AR Nugget: Sasha Stone on the 2013 Oscar Race

Ben talks to AwardsDaily.com owner and Oscar pundit Sasha Stone to break down the 2013 Oscar race as it grinds to a screeching halt this weekend.

Stone confirms the best picture battle remains a little too close to call between “12 Years a Slave,” “Gravity” and even “American Hustle,” which she says could play spoiler on Sunday.

She also discusses the Academy’s strange preferential balloting system, what films she wishes would win everything and how sometimes voters cast their ballots without even seeing the movies and performances they pick.

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Links:
Vulture: How Oscar Bloggers Are Keeping Score
AwardsDaily’s 15th Annual Predict the Contest!
Martin Scorsese and Paul Thomas Anderson Q&A

Aspect Radio #95: Sasha Stone from Awards Daily

Ben and Corey are delighted to talk to AwardsDaily.com’s Sasha Stone about the state of the 2013 Oscar race.

Stone is arguably the best Oscar tracker and pundit in the industry after about 15 years of remaining plugged into movie awards races and staying as a solid early predictor of the outcomes.

If you have any interest whatsoever in tracking Oscar, Golden Globes, SAG and other precursors, Stone is a must-follow at AwardsDaily on Twitter.

We greatly appreciate that she was more than generous with her time, helping us size up the 2013 race, with “12 Years a Slave,” “Gravity” and “Captain Phillips” putting a bit of a stranglehold on the best picture competition, with ankle-biters like Alexander Payne’s “Nebraska,” the Coen Brothers’ “Inside Llewyn Davis” and others trying to sneak into the conversation, as well as unseen prospects like “Saving Mr. Banks.”

We also discuss the Oscar campaigning process at length, where it begins for movies that hope to stay on the tips of people’s and pundits’ tongues by year’s end, as well as other categories like the competitive best actor and actress races this year.

Read: Stone’s “State of the Race” column referenced in this episode.

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Music heard in AR #95:
Dead Weather – “Gasoline”
The Black Keys – “The Next Girl”
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – “An Itch”