Oscar Season 2025-2026: Oscar Nominees Revealed; Unpacking the Year's Biggest Surprises and Snubs; History Making SINNERS; Clues from the BAFTA and WGA nominees

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On this episode of ACADEMY ANONYMOUS:

The Academy announces the nominees for the 98th Oscars!How ACADEMY ANONYMOUS fared in the Oscar pool Warner Bros. in a league all their own this year - racks up 30 nominations between SINNERS, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER and WEAPONSONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER is PTA's biggest Oscar success with 13 nomination (!) but it can't stop SINNERS from making Oscar historyAcademy sets the stage for a final showdown between ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER and SINNERS - is an upset brewing??Chloé Zhao makes history in the Best Director categoryA24's MARTY SUPREME makes Josh Safdie a 4-time Oscar nomineeNeon's SENTIMENTAL VALUE completes comeback to score 9 nominationsA lukewarm reception for international titles including THE SECRET AGENT and IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENTEmma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos revive BUGONIA at the 11th hour How Kate Hudson in SONG SUNG BLUE edged out Chase Infiniti in ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHEREthan Hawke and Micheal B. Jordan crack Best Actor, but Joel Edgerton gets left out in the cold againPlan B's Oscar muscle steers summer popcorn flick F1 into Best Picture, but will the company regret it in the long run?How we correctly predicted a BLUE MOON surprise in Original ScreenplayAVATAR: FIRE AND ASH crashes Best Costume DesignThe "shocking" Oscar shutout that industry pundits refused to see... and ACADEMY ANONYMOUS laid out the breadcrumbs for.PLUS - the snubs and surprises we saw coming (Paul Mescal, Delroy Lindo) and those we hoped wouldn't come to pass (Jafar Panahi)Cross referencing Oscar nominees with nominations for the British Film Academy's BAFTA awards, the Writers Guild, and the ACE Editors Guild

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