Jeff Wells recounts his trip to Cannes and the films he saw that he liked, and which ones will land in the Oscar race. It's a quick summary of Jeff's thoughts while Sasha mostly listens.

AwardsDaily's Sasha Stone and Hollywood-Elsewhere's Jeffrey Wells get together for a conversation about what's happening right now. What is Sinners about? What are its Oscar chances? Also talk about David Mamet's Henry Johnson and the upcoming Cannes Film Festival.

Sasha Stone and Jeff Wells take us back in time to discuss Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider's Last Tango in Paris, plus we discuss how the Oscar game can sometimes kill movies.

Sasha Stone is joined by Hollywood-Elsewhere's Jeff Wells to discuss all of the movies coming up this year.

Sasha Stone is joined by Jeff Wells to discuss the Oscars which gave almost all of its top prizes to Anora. We also talk about the upcoming slate for 2025.

Sasha Stone and Mark Johnson lay down their final Oscar predictions for the 97th Academy Awards. Who will win, how they might win and why this is such an unpredictable year.

Sasha Stone is joined by Clarence Moye and Mark Johnson to discuss the SAG predictions, what might win, what could win, what should win. We close it out with a brief discussion about White Lotus.

Sasha Stone is joined by Clarence Moye and Mark Johnson from The Contending (thecontending.com) to talk about the state of the Oscar race and spitball what we think might happen at the BAFTAs. Will Anora continue the winning streak or might another movie like Conclave take the lead?

Sasha Stone and Jeff Wells discuss what was a surprising win by Anora to take the Producers Guild and the Directors Guild in one night. Between that and winning the Critics Choice, does this mean it goes all the way? Probably, yes. We discussed how we knew it would and predicted it when almost no one else did.

Sasha Stone is joined by Jeffrey Wells of Hollywood Elsewhere to talk about the Emilia Perez disaster and what this means for "woke" Hollywood now. Are the Oscar chances destroyed? Can the movie recover and when can we start talking like normal people again?

Sasha Stone an Jeff Wells discuss the Oscar nominations and lament the Oscars pushing Emilia Perez on woke grounds. When does it all end?

Sasha welcomes Hollywood-Elsewhere's Jeffrey Wells to discuss how to fix the Oscars and other movies this season like The last Showgirl, Anora and Conclave

As Hollywood fights back flames, the nominations are being postponed right and left. It's a tragic situation but the show must go on. Sasha Stone is joined by TheContending.com's Clarence Moye and Mark Johnson to catch up on what is happening in the race after the Golden Globes, the DGA and the SAG nominations. Sponsored by Focus Features.

Sasha Stone is joined by TheContending.com's Clarence Moye and Mark Johnson to discuss the wide open Best Picture race, along with the other major categories. Who are the frontrunners? What narratives do they need to win? Is this a weak year? We discuss it all.

Sasha Stone and Mark Johnson talk all the happenings at the Telluride Film Festival, mainly how it has changed up our predictions. What if anything did we add or take out? Filmd discussed include Sean Baker's Anora, Jesse Eisenberg's A Real Pain, Jaques Audiard's Emilia Perez and more.

After becoming the subject of Hollywood gossip, you can hear what Sasha Stone thinks in her own words. This is all about how a story in the Hollywood Reporter caused a small bubble in the film industry to lose their minds. Also, Clarence Moye is starting a new site called The Contending and will be having his own podcast and everything else. Mark Johnson takes us through the potential Telluride lineup. We thought we needed to check in and fill you in on everything going on.

Sasha Stone, Ryan Adams, Mark Johnson and Marshall Flores close out the 96th Academy Awards. We talk about our favorite moments from the Oscars, what still haunts us even now, What did we get right, what did we get wrong. Join us as we "put a bow on it" and finish the year.

Sasha Stone, Ryan Adams, Mark Johnson and Clarence Moye dig into the categories one last time before Sunday night, March 10, 2024. We go through Oppenheimer's wins, and we look at which categories are locked and which ones could go either way. Emma Stone vs. Lily Gladstone, Visual Effects, Screenplay, Production Design and Costume Design are some of the big question marks.

Sasha Stone, Ryan Adams, Mark Johnson and Clarence Moye discuss the Oscar race as it stands today, the last day of Oscar voting. Now that the SAG and PGA have joined Oppenheimer, and with more awards coming this weekend, there are just a few loose ends that need to be tied. We're almost ready for the Oscars on March 10.

For this episode of Sidebar, Sasha Stone talks to Marshall Flores, the stats guru of AwardsDaily.com. We do a long deep dive into Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer before moving into the stats and attempt to predict how many Oscars Oppenheimer will win -- between 5 and 9 is our best guess.