The five most exciting head-to-head battles in the Oscars race

He won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival, and was awarded the Best Actor Award (previously known as SAG Award) The nominations were announced last week, and Moura was excluded along with other performers who appeared in non-English language films. This wasn’t a great sign, since actors are the largest voting bloc among Academy Awards voters. It is true that members of the Globes (international journalists) are likely to accept non-English performances, but nevertheless, this victory puts Moura firmly back in the fold.

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3 and 4. Supporting Actors and Actresses: Shaking Up the Races

In some years, a performer can easily sweep all the major predictive awards on the way to the Oscars. Kieran Culkin won a Golden Globe, a BAFTA, a SAG, and an Oscar for his role last year, as well as Best Supporting Actor for Real Pain. This year is not that year. The Globes’ supporting categories are actually similar to the Oscars, as they are not separated into drama and comedy. And this year’s Globes came as a huge surprise to both endorsement races.

There was no real consensus on who should be cast in a supporting role, with Benicio del Toro considered to have a slightly better chance of winning for One Battle After Another than Jacob Elordi for Frankenstein. Del Toro won several Critics Association Awards, and Elordi won the Critics Award. A new twist has been added to Stellan Skarsgård’s Norwegian film Sentimental Value, which won a Globe Award. Like Moura, the Globe’s international voters may have favored performance in languages ​​other than English. But Skarsgård now has the word “winner” written all over his body and has the momentum to move forward.

Just four days before the Globe Awards, the venue of the award ceremony. gold derby Amy Madigan has “moved into first place in the odds for Best Supporting Actress” after winning the Critics Choice Award and the New York and Los Angeles Film Critics Groups for her role in the horror film Weapons. And after Teyana Taylor’s Groves win at One Battle After Another, a cheeky but accurate post vulture“Rest in peace to Oscar frontrunner Amy Madigan (2025-26),” the live blog read. This change in course makes the support race the least predictable of the year.

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5. Best Photo: One Battle vs Hamnet?

Paul Thomas Anderson has won numerous awards, so he gives modest, smart, generous, and short acceptance speeches, which comes in handy. Even after winning the Globe for Best Musical or Comedy, One Battle After Another remains a front-runner for the Best Picture Oscar. And the fact that Anderson won for both director and screenplay (unlike the Oscars, the Globes don’t separate the screenplay categories between original and adaptation) is a sign of strength that One Battle is the safest of the Oscar bets.