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Don’t forget to check out our other podcast: And The Winner Still Is… a retrospective Oscar podcast hosted by Marisa Carpico (Film Editor at ThePopBreak.com) and Matt Taylor.
Season 8 of The Way Too Early Oscar Podcast …. or should we say THE AWADS GIRLIES PODCAST has begun under way! Pop Break film editor (and Rotten Tomatoes Certified Critic) Marisa Carpico and Pop Break senior podcaster Matt Taylor return to discuss all the potential 2026 Oscar hopefuls… and begin a bold new pivot into a fully EGOT podcast.
Matt and Marisa continue the category breakdowns with some of their favorite and most unhinged: Best Song and Best Score. In the episode, they once again discuss Diane Warren’s crimes against Oscar completionists, how essential music is to Sinners and how much the Academy did not want to nominate Wicked: For Good.
The Nominees Are…
Best Original Score
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Best Original Song
“Dear Me” — Diane Warren: Relentless – Diane Warren
“Golden” — KPop Demon Hunters – Ejae, Ido, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Mark Sonnenblick, Teddy & 24.
“I Lied to You” — Sinners –Ludwig Göransson & Raphael Saadiq
“Sweet Dreams of Joy” — Viva Verdi! – Nicholas Pike
“Train Dreams” — Train Dreams – Brandi Carlile, Elton John, Bernie Taupin, Watt
