THB #98: Weekend of Sound & Fury

… signifying… not much.

This is the awkward reality of award season. Only one show really matters. Oscar.

And this season, the lead-up shows mean less than ever. We’re still 2 full weeks from Oscar night. Has anything changed? Will anything change?

Jane, Jane, Jane!

Okay… but we already knew that.

I was actually shocked when I realized that BAFTA has missed on Best Picture for 6 straight years before last season. So is Power of the Dog winning there a good thing or a bad thing?

The Will Smith and Jessica Chastain Lead tandem won again at CCA… but CCA missed on both slots last year. On the other hand, BAFTA was a match in both slots - even with Hopkins considered a big surprise last year - for the last 7 years. But Jessica didn’t win BAFTA. One thing we do know, Joanna Scanlan won’t be winning on Oscar night.

Ariana DeBose hasn’t lost much of anything this year. Troy Kotsur, as it is turning out, hasn’t either… at least not since the bigger shows landed. Kodi Smit-McPhee, who won both NY a…