We breakdown news from the Golden Globes, People’s Choice, Critics Choice, Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild, & the European Film Awards. Cats might be out, Iron Man might be in, & we review One Child Nation and new trailers for Seberg & A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. WHAT IS THIS EPISODE? - Top of Show AWARDS NEWS: Ricky Gervais Hosting Globes Again - 1:40 Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards - 6:02 Makeup Artist + Hairstylist Guild Noms Announced - 9:44 European Film Award Noms - 13:57 People’s Choice Award Winners Recap - 15:28 CONTENDER NEWS: Cats Presumed To Be Missing Awards Deadlines - 20:32 Disney Campaigns RDJ As a Supporting Actor - 27:32 International Feature Joy is DQ’d - 32:49 CONTENDER TRAILER REACTIONS: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Trailer 2 - 36:04 Seberg Trailer 1 - 39:29 MAKE THE CASE: One Child Nation - 43:14 Burning Cane - 46:21 Netflix Shorts - 48:44 Float, a Pixar Animated Short - 51:41 Your Homework/PLEASE LEAVE US 5*’S - 53:24 What’s Next From MMO/Words of Wisdom - 54:30 Awards Season news is dropping every day, and luckily, we have the Oscar Race Checkpoint show to discuss it all. The Golden Globes have a new / old host, the Critics Choice Documentary Awards announced their winners, the Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild as well as the European Film Awards announced their winners, and we hit on the big stories from the People’s Choice Awards. We discuss the strange journey of CATS from a prestigious & legendary Broadway adaptation to the trailer that became a national joke. Then there’s another Best International Film disqualification to debate. Disney also released their plans for Oscar campaigns, and guess who?!, Robert Downey Jr. will be pushed in supporting after all. We also propose how we might actually NEED an annual Mr. Rogers movie to help mend our society, and we feel guilty about our first impressions of Kristen Stewart’s early career as we breakdown the trailers for A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood and Seberg. Then in a Make The Case segment, Mike 1 presses Also Mike for his reviews of potential Oscar feature contenders like One Child Nation & Burning Cane, as well as some now streaming shorts like Fire In Paradise, Little Miss Sumo, and Pixar’s Float. If you enjoy our show, please take a few seconds to leave us a 5 star rating on Apple Podcasts. Just click on our icon, scroll down a moment, and then please click that fifth star. Our weekly movie news and variety shows will continue, and thank you for supporting them as you have. MMOW & Oscar Race Checkpoint will continue to help you begin & end your every week. We’ll also continue to review all the contenders, whether it’s on an ORC, MMOW, or in an OSP. Check out recent reviews like Jojo Rabbit, Parasite, and Dolemite Is My Name. Ford v Ferrari, Frozen II, A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood, The Irishman, Knives Out, and Marriage Story are all in the works, and we also have our re-watch series, move events, and MMO Interviews to enjoy in that catalog. So let us know how you’re enjoying awards season thus far, and feel free to chat with us about anything we covered here today. We’re at MMandOscar on Twitter, and we are on Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, and Gmail. You can subscribe / rate / review / like / share / & listen to us on iTunes, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Google Play, Tune In, Spotify, and just about wherever you listen to podcasts. When reality sucks, keep watching movies with us. We’re Mike, Mike, & Oscar!