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- Sasha Stone, Scott Kernen, and Jeremy Jentzen discuss the Oscar chances of Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s You Can See Everything and what it would take to get it into the various guilds. What does it take to get into Best Picture and Best Director? We go through what has to happen for it to make it all the way and what it might win.
Scott went to the Montclair Film Fest and saw I Play Rocky, which played like gangbusters. And we talked a bit about the Netflix show East of Eden.
Get full access to AwardsDaily's Daily at awardsdaily.substack.com/subscribe - Hollywood is at a crossroads in many ways, but one major one is its use of AI. It is here, whether they are ready or not. In this year’s Oscar race, some films and documentaries use AI. We don’t know how the industry voters will react to those movies. We also talk about the Narnia trailer, the new Daily Wire movies, and more.
Get full access to AwardsDaily's Daily at awardsdaily.substack.com/subscribe Ep. 100 - Frontrunners and Challengers: Can Tom Cruise Still Win an Oscar if Digger Bombed?
08/10/2026 | 1h 42 mins.Sasha Stone, Scott Kernen, and Jeremy Jentzen discuss the current Oscar race as shaped by the pundits and bloggers (there is no THERE there yet). I think Tom Cruise is still in play, but Scott and Jeremy disagree. We talk about The Social Reckoning, Artificial, and what the Best Picture race looks like. Lots of spicy gossip too.
Get full access to AwardsDaily's Daily at awardsdaily.substack.com/subscribeFrontrunners and Challengers: Ep. 99: Tom Cruise in Digger! Is It a Best Actor Winner?
24/09/2026 | 1h 31 mins.Sasha Stone, Scott Kernen, and Jeremy Jentzen discuss the Digger reception. Mixed, divisive- what does that mean for Oscar? Can identity-driven stories be enough? The Odyssey remains the strong frontrunner that, so far, no film has matched or challenged. The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth trailer drops, and boy does it look good. Then we try to suss out who took Digger out of their predictions after the screening. What happened to the Social Reckoning? The Invite remains one of the best of the year.
For the Emmy Sidebar: the absolutely terrible Netflix show, Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story.
Get full access to AwardsDaily's Daily at awardsdaily.substack.com/subscribeEp. 98: AD Drama! We Talk the Recent Twitter Drama Plus the Emmys and Post-Festival State of the Race
18/09/2026 | 2h 12 mins.Sasha Stone, Jeremy Jentzen, and Scott Kernen address the bizarre controversy on X involving us and others who used to work at Awards Daily. Then we talk about the film festivals and how they’ve changed the races. Who are the frontrunners in each category?
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AwardsDaily.com is a site dedicated to tracking the Oscar race and exposing its rich underbelly. With Founder and Editor Sasha Stone, who is joined by writers Jeremy Jentzen and Scott Kernen. awardsdaily.substack.com
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