Frontrunners and Challengers: Is it Tom Cruise's Year?
05/08/2026 | 1h 54 mins.
Sasha Stone, Jeremy Jentzen, and Scott Kernen talk about the very early Oscar race, Tom Cruise in Digger, and why we are getting ahead of ourselves and how that’s not great for the Oscars. Also, can Jafar Jackson get a nomination for Michael or is the film too controversial and the Best Actor race in general. Plus, 9/11 conspiracy theories.
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Frontrunners and Challengers: The Paramount Merger, The Cannes Lineup and the Emmy Sidebar
04/16/2026 | 1h 45 mins.
Sasha Stone, Scott Kernen, and Jeremy Jentzen discuss the Paramount/WB merger and why it’s better for Hollywood, the Cannes Lineup that has no American movies, and we talk a bit about the catastrophic year of 2020 and how it broke America. If you’d like to opt out of these emails you can do so in your subscriber preferences.
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Frontrunners and Challengers: Lessons from 2026 and Project Hail Mary's Oscar Chances
03/26/2026 | 1h 26 mins.
Sasha Stone, Scott Kernen, and Jeremy Jentzen ruminate on last year’s Oscar race and what mistakes were made, and how the Oscars can improve. Project Hail Mary and way too early Oscar predictions for Best Picture. Plus, will controversy chase the Michael Jackson movie? How will Greta Gerwig’s Narnia fare? You can stop getting these emails by clicking on your subscriber preferences.
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2026 Oscars! The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the Oscars
03/17/2026 | 1h 57 mins.
Sasha Stone, Scott Kernen, and Jeremy Jentzen deconstruct the 98th Academy Awards. Scott was there! How did the ceremony go? Was it fun? We gossip, we chew the scenery like Sean Penn. Actually, we don’t. We have a long conversation with the good, the bad, and the ugly.
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Frontrunners and Challengers: Final Oscar Predictions
03/12/2026 | 2h 6 mins.
Sasha Stone, Scott Kernen, and Jeremy Jentzen hash out their final Oscar predictions before Sunday’s show. Is One Battle After Another set to sweep? Will Sinners upset? Who will be winning Best Actor? Is it better to take risks when predicting or go with the comfortable status quo? All of that and more.
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