The early weeks of January are always a hectic time for awards contenders, with critics awards and fancy luncheons offering last-gasp opportunities to get in front of Academy members before voting begins. But the lingering effects of the SAG-AFTRA strike means that the intensity has reached a new pitch this year. Tuesday night brought the Academy’s Governors Awards, usually held in November, where John Mulaney was a stellar host and [Angela Bassett and Mel Brooks held court](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/governors-oscars-2023-angela-bassett-mel-brooks-awards-insider). And coming up on Monday are the Emmy Awards, pushed from their regular September date and arriving right in the thick of Oscar voting. We’d bet there’s not a tuxedo to rent in all of Los Angeles.
On this week’s Little Gold Men podcast the team takes stock of this incredibly busy period, and what we’ve learned about the state of the race courtesy of the Globes and the SAG nominations, which boosted some expected contenders — is Oppenheimer merely poised for victory or a really big victory? — as well as some films that needed all the visibility they could get. We also look ahead to the Emmy Awards and the races that, even though voting happened way back in August, still seem too close to call. You can read all of our Emmys predictions and then come back and remind us who got it right.
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