COLUMN: Predicting the major 86th Academy Award nominations

It's that time of year again! With announcement of nominations for the 86th Academy Awards coming early Thursday morning, we've arrived at the peak of awards seasons. The scene has been buzzing all week after the upset-filled popularity contest that was the 71st Golden Globe Awards this past Sunday. At the festivities, plenty of new possible contenders emerged, while a few Oscar races were made even more ironclad.

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EDITORIAL: 14 films to keep an eye on for the 2014 Oscars

In a new editorial project to follow up this past weekend's 85th Academy Awards, I wanted to look deep into the crystal ball and see if I could earmark some movies coming here this year in 2013 that could shape up to be Oscar contenders for the 86th Academy Awards happening in 2014.

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EDITORIAL: Final 2012 Awards Tracker and 2013 Oscar reactions

Another year and another awards season are in the books. As always, I enjoy seeing what movies end up showered with praise and which ones were not. Last night's exceeding long Oscar show results from the 85th Academy Awards are in and the final scores on my "2012 Awards Tracker" are updated below.

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CHECKLIST: My full and official 2013 Oscar predictions

After a series of seven articles breaking down and researching the nominees, trends, snubs, surprises, and favorites from every award category, here is my finalized checklist of my 2013 Oscar predictions for the 85th Academy Awards.