Award Predictions – The Sacred Wall

28th Screen Actors Guild Award Predictions

Tomorrow morning, the Screen Actors Guild will announce their nominations for the 28th Screen Actors Guild Awards. This year they will be an even stronger indicator of Oscar success than normal, as they will not only serve as an indication of how...

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74th Tony Award Predictions (Yes, Really!)

Hey, the 74th Tony Awards are this Sunday! Is that a surprise? Are you confused? Don’t feel bad – it’s a surprise for the nominees too. To recap, COVID-19 struck just a month before the 2020 Tony Award nominations were to be announced. Because...

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A Post-Festival Best Picture Update

It’s been a while since I last made an Oscar prediction update for the 94th Primetime Emmy Awards. It’s been kind of challenging – not only have I been relatively busy with my day job, but with films and studios shifting everything around due to...

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73rd Primetime Emmy Awards Final Predictions

This Sunday, the Television Academy will hold the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards. At this point, certain categories feel inevitable – Ted Lasso and The Crown are coming, y’all. But between categories consisting of almost exclusively new nominees and...

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73rd Primetime Emmy Award Nomination Predictions

This year’s Emmy Awards is going to be a sh*tshow. Not in terms of quality – rumors support the theory that the Emmys have been really into the better shows out there, so the odds of an Emily in Paris fiasco are minimal (but not impossible). No...

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94th Academy Award Predictions: Best Picture

And the beat goes on. We’re only a few days removed from Nomadland’s utter domination of the longest awards season ever, and it’s time to look forward to the future. 2021 is going to be one of the weirdest Oscars of all time, as the eligibility...

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93rd Academy Award Final Predictions

It’s finally time. After the longest Oscar season in two decades, we’re finally approaching the tail end. This Sunday, we will know, officially, who the best film of the year was in a year of craziness and uncertainty. And while many (ok, most)...

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27th SAG Award Final Predictions

Tomorrow night, the 27th SAG Awards will officially christen the Oscar with its picks for the best performers of 2020. It’ll be an interesting ceremony: instead of the usual ballroom with bits and tributes and such, this year the ceremony will be...

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Final 93rd Academy Award Predictions

Well folks, the longest awards season in history is about to enter its final stretch. This Monday, the Academy will announce the final nominations for the 93rdAcademy Awards, and we will begin the final countdown to the Best Picture of 2020. I’ve...

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93rd Academy Award Predictions: Best Supporting Actress

I have one more acting race to break down before I can unveil my full list of predictions, and it is the hardest race of the lot. Seriously, I’m not sure any of my Best Supporting Actress predictions will be right until Monday morning – and even...

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93rd Academy Awards Predictions: Best Supporting Actor

Every year, the hardest category to predict is far and away Best Supporting Actor. There’s always a ridiculous amount of great supporting performances, and it’s always hard to determine who will end up shining through. And that’s before the...

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Golden Globe Predictions: The 5th Annual Sacred Wall Beat The Guru Golden Globes Competition

Well boys and girls, it’s time once again for the drunkest, most corrupt awards show in the business: the 76th Golden Globe Awards! This Sunday, Amy Poehler and Tina Fey return to host the first major awards show of the season – and only the...