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Oscars State Of The Race: ‘Anora’ With Its PGA, DGA, Critics Choice Best Picture Wins Now In Pole Position But Can It Keep Momentum?
An analysis of the state of the Oscar race after Critics Choice and Key guilds weigh in and make Anora the new front runner
With its 13 nominations, a near record-tying total and the biggest ever for a foreign language film, Emilia Perez was the closest thing we had to a “front runner”, especially after winning several Golden Globes including Best Picture – Comedy or Musical , but that got swallowed up in all the drama around the implosion of Best Actress nominee, and first Trans performer ever, Karla Sofia Gascon’s campaign after all those shocking tweets resurfaced. And since WGA, which holds its awards ceremony this coming Saturday, ruling films ineligible that didn’t comply with their minimum basic agreement (this year including Conclave, Brutalist, Emilia Perez, The Substance) Anora is also a heavy favorite to take Original Screenplay there unless Jesse Eisenberg’s A Real Pain pulls an upset. Critics groups in L.A., Boston, Dallas, Georgia, Houston, Philadelphia, Atlanta, New Mexico, North Dakota, San Francisco, Central Florida, and Michigan among others have also anointed Anora so this train is just continuing to pick up speed even if it did get shut out completely at the Globes.
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