Oscar Nom Predictions '25: Surprises Incoming - Oscar Race Checkpoint 1/20/25

We make our final Oscar Nomination Predictions for the 97th Academy Awards, hear about Mike’s dream, and laugh with us or at us, we don’t care, as long as we’re all laughing. Tallies & Changing Philosophies - 4:15 Best Picture & A Surprise in the 10 - 6:36 Director & Chalk Picks We Hope Happen - 24:57 Actor & Separate Surprises We Like - 27:10 Actress & A Lot of Serious Contenders In Play - 29:47 Supporting Actor & Some Vulnerable Predictions - 40:52 Supporting Actress & How We Cannot Be Surprised - 46:04 Adapted & Original Screenplay - 51:24 Cinematography & Film Editing - 57:11 Costume Design + What If The Mikes Had More Access?- 1:02:46 Make-up & Hairstyling & what looked yucky - 1:07:24 Production Design & black goo planets - 1:10:52 Original Score & worse scores you could have sex to - 1:17:38 Original Song & dance to what makes you happy - 1:19:25 Sound Design & Mike’s favorite scene of the year - 1:23:25 VFX & what if they released a visual fx xenomorph into the dolby theater - 1:25:22 Documentary & how this category is cursed - 1:30:06 Animated & how it better be this 5 - 1:37:36 International Feature & frolicking arm in arm towards certain destruction - 1:39:11 OUTRO - Let us know your picks. We’ll have Nomination Reactions next. Otherwise, you can hear us on WPLR 99.1 in Connecticut to discuss more about the Oscar Nominations on Wednesday morning. https://www.wplr.com/ https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar