Bennett Prosser

Breaking my long posting drought to affirm that Gilded Age is the best show on television and Clock Twink is Fellowes’ crowning achievement.

…So you’re telling me these gays *haven’t* ever met a neat lady? :(

Re: Katy et al

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WI Supreme Court results for Dane County WI showing Crawford kicking Schimel’s ass

Goes without saying that the great state of Wisconsin made me happy today, and feeling particularly proud of the turnout and (yes, expected) blowout in my beloved Dane County. Forward!

A Lovely Madness Beoga · A Lovely Madness · Song · 2005

15 years since I competed to this at the World Irish Dance Championships and it STAYS at the top of my running playlist. Nothing sounds more like 2009.

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Back in 2015 Sean Baker showed Tangerine at the UW Cinematheque and afterwards I shook his hand and congratulated him on his work, so yes I do take this as a personal victory

All I Ever Asked (with sombr) Rachel Chinouriri, sombr · All I Ever Asked (with sombr) · Song · 2025

Cannot get this track out of my head or out of my rotation:

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Oscar Contenders I: Original Song, Original Score, Sound (feat. Bennett Prosser) Podcast Episode · Oscar Wild · 01/31/2025 · 1h 41m

From last week: I joined my friends on @oscarwild.bsky.social to sigh heavily about the state of Best Original Song and other auditory categories. We now have three (3) people rooting for Diane!

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A scene from Hard Truths with its six principal characters.

This week I caught up with Mike Leigh’s HARD TRUTHS, a film I’ve been in the tank for since it announced early last year. Happiness is just one of many intense emotions it brings me. A highlight: the presence of a bouquet of flowers and its treatment by three separate characters. Mike Leigh 4ever

Omg a mirror-image experience: during my intermission tonight a group of older women were like “And now this got a lot but that Emilia Perez got the most! I’m so looking forward to seeing that one.” A real before/after between us.

I'm Outta Love - Hex Hector Radio Edit

To crib from NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour, and to maintain my sanity, my goal is to post something (anything) that made me happy this week for…as long as I can!

To begin: I’ve got a Hex Hector playlist regularly on shuffle, and this track has by far taken the lead.

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"The Journey" from "The Six Triple Eight"
"Out of Oklahoma" from "Twisters"
"No Better" from "Ultraman"
"Kiss the Sky" from "The Wild Robot"
"Harper and Will Go West" from "Will & Harper"

3/3

"Let It Roll" from "The Garfield Movie"
"In Time" from "His Three Daughters"
"The Idea of You" from "The Idea of You"
"Claw Machine" from "I Saw the TV Glow"
"Beyond" from "Moana 2"
"New Brain" from "Smile 2"

2/3

Ahead of tomorrow's Shortlist announcement, here's my preferred lineup. What I'd give to have a lineup of these otherwise extremely non-Oscary movies...

"Electric Energy" from "Argylle"
"Compress/Repress" from "Challengers"
"Custer Park" from "Dandelion"
"Mi Camino" from "Emilia Perez"

1/3

Devastated to say that no, her songs were either not submitted or (more likely) not eligible. Justice for “Release”

YouTube video by Kate - Beyond the Lens Panorama - Official Music Video - Theme - From Embers | Matthew Morrison & Kayla Bohan

At the… other… end of the list is this Matthew Morrison stunner from what appears to be a vanity project for the director’s daughter?

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Electric Energy Ariana DeBose, Boy George, Nile Rodgers · Electric Energy · Song · 2024

My #1 song in the list with a bullet is the Ariana DeBose / Boy George song from, yes, ARGYLLE. Get into it

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You and I, sir, have very different taste :) I might like “Winter Coat” if it were sung by someone else!

YouTube video by SonySoundtracksVEVO Vesta Sweetwater - My Pledge | Megalopolis (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Gonna spotlight some important gems today… Did you know there’s an eligible song from Megalopolis? Sung by one “Vesta Sweetwater” (Grace VanderWaal in character)

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We've got our typical buckets represented:
- Documentary end credits
- Animation
- Indie original musicals
- Faith-based films
- Singer-Actors contributing to their own movie
- Compilation soundtracks
- Christmas!
- and Diane Warren

2024 Best Original Song Playlist · bennett.prosser · 72 items

For anyone who feels the way I do about the Best Original Song category, you know this is the week (post-eligibility report, pre-Shortlist) when the veil is thin and you have mere days to obsess over the state of original film music. Gonna dump some opinions/insights here, and for your perusal…

Between the Globes and the incredible Somebody Somewhere finale, Miley Cyrus is having a HUGE week

BEST FIRST FILM: Janet Planet

Gonzo in Christmas Carol saying "Evil..."

Gonzo in Christmas Carol saying "...which does NOT exist"

Ryusuke Hamaguchi:

Just sat up like a bolt of lightning

I haven’t seen the film yet but this “& Jones” shoutout is truly the first of its kind to cross my feed, even though she’s like consistently in Oscar prediction lists. Is she worthy, do you think?

NotAQuestionMoreOfAComment: please talk about how Margaret Hamilton was part of the Cleveland theater scene and played bridge with my grandma as a member of Shaker Heights society