GCPL's 2023 Oscar Nomination Predictions

The latest episode of Gaston Speaks, and the newest edition of Andrew Really Really Likes Award Shows is available https://gastonspeaks.podbean.com/e/2023-oscar-nomination-predictions/. Below is the full list of predictions for all 23 categories. Nominations will be announced this coming Tuesday, January 24th at 8:30 a.m. EST by Allison Williams and Riz Ahmed. For all updates leading up to the 95th Academy Awards, visit https://oscars.org/. 

Best Picture

All Quiet on the Western Front

Avatar: The Way of Water

The Banshees of Inisherin

Elvis

Everything Everywhere All at Once

The Fabelmans

TAR

Top Gun: Maverick

The Whale

Women Talking

Best Director

Edward Berger "All Quiet on the Western Front"

Martin McDonagh "The Banshees of Inisherin"

The Daniels "Everything Everywhere All at Once"

Steven Spielberg "The Fabelmans"

Todd Field "TAR"

Best Actor

Austin Butler "Elvis"

Colin Farrell "The Banshees of Inisherin"

Brendan Fraser "The Whale"

Paul Mescal "Aftersun"

Bill Nighy "Living"

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett "TAR"

Viola Davis "The Woman King"

Ana De Armas "Blonde"

Danielle Deadwyler "Till"

Michelle Yeoh "Everything Everywhere All at Once"

Best Supporting Actor

Paul Dano "The Fabelmans"

Brendan Gleeson "The Banshees of Inisherin"

Barry Keoghan "The Banshees of Inisherin"

Ke Huy Quan "Everything Everywhere All at Once" 

Eddie Redmayne "The Good Nurse"

Best Supporting Actress

Angela Bassett "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever"

Hong Chau "The Whale"

Kerry Condon "The Banshees of Inisherin" 

Jamie Lee Curtis "Everything Everywhere All at Once"

Stephanie Hsu "Everything Everywhere All at Once"

Best Adapted Screenplay

Rian Johnson "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery"

Kazuo Ishiguro "Living"

Rebecca Lenkiewicz "She Said" 

Samuel D. Hunter "The Whale"

Sarah Polley "Women Talking" 

Best Original Screenplay

Martin McDonagh "The Banshees of Inisherin"

The Daniels "Everything Everywhere All at Once"

Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner "The Fabelmans"

Todd Field "TAR"

Ruben Ostlund "Triangle of Sadness"

Best Animated Feature

Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

The Sea Beast

Turning Red

Best Documentary Feature

All that Breathes

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

Descendant

Fire of Love

Navalny 

Best International Feature

All Quiet on the Western Front (Germany)

Argentina, 1985 (Argentina)

Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (Mexico)

Close (Belgium)

Decision to Leave (South Korea)

Best Cinematography

James Friend "All Quiet on the Western Front"

Greig Fraser "The Batman"

Mandy Walker "Elvis"

Roger Deakins "Empire of Light"

Claudio Miranda "Top Gun: Maverick"

Best Costume Design

Babylon

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Elvis

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

The Woman King

Best Film Editing

All Quiet on the Western Front

Elvis

Everything Everywhere All at Once

The Fabelmans

Top Gun: Maverick

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Babylon

The Batman

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Elvis

The Whale

Best Original Score

Justin Hurwitz "Babylon"

Carter Burwell "The Banshees of Inisherin" 

John Williams "The Fabelmans"

Alexandre Desplat "Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio"

Hildur Guðnadóttir "Women Talking"

Best Original Song

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Lift Me Up

Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio - Ciao Papa

RRR - Naatu Naatu

Top Gun: Maverick - Hold My Hand

The Voice of Dust and Ash - Dust and Ash

Best Production Design

All Quiet on the Western Front

Avatar: The Way of Water

Babylon

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Elvis

Best Sound

All Quiet on the Western Front

Avatar: The Way of Water

Elvis

Everything Everywhere All At Once

Top Gun: Maverick

Best Visual Effects

All Quiet on the Western Front

Avatar: The Way of Water

The Batman

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Top Gun: Maverick

Best Animated Short

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

The Flying Sailor

New Moon

My Year of Dicks

Save Ralph

Best Documentary Short

The Elephant Whisperers

The Flagmakers 

Holding Moses

How Do You Measure a Year?

38 at the Garden

Best Live Action Short

An Irish Goodbye

Le Pupille 

Nakam

The Red Suitcase

Warsha

New Podcast Ep!

 Andrew's back for another episode of Andrew Really, Really Likes Award Shows! He's sharing his predictions for the 95th Academy Awards nominations.

Use the player above to listen or search for Gaston Speaks on your preferred podcast app. And be on the lookout for the rest of Andrew's nomination predictions coming soon to this blog!

We're Booked Up - Let It Snow

 It's time for the holiday episode of We're Booked Up! For this episode we discussed a fun holiday read, Let It Snow by Beth Moran.

Use the player below to listen to the episode, or search for Gaston Speaks on your preferred podcast app. After listening, leave a comment and let us know what you think.

And check out Freegal Music to find or create a holiday playlist for a Christmas Spectacular!

Next month's book is The Tobacco Wives by Adele Myers.

"To All Who Pass This Way"

Tired of mailing holiday cards? In 1991, Mrs. Annie Robinson of Bessemer City had the idea to post her greeting card as a large sign in her front yard. "I don't send greeting cards but I do want everyone to know I am thinking of them and wish them a Merry Christmas," she said.

Publication in the Bessemer City Record newspaper definitely helped deliver her holiday greeting to those who might not pass that way.

Brian Brown, Librarian, Local History & Genealogy

We're Booked Up - November 9

 Time for another episode of We're Booked Up! For this episode, Kendal, Andrew, and Angelique decided to check out the hype over Colleen Hoover and read November 9, a New Adult romance.

Use the player below to listen or search for Gaston Speaks on your preferred podcast app. After listening, let us know what you think.

Next month's book is Let It Snow by Beth Moran.

And don't forget to check out Novelist Plus through NC Live.

We're Booked Up - In the Dream House

 We’re back for another episode of We’re Booked Up, the Gaston Speaks podcast segment wherein Kendall, Andrew, and Angelique discuss books. In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month and Hispanic Heritage Month, we read In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado, a memoir recounting Machado’s terrifying experience in a psychologically abusive relationship. This book covers serious topics, that we are in no way experts on, so please take care with yourself before continuing. 

 

 

Use the player below to listen or search for Gaston Speaks on your preferred podcast app. After listening, let us know what you think.

 

 

Next month's book is November 9 by Colleen Hoover. 

 

And don't forget to check out the Hope United Survivor Network to learn what you can do to Give Hope.

Engaging with Art Post-Pandemic Program

 

Maddie Moore poses beside a display of some of Gastonia illustrator Ralph Ray Jr.'s illustrations in the Local History and Genealogy section at the Main library.  She created this display as a part of her internship.

Join us at the library for an afternoon of art and history exploration through Biblioboard, our digital collections platform.  This program will be presented by Maddie Moore in the Carol K. Reinhardt Auditorium at the Main Library on 1555 E. Garrison Blvd., Gastonia, NC on Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 4:00 pm.

Maddie will talk about the library's D. E. McConnell Art Collection, art by Gastonia illustrator Ralph Ray, Jr., and the James Arthur Adams scrapbook.  Adams was an African-American Boy Scouts of America leader.

Maddie attended UNC-Chapel Hill where she double majored in History and Communication Studies. She graduated and received her Bachelor's in 2019. Currently she is a Library Assistant at the Gaston County Public Library and just received her Master of Library Science degree from Appalachian State University this summer. She has also been working at the library and the Gaston County Museum as an intern for the "Engaging with Art Post-Pandemic" project.

The Gaston County Public Library received an American Rescue Plan Humanities Support Grant from North Carolina Humanities, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), for a yearlong project called “Engaging with Art Post-Pandemic”. This collaborative project between the library and the Gaston County Museum enabled the two departments to bring art and culturally important works found in department collections to a digital platform, increasing discoverability and accessibility to Gaston County resources. 

This grant funding was made possible via the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the federal American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from the coronavirus.

UPDATE: This Program was recorded and can be watched at the following link  https://youtu.be/NTkXYWAuAgM