Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

FIvethirtyeight.com uses a more complicated system than Vegas. They put a lot of stock in the other award ceremonies, many of which have yet to happen, but here is their preliminary predictions. http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/fiv ... he-oscars/

Yeah my regular co-host had to bail last minute and I had to use my backup, who had to call in from his cell. It wasn't pretty. But he's quite knowledgeable and the discussion was very good I thought. Anyway, here's what I found while looking through the Nov.-Dec. release schedule (in order of poten...

http://www.oddschecker.com/awards/oscars Of the six major categories, Leo is the heaviest favorite, as a $1,200 bet is needed just to win $100. Brie Larson is a sizable favorite at 1/3. I was a little surprised to see Inarritu listed as the favorite at director, and Sly as the favorite for Supportin...

One of the ways to help overcome this would be if those who consider this a concern (Spike Lee, Will Smith's wife, George Clonney) is to start up a production company with the purpose of making films that focus on non-white characters. Why is it assumed if the character isn't explicitly non-white t...

Thanks, Sabin!
I've been involved with a year-long fantasy movie league of my own creation for close to a decade. We do bonuses for having movies that win and get nominated for Oscars, so I wish I would've found this message board sooner. I plan to hang around and post often.

So is now the wrong time to inform you all the latest episode to my box office/oscar buzz podcast will air Thursday?
Also, sorry for basically breaking your message board.
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I appreciate the time and thoughtfulness that have gone into some of the responses. I do think the blame lies more with the casting directors, movie directors, studios, and producers than it lies with the Academy. There clearly were no movies with AA leads that warranted nomination outside of SoC, b...

I'm curious to find out what you guys think the reasons are for the second straight Whiteout among nominees.
My thoughts can be found on the link below, but I'm curious to see what others think the reasons are.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/movieboobs ... n-analysis

Hey all! I'm new to the forum, so I apologize if this is something that is frowned upon, but I'm seeking feedback on a new podcast I've created. It's called The Movie BOOBs (an anagram of the discussion topics Box Office and Oscar Buzz). Today we discussed the favorites to receive nominations for th...