I like Cillian Murphy winning the Best Actor!

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It could have been Barbie won few awards

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I have a feeling like it’s possible. Logan getting nominated for Adapted Screenplay is no small feat. They were definitely shooting for it, but the momentum for high-concept movies seemed to be centered around Get Out and The Shape of Water, the former of which even came out earlier than Logan. I’m not sure if Logan would have beaten Black Panther to become the first superhero movie nominated for Best Picture, but I do think that, had it swapped release dates with Thor Ragnarok for example, it would have been able to sneak in a few other categories. Maybe a few BTL slots, or even Supporting Actor for Patrick Stewart.

I decided to list six of the titles I'm most looking forward to at the upcoming Venice Film Festival that's around the corner. This is my list, so keep that in mind, but how many titles from this year's fest do you think have a chance at the Oscars? My money is probably on Joker Folie a Deux, The Room Next Door, and The Brutalist. Let me know if some more under-the-radar titles have a chance. Due to the strikes, this looks like a weaker lineup but Venice seems to be a constant in the race. Will that change this year?

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Michelle Yeoh for Everything Everywhere All At Once and Emma Stone for Poor Things.

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Here's all the professional singers nominated for oscars-

Grace Moore Judy Holliday Judy garland Doris day Melina Mercouri Julie andrews Barbra Streisand Liza Minnelli Diana Ross Diahann Carroll Ann Margaret Bette Midler Cher Lady Gaga Cynthia Erivo Andra day

Lawrence Tibbett Maurice chevalier Bing Crosby Frank Sinatra

Miliza korjus Ann Blyth Joan Lorring Ethel waters Peggy lee Lotte lenya Karen black Ronee blakely Amy Irving Juliette Lewis Queen latifah Jennifer Hudson Hailee steinfeld Mary j blige Ariana debose Danielle brooks

Chill wills Bobby Darin Jack wild Fred Astaire Eddie Murphy Leslie Odom Jr

I love maurice chevalier in the love parade, and obviously Streisand and Minnelli and Garland are legends

Addition- will smith, Jamie foxx, riz Ahmed, Jared Leto, patty duke

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So I realized recently that The Big Lebowski features three actors who would go on to win Best Actor/Actress Oscars. Jeff Bridges, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Julianne Moore.

So I posed this to my sister as a trivia question: name a cult comedy from the 90’s that features 3 future Best Actor/Actress winners. Her answer: Raising Arizona. Nic Cage, Holly Hunter, Frances McDormand.

I thought it was pretty cool that this is true of TWO of their movies.

Coda: I joked to my sister that the same was probably true of Burn After Reading. Then I realized: JK Simmons, Brad Pitt (though he only won supporting) & Frances McDormand. Notably Frances McDormand won two Best Actress awards after these movies were released.

PS Tilda Swinton is another Oscar winner from Burn After Reading, but I’m pretty sure she had already won hers by the time this came out.

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The claw has chosen! Apollo 13 and The Usual Suspects are back in the game.

Movie of the Year 1995 Nominees Remaining

• Apollo 13
• Babe
• Before Sunrise
• Casino
• Heat
• Leaving Las Vegas
• Se7en
• Toy Story
• Twelve Monkeys
• The Usual Suspects

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The game will begin on Monday, September 2nd. Please use this time to watch any films you have not seen, or to rewatch some of the films. Remember, you can not vote unless you have seen all of the movies.

In the meantime, here are some PREGAME POLLS

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Nominations Results

Round of 32 Results

Round of 16 Results

Lifesaver Round

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PREVIOUS MOVIE OF THE YEAR WINNERS (click to view full event)

1996: Fargo (d. Joel & Ethan Coen)

1997: L.A. Confidential (d. Curtis Hanson)

1998: The Truman Show (d. Peter Weir)

1999: Magnolia (d. Paul Thomas Anderson)

Oscar Ineligible of the 2000s: In the Mood for Love (d. Wong Kar-Wai)

2000: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (d. Ang Lee)

2001: Mulholland Drive (d. David Lynch)

2002: Spirited Away (d. Hayao Miyazaki)

2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (d. Peter Jackson)

2004: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (d. Michel Gondry)

2005: Brokeback Mountain (d. Ang Lee)

2006: Children of Men (d. Alfonso Cuarón)

2007: There Will Be Blood (d. Paul Thomas Anderson)

2008: WALL-E (d. Andrew Stanton)

2009: Inglourious Basterds (d. Quentin Tarantino)

Oscar Ineligible of the 2010s: It's Such a Beautiful Day (d. Don Hertzfeldt)

2010: The Social Network (d. David Fincher)

2011: A Separation (d. Asghar Farhadi)

2012: Moonrise Kingdom (d. Wes Anderson)

2013: Her (d. Spike Jonze)

2014: Whiplash (d. Damien Chazelle)

2015: Mad Max: Fury Road (d. George Miller)

2016: Arrival (d. Denis Villeneuve)

2017: Get Out (d. Jordan Peele)

2018: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (d. Peter Ramsey, Bob Persichetti & Rodney Rothman)

2019: Parasite (d. Bong Joon-Ho)

2020: The Father (d. Florian Zeller)

2021: The Worst Person in the World (d. Joachim Trier)

2022: The Banshees of Inisherin (d. Martin McDonagh)

2023: Oppenheimer (d. Christopher Nolan)

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PREVIOUS MOVIE OF THE DECADE WINNERS (click to view full event)

2000s: There Will Be Blood (d. Paul Thomas Anderson)

2010s: Parasite (d. Bong Joon-Ho)

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Letterboxd List of All Past Nominees

Letterboxd Master List of All Past Top 32s

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