Nick Spake (Cartoon Contender)

Excited to announce that I've written a trilogy, "Bright & Shiny: A History of Animation at Award Shows,” exploring the medium across the #Oscars, #Emmys, #Annies, & more. Vol 1 and 2 are available now. Vol 3 is coming soon. Learn more at CartoonContender.com.

#MichaelBJordan has called #PrincessMononoke his favorite movie. When the Studio Ghibli classic was submitted for Best Foreign Language Film at the 70th Academy Awards, though, someone at an FYI screening said, "How dare Japan enter an animated film." cartooncontender.com/news-and-revie…

@OscarRunnerUp 1. Wicked 2. Poor Things 3. Frankenstein 4. Cruella 5. Wakanda Forever

If the five most recent Best Costume Design winners were in the same category, what would get your vote? Black Panther: Wakanda Forever · Ruth E. Carter Cruella · Jenny Beavan Frankenstein · Kate Hawley Poor Things · Holly Waddington Wicked · Paul Tazewell

Best Animated Feature nominees from this decade so far ranked:

My review of #ProjectHailMary. Guys, we gotta get Rocky an Oscar, or one for lead puppeteer James Ortiz, if that's more practical. flickreel.com/project-hail-m…

1. Pinocchio 2. Flow 3. KPop Demon Hunters 4. Encanto 5. The Boy and the Heron

@OscarRunnerUp I'd say Pinocchio, having had the most weight behind its campaign. Interestingly, of these five winners, Pinocchio was the only one deemed the frontrunner from the minute its trailer dropped. Everything else snuck up on us, either upon release or as the Oscars came closer.

If the five most recent Best Animated Feature Film winners were in the same category, what would get your vote? The Boy and the Heron Encanto Flow Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio KPop Demon Hunters

With “The Lego Movie,” Lord and Miller touched us with a yellow brick. In #ProjectHailMary, they melt our hearts with a rock spider, who feels every bit as real as Ryan Gosling in one of his best performances.

A gosling and his rock spider. #ProjectHailMary. @projecthailmary

With the #Oscars moving to YouTube in 2029, can we avoid another situation like the #Golden songwriting team getting played off? cartooncontender.com/news-and-revie…

#ReadyorNot2: Here I Come is a fun sibling-centric sequel that makes me wish Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett had returned to direct Scream 7. My review: flickreel.com/ready-or-not-2…

#Primal Season 3 is a textbook example of how to resurrect a series. My review: cartooncontender.com/news-and-revie… @adultswim

@MsWatchMojo @WatchMojo cartooncontender.com/my-books

With #Golden, there are now 13 songs from animated films that've won #Oscars📷. I rank the Top 10 in this @MsWatchMojo video, which also includes a nice shout-out to my book trilogy, "Bright & Shiny: A History of Animation at Award Shows." youtu.be/XcX20Yiic-Y @WatchMojo

@MsWatchMojo @WatchMojo cartooncontender.com/my-books

Is Haley Joel Osment in this one? #TheAIDocFilm @theaidocfilm

Every time Conan got animated at an awards show. #Oscars

Best Actress-winning roles for playing Shakespeare’s love interest. #Oscars

@TheCartoonBase Actually, they didn’t have a Best Animated Feature category when Prince of Egypt came out. It did win Best Original Song, but KPop Demon Hunters is the only non-Disney/Pixar film to win two Oscars. “Golden” and “When You Believe” are the only non-Disney/Pixar song winners.

My ranking of EVERY Best Picture winner. Where did #OneBattleAfterAnother place? #Oscars

Between #OneBattleAfterAnother and #Sinners, Warner Bros. dominated the night. You know which studio got no Oscar nominations? Paramount. #Oscars