Oscar Season 2024-2025: Recapping an Eventful Oscar Night; The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the Oscars Telecast; Surprising Wins and Shocking Snubs; Sean Baker makes history; “Anora” is Queen and NEON is on top of the mountain, again

Academy Anonymous

On this episode of ACADEMY ANONYMOUS:

• Oscar Sunday post-mortum
• Conan O'Brian takes his Oscar swing
• Musical performances - well executed, but arbitrary and favoritist?
• Supporting favorites stay perfect - category fraud a major advantage?
• Latvia’s FLOW surprises! And the telling connection between Animated Feature and Animated Short winners!
• WICKED makes Oscar History in Costume Design! But did it fall short of its potential wins?
• THE SUBSTANCE makeup controversy?
• Screenplay wins spotlight a battle between ANORA and CONCLAVE - New Academy vs. Old Academy
• Pesky short films prove difficult for any/every Oscar predictor
• Film Editing STILL key to securing Best Picture
• IN MEMORIAM - Gene Hackman, notable snubs and where’s David Lynch’s tribute?!
• DUNE, PART TWO doubles up wins and proves more liked than slight nominations suggest
• I”M STILL HERE leads Brazil to historic win! EMILIA PEREZ can’t overcome Mexican controversy
• Adrien Brody proves SAG win optional
• Sean Baker defends movie theaters!
• Unpacking Demi Moore’s loss, Mikey Madison’s “upset” and Fernanda Torres’s shortcoming
• A new Best Picture winner!
• Final Takeaways - stats that survived, forecasting future trends, Cannes is King and Oscar voting body in transition

Chapters

1. Oscar Season 2024-2025: Recapping an Eventful Oscar Night; The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the Oscars Telecast; Surprising Wins and Shocking Snubs; Sean Baker makes history; “Anora” is Queen and NEON is on top of the mountain, again (00:00:00)

2. Opening Wicked Musical Number and Conan O'Brien (00:02:43)

3. Supporting Actor/Animated Feature/Animated Short (00:06:31)

4. Costume/Original Screenplay/Adapted Screenplay/Makeup (00:20:07)

5. Bond Tribute (00:25:53)

6. Editing/Supporting Actress/Production Design (00:29:23)

7. Original Song/Documentary Short/Documentary Feature (00:40:52)

8. Sound/Visual Effects/Live Action Short (00:47:44)

9. In Memoriam Tributes (00:57:34)

10. Cinematography/Foreign Film/Original Score (01:03:10)

11. Best Actor/Adrien Brody's Speech/Timothée Chalamet's Loss (01:06:44)

12. Best Director/Sean Baker Makes History (01:19:32)

13. Best Actress/Mikey Madison Is Queen of The Night/Demi Moore's Predictable Loss/Fernanda Torres Too Far Behind To Close The Gap (01:22:37)

14. Best Picture/Anora Clobbers The Competition/Rising Trends Within The Academy (01:48:51)

15. Final Closing Thoughts On A Chaotic Awards Season/Lessons Learned/The New Academy/Transitions and Crossroads (01:52:26)