Oscar Season 2024-2025; Final Predictions; Torres and Baptiste To Lead A Best Actress Revenge Tour; Villeneuve In The Best Director Doghouse; Hail Mary Plays For Best Picture of the Year

On this episode of ACADEMY ANONYMOUS:

• The “Best” Best Actress contender lineup….ever?
• Best Actress - THERE WILL BE SNUBS
• Fernanda Torres aims to spoil Oscar morning for vets Cynthia Erivo & Marianne Jean-Baptiste
• Demi Moore, Karla Sofia Gascon, Mikey Madison… too many newbies?
• An Oscars 5-for-5 with the Directors Guild of America for Best Director
• Is it now or never for director James Mangold 
• Can Denis Villeneuve find the sweet spot again with his directing branch for Dune, Part 2
• Oscar morning headline - “Female directors shut-out at the Academy Awards, again”
• The Producers Guild of America tries to go 100% with the Oscars Best Picture lineup for two years in a row!!
• The secret weapon for A Real Pain landing in Best Picture of the Year
• A24’s Sing Sing & MGM’s Nickel Boys (two of the year’s best) left out in the cold…