Michael's Telluride Film Blog : MTFB Oscar Update: Supporting Acting and More / It's Official: Five Days for the 50th / Maltin's Bill Pence Remembrance / Visitations: Women Talking: Foy, Buckley and More

MTFB OSCAR UPDATE: SUPPORTING ACTING AND MORE

I am updating predictions in the categories of Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Original Score, Original Song and Sound. These were last predicted on Dec. 22nd. Past ranking is to the right in parentheses. Films from TFF #49 are in Bold.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1) Kerry Condon/The Banshees of Inisherin (1)

2) Angela Bassett/Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (3)

3) Jamie Lee Curtis/Everything Everywhere All at Once (4)

4) Jesse Buckley/Women Talking (2)

5) Janelle Monae/Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (5)

6) Dolly DeLeon/Triangle of Sadness (6)

7) Stephanie Hsu/Everything Everywhere All at Once (New)

Out: Carrie Mulligan/She Said

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

1) Ke Huy Quan/Everything Everywhere All at Once (1)

2) Brendan Gleeson/The Banshees of Inisherin (2)

3) Barry Keoghan/The Banshees of Inisherin (6)

4) Judd Hirsch/The Fabelmans (3)

5) Paul Dano/The Fabelmans (4)

6) Brad Pitt/Babylon (6)

7) Bryan Tyree Henry (Back In)

Out: Ben Whishaw/Women Talking

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

1) The Fabelmans (1)

2) Women Talking (2)

3) Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio (3)

4) Babylon (4)

5) The Banshees of Inisherin (5)

6) The Woman King (6)

7) Avatar: The Way of Water (New)

Out: She Said

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

1) Lift Me Up/Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (1)

2) Naatu Naatu/RRR (2)

3) Hold My Hand/Top Gun: Maverick (3)

4) Ciao Papa/Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio (4)

5) Applause/Tell It Like a Woman (6)

6) Carolina/Where the Crawdads Sing (5)

7) New Body Rhumba/White Noise (7)

BEST SOUND

1) Top Gun: Maverick (1)

2) Avatar: The Way of Water (2)

3) Elvis (3)

4) All Quiet on the Western Front (7)

5) Babylon (4)

6) The Batman (5)

7) Everything Everywhere All at Once (6)

Out: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

IT'S OFFICIAL: FIVE DAYS FOR THE 50TH

Thanks to an eagle-eyed reader (shout out Chris Schneider) I can tell you that the rumored and expected five days for TFF #50 has been confirmed by the festival's official website:

The website also confirms that passes will go on sale on March 1st. so make plans accordingly.

MALTIN'S BILL PENCE REMEMBRANCE

Long time Telluride fixture Leonard Maltin penned a tribute to the late Bill Pence at his website which I have linked here.

Maltin wrote in part:

"It was difficult to learn that Bill’s health was fading in recent months. He was a hearty soul, buoyed by confidence and an unquenchable passion for films—and his family. That extended family grew to include many people who dedicated themselves to the Telluride Film Festival because of his and Stella’s leadership. Alice, Jessie and I couldn’t be more thankful."

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