As awards season reaches the homestretch before the 98th Academy Awards, UCSB’s Carsey-Wolf Center will host a talk with Scott Feinberg, executive editor of awards at the Hollywood Reporter, 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 3.
The talk is free to attend.
Feinberg will join moderator Ross Melnick, interim director of the Carsey-Wolf Center, for a discussion of Feinberg’s journalism career, this year’s awards season, and the race for the 98th Academy Awards.
Feinberg will guide audiences through the current awards season, discussing his coverage of the Oscars, Emmys, Tonys, and other guild and critics’ awards.
The conversation will explore Feinberg’s achievements, tracing how his work has developed over the past two decades in the entertainment industry.
Regarding the upcoming Oscars, Feinberg will cover what to expect, the major rivalries, and potential upsets.
He will offer an insider’s look at heated races in the Best Picture and Directing categories, and the constantly shifting predictions across the acting contenders.
Drawing on interviews with nominated talent, reporting on the campaign trail, and analysis of critics’ prizes and guild awards, Feinberg will explain how his projections take shape and what they reveal about this year’s Oscars race.
“This event will offer our cinema0going Santa Barbara, Goleta, and UCSB campus communities the opportunity to get a true insider perspective on this year’s heated Academy Awards campaign trail,” Melnick said.
“Scott has been covering these awards for many years, and his expertise is invaluable for anyone following these races closely,” he said.
Feinberg has worked at the Hollywood Reportersince 2011. He previously covered awards for the Los Angeles Times beginning in 2008.
He is best known for the “Feinberg Forecast,” his regular assessment of the standings of various showbiz awards races, and for Awards Chatter, the interview-centric podcast for which he has conducted career-retrospective interviews with more than 600 of Hollywood’s biggest names over the past decade.
Born and raised in New Haven, Connecticut, and an alumnus of Brandeis University, Feinberg is a trustee professor at Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts and a voting member of the Critics Choice Association.
“We hope this event will bring together lovers of film from our local central coast community for a memorable and insightful night of discussion,” said Miguel Penabella, Carsey-Wolf Center assistant director.
For tickets and more, visit the Carsey-Wolf Center website. All of the center’s events are free and open to the public, but reservations are recommended to guarantee a seat.