About
THE BLOG
ScottFeinberg.com features original reporting and analysis of major film-related stories; interviews with noteworthy figures from across the film community; and expert forecasts and analysis of film awards voting. Popular among film buffs and industry insiders, it is the new incarnation of AndTheWinnerIs.blog.com, which was established in 2005 and was one of the first blogs devoted to covering the film industry and its annual awards race. It is an IMDB NewsDesk partner.
THE BLOGGER
Scott Feinberg is one of the film industry’s most trusted analysts and has one of the world’s strongest track records at forecasting the Academy Awards. In addition to operating ScottFeinberg.com, he also serves as the lead awards analyst for The Hollywood Reporter, appears regularly as an entertainment contributor on WTNH-8 (the ABC News affiliate in New Haven, CT), and is a voting member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association and Broadcast Television Journalists Association. Scott previously contributed to OscarWatch.com and wrote “The Feinberg Files” blog for the Los Angeles Times, and he is currently writing a book about film history for young people. (He has conducted more than 300 interviews with high-profile film industry figures, many for this purpose.) He is an alumnus of Brandeis University.
Scott has been listed as an “Awards Oracle” five times by Variety. His strongest performances came in 2004, when he correctly forecasted 20/24 Oscar winners, and 2006, when he correctly forecasted 21/24 Oscar winners, placing first internationally among all pundits according to Variety.com. The projections he’s proudest of making: the best picture nomination of “The Reader” over “The Dark Knight” in ’09; the best picture nomination of “The Blind Side” in ’10; the best picture nomination of “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” in ’11; the best actor nomination of Tobey Maguire at the Golden Globes in ’10; and the best supporting actress win of Ruby Dee at the SAG Awards in ’08. The projection he most wishes he made but did not: the best picture win of “Crash” in ’06! (To view Scott’s latest projections, click here.)
CONTRIBUTORS
Rhett Bartlett (“Dial M for Movies”), an Australian-based film blogger, specializes in awards-related trivia, and has been widely noted for breaking the news of the deaths of film industry figures before they are reported by the mainstream media. Rhett, who has a wide following on Twitter, has also hosted a show on ABC Radio 774 Melbourne for the past three years and served as a panelist at the Melbourne International Film Festival.
Ryan Bushey (“Please Consider”), a film student in La Salle University in Philadelphia who has worked at extensively in public relations, writes primarily about the PR aspects of the awards season. At La Salle, Ryan has served as entertainment editor for The Collegian, the university’s student newspaper, and as president of its Public Relations Student Society of America chapter.
Sam Negin (“The Envelope Goes to…”), a Broadway historian and analyst, has correctly predicted approximately 90% of the Tony Award nominees and winners over the past seven years. Sam, who studied acting at the John Harms Center for the Performing Arts and both directing and stage management at Brandeis University, has also worked in theater companies throughout the northeast.
ENDORSEMENTS
“One of the season’s most informed Oscarologists!”
-New York Times
“One of the best Oscar prognostication track records!”
-Associated Press
“An awards oracle!”
-Variety
“An awards authority!”
-Vanity Fair
“A one-man encyclopedia of top-shelf cinema!”
-New Haven Register
“One of my favorite interviews!”
-Diablo Cody, Oscar-winning screenwriter (“Juno”)
“There are 12 or 15 smart Hollywood-driven reporting & commentary sites that you need to check in on regularly. Anyone who works in some corner of ‘the business’ who draws a total blank at the names Sasha Stone or Tom O’Neil or Anne Thompson or David Poland or Scott Feinberg or Nikki Finke or Mike Fleming or Stu Van Airsdale… no offense, but they’re just not playing with a full deck.”
-Jeffrey Wells (Hollywood-Elsewhere.com)
MEDIA COVERAGE
FishBowlLA, 3/23/12
USA Today, 3/12/12
USA Today, 2/21/12
New York Times, 2/7/12
New York Times, 1/23/12
Wall Street Journal, 1/14/12
Washington Post, 1/5/12
New York Times, 1/2/12
New York Times, 11/29/11
New York Times, 2/15/11
Wall Street Journal, 1/24/11
New York Times, 1/20/11
New England Innocence Project, 9/30/10
Metro, 9/2/10
New York Magazine, 8/27/10
HollywoodNews.com, 4/27/10
Associated Press, 2/2/10
New York Times, 1/8/10
“Entertainment Tonight”, 12/27/09
Associated Press, 2/19/09
Associated Press, 1/20/09
Nerve.com, 1/14/09
New York Times, 4/26/08
Vanity Fair, 2/26/08
New York Magazine, 2/26/08
New York Times, 2/19/08
Vanity Fair, 2/1/08
Vanity Fair, 1/23/08
Associated Press, 1/22/08
USA Today, 1/22/08
Associated Press, 1/22/08
Los Angeles Times, 12/18/07
TELEVISION APPEARANCES
“Final Picks for the 84th Oscars” (WTNH), 12/24/12
“2012 Oscars: Who Will Replace Eddie Murphy?” (KNBC), 11/9/11
“Summer Movie Highlights and Lowlights” (WTNH), 8/18/11
“Remembering Elizabeth Taylor” (WTNH), 3/25/11
“Final Picks for the 83rd Oscars” (WTNH), 2/25/11
“Reacting to the Oscar Nominees” (WTNH), 1/27/11
“Summer Movie Highlights and Lowlights” (WTNH), 7/21/10
“‘Hurt Locker’ Producer Gets Private Party” (KNBC), 3/5/10
“Final Picks for the 82nd Oscars” (WTNH), 2/24/10
“‘Amelia’ Kicks Off Awards Season” (WTNH), 10/23/09
“Tennis in the Movies” (WTNH), 8/28/09
“Michael Jackson’s Legacy” (WTNH), 6/29/09
“Remembering Katharine Hepburn” (WTNH), 5/12/09
