Oscar Season 2024–2025; Final Predictions; Crowded Best Supporting Actress Race ENDS With Few Certainties And Several Dark Horses Lurking

On this episode of ACADEMY ANONYMOUS:A “Perfect” LOCK - Saldana reaps reward for years of work in mainstream Hollywood fare with demanding, delicate dance in “Emilia Perez”A VULNERABLE kind of “Perfect” - Ariana Grande hits everywhere so far, but is her turn in “Wicked” on par with the dramatic performances her fellow musicians gave in order to find Oscar success?Three Is A Crowd:  vote-splitting between too many musical performances.Two Of A Kind: the Gomez-Grande parallels that hurt bothSelena Gomez bid undone by a Screen Actors Guild snubIsabella Rossellini cashes in her “WAY PAST DUE” ticket with Best Picture contender “Conclave”Felicity Jones fights for veteran’s spot, but is “The Brutalist” running time hurting her chances?Jamie Lee-Curtis “afterglow” nomination NOT IMPOSSIBLE - but far from sure-thing going it alone.“SAG Remembers” - Danielle Deadwyler campaign marches on after Actors Guild refuses to forget egregious snub for “Till”Monica Barbaro sings her way into the category with scene-stealing performance as Joan Baez in “A Complete Unknown”Margaret Qualley - “nepo-baby” & coattail nominee OR rising starlet building bridges with the right indie/international/art-house cinema insiders (Lanthimos, Denis, Tarantino, Coen). Support the show