2016 Oscar Predictions: Best Original Screenplay

For the last ten years, Best Original Screenplay has gone to a Best Picture nominee. The last time it didn't was in 2005 when "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" won. If this trend continues, then unfortunately "Ex Machina," my second favorite movie of 2015, is out of the running. "Straight Outta Compton" would also be knocked out, but I'll…
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2016 Oscar Predictions: Best Director

Best Director has quickly become the category where the visionary filmmaker is honored. Ang Lee won for "Life of Pi" in 2013, Alfonso Cuarón for "Gravity" in 2014, and Alejandro G. Iñarritu for "Birdman" in 2015 (his film was the most visionary of the group, at least). However, this year we have the debacle of having…
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2016 Grammy Predictions: General Field

It's music's biggest night! The Grammy Awards are coming up on February 15th. Here are our 2016 Grammy Predictions for the general field categories! Album of the Year Nominees: "1989" - Taylor Swift "Beauty Behind the Madness" - The Weeknd "Sound & Color" - Alabama Shakes "To Pimp A Butterfly" - Kendrick Lamar "Traveller" -…
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2016 Oscar Predictions: Best Picture

This is perhaps the most competitive race for Best Picture this decade, maybe even this century. Never has the field been so divided. It seems that every precursor indicator contradicts another and just when we think momentum is building, it is quickly taken away. “Spotlight” maintained the frontrunner status throughout the critics awards even thought…
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Femme Fatale Friday: Ivy Levan

A pinch of Lady Gaga. A dash of Christina Aguilera. A big helping of an even bigger voice. And, last but not least, a whole hell of a lot of style, spunk, and personality. And that, my friends, are the components of the pop princess Ivy Levan. Thanks to Amazon, I recently stumbled across the…
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