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Kenzie, Jillian, Eva, and Leia get together to discuss at length their 2025 Academy Award Nomination Predictions! How many nominations will Emilia Pérez really pull off? Is The Substance going to overperform? What about Conclave? Listen to hear all of our thoughts on the upcoming Oscars!Offscreen Central is horrified by the fires devastating Southern California. As much of our team is based in LA, it is hard for us to go on business as usual. Please consider to donate to a GoFundMe to help families in need.Here are four organizations working on wildfire relief efforts:California Community Foundation for general support.Altadena Girls is distributing clothes, hygiene supplies, and beauty products to help young girls affected by the fires feel normal again.Project Angel Food delivers meals to people with serious illnesses.World Central Kitchen is currently distributing hot meals to first responders and affected families at over 20 distribution sites across Los Angeles.

Kenzie, Jillian, Sarah, and Lexi get together to discuss Coralie Fargeat’s film The Substance, which stars Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid. The group talk about their initial reaction to the shocking film, their feelings as they’ve sat with the themes and message of the film, and more! Spoilers beware! Check out our written review of the film here and our interview with Fargeat here. Make sure you subscribe and leave us a review!

It’s time! As award season is officially back and in full swing, Kenzie and Jillian get together to discuss news out of the Fall Film Festivals and some of their most anticipated films of the 2024 - 2025 Award Season! Keep up with our predictions updated weekly in all categories on our site!

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It’s time! As the never ending award season is finally coming to a close, Kenzie, Jillian and Meredith get together to do their final Academy Award Winner predictions for the 2024 ceremony. While some categories are easy (looking at you Best Picture), some will have quite the debate (Lead Actress). 

As award season winds up with two weeks left until the Oscars, Kenzie and Jillian discuss EVERYTHING from Jillian’s man Cillian Murphy winning the BAFTA and SAG to the Lily Gladstone vs Emma Stone showdown in Lead Actress. They make their final pleas for Oscars from Production Design for Barbie to The Zone of Interest for Sound.

As award season continues, Kenzie and Jillian discuss the current standing of the Oscar race. Is Oppenheimer going to sweep? What is number two in Best Picture? How will Lead Actress play out in the remaining precursors? The girls discuss that and more on this week’s episode!

Offscreen Central gets the girls together to unpack those 2024 Academy Award nominations! Join as Kenzie, Jillian, Meredith, Leia, and Jessa discuss a historic Best Picture lineup, what happened with Greta Gerwig in Director, the monumental Lily Gladstone nomination, and much, much more!

Kenzie and Jillian are so excited to introduce Offscreen Central, the premiere platform for female and non-binary critics. We are dedicated to highlighting artisans behind the camera with insightful conversations about their work. On this episode, we will introduce the new platform and then dive into our final 2024 Oscar Nomination predictions!