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LOS ANGELES \u2014 Could Sunday be \u201cAbsolute Sinnerma\u201d? Or will \u201cOne Battle After Another\u201d prevail at the 98th Academy Awards?<\/p>\n
Ryan Coogler\u2019s \u201cSinners\u201d has already made history with 16 Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director. Previously, the record was held by \u201cAll About Eve\u201d (1950), \u201cTitanic\u201d (1997), and \u201cLa La Land\u201d (2016) \u2014 each earned 14 nominations.<\/p>\n
Sunday\u2019s award show could be historic. \u201cSinners\u201d needs to win 12 Academy Awards to become the most awarded film in Oscars’ history.<\/p>\n
Currently, three films hold the record for the most Oscar wins: \u201cBen-Hur\u201d (1959), \u201cTitanic\u201d (1997) and \u201cThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King\u201d (2003). Each took home 11 Academy Awards.<\/p>\n
It should be noted that \u201cThe Return of the King\u201d swept the 76th Academy Awards because it won in every category it was nominated. \u201cThe Turning Point\u201d (1977) and \u201cThe Color Purple\u201d (1985) each received 11 Oscar nominations but went home empty-handed.<\/p>\n
\u201cSinners\u201d is riding a momentum wave thanks to the Screen Actors Guild\u2019s Actor Awards win last week that included Best Actor for Michael B. Jordan and Outstanding Cast. However, if history teaches us anything, it is that the SAGs don\u2019t have the best record when it comes to predicting Oscar wins. Last year, only two SAG film acting winners, from the four categories, won Oscars.<\/p>\n
Paul Thomas Anderson\u2019s \u201cOne Battle After Another\u201d isn\u2019t going out without a \u2026 well … battle. The film has been dominating the awards circuit and all precursor awards like the Directors Guild, Producers Guild, the Golden Globes, Critics Choice and the BAFTAs.<\/p>\n
Thomas Anderson was previously nominated for Best Picture and Best Directing for \u201cThere Will Be Blood\u201d (2007), \u201cPhantom Thread (2017), and \u201cLicorice Pizza\u201d (2021). Sean Penn earned his sixth nomination and first in the Supporting Actor category. He previously won Best Actor for his leading roles in \u201cMystic River\u201d (2003) and \u201cMilk\u201d (2008).<\/p>\n
The consensus seems to be that come Sunday night, Thomas Anderson will walk away with the Oscar for Best Director.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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To say that this past year has been historic for movies would be an understatement. At this year\u2019s Academy Awards, \u201cThe Secret Agent\u201d and \u201cSentimental Value\u201d became the 12th and 13th non-English films to be nominated for both International Feature Film and Best Picture in the same year. \u201cParasite\u201d is the only film to have won both the International Feature Film and Best Picture Oscars.<\/p>\n
Ladies, step right up. Women made history with a record 76 nominations this year. The previous record of 71 was set in 2023.<\/p>\n
With their nomination for \u201cSirat,\u201d Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas and Yasmina Praderas became the first all-women sound team to be nominated for a sound award. Autumn Durald Arkapaw is the fourth woman to be nominated for Cinematography for \u201cSinners.\u201d Additionally, Chloe Zhao\u2019s directing nomination is the 11th nomination for a woman, and she is the second woman to receive multiple directing nominations, following Jane Campion.<\/p>\n
Zhao made history at the 93rd Academy Awards (2021) when she became the first woman of color to win Best Director for \u201cNomadland.\u201d<\/p>\n
Speaking of talented women … Will this finally be Diane Warren\u2019s year at the Oscars? She\u2019s been nominated 17 times and lost 16 times. This year, her 17th nomination, she\u2019s nominated for Original Song for \u201cDear Me\u201d from \u201cDiane Warren: Relentless.\u201d In 2022, Warren received an honorary award. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Amy Madigan, who is nominated for \u201cWeapons,\u201d is nominated for Best Supporting Actress, 40 years after her first nomination for her supporting role in \u201cTwice in a Lifetime\u201d (1985).<\/p>\n
And don\u2019t forget \u2026 this year we get a new category at the Academy Awards \u2014 Achievement in Casting. It\u2019s the first new award category since Best Animated Feature Film was introduced in 2001. Once again, the consensus seems to be that \u201cSinners\u201d will walk away with the news category Oscar.<\/p>\n
The Oscars take place Sunday, March 15, and will air on ABC.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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