Awards Chatter with Scott Feinberg

As awards season reaches its suspenseful homestretch before the 98th Academy Awards, the Carsey-Wolf Center is pleased to welcome Scott Feinberg, Executive Editor of Awards for The Hollywood Reporter, for a timely and illuminating public discussion that pulls back the curtain on how Oscar races are really won. Feinberg is the author of the “Feinberg Forecast” column and the creator and host of the Awards Chatter podcast. In conversation with Carsey-Wolf Center Interim Director Ross Melnick, Feinberg will guide audiences through the current awards season and the leading hopefuls for the upcoming Oscars, breaking down what to expect, the major rivalries, and the potential upsets. He will offer an insider’s look at heated races in the Best Picture and Directing categories, and the constantly shifting predictions across the acting contenders. Drawing on extensive interviews with nominated talent, deep reporting on the campaign trail, and rigorous analysis of critics’ prizes and guild awards, Feinberg will explain how his projections take shape and what they reveal about this year’s Oscars race, offering film fans and industry watchers alike a chance to understand the forces shaping Hollywood’s biggest night.

Scott Feinberg (Executive Editor of Awards, The Hollywood Reporter) will join moderator Ross Melnick (Film and Media Studies, UCSB) for a comprehensive discussion of this year’s awards season and the race for the 98th Academy Awards.