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Maybe he is past it but i hope Conan returns with a talk show.

If Kimmel retired or FOX ever decided to get into the late night game hire Conan.

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I love the choice of Conan, but truthfully, it's because I'm getting old, and I need to believe things from the 90s are still cool.

I also like to imagine how funny it would be if Jay Leno "out foxes" Conan again and winds up hosting the show.

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Interested because of Conan. I’ll at least watch his monologue and other highlights.

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1) Conan is in his 60s. No network is hiring him to begin a run hosting their flagship late night show.

2) He did that kind of talk show for 25 years; he'll never do another one again.

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It looks like he's having enough fun with his podcasts and episodes of Conan O'Brien Must Go once in awhile. I'm good with that.

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I’m okay with Conan not having another regular tv show. He left his TBS show on his own terms plus he was in the talk show game quite a while. I still really enjoy him but it seems like he’s at a stage where he’s just doing what he wants. The podcast gives him even more freedom and he can still do other things on occasion.

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It should make us all feel old. Most of us here were right in that young, college age demographic that watched Conan when he first started in Late Night. Now he’s the old grizzled veteran and we’re…not college aged anymore.

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I remember seeing people like Bob Hope and Johnny Carson on the Oscars, and thinking "Look at these old farts, what lame-o's". I love that I've lived long enough to see Conan O'Brien step into that role for the latest generation.

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Yeah, it's so weird. We're almost at a point where the "Brat Pack" are going to be the elder statesmen of Hollywood, like how Henry Fonda and Bette Davis were forty years ago.

Movies like Fast Times at Ridgemont High and The Breakfast Club are now as old as movies from the 1940s were when they came out in the 1980s.

Gone with the Wind came out in 1939. Fast Times at Ridgemont High came out in 1982, forty-three years later. Next year, Fast Times at Ridgemont High will be as old as Gone with the Wind was when FTaRH came out.

It's mind-boggling. GwtW seemed absolutely ancient when I was a kid. Does FTaRH seem that ancient to young people today? Or can they still relate to it and find the humor in it?

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Fast Times felt ancient to me, when I first saw it in the mid90s.
By the way, in Germany Fast Times is called "I think, I'm standing in the forest"

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Best Original Song Short List

Shortlisted Songs

“Beyond” from Moana 2 (Walt Disney Pictures) — Abigail Barlow, Emily Bear

“Compress/Repress” from Challengers (Amazon MGM) — Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Luca Guadagnino

“El Mal” from Emilia Pérez (Netflix) — Clément Ducol, Camille, Jacques Audiard



“Forbidden Road” from Better Man (Paramount Pictures) — Robbie Williams, Freddy Wexler, Sacha Skarbek

“Harper and Will Go West” from Will & Harper (Netflix) — Sean Douglas, Kristen Wiig, Josh Greenbaum

“The Journey” from The Six Triple Eight (Netflix) — Diane Warren

“Kiss the Sky” from The Wild Robot (DreamWorks Animation) — Delacey, Jordan Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Maren Morris, Michael Pollack, Ali Tamposi

“Like a Bird” from Sing Sing (A24) — Abraham Alexander, Brandon Marcel, Adrian Quesada

“Mi Camino” from Emilia Pérez (Netflix) — Clément Ducol, Camille

“Never Too Late” from Elton John: Never Too Late” (Walt Disney Pictures) — Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt, Bernie Taupin

“Out of Oklahoma” from Twisters (Universal Pictures) — Lainey Wilson, Luke Dick, Shane McAnally

“Piece by Piece” from Piece by Piece (Focus Features) — Pharrell Williams

“Sick in the Head” from Kneecap (Sony Pictures Classics) — Móglaí Bap, Mo Chara, DJ Próvaí, Adrian Louis Richard Mcleod, Toddla T

“Tell Me It’s You” from Mufasa: The Lion King (Walt Disney Pictures) – Lin-Manuel Miranda

“Winter Coat” from Blitz (Apple Original Films) — Nicholas Britell, Steve McQueen, Taura Stinson

Edit : Hold up, Monkey Boy! That's a bummer.


UPDATE ( Dec. 20): Robbie Williams’ song “Forbidden Road” was removed from the 2025 Oscar shortlist for best original song on the grounds that song incorporates material from an existing song that was not written for the film in which it appears, Better Man (Paramount Pictures). Williams co-wrote the song with Freddy Wexler and Sacha Skarbek.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences will not replace the song on the shortlist. Members of the music branch will choose the five nominees from a shortlist of 14 songs, rather than the customary 15.

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MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
Twenty scores will advance in the Original Score category for the 97th Academy Awards. One hundred forty-five scores were eligible in the category. Members of the Music Branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees.

The scores, listed in alphabetical order by film title, are:

“Alien: Romulus”
“Babygirl”
“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”
“Blink Twice”
“Blitz”
“The Brutalist”
“Challengers”
“Conclave”
“Emilia Pérez”
“The Fire Inside”
“Gladiator II”
“Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1”
“Inside Out 2”
“Nosferatu”
“The Room Next Door”
“Sing Sing”
“The Six Triple Eight”
“Wicked”
“The Wild Robot”
“Young Woman and the Sea”


DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
Fifteen films will advance in the Documentary Feature Film category for the 97th Academy Awards. One hundred sixty-nine films were eligible in the category. Members of the Documentary Branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees.

The films, listed in alphabetical order by title, are:

“The Bibi Files”
“Black Box Diaries”
“Dahomey”
“Daughters”
“Eno”
“Frida”
“Hollywoodgate”
“No Other Land”
“Porcelain War”
“Queendom”
“The Remarkable Life of Ibelin”
“Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat”
“Sugarcane”
“Union”
“Will & Harper”

NTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
Fifteen films will advance to the next round of voting in the International Feature Film category for the 97th Academy Awards. Films from 85 countries and regions were eligible in the category.

Academy members from all branches were invited to participate in the preliminary round of voting and must have met a minimum viewing requirement to be eligible to vote in the category.

In the nominations round, Academy members from all branches are invited to opt in to participate and must view all 15 shortlisted films to vote.

The films, listed in alphabetical order by country, are:

Brazil, “I’m Still Here”
Canada, “Universal Language”
Czech Republic, “Waves”
Denmark, “The Girl with the Needle”
France, “Emilia Pérez”
Germany, “The Seed of the Sacred Fig”
Iceland, “Touch”
Ireland, “Kneecap”
Italy, “Vermiglio”
Latvia, “Flow”
Norway, “Armand”
Palestine, “From Ground Zero”
Senegal, “Dahomey”
Thailand, “How to Make Millions before Grandma Dies”
United Kingdom, “Santosh”

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Ten films will advance in the Makeup and Hairstyling category for the 97th Academy Awards. All members of the Academy’s Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Branch will be invited to view excerpts and interviews with the artists from each of the shortlisted films on Saturday, January 11, 2025. Branch members will vote to nominate five films for final Oscar® consideration.

The films, listed in alphabetical order by title, are:

“The Apprentice”
“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”
“A Different Man”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Emilia Pérez”
“Maria”
“Nosferatu”
“The Substance”
“Waltzing with Brando”
“Wicked”

SOUND
Ten films will advance in the Sound category for the 97th Academy Awards. All eligible members of the Sound Branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees. Academy members will be invited to view excerpts from each of the shortlisted films beginning Thursday, January 9, 2025, in the San Francisco Bay area, followed by London, Los Angeles and New York on Saturday, January 11, 2025. Branch members will vote to nominate five films for final Oscar consideration.

The films, listed in alphabetical order by title, are:

“Alien: Romulus”
“Blitz”
“A Complete Unknown”
“Deadpool & Wolverine”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Emilia Pérez”
“Gladiator II”
“Joker: Folie à Deux”
“Wicked”
“The Wild Robot”

VISUAL EFFECTS
Ten films remain in the running in the Visual Effects category for the 97th Academy Awards. The Visual Effects Branch Executive Committee determined the shortlist. All members of the Visual Effects Branch will be invited to view excerpts and interviews with the artists from each of the shortlisted films on Saturday, January 11, 2025. Branch members will vote to nominate five films for final Oscar consideration.

The films, listed in alphabetical order by title, are:

“Alien: Romulus”
“Better Man”
“Civil War”
“Deadpool & Wolverine”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Gladiator II”
“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes”
“Mufasa: The Lion King”
“Twisters”
“Wicked”

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I'd love to see Universal Language make the cut for Best International Feature, just for creating the second best cinematic reinvention of Winnipeg.

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No Original Song performance this year. That's kind of a bummer, even though there weren't any real strong songs on the short list.

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Lame. I was looking forward to this year's Diane Warren song no one's ever heard of.

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That is crazy especially if a song from Wicked gets nominated and a lot of people would want to see that.

It wil be a crime if this Oscar baiting song does not get nominated

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Songs from Wicked are not getting nominated.

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^Have to wait til next year's Oscars. Wicked For Good is said to have an original song.

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I'd rather watch unoriginal songs from Wicked or some of great movie songs from the past than anything that would get nominated this year.

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Actor in a Supporting Role
Yura Borisov, “Anora”
Kieran Culkin, “A Real Pain”
Edward Norton, “A Complete Unknown”
Guy Pearce, “The Brutalist”
Jeremy Strong, “The Apprentice”

Actress in a Supporting Role
Monica Barbaro, “A Complete Unknown”
Ariana Grande, “Wicked”
Felicity Jones, “The Brutalist”
Isabella Rossellini, “Conclave”
Zoe Saldaña, “Emilia Pérez”

Animated Short Film
“Beautiful Men”
“In the Shadow of Cypress”
“Magic Candies”
“Wander to Wonder”
“Yuck!”

Costume Design
“A Complete Unknown”
“Conclave”
“Gladiator II”
“Nosferatu”
“Wicked”

Live Action Short Film
“A Lien”
“Anuja”
“I’m Not a Robot”
“The Last Ranger”
“The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent”

Makeup and Hairstyling
“A Different Man”
“Emilia Pérez”
“Nosferatu”
“The Substance”
“Wicked”

Original Score
“The Brutalist”
“Conclave”
“Emilia Pérez”
“Wicked”
“The Wild Robot”

Adapted Screenplay
“A Complete Unknown”
“Conclave”
“Emilia Pérez”
“Nickel Boys”
“Sing Sing”

Original Screenplay
“Anora”
“The Brutalist”
“A Real Pain”
“September 5”
“The Substance”

Actor in a Leading Role
Adrien Brody, “The Brutalist”
Timothée Chalamet, “A Complete Unknown”
Colman Domingo, “Sing Sing”
Ralph Fiennes, “Conclave”
Sebastian Stan, “The Apprentice”

Actress in a Leading Role
Cynthia Erivo, “Wicked”
Karla Sofía Gascón, “Emilia Pérez”
Mikey Madison, “Anora”
Demi Moore, “The Substance”
Fernanda Torres, “I’m Still Here”

Animated Feature Film
“Flow”
“Inside Out 2”
“Memoir of a Snail”
“Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl”
“The Wild Robot”

Cinematography
“The Brutalist”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Emilia Pérez”
“Maria”
“Nosferatu”

Best Director
Sean Baker, “Anora”
Brady Corbet “The Brutalist”
James Mangold, “A Complete Unknown”
Jacques Audiard, “Emilia Pérez”
Coralie Fargeat, “The Substance”

Documentary Feature Film
“Black Box Diaries”
“No Other Land”
“Porcelain War”
“Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat”
“Sugarcane”

Documentary Short Film
“Death by Numbers”
“I Am Ready, Warden”
“Incident”
“Instruments of a Beating Heart”
“The Only Girl in the Orchestra”

Film Editing
“Anora”
“The Brutalist”
“Conclave”
“Emilia Pérez”
“Wicked”

International Feature Film
France, “Emilia Pérez”
Latvia, “Flow”
Denmark, “The Girl with the Needle”
Brazil, “I’m Still Here”
Germany, “The Seed of the Sacred Fig”

Original Song
“El Mal” from “Emilia Pérez”
“The Journey” from “The Six Triple Eight”
“Like a Bird” from “Sing Sing”
“Mi Camino” from “Emilia Pérez”
“Never Too Late” from “Elton John: Never Too Late”

Production Design
“The Brutalist”
“Conclave”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Nosferatu”
“Wicked”

Sound
“A Complete Unknown”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Emilia Perez”
“Wicked”
“The Wild Robot”

Visual Effects
“Alien: Romulus”
“Better Man”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes”
“Wicked”

Best Picture
“Anora”
“The Brutalist”
“A Complete Unknown”
“Conclave”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Emilia Pérez”
“I’m Still Here”
“Nickel Boys”
“The Substance”
“Wicked”

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Sebastian Stan seems like the surprise to me, great for him. And the love for The Substance, gotta see it!

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I would've preferred Stan had been nominated for A Different Man, but I'm glad he was nominated overall. He gave two great performances last year.

I'm on board with The Brutalist and Conclave for Score, but Challengers getting shutout is ridiculous.

Very happy to see Fargeat get in for Director.

The Golden Globes really raised the profile of I'm Still Here.

Emilia Perez having the same amount of nominations as Oppenheimer last year is just insane to me.

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I try to see all of the Best Picture nominees, at least, but ugh, I have zero interest in Wicked.

That is a very competitive Best Animated Feature category! I juuuuust want to give it to Flow, but barely.

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I can't wait for my aunts to all watch The Substance because it was nominated for Best Picture. This will be fun!