Oscar Season 2024-2025; Final Predictions for Oscar Night, Part 1; Will the Academy spread the wealth or can box-office champ "Wicked" feast on craft categories; "Emilia Perez" flirting with a shut-out; Brazil and Latvia chase Oscar History

On this episode of ACADEMY ANONYMOUS:BAFTA awards stall FLOW’s momentum, Latvia likely to fall short of historic win in Animated FeatureDreamworks Animation to ride studio-best 3 Oscar nominations into first Animated Feature win in nearly two decadesBrazil to make OSCAR HISTORY - surging I'M STILL HERE poised to upset EMILIA PEREZ and capture first International Film title for the countryNetflix’s EMILIA PEREZ wrestles to maintain hold as International Film favorite, can the film survive Mexican controversy and growing unpopularity?Does BAFTA snub foretell of trouble for NO OTHER LAND at the Oscars?With win at DGA, can PORCELAIN WAR upset in Documentary and result in a three-peat for the Ukrainian War in the category?DUNE: PART TWO still favorite for VFX Oscar with BAFTA win, but Visual Effects Society snub leaves the door open for WICKEDDUNE: PART TWO vs. A COMPLETE UNKNOWN vs. WICKED - a three-headed monster in SOUND makes it nearly impossible to select a favoriteCratering EMILIA PEREZ tries to salvage Original Song win, but Diane “Never-Say-Die” Warren might just deliver the death blowTHE SUBSTANCE the clear front-runner for Makeup Oscar, but can a win give Demi Moore an edge in Best Actress?WICKED's Paul Tazewell to makes OSCAR HISTORY as first black man and only second black costume designer to win Costume. Nathan Crowley to FINALLY win Production Design (without Christopher Nolan)!An absolute free-for-all in Film Editing - BAFTA win for CONCLAVE either a mirage or the win that seals its fate on Oscar night! Can Sean Baker get on stage four times on Oscar night? Will EMILIA PEREZ and WICKED cancel each other out or ride their Sound nominations to a surprise victory in Film Editing?Support the show