CHICAGO – There is no better time to take in a stage play that is based in U.S. history, depicting the battle between fact and religion. The old theater chestnut – first mounted in 1955 – is “Inherit the Wind,” now at the Goodman Theatre, completing it’s short run through October 20th. For tickets and more information, click INHERIT.
Oscar 2021: Top Category Predictions for 93rd Academy Awards
CHICAGO – Predicting the Oscars is like going on a blind date. You really don’t know what’s going to happen, and often you’re humiliated to boot. But here goes Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com, along with one million other online prognosticators. The 93rd Academy Awards are Sunday, April 25th, 2021, in Hollywood.
Through the last five weeks on the Morning Mess, WBGR-FM (Monroe, Wisconsin) on the Scott Thompson Show, McDonald put the Swami on for the top categories at Sunday’s ceremony … Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Picture (with a bonus Best Director prediction).
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Before the big 2021 prediction video below how about some appropriate quotes about the Academy Awards …
“Nothing can take the sting off the world’s economic problems like watching millionaires present each other golden statues.” ~ Billy Crystal
The best thing that winning those Academy Awards things are … is that when I say some of my ideas, somebody’s going to listen to it, and they’ll preface what I say, ‘Academy Award winner da-da-da-da-da.’ ~ Haskell Wexler
“Things with my Dad [Ryan O’Neal] were pretty good until I won an Academy Award. He was really loving to me until I got more attention than he did. Then he hated me.” ~ Tatum O’Neal
“Our minds are big enough to contemplate the cosmos but small enough to care about who wins an Oscar” ~ Dean Cavanagh
Here are the 2021 Oscar predictions of Patrick McDonald on WBGR-FM …
Filling out an entire ballot (23 categories)? Go to PAGE TWO for the latest odds for the rest of the Oscar 2021 field …