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Drama

1. The Odyssey
2. Fjord
3. The Black Ball
4. Behemoth!
5. Ink
6. Sense and Sensibility

Musical/Comedy

1. Digger
2. Wild Horse Nine
3. Project Hail Mary
4. Obsession
5. The Debut
6. The Invite

Director

1. Christopher Nolan - The Odyssey
2. Cristian Mingu - Fjord
3. Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi - The Black Ball
4. Martin McDonagh - Wild Horse Nine
5. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - Digger
6. Olivia Wilde - The Invite

Screenplay

1. Wild Horse Nine
2. The Black Ball
3. Fjord
4. Behemoth!
5. Obsession
6. The Debut

Lead Actor - Drama

1. Matt Damon - The Odyssey
2. Sebastian Stan - Fjord
3. Pedro Pascal - Behemoth!
4. Jack O'Connell - Ink
5. Robert Pattinson - Primetime
6. Andrew Scott - Elsinore

Lead Actress - Drama

1. Renate Reinsve - Fjord
2. Daisy Edgar Jones - Sense and Sensibility
3. Ruth Madeley - Being Heumann
4. Virginia Efira - All of a Sudden
5. Mikey Madison - The Social Reckoning
6. Sandra Huller - Fatherland

Lead Actor - Comedy

1. Tom Cruise - Digger
2. Ryan Gosling - Project Hail Mary
3. John Malkovich - Wild Horse Nine
4. Sam Rockwell - Wild Horse Nine
5. Dominic Sessa - Tony
6. Seth Rogen - The Invite

Lead Actress - Comedy

1. Inde Navarette - Obsession
2. Julianne Moore - The Debut
3. Zendaya - The Drama
4. Olivia Wilde - The Invite
5. Keke Palmer - I Love Boosters
6. Charli XCX - Erupcja (idk)

Supporting Actor

1. John Goodman - Digger
2. Guy Pearce - Ink
3. John Leguizamo - The Odyssey
4. Robert Pattinson - The Odyssey
5. Paul Giammati - The Debut
6. Jeremy Strong - The Social Reckoning

Supporting Actress

1. Penelope Cruz - The Black Ball
2. Anne Hathaway - The Odyssey
3. Sandra Huller - Digger
4. Halle Bailey - The Debut
5. Olivia Wilde - Behemoth!
6. Mariana di Girolamo - Wild Horse Nine

Globes have been going more artsy lately, so would not be surprised if All of a Sudden makes drama over Sense and Sensibility.

Might be going overboard with giving Wilde three individual nominations, but this is her comeback year after all (and they're going to want a woman in the directing category). Just like how Pattinson is having a banner year, so I'm giving him two individual nominations.

Pretty sure Inde is winning here at the very least. Yes in Comedy, Get Out and The Substance were in the comedy category and it is a funny movie. She's probably going to lead the regionals.

With Dua Lipa being on his track Two Hearts from his album this year. Do you think this is the sound that she’s going to be using for her fourth album?

A sort of progressive House.

When hate that i made you love me released a lot of people said that it sounded like a Madison Beer song. Well, now that we have the whole album, it’s clear that it sounds like a lesser version of Madison Beer’s locket.

I’m not a Madison Beer super fan, if anything I’ve always found her to be quite a boring artist, with a good voice and a pretty face. But, never had anything to say nor did she ever have a distinct style.

But, her production and lyrics on locket are leagues above what Grande and Max Martin did on petal. For one, Beer’s album has more cohesive thematic elements. But, the tracks at least have their own identity. If you let the album play through you can tell when you’re listening to another song, whereas with petal I was never sure what track I was listening to. locket is also infinitely more listenable, it’s an enjoyable listen whereas petal is a bit painful to get through. The tracks are not enjoyable, and it’s not as if it were some abstract art piece, it’s still a pop album and the main thing is that it’s easy to listen to.

Beer’s lyrics are nothing special. But, when you compare them it’s noticeable who has better song writing.

hate that i made you love me by Ariana Grande

> Just know that I will find my way from you

> Like flowers from a tomb

> While you decide who you are

> And I can see right through

> Like shadows on the moon

> And it's all bad news

bittersweet by Madison Beer

> Now that it's over, you'll blame it all on me

> I know I should be bitter, but baby

> Right now I'm bittersweet

> I'm getting over what you put me through

> And I'd say I'm done crying, but baby

> I don't lie like you do

While Beer’s lyrics are straight forward, it doesn’t muddy itself with confusing metaphors that don’t fully fit. One could say Beer is not being pretentious while Grande is attempting to sound deeper than she is capable of being. Beer’s lyrics also just flow better and sound less awkward.

locket and petal sound like they came from a similar sonic place, but locket is a much better package.

Both albums came out back to back, and both were seen as weaker outings from her. Reputation only got one Grammy nom while Lover got three. But in 2018 and 2019, Swift was at risk of falling off. Which didn’t get fixed until she released folklore and evermore in the same year, which rehabilitated her image.

In the years since though, Reputation has swung back in favor. Some people even consider it their personal favorite album of her. Which is a stark difference of the reception of it at the time.

But, the same treatment was not given to Lover. I vaguely remember Lover’s rollout although I wasn’t paying close attention to the music industry at the time. People hated the singles from that including You Need To Calm Down (which I liked and didn’t know people hated it until a few years ago).

Listening to both albums, I still don’t understand the praise for Reputation and the disdain for Lover.

Lover, in my opinion, is a gentle introspective exploration about Swift’s life since the whole Kanye fiasco, and after spending years in a stable relationship. The songs carry emotional depth that would later be expanded on in her next three albums. It basically brought her back to songwriting after Reputation’s release. Songs like The Archer, Cruel Summer, Death By A Thousand Cuts, It’s Nice To Have a Friend, and the title track Lover, showcase a warmth in it’s production and it’s lyrics. It feels like nostalgia, the organic sounds and romanticism give it a comforting feeling.

I don’t think it’s her best album, but it is the album that, I believe, re-established her as an artist and brought her back from the off-putting Reputation era. I don’t think folklore, evermore, or Midnights exist without it, as those three albums essentially expanded on her sound on this.

Now that the new team has three films. How do they compare?

I think the texture of his films changed, most after Interstellar when he switched to Hoyte. But after Tenet his films feel less standard/classic, and lean towards more experimental structures and techniques.

Vie was one of my favorite albums of last year and still is one of my favorite albums of this current Grammy cycle.

Obviously it was a bit of a flop, but is there a chance it gets into say, Pop Vocal Album or Pop Solo Performance? Anything like that.

I feel like the cure is going to be Rodrigo’s obvious play in Song. But I was thinking, are they just gonna give both noms to the cure or are they gonna split it and give the Record nom to either drop dead or stupid song. Like how Sabrina Carpenter’s songs were split with Espresso getting into Record and Please Please Please getting into Song.

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