#Ralph Brady

[vonlipvig]

i said i was going to end my one-sided feud with timmy once the oscars passed but you all are making it soooo hard tbh. mama let's research.

[anditendshowyoudexpect]

finally watched Ralph and Katie, and it’s 😍 

much lighter than The A Word and so so wholesome

it was fantastic to see Tom too, and even Rebecca’s baby girl

ngl i expected Maurice to show up at some point but there is kinda a lite version of him

[robfinancialtip]

🎬🎥 Katrina Chiovon talks about her life and career in the entertainment industry. "The Glitch," a comedic science fiction short that Katrina produced and directed, was shown at the Chelsea Film Festival. She's a very talented person. Problems with sound quality and a sound guy contracting COVID during production weren't the only obstacles Katrina overcame; she showed remarkable perseverance and resolve to finish the project.

🛠️🔊Technical difficulties with the sound and the complete loss of all film progress because of an accident in the sound studio were among the many obstacles that the production of "The Glitch" had to overcome. Katrina had an unwavering commitment to her endeavor even though she had periods of frustration and wanted to quit. She stresses the significance of perseverance and creative problem-solving in hardship.

🏠💔As a young girl, Katrina dealt with a lot of upheaval and difficulty at home. Katrina was eventually placed in a foster home due to her family's situation. She loved her mother deeply, but their connection was strained because she couldn't understand her decisions in light of her life.

🎭🌆Katrina always felt a strong pull toward the arts, especially dancing and acting, even as a little girl. When Katrina recalls her love of acting from childhood, she remembers trying out for a role in a Brady Bunch movie. She arrived in New York City at seventeen and a half, seeking opportunities such as modeling for Ralph Lauren and Glamour magazine. Katrina overcame the dangers and difficulties of growing up street-smart and alone in the city.

🌟👼Despite Katrina’s many hardships and disturbing incidents while residing in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, she persevered and found solutions. Even though she was aware of the threats she faced, she attributes her survival to gut feelings and, maybe, a guardian angel. She exemplifies the strength and determination to follow one's passions despite challenges. Katrina also sought acting roles, landing parts in films including Vendetta Wounds and The City on the Edge. Her film debut was in Christopher Corulla's Old Secrets No Lies (2010). The picture had its world premiere that year at the Tribeca Film Festival, and it featured the late Vinnie Vella.

💪🙏 Katrina demonstrates the significance of self-belief and resilience in the face of adversity. Her unwavering dedication to filmmaking and the arts propelled her through challenges, culminating in a successful debut at the Chelsea Film Festival. Her inspiring message resonates with aspiring artists and entrepreneurs, urging them to embrace challenges as pathways to growth. Let your determination turn obstacles into stepping stones to realizing your dreams.

[animusrox]

Golden Globes Nominations - FILM

Best Motion Picture – Drama​

The Brutalist (A24) A Complete Unknown (Searchlight Pictures) Conclave (Focus Features) Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros. Pictures) Nickel Boys (Orion Pictures/Amazon Mgm Studios) September 5 (Paramount Pictures)

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy​

Anora (Neon) Challengers (Amazon MGM Studios) Emilia Pérez (Netflix) A Real Pain (Searchlight Pictures) The Substance (Mubi) Wicked (Universal Pictures)

Best Motion Picture – Animated​

Flow (Sideshow/Janus Films) Inside Out 2 (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) Memoir of a Snail (IFC Films) Moana 2 (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (Netflix) The Wild Robot (Universal Pictures)

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement​

Alien: Romulus (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Warner Bros. Pictures) Deadpool & Wolverine (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) Gladiator II (Paramount Pictures) Inside Out 2 (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) Twisters (Universal Pictures) Wicked (Universal Pictures) The Wild Robot (Universal Pictures)

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language​

All We Imagine as Light (Sideshow / Janus Films) – Usa / France / India Emilia Pérez (Netflix) – France The Girl With the Needle (Mubi) – Poland / Sweden / Denmark I’m Still Here (Sony Pictures Classics) – Brazil The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Neon) – Usa / Germany Vermiglio (Sideshow / Janus Films) – Italy

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama​

Pamela Anderson (The Last Showgirl) Angelina Jolie (Maria) Nicole Kidman (Babygirl) Tilda Swinton (The Room Next Door) Fernanda Torres (I’m Still Here) Kate Winslet (Lee)

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama​

Adrien Brody (The Brutalist) Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown) Daniel Craig (Queer) Colman Domingo (Sing Sing) Ralph Fiennes (Conclave) Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice)

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy​

Amy Adams (Nightbitch) Cynthia Erivo (Wicked) Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Pérez) Mikey Madison (Anora) Demi Moore (The Substance) Zendaya (Challengers)

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy​

Jesse Eisenberg (A Real Pain) Hugh Grant (Heretic) Gabriel Labelle (Saturday Night) Jesse Plemons (Kinds of Kindness) Glen Powell (Hit Man) Sebastian Stan (A Different Man)

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture​

Selena Gomez (Emilia Pérez) Ariana Grande (Wicked) Felicity Jones (The Brutalist) Margaret Qualley (The Substance) Isabella Rossellini (Conclave) Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez)

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture​

Yura Borisov (Anora) Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain) Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown) Guy Pearce (The Brutalist) Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice) Denzel Washington (Gladiator II)

Best Director – Motion Picture​

Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez) Sean Baker (Anora) Edward Berger (Conclave) Brady Corbet (The Brutalist) Coralie Fargeat (The Substance) Payal Kapadia (All We Imagine as Light)

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture​

Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez) Sean Baker (Anora) Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold (The Brutalist) Jesse Eisenberg (A Real Pain) Coralie Fargeat (The Substance) Peter Straughan (Conclave)

Best Original Score – Motion Picture​

Volker Bertelmann (Conclave) Daniel Blumberg (The Brutalist) Kris Bowers (The Wild Robot) Clément Ducol, Camille (Emilia Pérez) Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross (Challengers) Hans Zimmer (Dune: Part Two)

Best Original Song – Motion Picture​

“Beautiful That Way” – The Last Showgirl; Music & Lyrics By: Andrew Wyatt, Miley Cyrus, Lykke Zachrisson “Compress / Repress” – Challengers; Music & Lyrics By: Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Luca Guadagnino “El Mal” – Emilia Pérez; Music & Lyrics By: Clément Ducol, Camille, Jacques Audiard “Forbidden Road” – Better Man; Music & Lyrics By: Robbie Williams, Freddy Wexler, Sacha Skarbek “Kiss The Sky” – The Wild Robot; Music & Lyrics By: Delacey, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Maren Morris, Michael Pollack, Ali Tamposi “Mi Camino” – Emilia Pérez; Music & Lyrics By: Clément Ducol, Camille

[joeygoeshollywood]

Oscars 2025: My Fantasy Winners and Nominees

Here are my fantasy winners and nominees of this year’s Oscars. Share yours too!

Best Picture

Winner: Sing Sing

Nominees:

Anora The Brutalist Challengers Conclave Dune: Part Two The Seed of the Sacred Fig September 5 Strange Darling The Substance

Best Actor

Winner: Colman Domingo - Sing Sing

Nominees:

Adrien Brody - The Brutalist Timothée Chalamet - A Complete Unknown Ralph Fiennes - Conclave Sebastian Stan - A Different Man

Best Actress

Winner: Demi Moore - The Substance

Nominees:

Pamela Anderson  - The Last Showgirl Mikey Madison - Anora Angelina Jolie  - Maria June Squibb  - Thelma

Best Supporting Actor

Winner: Kieran Culkin - A Real Pain

Nominees:

Nicolas Cage - Longlegs Clarence Maclin - Sing Sing Edward Norton  - A Complete Unknown Denzel Washington  - Gladiator II

Best Supporting Actress

Winner: Natasha Lyonne - His Three Daughters

Nominees:

Jamie Lee Curtis  - The Last Showgirl Danielle Deadwyler - The Piano Lesson  Ariana Grande - Wicked Zoe Saldaña - Emilia Pérez

Best Director

Winner: Brady Corbet - The Brutalist

Nominees:

Sean Baker - Anora Edward Berger - Conclave Greg Kwedar - Sing Sing Denis Villeneuve - Dune: Part Two

Best Original Screenplay

Winner: Anora

Nominees:

The Brutalist A Real Pain The Seed of the Sacred Fig The Substance

Best Adapted Screenplay

Winner: Sing Sing

Nominees:

A Complete Unknown Conclave I'm Still Here Nickel Boys

Best Cinematography

Winner: Dune: Part Two

Nominees:

The Brutalist Maria Nickel Boys Nosferatu

Best Editing

Winner: Challengers

Nominees:

The Brutalist Dune: Part Two September 5 Strange Darling

Best Production Design

Winner: Wicked

Nominees:

The Brutalist Dune: Part Two Gladiator II Nosferatu

Best Costume Design

Winner: Wicked

Nominees:

Dune: Part Two Gladiator II Maria Nosferatu

Best Makeup & Hairstyling

Winner: The Substance

Nominees:

A Different Man Dune: Part Two Sasquatch Sunset Wicked

Best Visual Effects

Winner: Dune: Part Two

Nominees:

Gladiator II Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Twisters Wicked

Best Score

Winner: Challengers

Nominees:

The Brutalist Dune: Part Two Saturday Night The Wild Robot

Best Original Song

Winner: “Kiss the Sky” - The Wild Robot

Nominees:

“Beautiful That Way” - The Last Showgirl  “Forbidden Road” - Better Man “Like a Bird” - Sing Sing “Piece by Piece” - Piece by Piece

Best Sound

Winner: Dune: Part Two

Nominees:

Alien: Romulus A Complete Unknown Gladiator II Wicked

 

Best Animated Feature

Winner: The Wild Robot

Nominees:

Flow Inside Out 2 Memoir of a Snail Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

Best International Film

Winner: The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany)

Nominees:

Flow (Latvia) I'm Still Here (Brazil)

ORIGINAL CATEGORIES

Best Comedy

Winner: Anora

Nominees:

Babes Between The Temples Dìdi A Different Man Hit Man It's What's Inside My Old Ass A Real Pain Thelma

Best Ensemble

Winner: Conclave

Nominees:

Anora The Brutalist A Complete Unknown Wicked

Best Stunts

Winner: Fall Guy

Nominees:

Deadpool & Wolverine Furiosa: a Mad Max Saga Gladiator II Monkey Man

Best Breakthrough Filmmaker

Winner: JT Mollner - Strange Darling

Nominees:

Minhal Baig - We Grown Now Jesse Eisenberg - A Real Pain Coralie Fargeat - The Substance Megan Park - My Old Ass Dev Patel - Monkey Man Sean Wang - Dìdi

Best Breakthrough Actor

Winner: Jonathan Bailey - Wicked

Nominees:

Ethan Herisse & Brandon Wilson - Nickel Boys Blake Cameron James & Gian Knight Ramirez - We Grown Now Aaron Pierre - Rebel Ridge Isaac Wang - Dìdi

Best Breakthrough Actress

Winner: Mikey Madison - Anora 

Nominees:

Monica Barbaro - A Complete Unknown Willa Fitzgerald - Strange Darling Katy O’Brian - Love Lies Bleeding Maisy Stella - My Old Ass

[hbowartournament]

rarepair tournament round 2 results

another great rarepair tournament round in the books! thank you again to everyone who voted and created steals—251.8% of them (an average of 4.5% per ship, which was way up from 1.8% in round 1).

the rarepair tournament will now pause for two weeks so that creators can focus on winnix and eugene sledge for the winners celebration month. but keep your rarepair brains loose, because we have some surprises planned for when we return!

i will be posting a roundup of all the steal fanworks from round 2 shortly, but here is a summary of all the round 2 results and stats:

(statistics compiled by @kbsd; you can find her spreadsheet with raw steal data, every steal fanwork sorted by matchup and medium, as well as steal totals by ship, medium, and show here)

there were 2 successful steals this round:

Vera Leckie/Robert Leckie over Buck Cleven/Alex Jefferson

Renée Lemaire/Skinny Sisk over Chuck Grant/Joe Liebgott

these are the ships that had the most steal fanworks:

John Basilone/Manny Rodriguez: +50.4%

Robert Leckie/Sid Phillips: +30.2%

Bill Leyden/Jay De L'Eau: +28.1%

Buck Compton/Don Malarkey: +26.3%

Buck Cleven/Curt Biddick: +18.7%

Robert Leckie/Vera Leckie: +17.6%

John Brady/Rosie Rosenthal: +13.7%

Buck Cleven/Alex Jefferson: +11.2%

Don Malarkey/Alton More: +8.6%

Harry Crosby/James Douglass: +7.3%

the most competitive matchups were:

John/Manny vs. Sid/Leckie: 80.6% combined steals

Bill/Jay vs. Buck/Malarkey: 54.4% combined steals

Alex/Buck vs. Vera/Leckie: 28.8% combined steals

Brady/Rosie vs. Malarkey/More: 22.3% combined steals

Babe/Roe/Renée vs. Buck/Curt: 18.7% combined steals

the narrowest margin of victory was 0.3%: Renée/Skinny over Chuck/Lieb. the widest margin of victory was 63.5%: Leckie/Runner over More/Smokey.

steal statistics by show:

Band of Brothers had the most ships in this round with 25.5*, or 45.5% of the round, but they accounted for only 20.5% of the steals (a total of 51.5% in steals). the average steal per ship was 2.0%.

Masters of the Air stayed very consistent with 13 ships (23.2%) and 58.0% in steals (23.0% of the round). the average steal per ship was 4.5% (consistent with the overall round average).

The Pacific had 17.5* ships (31.3%) and absolutely dominated the steals with 142.3% total (56.5% of the round). the average steal per ship was 8.1%.

*the 0.5 for BOB and TP are each half of the Leckie/Web ship

here are the full matchup results:

Alex Jefferson/Buck Cleven vs. VERA LECKIE/ROBERT LECKIE (x) SUCCESSFUL STEAL! Alex/Buck: 52.6% (+11.2%) Vera/Leckie: 42.4% (+17.6%) = 65.0%

ANNA CHIWE/RENÉE LEMAIRE vs. Chuck Grant/Joe Liebgott/Floyd Talbert (x) Anna/Renée: 68.2% Chuck/Lieb/Tab: 31.8%

BABE HEFFRON/EUGENE ROE/RENÉE LEMAIRE vs. Buck Cleven/Curt Biddick (x) Babe/Roe/Renée: 70.0% Buck/Curt: 30.0% (+18.7%) = 48.7%

BABE HEFFRON/EUGENE ROE/RALPH SPINA vs. Don Malarkey/Joe Toye (x) Babe/Roe/Spina: 67.6% Malarkey/Toye: 32.4%

BILL LEYDEN/JAY DE L'EAU vs. Buck Compton/Don Malarkey (x) Bill/Jay: 53.9% (+28.1%) = 82.0% Buck/Malarkey: 46.1% (+26.3%) = 72.4%

BILL LEYDEN/SNAFU SHELTON vs. Lewis Nixon/Dick Winters/Floyd Talbert (x) Bill/Snafu: 54.6% Nix/Dick/Tab: 45.4%

John Brady/Bucky Egan/John Hoerr vs. FLOYD TALBERT/RON SPEIRS (x) Brady/Bucky/Hoerr: 29.4% (+3.5%) = 32.9% Tab/Speirs: 70.6%

John Brady/Robert Rosenthal vs. DON MALARKEY/ALTON MORE (x) Brady/Rosie: 47.0% (+13.7%) = 60.7% Malarkey/More: 53.0% (+8.6%) = 61.6%

Bubbles Payne/Harry Crosby/Curt Biddick vs. ROBERT LECKIE/DAVID WEBSTER (x) Bubbles/Crosby/Curt: 31.4% Leckie/Web: 68.6%

BUBBLES PAYNE/HARRY CROSBY/JEAN CROSBY vs. Pat Christenson/Chuck Grant (x) Bubbles/Crosby/Jean: 59.4% Pat/Chuck: 40.6%

BUCK CLEVEN/BUCKY EGAN/CURT BIDDICK vs. Hoosier Smith/Sid Phillips (x) Buck/Bucky/Curt: 62.2% Hoosier/Sid: 37.8% (+1.0%) = 38.8%

Bucky Egan/Jack Kidd vs. LENA BASILONE/STELLA KARAMANLIS (x) Bucky/Jack: 42.6% Lena/Stella: 57.4%

BUCKY EGAN/ROBERT ROSENTHAL vs. Hoosier Smith/Robert Leckie/Stella Karamanlis (x) Bucky/Rosie: 57.7% Hoosier/Leckie/Stella: 42.3%

ROMUS BURGIN/EUGENE SLEDGE/SNAFU SHELTON vs. Henry Jones/David Webster (x) Burgie/Sledge/Snafu: 64.7% (+1.0%) = 65.7% Jones/Web: 35.3%

Chuck Grant/Joe Liegbott vs. RENÉE LEMAIRE/SKINNY SISK (x) SUCCESSFUL STEAL! Chuck/Lieb: 52.5% Renée/Skinny: 47.5% (+5.3%) = 52.8%

CHUCK GRANT/JOE LIEBGOTT/DAVID WEBSTER vs. Lewis Nixon/Floyd Talbert (x) Chuck/Lieb/Web: 71.0% Nix/Tab: 29.0%

CHUCKLER JUERGENS/ROBERT LECKIE vs. Robert Leckie/Mama Karamanlis (x) Chuckler/Leckie: 68.9% Leckie/Mama: 31.1% (+0.1%) = 31.22%

HARRY CROSBY/JAMES DOUGLASS vs. Lewis Nixon/Dick Winters/Eugene Roe (x) Crosby/Douglass: 50.6% (+7.3%) = 57.9% Nix/Dick/Roe: 49.4% (+6.2%) = 55.6%

BENNY DEMARCO/RICHARD MACON vs. Joe Liebgott/Ed Tipper (x) Benny/Macon: 64.5% (+3.6%) = 64.5% Lieb/Tipper: 39.1%

DICK WINTERS/HARRY WELSH vs. James Douglass/Helen (x) Dick/Harry: 52.8% Douglass/Helen: 47.2%

Sid Phillips/Eugene Sledge/Robert Leckie vs. EUGENE SLEDGE/ROBERT LECKIE (x) Sid/Sledge/Leckie: 42.7% (+1.5%) = 44.2% Sledge/Leckie: 57.3%

SID PHILLIPS/EUGENE SLEDGE vs. Lewis Nixon/Ron Speirs (x) Sid/Sledge: 68.0% (+3.1%) = 71.1% Nix/Speirs: 32.0%

BILL GUARNERE/JOHN HALL vs. Hambone Hamilton/Frank Murphy (x) Guarnere/Hall: 79.9% Hambone/Murph: 20.1%

JOHN BASILONE/LENA BASILONE vs. George Luz/Don Malarkey (x) John/Lena: 67.3% Luz/Malarkey: 32.7%

John Basilone/Manny Rodriguez vs. ROBERT LECKIE/SID PHILLIPS (x) John/Manny: 39.3% (+50.4%) = 89.7% Leckie/Sid: 60.7% (+30.2%) = 90.9%

ROBERT LECKIE/RUNNER CONLEY vs. Alton More/Smokey Gordon (x) Leckie/Runner: 82.5% (+2.1%) = 84.6% More/Smokey: 17.5% (+3.6%) = 21.1%

Mary Houston/Sid Phillips/Eugene Sledge vs. JOE TOYE/BILL GUARNERE (x) Mary/Sid/Sledge: 41.6% (+7.2%) = 48.8% Toye/Guarnere: 58.4%

Shifty Powers/Floyd Talbert vs. DON MALARKEY/ALEX PENKALA/SKIP MUCK (x) Shifty/Tab: 31.8% (+1.5%) = 33.3% Malarkey/Penk/Skip: 68.2%

[reallylilyreally]

Last line tag

ta @swifty-fox, have some STILL untitled BabeRoe from go farther in hope. Buckle up, babes, we're having REALISATIONS in this bombed-out town!

Gene feels wildly different about it now, all of a sudden, with this wild awareness of Edward Heffron that’s come out of nowhere and knocked him sideways. He wonders, compiling a list of injuries, what exactly it is that George Luz has lost. What exactly is possible, between two men? 

It’s not like he’s stupid. He’s not naive, he knows how things can be between men when there are no women for months on end, he’s ignored his fair share of other mens’ poor decisions. But he’s not blind, either, and he knows there’s a lot happening in Easy that has to go unseen, unspoken of. Talbert’s shattered expression and Nixon’s slow wet slide towards the grave and the way Winters is watching them both. Muck and Penkala running blindly after Malarkey in perfect tandem, throwing their lives at his feet without hesitation, and his grey face in their absence. 

Is there a third man I’ve missed with Luz and Toye, he wonders to himself wildly. Is this a curse that comes in threes, should I throw salt over my shoulder and keep my distance from Ralph?

The idea is ludicrous. This thing, this whatever this is, this horrible desperate fear and need, this is only Edward’s.

He finishes his list, a little sick, and goes to check in on Lipton.

tagging @euph0riacc (give us more Say It 2, you beautiful nightmare), @whirlpool-blogs (you're a beautiful nightmare too and I want the Brady-by-proxy fic more than I want a full night's sleep) and @bcolfanfic (give me ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING)

[kwebtv]

From the Golden Age of Television

Season 1 Episode 2

Perry Mason - The Case of the Sleepwalkers Niece - CBS - September 28, 1957

Legal Drama

Running Time: 60 minutes

Written by Laurence Marks and Gene Wang

Produced by Ben Brady

Directed by William D. Russell

Stars:

Raymond Burr as Perry Mason

Barbara Hale as Della Street

William Hopper as Paul Drake

Tony Michaels as Jackson

William Talman as Hamilton Burger

Ray Collins as Lt. Arthur Tragg

John McNamara as Peter Cole

Hillary Brooke as Doris Cole

John Archer as Frank Maddox

Nancy Hadley as Edna Hammar

Darryl Hickman as Steve Harris

Helen Mowery as Lucille Mays

Thomas B. Henry as Ralph Duncan

Harry Hickok as Phillip Kendall

Kenneth MacDonald as Judge

Clark Howat as Policemany

Fred Graham as Sheriff

Joey Ray as Detective

Jack Harris as Court Clerk

[monstermonstre]

In the end I didn't manage to watch all the nominees of the big Oscars categories in time but I did watch a lot of them and still have opinions

so here are my Oscars 2025 predictions:

Best Picture: The Brutalist will win (but I think Nickel Boys should)

Best Directing: Brady Corbet will win

Best Actor Lead: Ralph Fiennes will win (but I think Colman Domingo or Sebastian Stan should)

Best Actress Lead: Demi Moore will win (and I want her to, but maybe if I'd seen I'm Still Here I'd have a different opinion)

Best Actor Supporting Role: Kieran Culkin will win (and I want him to, him or Guy Pearce)

Best Actress Supporting Role: Zoe Saldaña will win

Best Writing Original: Anora will win

Best Writing Adapted: Conclave will win (but I think Nickel Boys should)

Best Animated Feature: Wallace and Gromit or Flow will win (I would want Memoir of a Snail or Flow to win)

Best International: Emilia Pérez will win (I would want anyone but Emilia Pérez to win)

Best Documentary: Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat will win (I loved it but I would also want Sugarcane and No Other Land to win)

When I didn't add anything to a prediction between brackets it means I don't have a strong opinion on the nominees for that category.

I also want it on record that I think Emilia Pérez could win much more than I predicted just here, but I'm trying to be optimistic.

[harmonicabisexuals]

Oscars Predictions

bold names are what i think is gonna win, asterisks (***) are what i want to win

Best Picture

Anora  The Brutalist A Complete Unknown  Conclave  Dune: Part Two  Emilia Pérez  I’m Still Here  Nickel Boys  The Substance  Wicked 

Directing

Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez Sean Baker, Anora Brady Corbet, The Brutalist Coralie Fargeat, The Substance James Mangold, A Complete Unknown

Actor in a Leading Role

Adrien Brody, The Brutalist Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown Colman Domingo, Sing Sing Ralph Fiennes, Conclave Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice

Actress in a Leading Role

Cynthia Erivo, Wicked Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez Mikey Madison, Anora Demi Moore, The Substance Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here***

Actor in a Supporting Role

Yura Borisov, Anora Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown*** Guy Pearce, The Brutalist*** Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice

Actress in a Supporting Role

Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown Ariana Grande, Wicked Felicity Jones, The Brutalist*** Isabella Rossellini, Conclave Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

A Complete Unknown  Conclave*** Emilia Pérez  Nickel Boys  Sing Sing 

Writing (Original Screenplay)

Anora***  The Brutalist  A Real Pain  September 5  The Substance 

Cinematography

The Brutalist  Dune: Part Two Emilia Pérez Maria Nosferatu***

Costume Design

A Complete Unknown  Conclave  Gladiator II  Nosferatu Wicked

Film Editing

Anora  The Brutalist  Conclave Emilia Pérez  Wicked

Makeup and Hairstyling

A Different Man  Emilia Pérez  Nosferatu  The Substance  Wicked 

Music (Original Score)

The Brutalist (Daniel Blumberg) Conclave (Volker Bertelmann)*** Emilia Pérez (Clément Ducol and Camille) Wicked (John Powell and Stephen Schwartz) The Wild Robot (Kris Bowers)

International Feature Film

I’m Still Here (Brazil)*** The Girl With the Needle (Denmark) Emilia Pérez (France) The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany) Flow (Latvia)

Production Design

The Brutalist  Conclave  Dune: Part Two  Nosferatu***  Wicked 

Sound

A Complete Unknown  Dune: Part Two Emilia Pérez  Wicked  The Wild Robot 

Visual Effects

Alien: Romulus  Better Man  Dune: Part Two  Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes  Wicked 

[reflections-in-a-critical-eye]

Let's talk about The Oscars for a bit. I plan to watch the ceremony on Sunday throughout the night (hopefully I'll find some good streaming link). But before that, I want to add here the nominations list. Vanity Fair just released its 2025 Oscar ballot. Anyone can save it and if you want to share your predictions, thoughts, I encourage you to do it in the comments, reblogs, etc.

I'll also only talk about a few categories, the ones that interest me or I'm familiar with most of the nominations in it.

What has been clear though is that, as opposed to last year and Oppenheimer taking almost everything, this year it is too unpredictable with no clear winner in sight in major categories.

1. Best Picture

Winner: I'm inclined towards either Anora or Conclave. These movies started getting a lot more traction in the last few weeks and they seem to be the obvious choice for critics/industry voters, etc.

My choice: The Brutalist. It is the most incrdible accomplishment this year in American cinema and it excels in each aspect, from acting, storytelling, cinematography...

2. Director

Winner: It's tough here. Corbet won the Golden Globe, but Fargeat and Baker have high chances too. The latter especially if Anora wins best picture.

My choice: Brady Corbet

3. Actress in a leading role

Winner: Either Demi Moore or Fernanda Torres. The real battle is between those two and Mikey Madison, but she has the lowest chances in the bunch.

My choice. Fernanda Torres. Demi Moore had a great role, it was an amazing comeback, a perfect Hollywood story if she wins (a lot of things align for her), but if Demi was ACTING, Fernanda Torres in I'm Still Here was acting. Very different approaches and I guess it's also a matter of taste. Either way, whoever wins out of these two, I would be ok with the choice.

4. Actor in a leading role

Winner: It's between Brody and Fiennes, but Chalamet might surprise everyone. He definitely did at the SAG Awards last Sunday so who knows? Brody is a favorite and he deserves the accolades. Ralph Fiennes if he wins, it would be a career Oscar because how did he not get one until now??? This is really a strong category because in a way, really all the nominees would deserve it. Colman Domingo was amazing in Sing Sing and Sebastian Stan in The Apprentice too, although the Academy might not rush yet to give him something.

My choice: Honestly, I don't feel strongly about any of them in the sense that I'm dying for one particular actor to win. I've seen all performances and all I can say is that if Brody takes home his second Oscar, it would be deserved.

5. Actress in a Supporting Role.

Winner: Zoe Saldana. But what a weak category! I wouldn't vote for anyone. Or maybe for Isabella Rossellini because she is coming closer to an actual supporting role, but perhaps it was too small.

My choice: None of them really...

6. Actor in a Supporting Role

Winner: Kieran Culkin. As opposed to the actress categ, this one is doing a bit better. Although I do understand people's complaints about Culkin because of category fraud. Just as Saldana, which is really unfair for all the other actors who actually had supporting roles.

My choice: Guy Pearce because he should have gotten a lot more recognition for his role or Jeremy Strong. That birthday scene at Mar-a-Lago when he's close to dying is unforgettable and a shame that he didn't win anything for it.

7. Original Screenplay

Winner: The Substance

My choice: The Substance

(What the hell is that September 5 propaganda even doing there??)

8. International Feature

Winner: Emilia Perez. They have to give something to that film after the entire campaign went to shit.

My choice: I'm Still Here. I want Brazilians to win. I really do. This award and/or Torres getting it for acting would be amazing.

9. Cinematography

Winner: The Brutalist

My choice: The Brutalist

10. Documentary Feature

Winner: No Other Land

I can't pick any because I haven't watched the docs, but most of the talks are around No Other Land. And they're having Gal Gadot presenting for this category! Oh boy...

[heywoodsays]

What We Learned from This Year’s Critics Choice Awards

The 2025 Critics Choice Awards will be remembered for giving us some mind-boggling shockers and throwing us for a loop. If I had a time machine, I’d go back and bet all my life savings on Jon M. Chu winning best Director. (To be fair, that still wouldn’t be a lot of money.)

Critics Choice isn’t typically instrumental in helping predict the eventual Oscar winners. There’s no overlap in the voting bodies and they perhaps hold the lowest profile of the major award ceremonies leading up to the Academy Awards. What they do provide each year is momentum for nominees.

That effect may be even more potent this year. The delayed ceremony (due to the L.A. wildfires) means that the winners were announced right in the thick of the Oscar voting period. Who knows how much winning a major award at this critical moment may influence the final Oscar results?

Here’s how I think this year’s Critic’s Choice mean for this year’s Oscar race.

The Oscar acting categories are locked up

With this year’s Oscar frontrunners all winning at Critics Choice, all four acting races are essentially sealed. Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain) has had his Oscar win for Best Supporting Actor in the bag since December. But the other races had been tight up until fairly recently.

Heading into the Golden Globes, Supporting Actress seemed to be a race between Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez) and Ariana Grande (Wicked). Saldaña’s Golden Globe saw her poke her toe in front but by no means wrapped it up. Other possible spoilers, like Margaret Qualley (The Substance), Isabella Rossellini (Conclave), or Felicity Jones (The Brutalist) never really materialized as effective challengers. If Grande could pick up a couple major award between the Globes and the Oscars, we’d have a tight race on our hands, but all the moment seems to be behind Saldaña at this point. Grande still may win at SAG and we’re yet to understand the full impact of the scandals surrounding Emilia Pérez, but Saldaña has a firm lead at this point.

Best Actor has been a race between Adrien Brody (The Brutalist) and Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown), with Ralph Fiennes (Conclave) as a potential spoiler. The story behind each has been compelling. Brody has now amassed enough wins to prove he’s in pole position. Looks like Timmy will need to wait a little longer for that elusive first Oscar.

Once again, the Best Actress race has been one of the most intriguing narratives of awards season. Demi Moore now seems to have fingers firmly grasped around the Best Actress Oscar for her role in The Substance. This seems like a given at this point, but it was not too long ago where it would’ve been hard to imagine anyone but Mikey Madison winning for her dynamic performance in Anora. And with all the buzz behind Emilia Pérez at one point, there was even thought that Gascón could snatch a historic win. (Cue self-implosion: now.) While the Oscar will now almost certainly go to Moore, I keep saying… look out for Fernanda Torres.

Best Director may be a toss-up

The general wisdom has been that Brady Corbet has Best Director wrapped up. Whether or not The Brutalist takes home the top prize, Corbet’s vision and execution are most certainly Oscar-worthy and exactly the kind of turn Oscar voters typically celebrate.

But the shocking win for Jon M. Chu (Wicked) at Critics Choice has blown up that narrative.

Chu can’t win at the Oscars — he’s not nominated. But his win does suggest that support for the other nominees is fractured. Jacques Audiard’s campaign for Emelia Pérez is floundering which brings down his stock, but Coralie Fargeat’s keeps rising for The Substance. The Best Picture win for Anora at Critics Choice lends credence to Sean Baker’s prospects. All this may come at the expense of Corbet, whose 3.5-hour epic isn’t everyone’s cup of tea.

I still think Corbet is the frontrunner, but I don’t think it’s settled, by any means. I think back to the 1973 Oscars where the Academy selected Bob Fosse for his directorial work in Cabaret over Francis Ford Coppola’s work in The Godfather. While the Brutalist-Godfather comparison has been making the rounds, I just don’t see a Bob Fosse character who can overtake Corbet. Still, I wouldn’t be surprised if Baker or Fargeat’s name was read out on Oscar night.

Yes, The Substance really is that strong

I would’ve bet my life on Critics Choice choosing Anora for Original Screenplay, though A Real Pain and The Substance were strong contenders. Given Anora’s Best Picture triumph, losing out in Screenplay is especially perplexing.

It’s noteworthy that The Substance managed to beat out Anora (need I remind you… the *Best Picture* winner) in the two categories it was most likely to win.

Fargeat’s Oscar nomination over Berger (Conclave) and Villeneuve (Dune: Part Two) is also significant. Mind you, the directors’ branch of the Academy is relatively small and often at odds with the larger membership, but it still suggests that there is a lot of momentum behind this film — much more than just giving Demi Moore a career trophy.

The Substance took home three Critics Choice awards last night, tied with Emilia Pérez and Wicked for the most among films.

What?!

Seriously. Read that again.

Conclave has spoiler potential

Conclave has been this year’s Green Book, which I hate saying, because I think Conclave is a much better film. But it’s the film everyone agrees is very good without anyone thinking it’s the best. Films like this benefit greatly from the preferential ballot format the Academy uses for Best Picture.

With the two major ceremonies so far selecting The Brutalist, Emilia Pérez, and Anora as Best Picture winners, the field is clearly fractured. There’s no real frontrunner. Granted, Anora has been the darling of critics since it premiered at Cannes last May. It might not be a true contender, but it still shows that there’s no clear #1 on that preferential ballot. It’s going to take several rounds to get a winner to 50%.

Conclave’s win for Best Ensemble at Critics Choice was not a surprise, though it did boost its credentials for a major prize. It leads all films with 12 BAFTA nominations and could walk away as the big winner of the night as well. The BAFTAs take place two days before Oscar voting ends.

I’m guessing Conclave is going to be #2 or #3 on a lot of those ballots.

This has become one of the most wide-open Best Picture races in recent years. Looking at the list of ten nominees, there are six titles for which I wouldn’t be surprised if they were called. (And I’m not even including Dune: Part Two on that list, which, quite frankly, should win.)

We haven’t seen the end of the surprises

It’s typical to get some shockers along the way every year, both in the nominations announcements and the award ceremonies. It’s more typical that these are minor upsets that disrupt the established narrative, helping to shape a new storyline in the lead-up to Oscar night, so much so that there’s never much suspense in the end. The most we’ll get is a two-horse race where the horse in behind eventually squeaks through to win at the end.

However, we enter this year’s Academy Awards with a few categories with a much broader peloton and anyone can make that final sprint. With support spread out among so many nominees, that opens the door to not just a few surprises, but BIG surprises. I’m talking Marcia Gay Harden level here — just not in the acting categories, unfortunately.

The lack of a frontrunner in some categories means that vote-splitting can help less-favored nominees emerge victorious. (I suspect this was behind Chu's win last night.)

Oscar voting ends on February 18. We’ve got DGA, PGA, and BAFTAs before then. All these may influence Oscar voting. Here’s hoping award season keeps throwing us some more curveballs to keep us on our toes for Oscar night, March 2.

[thetyger]

the academy of motion picture arts and sciences are not an intellectual people, to put it mildly.

i know i've said the oscars are fake and dumb, and i stand by that, but as a certified Movie Watcher i wanted to put all my opinions on the 2025 nominees* into a list.

(*caveat to this is i'm seeing i'm still here tomorrow, seed of the sacred fig next week, and likely all the shorts at once when the compliations are in theaters, but i wanted to give my day-of opinions while the iron's hot! i'll update the list after i see them if i remember.)

best picture

should win: anora, conclave, nickel boys

won’t win, probably shouldn’t win, but it would be funny if they did: dune 2, the substance

not my pick but i won’t be mad if they win: the brutalist, wicked, i'm still here

i will blow up the academy: emilia pérez, a complete unknown

directing

should win: sean baker

won’t be mad if they win: brady corbet

not really sure why they’re here but ok: coralie fargeat, james mangold

kill yourself, frenchman: jacques audiard

actor in a leading role

really should win: colman domingo

cool if they win: adrien brody, ralph fiennes

questionable win: timothée chalamet, sebastian stan

actress in a leading role

should win: mikey madison

cool if they win: fernanda torres

questionable win: cynthia erivo, demi moore

good for representation i guess but highly questionable win: karla sofía gascón

actor in a supporting role

actually i’m kinda fine with all of these.

actress in a supporting role

i can’t believe i’m saying this, but should actually win: ariana grande

fine if they win: everyone else

writing (adapted screenplay)

should win: conclave

okay if they win: sing sing, nickel boys

should not have been nominated: a complete unknown, emilia pérez

writing (original screenplay)

should win: anora, the substance

fine if they win: a real pain

the good part was definitely not the screenplay: the brutalist, september 5

animated feature film

should win, i truly don’t care if i haven’t seen the others: flow

it was fine: memoir of a snail, wallace & gromit: vengeance most fowl

haven’t seen: the wild robot

refuse to see: inside out 2

cinematography

should win: the brutalist

cool if they win: nosferatu

fine if they win: dune 2, emilia pérez

haven’t seen: maria

costume design

should win: nosferatu

fine if they win: wicked, conclave, gladiator ii

why are you here: a complete unknown 

film editing

should win on principle even though i don’t think any of these have particularly standout editing: anora, conclave, the brutalist

should lose on principle: emilia pérez

editing was actually not great: wicked

makeup and hairstyling

should win: the substance

cool if they win: a different man, wicked 

fine if they win: emilia pérez, nosferatu

music (original score)

should win: the brutalist

whatever: conclave

original score????? huh?????: wicked

should be beaten with hammers: emilia pérez 

haven’t seen: the wild robot 

music (original song)

i love this movie and don’t remember this song being there at all, which says something: like a bird

actively bad music: el mal, mi camino

haven’t seen: the journey, never too late

international feature film

cool if they win: flow

should probably actually win: the girl with the needle

predictable but okay if they win: i'm still here

questionable win: the seed of the sacred fig

should not win: emilia pérez 

production design

should win: the brutalist

cool if they win: dune 2, conclave, nosferatu, wicked

sound

fine with all of these.

visual effects

should win: kingdom of the planet of the apes

i can’t believe i’m saying this, but am kinda cool with the win: better man

whatever: dune 2, wicked, alien: romulus

THE MORAL OF THIS STORY IS: where the fuck was challengers

[9eeeeevvvvvaaaaa6]

‼️🚨 ATTENTION EVERYBODY 🚨‼️

The nominations for this year's Academy Awards have been announced. Emilia Pérez" leads the field.

After two disaster-related shifts, Rachel Sennott and Bowen Yang revealed on Thursday afternoon, the works and stars were hoping this year at the 97th place. The genre-explosive musical "Emilia Pérez" by French director Jacques Audiard is the favourite in the award ceremony, which will be held on 2nd. March will be held. The film, already successful at the Golden Globes, brings together 13 nominations, announced the Academy on Thursday. This is followed by the fictional biography "The Brutalist" and the Disney (?!) musical "Wicked" with 10 chances of winning each.

Foreignoscar without Austria

In the race for the foreign Oscar is "Die Saat des heiligen Feigenbaum" by the director Mohammad Rasoulof, who lives in Germany. The native Iranian measures herself here with the omnipresent "Emilia Pérez" as well as the Danish production "The Girl with the Needle", "I'm Still Here" from Brazil and the Latvian animation strip "Flow". The Austrian entry "Des Teufels Beitrag" by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala had not made it to the pre-selection before.

The favourites and their number of nominations

"Emilia Pérez" (13) "Wicked" und "Der Brutalist" (10) "Konklave", "Like A Complete Unknown" (8) "Anora" (6) "Dune: Part Two", "The Substance" (5) "Nosferatu" (4) "I'm Still Here", "Sing Sing", "Der wilde Roboter" (3) "A Real Pain", "Flow", "Nickel Boys", "The Apprentice" (2)

The nominees in the categories

Actor in a Supporting Role Yura Borisov, Anora Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown Guy Pearce, The Brutalist Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice

Costume Design A Complete Unknown Conclave Gladiator II Nosferatu Wicked

Makeup and Hairstyling A Different Man Emilia Pérez Nosferatu The Substance Wicked

Music (Original Score) The Brutalist Conclave Emilia Pérez Wicked The Wild Robot

Music (Original Song) "Never Too Late” from Elton John: Never Too Late “El Mal” from Emilia Pérez “Mi Camino” from Emilia Pérez “Like A Bird” from Sing Sing “The Journey” from The Six Triple Eight

Animated Short Film Beautiful Men In the Shadow of the Cypress Magic Candies Wander to Wonder Yuck!

Live-Action Short Film A Lien Anuja I’m Not a Robot The Last Ranger The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent

Writing (Adapted Screenplay) A Complete Unknown Conclave Emilia Pérez Nickel Boys Sing Sing

Writing (Original Screenplay) Anora The Brutalist A Real Pain September 5 The Substance

Actress in a Supporting Role Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown Ariana Grande, Wicked Felicity Jones, The Brutalist Isabella Rossellini, Conclave Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pére

Documentary Feature Film Black Box Diaries No Other Land Porcelain War Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat Sugarcane

Documentary Short Film Death by Numbers I Am Ready, Warden Incident Instruments of a Beating Heart The Only Girl in the Orchestra

International Feature Film Brazil, I’m Still Here Denmark, The Girl With the Needle France, Emilia Pérez Germany, The Seed of the Sacred Fig Latvia, Flow

Animated Feature Film Flow Inside Out 2 Memoir of a Snail Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl The Wild Robot

Production Design The Brutalist Conclave Dune: Part Two Nosferatu Wicked

Sound A Complete Unknown Dune: Part Two Emilia Pérez Wicked The Wild Robot

Visual Effects Alien: Romulus Better Man Dune: Part Two Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Wicked

Actor in a Leading Role Adrien Brody, The Brutalist Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown Colman Domingo, Sing Sing Ralph Fiennes, Conclave Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice

Actress in a Leading Role Cynthia Erivo, Wicked Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez Mikey Madison, Anora Demi Moore, The Substance Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here

Directing Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez Sean Baker, Anora Brady Corbet, The Brutalist Coralie Fargeat, The Substance James Mangold, A Complete Unknown

Best Picture Anora The Brutalist A Complete Unknown Conclave Dune: Part Two Emilia Pérez I’m Still Here Nickel Boys The Substance Wicked

Source:

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2025 Academy Award Nomination Predictions

Oscar Nomination Morning is tomorrow! So I’ve compiled my list of what I’ve predicted the nominations will look like. I’ve listed them all below in order of likelihood to be nominated. 

2024 was genuinely one of my favorite years of movies since I've been following this closely so I am very excited about tomorrow.

Best Picture-

Anora

The Brutalist

Emilia Perez

Conclave

Dune: Part Two

Wicked

The Substance

A Complete Unknown 

A Real Pain

Sing Sing

Best Director-

Brady Corbet- The Brutalist

Sean Baker- Anora

Emilia Perez- Jacques Audiard

Coralie Fargeat- The Substance

Edward Berger- Conclave

Best Actress- 

Demi Moore- The Substance

Mikey Madison- Anora

Kara Sofia Gascon- Emilia Perez

Cynthia Erivo- Wicked

Pamela Anderson- The Last Showgirl

Best Actor-

Adrien Brody- The Brutalist

Timothee Chalamet- A Complete Unknown

Ralph Fiennes- Conclave

Colman Domingo- Sing Sing

Daniel Craig- Queer

Best Supporting Actress-

Zoe Saldana- Emilia Perez

Ariana Grande- Wicked

Isabella Rossellini- Conclave

Margaret Qualley- The Substance

Jamie Lee Curtis- The Last Showgirl

Best Supporting Actor- 

Kieran Culkin- A Real Pain

Edward Norton- A Complete Unknown

Yura Borisov- Anora

Guy Pearce- The Brutalist

Clarence Maclin- Sing Sing

Original Screenplay-

Anora

The Brutalist

A Real Pain

The Substance

Challengers

Adapted Screenplay- 

Conclave

Emilia Perez

Nickel Boys

Sing Sing

A Complete Unknown

International Feature-

Emilia Perez

The Seed of the Sacred Fig

I’m Still Here

The Girl with the Needle

Kneecap

Documentary Feature-

Daughters 

Black Box Diaries

No Other Land

The Remarkable Life of Ibelin

Dahomey

Animated Feature-

The Wild Robot

Flow

Inside Out 2

Memoir of a Snail

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

Cinematography-

Dune: Part Two

The Brutalist

Nickel Boys

Nosferatu

Conclave

Editing-

Anora

Dune: Part Two

Conclave

The Substance

Challengers

Production Design-

Wicked

Dune: Part Two

Nosferatu

The Brutalist 

The Substance 

Costume Design-

Wicked

Dune: Part Two

Gladiator II

Nosferatu

Conclave

Makeup and Hairstyling-

The Substance

Wicked

Nosferatu

Dune: Part Two

A Different Man

Visual Effects-

Dune: Part Two

Wicked

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Alien: Romulus

Gladiator II

Sound-

Dune: Part Two

Wicked

A Complete Unknown

Alien: Romulus

Emilia Perez

Score-

Emilia Perez

The Brutalist

Conclave

The Wild Robot

Challengers

Original Song-

El Mal- Emilia Perez

Mi Camino- Emilia Perez

Kiss The Sky- The Wild Robot

Compress/Repress- Challengers

The Journey- The Six Triple Eight

Documentary Short-

The Only Girl in the Orchestra

Incident

I Am Ready, Warden

Once Upon a Time in Ukraine

Chasing Roo 

Animated Short-

ME

A Bear Named Wojtek

Beautiful Men

In the Shadow of the Cypress

A Crab in the Pool

Live Action Short-

Anuja

The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent

The Masterpiece

A Lien

Paris 70

[hbowartournament]

rarepair tournament round 2

a huge thank you to everyone that voted, campaigned, and created fanworks for round 1 of this tournament and a special thank you to tierney @kbsd for helping me compile these numbers. we are off to such a great start—198.3% of steals in the first round alone! and now, let round 2 begin...enjoy, and good luck! 💕

i will be posting a roundup of all the steal fanworks from round 1 shortly, but here is a summary of all the round 1 matchups and stats:

there were five successful steals this round:

Bill Leyden/Snafu Shelton over Buck Compton/George Luz

John Brady/Robert Rosenthal over Joe Liebgott/Don Malarkey

Robert Leckie/Mama Karamanlis over Marge Spencer/Bucky Egan

Bill Guarnere/John Hall over Lena Basilone/Vera Leckie

Henry Jones/David Webster over Joe Liebgott/George Luz

these are the ships that had the most steal fanworks:

Bill Guarnere/John Hall: +29.3%

Bill Leyden/Jay de L'Eau: +28.3%

Robert Leckie/Mama Karamanlis: +25.4%

Helen/Tatty Spaatz: +22.0%

Lena Basilone/Vera Leckie: +18.4%

Henry Jones/David Webster: +14.2%

Bill Leyden/Snafu Shelton: +13.7%

Bucky Egan/Marge Spencer: +12.2%

Babe Heffron/Eugene Roe/Renée Lemaire: +4.8%

Lewis Nixon/Dick Winters/Eugene Roe: +4.4%

the most competitive matchups were:

Bill/Jay vs. Helen/Tatty: 50.3% combined steals

Guarnere/Hall vs. Lena/Vera: 47.7% combined steals

Bucky/Marge vs. Leckie/Mama: 37.6% combined steals

there was one tie, between Curt Biddick/Bubbles Payne/Harry Crosby and Bucky Egan/Jack Kidd. the narrowest margin of victory was 0.1%: Bill Leyden/Snafu Shelton over Buck Compton/George Luz (a steal!). the widest margin of victory was 77.2%: Babe Heffron/Eugene Roe/Ralph Spina over John Julian/Ralph Spina.

here are the full matchup results:

ALEX JEFFERSON/BUCK CLEVEN vs. Don Malarkey/Herbert Sobel (x) Alex/Buck: 86.1% Malarkey/Sobel: 13.9%

Moe Alley/Alton More/Smokey Gordon vs. BUCK COMPTON/DON MALARKEY (x) Alley/More/Smokey: 29.2% Buck/Malarkey: 70.8%

Andy Haldane/Eddie Jones/Eugene Sledge vs. CHUCKLER JUERGENS/ROBERT LECKIE (x) Andy/Eddie/Sledge: 34.9% Chuckler/Leckie: 65.1%

Andy Haldane/Eugene Sledge vs. LEWIS NIXON/DICK WINTERS/FLOYD TALBERT (x) Andy/Sledge: 44.8% (+0.5%) = 45.3% Nix/Winters/Tab: 55.2%

ANNA CHIWY/RENÉE LEMAIRE vs. Carwood Lipton/George Luz/Ron Speirs (x) Anna/Renée: 56.0% (+0.5%) = 56.5% Lipton/Luz/Speirs: 44.0%

BABE HEFFRON/EUGENE ROE/RENÉE LEMAIRE vs. Harry Crosby/Howard Hamilton (x) Babe/Roe/Renée: 83.7% (+4.8%) = 88.5% Crosby/Hambone: 16.3%

BABE HEFFRON/EUGENE ROE/RALPH SPINA vs. John Julian/Ralph Spina (x) Babe/Roe/Spina: 88.6% Julian/Spina: 11.4%

Babe Heffron/Joe Toye vs. HOOSIER SMITH/ROBERT LECKIE/STELLA KARAMANLIS (x) Babe/Toye: 41.0% Hoosier/Leckie/Stella: 59.0%

CURT BIDDICK/BUBBLES PAYNE/HARRY CROSBY vs. BUCKY EGAN/JACK KIDD (x) TIE: both ships will advance to the next round Curt/Bubbles/Crosby: 49.8% (+0.5%) = 50.3% Bucky/Jack: 50.2% (+0.1%) = 50.3%

CURT BIDDICK/BUCK CLEVEN vs. Buck Cleven/Bucky Egan/Harry Crosby (x) Curt/Buck: 56.5% Buck/Bucky/Crosby: 43.5%

CURT BIDDICK/BUCK CLEVEN/BUCKY EGAN vs. Jay De L'Eau/Eugene Sledge (x) Curt/Buck/Bucky: 65.0% (+2.0%) = 67.0% Jay/Sledge: 35.0%

BILL LEYDEN/JAY DE L'EAU vs. Helen/Tatty Spaatz (x) Bill/Jay: 51.5% (+28.3%) = 79.8% Helen/Tatty: 48.5% (+22.0%) = 70.5%

Bill Leyden/Eugene Sledge vs. CHUCK GRANT/JOE LIEBGOTT/FLOYD TALBERT (x) Bill/Sledge: 42.7% Chuck/Joe/Tab: 57.3%

BILL LEYDEN/SNAFU SHELTON vs. Buck Compton/George Luz (x) SUCCESSFUL STEAL! Bill/Snafu: 43.2% (+13.7%) = 56.9% Buck/Luz: 56.8%

Everett Blakely/John Brady/Harry Crosby vs. HARRY CROSBY/JAMES DOUGLASS (x) Blakely/Brady/Crosby: 42.2% Crosby/Douglass: 57.8% (+1.4%) = 59.2%

Everett Blakely/Harry Crosby/James Douglass vs. SHIFTY POWERS/FLOYD TALBERT (x) Blakely/Crosby/Douglass: 30.3% Shifty/Tab: 69.7%

Albert Blithe/Eugene Roe vs. BENNY DEMARCO/RICHARD MACON (x) Blithe/Roe: 25.6% (+1.3%) = 26.9% DeMarco/Macon: 74.4%

John Brady/Bucky Egan vs. SID PHILLIPS/EUGENE SLEDGE (x) Brady/Bucky: 22.5% (+0.3%) = 22.8% Sid/Sledge: 77.5%

JOHN BRADY/BUCKY EGAN/JOHN HOERR vs. Stormy Becker/Smokey Stover (x) Brady/Bucky/Hoerr: 55.9% Stormy/Smokey: 44.1%

John Brady/Harry Crosby vs. ROBERT LECKIE/RUNNER CONLEY (x) Brady/Crosby: 30.2% (+0.9%) = 31.1% Leckie/Runner: 69.8%

John Brady/Howard Hamilton vs. LEWIS NIXON/DICK WINTERS/EUGENE ROE (x) Brady/Hambone: 41.7% (+2.7%) = 44.4% Nix/Dick/Roe: 58.3% (+4.4%) = 59.4%

JOHN BRADY/ROBERT ROSENTHAL vs. Joe Liebgott/Don Malarkey (x) SUCCESSFUL STEAL! Brady/Rosie: 48.1% (+6.2%) = 54.3% Joe/Malarkey: 51.9%

BUBBLES PAYNE/HARRY CROSBY/JEAN CROSBY vs. Hoosier Smith/Mama Karamanlis (x) Bubbles/Crosby/Jean: 77.9% Hoosier/Mama: 22.1%

Bucky Egan/Charles Cruikshank vs. ROBERT LECKIE/SID PHILLIPS (x) Bucky/Crank: 21.4% (+1.4%) = 22.8% Leckie/Sid: 78.6%

Bucky Egan/Harry Crosby vs. JOHN BASILONE/MANNY RODRIGUEZ (x) Bucky/Crosby: 36.9% John/Manny: 63.1%

Bucky Egan/Marge Spencer vs. ROBERT LECKIE/MAMA KARAMANLIS (x) SUCCESSFUL STEAL! Bucky/Marge: 55.6% (+12.2%) = 67.8% Leckie/Mama: 44.4% (+25.4%) = 69.7%

BUCKY EGAN/ROBERT ROSENTHAL vs. Joe Liebgott/Joe Toye (x) Bucky/Rosie: 54.7% Joe/Toye: 45.3%

ROMUS BURGIN/EUGENE SLEDGE/SNAFU SHELTON vs. Earl McClung/Shifty Powers (x) Burgie/Sledge/Snafu: 55.9% McClung/Shifty: 44.1%

Romus Burgin/Snafu Shelton vs. DON MALARKEY/SKIP MUCK/ALEX PENKALA (x) Burgie/Snafu: 30.9% Malarkey/Skip/Penk: 69.1%

PAT CHRISTENSON/CHUCK GRANT vs. Eugene Sledge/Smokey Gordon (x) Christenson/Chuck: 56.0% Sledge/Smokey: 44.0%

CHUCK GRANT/JOE LIEBGOTT vs. Curt Biddick/Ken Lemmons/Robert Rosenthal (x) Chuck/Joe: 62.9% Curt/Ken/Rosie: 37.1%

CHUCK GRANT/JOE LIEBGOTT/DAVID WEBSTER vs. Joe Liebgott/Eugene Roe (x) Chuck/Joe/Web: 54.3% Joe/Roe: 45.7% (+2.0%) = 47.7%

Hugh Corrigan/Robert Leckie vs. ROBERT LECKIE/VERA LECKIE (x) Corrigan/Leckie: 18.2% Leckie/Vera: 81.8%

Hugh Corrigan/Spearmint Stone vs. MARY HOUSTON/SID PHILLIPS/EUGENE SLEDGE (x) Corrigan/Stone: 29.9% Mary/Sid/Sledge: 70.1%

Charles Cruikshank/John Brady vs. HOWARD HAMILTON/FRANK MURPHY (x) Crank/Brady: 42.7% Hambone/Murphy: 57.3%

Charles Cruikshank/James Douglass vs. ROBERT LECKIE/SID PHILLIPS/EUGENE SLEDGE (x) Crank/Douglass: 27.6% Leckie/Sid/Sledge: 72.4%

DICK WINTERS/HARRY WELSH vs. Thomas Peacock/Edward Shames (x) Dick/Harry: 59.4% Peacock/Shames: 40.6% (+0.5%) = 41.1%

David Dobie/Lewis Nixon vs. DON MALARKEY/JOE TOYE (x) Dobie/Nix: 46.1% Malarkey/Toye: 53.9%

Everett Blakely/Tatty Spaatz vs. JAMES DOUGLASS/HELEN (x) Blakely/Tatty: 35.5% Douglass/Helen: 64.5%

Buck Cleven/Ken Lemmons vs. LEWIS NIXON/FLOYD TALBERT (x) Buck/Ken: 48.2% Nix/Tab: 51.8%

Tony Garcia/Lester Hashey vs. ROBERT LECKIE/EUGENE SLEDGE (x) Garcia/Hashey: 33.5% Leckie/Sledge: 66.5%

Ronnie Gibson/Jay De L'Eau vs. JOE LIEBGOTT/ED TIPPER (x) Gibson/Jay: 14.1% Joe/Tipper: 85.9%

BILL GUARNERE/JOHN HALL vs. Lena Basilone/Vera Leckie (x) SUCCESSFUL STEAL! Guarnere/Hall: 46.6% (+29.3%) = 75.9% Lena/Vera: 53.4% (+18.4%) = 73.8%

BILL GUARNERE/JOE TOYE vs. Thomas Meehan/Dick Winters (x) Guarnere/Toye: 71.1% Meehan/Dick: 28.7%

HOOSIER SMITH/SID PHILLIPS vs. Jack Kidd/Robert Rosenthal (x) Hoosier/Sid: 61.4% Jack/Rosie: 38.6%

Eugene Jackson/Allen Vest vs. LEWIS NIXON/RON SPEIRS (x) Jackson/Vest: 14.3% Nix/Speirs: 85.7%

JOHN BASILONE/LENA BASILONE vs. Popeye Wynn/Shifty Powers (x) John/Lena: 72.2% Popeye/Shifty: 27.8%

HENRY JONES/DAVID WEBSTER vs. Joe Liebgott/George Luz (x) SUCCESSFUL STEAL! Jones/Web: 44.2% (+14.2%) = 58.4% Joe/Luz: 55.8%

Robert Leckie/Cpl. Ruddiger vs. ALTON MORE/SMOKEY GORDON (x) Leckie/Ruddiger: 36.1% (+3.5%) = 39.6% More/Smokey: 63.9%

ROBERT LECKIE/DAVID WEBSTER vs. Shifty Powers/Ron Speirs (x) Leckie/Web: 53.4% Shifty/Speirs: 46.6%

LENA BASILONE/STELLA KARAMANLIS vs. Carwood Lipton/Smokey Gordon (x) Lena/Stella: 54.8% Lip/Smokey: 45.2%

GEORGE LUZ/DON MALARKEY vs. Eugene Roe/Joe Toye (x) Luz/Malarkey: 59.7% Roe/Toye: 40.3% (+1.4%) = 41.7%

DON MALARKEY/ALTON MORE vs. Robert Oswalt/Eugene Sledge (x) Malarkey/More: 58.4% Oswalt/Sledge: 41.6%

RENÉE LEMAIRE/SKINNY SISK vs. Smokey Gordon/Eugene Roe (x) Renée/Skinny: 63.6% (+0.5%) = 64.1% Smokey/Roe: 36.4%

Shifty Powers/Skinny Sisk vs. FLOYD TALBERT/RON SPEIRS (x) Shifty/Skinny: 41.2% Tab/Speirs: 58.8%