Author: John
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Matchup by Matchup Quirks
The matchup schedule is FINALIZED! The film awards fantasy landscape isn’t boring like…ahem…other fantasy sports where matchups are the same duration and the games within each matchup have been scheduled for months. Not so with RCR! In fact, some ceremonies don’t even announce WHEN they dole out awards, leading to plenty of surprise announcements. However,…
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Pre-season Player Rankings – Top 100
The pre-season player rankings are updated! Want to customize your own rankings? Head to My Team -> Draft to set your own order. Whether you use the default rankings or your own, they determine two things: 1) the order players appear in during your draft, and 2) which player gets auto-drafted onto your team if…
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TIFF People’s Choice Winners Reactions
The always highly anticipated TIFF People’s Choice awards were announced on Sunday, and La bola negra took home the coveted prize. I thought it was certainly going to win the International People’s Choice Award, but it went all the way to winning the top prize. It was a near-lock to get an Oscar Best Picture…
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Released Films with Real Fantasy Upside and Early Betting Picks
With Cannes, Venice, and Telluride behind us and Toronto happening now with their highly anticipated Audience Choice Award, which will VERY likely result in an Oscar Best Picture nomination, now is a great time to take stock of what has already been released to theaters in 2026 to see what is worthy of your consideration…
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Behind the Scenes at RCR and Buzz from Telluride and Venice
Welcome back to more regular blog posts from Red Carpet Rosters! I am thrilled to be back in the writing chair after taking a long hiatus. The site was getting way too demanding, so I spent this off-season doing a complete revamp of the site. EVERYTHING is now easier to do, and I’d like to…
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Ultimate Red Carpet Rosters Overhaul: Why It Paid Off
It’s been a while since I’ve written one of these. For film awards fantasy fans, Red Carpet Rosters is live for the new season. It is, without exaggeration, the best version of this site that has ever existed. I’ve always believed Red Carpet Rosters was the most comprehensive film awards fantasy site on the internet.…
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Draft Strategy Using Last Year’s Results as a Guide
It’s Red Carpet Rosters draft time! And this year is a strange one. I’m not going to call it a down year. After all, how can it be down when both Hundreds of Beavers and The Substance released to theaters this year? However, it is a year with virtually no clear frontrunners in any category.…
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Oscars Betting and the New York Times
I had the great fortune of being featured in a New York Times article about my experience with Oscars betting! Next year, look to this site to see more suggestions on betting picks as I will release them much more periodically to go with the planned new features of the site! https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/09/business/oscars-betting.html
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Oscar Wins Over/Under Contest for Red Carpet Rosters
The 96th Academy Awards are on Sunday, March 10, and if predicting the winners in each category sounds too daunting, here’s a little contest for you. https://forms.gle/XTwzuqYrdJWAeqrM8 The rules are simple. Each Oscar-nominated feature film has an “O/U” with a number by it. All you have to do is pick whether that film will get…
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Waiver Suggestions before Matchup #5
We didn’t really learn a whole lot from Matchup #4 in terms of waiver suggestions that we didn’t already know. All the prior waiver advice is still valid. And your league may even have some additional valuable picks from impatient owners who dropped players who have underwhelmed but still are good enough to own. Instead,…