On the February 27, 2025 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film staff writer Nina Starner to predict the winners of the 97th annual Academy Awards.

In Our Feature Presentation: It's time to predict the Oscar winners.

• How closely do you track Oscar buzz and precursor awards shows, etc?
• Predictions!

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