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I knew Tim-Tim would win SAG (SAG does have over 100,00 members and includes newscasters, etc., and I just had a feeling they'd screw this one up), but I'd still wager Ralph Fiennes was second at the Oscars as Conclave seemed more liked than A Complete Unknown by the Academy with its many international members who don't give a shit about Bob Dylan. I assume Fraser beat Butler because once Academy members actually watched Elvis, they realized that it was a total *********** and that all the actors, including Butler, were awful in it. The Whale wan't much better, but it was still better, and Fraser was definitely better than Butler. The fact that The Whale actually won Makeup while Elvis kept not winning told me Fraser was going to win. I just wish that Colin Farrell or Paul Mescal had won.

As @ShadowHunter and @slowpoked pointed out, Demi's biggest hurdle was the horror genre, not her age. Also, Mikey was in the BP frontrunner (and eventual winner), which also matters a ton. As I said in an earlier post, in a close race, the actor in the more beloved film is going to win, and Mikey's film was definitely more beloved than Demi's. Age had nothing to do with it. That article was really ill-informed on the whole, though, as it, in one instance, cited a Shitter post saying Demi and Tim-Tim were the Actress and Actor frontrunners, and that was never the case with Tim-Tim. Never. Adrien Brody was always the frontrunner, and I'm not even sure Tim-Tim came in second. Regarding Demi, she was a really soft frontrunner given the horror genre of The Substance and the broad love for Anora; frankly, if anyone siphoned votes away from Demi, it was probably Fernanda Torres. People who write articles like these are just not aware of how the Oscars work. Rather, they take what they wanted the outcome to be and reverse-engineer reasons why that outcome didn't occur. It is true that younger male actors never win, but it is also true that younger male actors almost never deserve to win because the really interesting male roles skew older. I actually thought Tim-Tim should've won for Call Me by Your Name, and I'll never get over Heath Ledger not winning for Brokeback Mountain, which is maybe my favorite performance ever by a male actor. I can't really think of anyone else because there just aren't a lot of meaty roles for male actors in their 20s. On the other hand, there are plenty of really interesting roles for younger female actors; consequently, more younger female actors win Oscars. Moreover, as the article points out, more women in their 60s have won Best Actress (nine) than men in their 60s have won Best Actor (six). Also, the trend lately in Best Actress has not necessarily been to reward younger actresses. If we look at the last twenty winners, here are their ages at the time of the ceremonies: 2025: Mikey Madison, 25 2024: Emma Stone, 35 2023: Michelle Yeoh, 60 2022: Jessica Chastain, 44 (her birthday was actually three days before the ceremony) 2021: Frances McDormand, 63 2020: Renée Zellweger, 50 2019: Olivia Colman, 45 2018: Frances McDormand, 60 2017: Emma Stone, 28 2016: Brie Larson, 26 2015: Julianne Moore, 54 2014: Cate Blanchett, 44 2013: Jennifer Lawrence, 22 2012: Meryl Streep, 62 2011: Natalie Portman, 29 2010: Sandra Bullock, 45 2009: Kate Winslet, 33 2008: Marion Cotillard, 32 2007: Helen Mirren, 61 2006: Reese Witherspoon, 29 More actresses 40 and older (eleven) have won than actresses under 40 (nine), and it's definitely skewed older in the last eight years. Really, the problem is not that older actresses are under-rewarded; it's that there just aren't enough roles period for older actresses. I think the focus should be on creating more roles for older actresses and more interesting roles for younger actors. Also, while Demi would've been a great winner, Mikey was eminently deserving herself (and maybe gave a more complex performance), and – and I cannot say this enough – Tim-Tim flatly did not deserve to win. The Shitterverse and this Buzzfeed writer will just have to get over it.

Someone on Reddit posted the relevant clip, and it's truly awful. Of course, he said his comments were taken out of context, but the words he said out loud in that clip were horrific in every conceivable iteration of context. When even the devil herself, Eteri Tutberidze, excoriates you for being an abominable person, you really have gone too far.

I'm going to stop you right there.

I didn't take that as a backlash against Anora so much as an encomium of Demi Moore, of whom Joe Reid seems to be a great fan. I had also kind of wanted to see Moore win because it would've been a really cool story and because she was great in the film, and I did vote for her for the SAG Award. However, the Academy, as a collective, isn't as interested in cool stories like that anymore. This is exactly what happened with Emma Stone last year, Michelle Yeoh the year before, Frances McDormand in 2021, and Olivia Colman in 2019: voters collectively went for the performance in the movie they liked more, and each of those women were in movies that were liked much more than their seemingly closest competitors (Lily Gladstone for Stone, Cate Blanchett for Yeoh, Viola Davis and Carey Mulligan for McDormand, and Glenn Close for Colman). That even seemed to be what carried Brendan Fraser to victory over Austin Butler two years ago since The Whale won Best Makeup and Elvis went 0 for 8. Now, I happen to have agreed with (almost) each of those choices (it was a 50-50 split between McDormand and Mulligan for me in 2021), but I think the bigger point is that movies at large made the difference for all of those acting winners (BAFTA also gave a bit of an indication as well in a few races). Moore was wonderful, but so was Mikey Madison; there wasn't a wrong choice to be made there. Moreover, Madison was in her film more than Moore was in hers, and Madison was in the Best Picture frontrunner. As soon as I head the ovation for Sean Baker when he won Original Screenplay (and especially when he subsequently won Editing), I knew Madison had it. What I do agree with in the article is hoping that this gives Moore more chances to take roles in interesting and daring films; that would be the real victory.

In 2021, Chadwick Boseman and Viola Davis won the lead trophies at SAG while Anthony Hopkins and Frances McDormanc won the lead trophies at the Oscars. That, of course, was the weird COVID year, though, so you'd have to go back to 2003 when Daniel Day-Lewis and Renée Zellweger won the lead SAGs and Adrien Brody and Nicole Kidman won the lead Oscars. I thought Anora was great, so I'm happy for its sweep. I was rooting for Demi Moore, but Mikey Madison was undeniably great. I saw that win coming because it just would've been weird if the movie won everything except for Actress, and it was obvious early on that it was winning. I kind of wish Yura Borisov had been swept along for the ride. I wanted literally anyone but Timothée Chalamet to win Actor (I guess you're not one of the greats yet, kid), but Adrien Brody was going for the goddamn record there with that interminable speech, wasn't he? What a self-important ass. At least he seemed genuine in his praise of his fellow nominees. I'm happy for both Zoe Saldaña and Kieran Culkin, even if I had the latter in last place of those five nominees. The show draaaaaaaaaaagged, especially compared to last year's brisk pace. My favorite win of the night, though, was Flow for Animated Feature, so here's to a beautiful independent animated film centered on a sweet black kitty who looks like a combination of my current boy and my dearly departed (a decade ago) girl.😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻

Since Flow won Animated Feature, I'm really happy for I'm Still Here. It was wonderful.

Hoo boy, this person canNOT sing like Adele.

It was eligible, but I'd say it just wasn't as appreciated/acclaimed as the nominated quintet.

He swore when talking about how great his TV brother Jeremy Strong was in The Apprentice. I found it pretty endearing, and I want him only to tell stories about his wife forever – so adorable!

I think there's a chance Mikey Madison or Fernanda Torres (whose movie I just saw yesterday) could upset Demi Moore, but I still think Demi has a slight edge. And I did say the makeup win for Poor Things telegraphed Emma Stone's win last year!! That certainly could be the case this year with The Substance and Demi, but the bonkers thing that I think might happen is Coralie Fargeat winning Best Director. I think it's going to be either Fargeat or Sean Baker (and I really hope it's not Brady Corbet, who's running neck and neck with Thirsty Timmy for most entitled douchebag of this year's awards season). It would be so wild if Fargeat won.

I voted for Conclave, Ralph Fiennes, Demi Moore, Yura Borisov, and Zoe Saldaña (regardless of her film's issues, I genuinely thought she was fantastic) in the film categories and Shōgun, Hiroyuku Sanada, Anna Sawai, Hacks, Adam Brody, Jean Smart, Richard Gadd, and Jessica Gunning in the TV categories. That's better than a 60% success rate, so I'm generally thrilled with the winners. However, Timothée Chalamet proved to be exactly the entitled, arrogant douchebag I always knew he was. Even Edward Norton, who can be difficult himself, looked dumbfounded at the end of that self-encomium and could barely clap twice. Because SAG is SAG, I thought Thirsty Timmy would win this one, but I still think Adrien Brody will win Sunday. We'll see. He should be glad Oscar voting already ended, though, I'll tell you that. On the other hand, I could not be happier for Demi Moore. The wisdom that comes from life experience made her performance incredible and her gratitude and passion in her speeches sincere and palpable.

I'm pretty sure Scott Moir spends, conservatively, 73% of his time creating new social media accounts for the sole purpose of shitting all over Meryl and Charlie, and that psycho fan (of the "Virtue and Moir have a secret baker's dozen of children" infamy) spends 100% of their/her/his time engaging in similar because they still cannot deal, eleven fucking years later, with the fact that Meryl and Charlie far out-skated Virtue and Moir in Sochi. At least, that would be my guess as to why this bullshit persists.

Had the halftime show been jazz, I would not have been able to hit the mute button fast enough. It's true that we all have different preferences, of course. I loved Kendrick's show, but I'm a child of the 80s and 90s: rap and hip hop were an elemental, constant presence in the music of my formative years (as were pop, classic rock, grunge, glam, etc.). And Kendrick is so good at what he does and so brilliant with the art he creates that he's won a Pulitzer Prize. And boy, did I love Tom Petty's halftime show, too, back in 2008. Tragic game, though.

I think it's a combination of the AI controversies and Brady Corbet's public declarations, which have had an unmistakable air of self-aggrandizement. Also, I liked The Brutalist very much, but it's definitely a movie people might admire but not love. I liked Anora, but I don't think it's that good. However, far worse films have won Best Picture, if it indeed wins BP.