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

Academy Anonymous

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 nods
• Robert Eggers and Linda Muir welcomed into BAFTA & CDG - "Nosferatu" looking good to double-up on Costumes & Makeup
• After 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 category
• As 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-herring
• In Makeup, where performance matters, at least one nod featuring the work of "Man of a Thousand Faces" Sebastian Stan looks promising
• All signs point to Makeup voters omitting any work modeled after real-life people. Will voters really go full-genre this year?

Chapters

1. Oscar Season 2024-2025; Final Predictions; A Makeup Longlist Heavy on Genre and Light on "Reality"; A Costume Consensus Without A Period Front-Runner (00:00:00)

2. Costumers scramble to fill out their nominees as no clear favorite emerges from Period Costume work (00:00:19)

3. Competitive Makeup longlist means surprises and upsets, as favorites battle "tried and true" voting branch habits (00:29:35)