Oscar Season 2024-2025; Final Predictions; A Makeup Longlist Heavy on Genre and Light on "Reality"; A Costume Consensus Without A Period Front-Runner

On this episode of ACADEMY ANONYMOUS:"Conclave" Costume Designer FINALLY breaks into Costume Designers Guild - but will it be enough to overcome the "Contemporary Curse"Jacqueline West falls short at BAFTA as "Dune, Part 2" loses ground "Wicked" the perfect recipe for Costume & Production Design crossover nodsRobert Eggers and Linda Muir welcomed into BAFTA & CDG - "Nosferatu" looking good to double-up on Costumes & MakeupAfter FINALLY returning with a nod for last year's "Napoleon," can the Costume Designer of "Gladiator 2" go back-to-back?Arianne Phillips' BAFTA-"bounce-back" a promising sign for "A Complete Unknown" after guild and Makeup snub.Can Tim Burton's Makeup effects give "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" an edge in the Makeup categoryAs actress campaign stumbles, can "Maria" still reap nods Below-The-Line"The Substance" looking like the favorite for Makeup but is the team too unfamiliar for Academy voters"Emilia Perez" the rare international title to make Makeup guild - a positive sign or a red-herringIn Makeup, where performance matters, at least one nod featuring the work of "Man of a Thousand Faces" Sebastian Stan looks promisingAll signs point to Makeup voters omitting any work modeled after real-life people. Will voters really go full-genre this year?Support the show