 This is the SF Productions Podcast Network. It's the eighth annual Oscar Prediction Show! With your host, anyone? Anyone? Euler? From the Pop Culture Bunker, I'm Mindy. And I'm Mark. You can check out our audio podcast, How I Got My Wife to Read Comics on iTunes, or on our website, sfpodcastnetwork.com. It's that time again, Oscar Predictions. Since Oscar hosting has become the third rail of the entertainment industry, this will be the second year in a row without a host. As expected, nominations are decidedly white and male. Now, our prediction system, we don't see any of the nominated films, although we actually did. See who won the awards leading up to the Oscars. Who has the most buzz? Are there any controversies? Oscar's rules are, if you died, you're in. Biopics rule, portraying an illness works well, and multiple nominations without a win helps. Now, we will list the previous Oscar record where applicable, in terms of nominations and wins, as well as odds as of January 30th, based on an average of betting sites, via nicerodds.co.uk. For supporting actor, the nominees are Tom Hanks with six nominations and two wins, and 21.5 to one odds for a beautiful day in the neighborhood. We have Anthony Hopkins, five nominations and one win, 37.5 to one odds for the two popes. Al Pacino with nine nominations and one wins, odds are 19 to one for the Irishman. Joe Pesci, three nominations and one win, 10 to one odds, the Irishman, which won the New York critic's choice. Brad Pitt has six nominations and one win, he's got pretty even odds. Pretty much. One point one to one, he's nominated for once upon a time in Hollywood. He previously won as a producer and he has won the Golden Globe critic's choice and SAG awards. So, I'm picking Pitt because that's what the odds are saying and the fact that he has come through and won most of the other major awards. It is a movie about Hollywood and they love movies about Hollywood. Indeed. I kind of was thinking though that they might pick the sentimental choice of Tom Hanks for Mr. Rogers. You know, some of these people might have fond memories of Mr. Rogers. That's true. I don't know. It's always a possibility. Supporting actress, Kathy Bates with four nominations and one win, 37.5 to one odds for Richard Jewel. Laura Dern has three nominations and no wins and she has pretty even odds to win for a marriage story. She did a clean sweep of the Golden Globe, the New York's critic's choice, the New York's critic's choice and SAG. Scarlett Johansson, two nominations, zero wins, 27.5 to one for JoJo Rabbit. Now, both of Johansson's nominations are for this year. So they don't really count. So that means she is in both the best actress and best supporting actress. Kind of gets canceled out. Well, that's the theory. Florence Pugh with one nominations and zero wins has 13 to one odds for little women. Margot Robbie, two nominations and zero wins, 8.5 to one for Bombshell. And Laura Dern. I'm going with the... As did I. She swept, you know, and she's never won an Oscar. And she's got a famous Hollywood name. Right. So they might be saying, okay. Yeah, I think it's going to be her. Yeah. So for animated features, the nominees are How to Train Your Dragon, the Hidden World with 46 to one odds. I lost my body, 29.1, 29 to one odds, and it won the New York Critics' Choice. Never heard of it. Yeah. Klaus at six to one odds. Missing Link, nine to one odds, and it won the Golden Globe. And of course, Toy Story 4, pretty even odds, 1.1 to one. It won the Critics' Choice and the Producers Guild, and it won both of our picks. Yeah, pretty much. I think that's a pretty much forgotten conclusion. Yeah. But we'll see. I mean, I enjoyed the movie. Yeah. Yeah, it was good. Right. But then speaking of that movie, the original song, I can't let you throw yourself away, 34 to one odds, Toy Story 4. I don't think it's that, because mainly, can you remember the melody of that song? No. Nobody was humming it on the way out. No. I'm going to love me again with 1.1 to one odds, pretty even for Rocket Man, won the Golden Globe, tied with Glasgow for Wild Rose for Critics' Choice. I'm standing with you, 34.1 odds from Breakthrough. Into the Undone, 10 to one, and Frozen, that's from Frozen 2. And stand up, 7 to 1 odds for Harriet. And we're both going with I'm Gonna Love Me Again, because it's Elton John. Yeah. You know, and that's going to be a real sentimental favor for him to get it. Yeah. Yeah. And the fact that... Biopic. Biopic that he basically, you don't see him anywhere else with the Oscar in terms of nominations. So I think it's going to be that. For Best Director, nominations include Writing and Producing, Martin Scorsese with 10 nominations and 1 win, 30 to 1 odds for the Irishman. Todd Phillips, 4 nominations, 0 wins, 59 to 1 odds for the Joker. Sam Mendes with 4 noms, 1 win, 1.2 to 1 odds for 1917, which won the Golden Globe, the Critics' Choice and the Directors Guild Award. Quentin Tarantino, 8 nominations, 2 wins, 13 to 1 odds for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Bong Joon-Ho, 3 nominations, 0 wins, it's 4.5 to 1 odds for Parasite and he won the Critics' Choice. That's right. By the way, the New York Critics' Choice winner was Benny and Josh Sadie for Uncut Gems. Now, I want to say something about the New York Critics' Choice. They are less and less of an indicator to the point where I may swap out for BAFTA next year. You know, because it's more and more often, not only do they not pick the choice, the Oscar winner, in many cases, they don't even pick a nominee. Yeah. So, I'm not sure what's going on there. Yeah. So, we're both going with Mendes. Yeah. And the reason for that to me is that he did win an Oscar already for Best Directing like 20 years ago. Mm-hmm. So, to me, it seems to make sense and he's winning a lot of the lead-up to awards. Okay. So, for the Oscar for Actor, Antonio Banderas has 1 nomination and 0 wins. He's at 37.5 to 1 odds in glory and he won the New York Critics Choice Award. Leonardo DiCaprio 7 nominations and 1 win 36 to 1 odds for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Adam Driver has 2 nominations and 0 wins. 10 to 1 odds for the marriage story. Joaquin Phoenix 4 nominations 0 wins 1 to 1 odds. Even odds for Joker. It won the Golden Globe, the Critics' Choice and the SAG. And then Jonathan Price with 1 nomination and 0 wins, 2.5 to 1 for The Two Popes. And we're both going with Joaquin Phoenix. I hate it, but yeah. Yeah. We haven't seen the movie. We haven't seen the movie. He has 4 nominations up till now. He's never won and there's a lot of buzz and he's got all the major lead-ins. Yeah. I don't like him. I don't want him to win. I didn't even want to see the movie but now we have to go watch it. I guess we have to at some point. I suppose. Okay. So the actress nominees are Cynthia Erivo, 2 nominations and 0 wins and has 20 to 1 odds for Harriet. Her second nomination was for Original Song. Right. So she was in both categories. Scarlett Johansson, 2 nominations, 0 wins, 9.5 to 1 odds, marriage story, C. supporting actress. Yeah. Sirsha Ronan, 4 nominations and 0 wins, 30 to 1 odds for The Little Women. Charlize Theron, 1 win, 25.5 to 1 for Bombshell. And Renee Zellweger with 4 nominations, 1 win, even odds for Judy. She won the Golden Globe, the Critics' Choice and the SAG Award. And here's another one of these New York Critics' Choice. They gave it to Lupita Nyong'o for Us, a movie I've never even heard of. Oh, I have. Oh, yeah. And in any case, wasn't even nominated for an Oscar. Yeah, she probably should have been. I heard that was pretty good. Okay. Zellweger. It's a bio-pick. Yes. And it's an icon like Judy Garland. I actually saw this movie. It was very good. I thought, I thought she was excellent. She really immersed herself in that role. You didn't see Zellweger. You saw Judy Garland. Yeah. Now, none of the songs were nominated from that because they weren't original songs. Exactly. Yeah. None of them were original songs. Yeah. And then finally, best picture. Ford v. 126 to 1 odds. The Irishman, 59 to 1, it won the New York's Critics Choice Award. JoJo Rabbet, 76 to 1 odds. Joker, 13.5 to 1 odds. Little Women, 91 to 1 odds. It doesn't deserve it. Nip. Marriage Story, 91 to 1 odds. 1917, 1.4 to 1 odds, it won The Golden Globe and the Producers Guild. And once upon a time in Hollywood, 6 to 1, it won the Golden Globe, the Critics Choice. Parasite one-to-one of five-to-one odds it won the SAG and the all-important central Ohio film critics choice now you're going out for the big money you're going with Ford versus Ferrari wow you're gonna clean up at 126 to one odds yeah but they can't be nominated right yeah so everybody who loves that kind of movie is gonna go for Ford versus I went with the safe choice of 1917 I doubt it you can check out our radio podcast how I got my wife to read comics on iTunes or on our website SF podcast network.com from the pop culture bunker I'm Mindy and I'm Mark thanks for watching and I'd like to thank all the little people