As of now, “Anora” is the clear frontrunner thanks to wins with the Producers Guild and the Directors Guild — both prizes with a long history of predicting Oscar winners. Where the Screen Actors Guild and the BAFTAs fall will offer the last major clues.

Demi Moore is out front, while Karla Sofía Gascón's social media controversy has dealt a significant blow to the "Emilia Pérez" campaign.

Now that the Academy Award nominations have been announced, the real conversations can begin. Because prior to the nominations being read aloud on Thursday morning, all we had were educated guesses by “experts” who read tea leaves,