We cover seven categories in part 1 including Supporting Actress, Lead Actor, Documentary Feature, Adapted Screenplay, Original Score, Sound Editing & Mixing. Who are our frontrunners? What are the likely nominations? And what are the wildcard picks? We discuss. How the Midyear Oscars Report Works - Top of Show Structure of Category Breakdowns - 2:11 Adapted Screenplay Category - 3:08 Supporting Actress Category - 14:10 Original Score Category - 23:52 Sound Mixing/Editing Categories - 29:49 Documentary Feature Category - 37:42 Best Actor Category - 46:07 Your Homework/Our Socials - 56:33 What’s Next From MMO/Words of Wisdom - 57:39 The Oscar Off-Season is officially OVER. We’re breaking down Awards Season once again with part one of our Mid-Year Oscars Report. Each of our three parts will cover seven categories apiece. This episode covers Adapted Screenplay, Supporting Actress, Original Score, Sound Mixing & Editing, Documentary Feature, and Lead Actor. Shout Outs to Clayton Davis at Awards Circuit, Matt Neglia at Next Best Picture, and Erick Weber at Awards Ace as we cite some of their early favorites in these categories. For we open each category discussion with a cursory list of some contenders before diving into our 3 highlights. Each of us picks a frontrunner, a likely nomination, and a wildcard pick that we’d love to see gain momentum. So you get an overview and some chatter about specific contenders. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood could certainly get Leo another nod, and we pinpoint where some technical noms might come. Little Women will allow us to go to the movies with our mothers, and Meryl Streep might be at ALL the award shows of the next year (What else is new). Antonio Banderas, Jennifer Hudson, Annette Bening, and Eddie Murphy may all have Oscar runs, and we also talk about some of our favorite writers like Greta Gerwig & Tracy Letts. Plus, John Williams & Randy Newman might square off with newcomes Trent Reznor & Carter Burwell in that original score category. Oh, it felt so good to talk about the Oscar Race again. We’re back in our element, and we want to know what you think of any & all of these categories. Let us know your frontrunners, likely noms, and wildcards. 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!