Special to AMFM Magazine by Jimmy Willden The Academy Awards are now three days away, so, for me that means stocking up on chips, salsas and queso, beer and champagne, and printing out my list to compare (and possibly yell at the screen over). Last year, I succeeded in predicting 12 out of the 14 (86%) categories I covered correctly; this year, I’m covering 20 categories – … [Read more...]
THE OSCARS: NOMINEES AND SNUBS!
You can't win them, all but last year we got pretty close with 12 out of 14. Here we go again. By JIMMY WILLDEN Awards-season fervor is at its peak since the 2014 Academy Awards nominations were announced on Thursday, Jan. 16. For the most part, the nominees were direct shoe-ins; movies that have been highly publicized as critical and awards-season darlings since their … [Read more...]