Oscar Predictions, 1st Round: Best Animated Feature

by Nathaniel R

It's time to begin the annual April Foolish Predictions debacle. We say debacle and we call them "Foolish" not just as a pun on April Fools (even though yes, the bulk of these will be in May - shut up!) but because we know so little about the year's contenders this early in the year. After the jump the list of animated pictures that might be in play and the possibility that the two female breakouts from 2021's West Side Story may go head-to-head in this category as musical protagonists... 

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"Elemental" to close Cannes

by Nathaniel R

Pixar's Elemental will close the Cannes Film Festival this year (Out of Competition) on May 27th before hitting theaters on June 16th. If you missed the original Cannes lineup post, that's here. The only other Pixar features to premiere at Cannes were Up, Soul, and Inside Out. Elemental is directed by Peter Sohn (The Good Dinosaur) 

In other TFE-specific Cannes news, our favourite Italian Elisa Giudici will be covering the festival again for us this year and we couldn't be happier about that. Stay tuned for more on Cannes.

Links

• GQ UK Simu Liu interview and why he auditioned for Greta Gerwig's Barbie
• AV Club Pixar has announced a new original for next summer. It's called Elemental and about a water and fire elemental discovering what they have in common
• Vanity Fair Bridgerton Season 3 will diverge from the book order and follow Penelope & Colin

More after the jump including the Billboard Music Award Winners, sad news about Adele Haenel, new projects for David Cronenberg, and a tribute to Jonathan Bailey...

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