Oscar-Watch Party & Potluck Dinner (Singer Island)

Let's enjoy the 96th Academy Awards (aka Oscars) broadcast together.

TIME & WHAT WE'RE DOING …
The Academy Awards start at 8pm... We're gathering at 7pm for a potluck dinner and to watch the red carpet arrivals. Also, we'll fill out our predictions. There's a medal being awarded to anyone who has the most correct guesses.
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COST …
Free to attend. There will be a voluntary betting pool, $5 to play - who will correctly guess the most wins?
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AND THE ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEES (AND SNUBS) INCLUDE...
• See lists at the bottom of this event description for all nominated films, actresses, supporting actresses, selected other women who are nominated, and the 2026 snubs!
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WHAT TO BRING …
• Whatever you want to drink
• Potluck dinner food to share. (Please be prepared to take back leftovers of whatever you bring.)
• $5 cash if you want to participate in the voluntary betting pool
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PETS…No pets live here.
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DIRECTIONS from I-95
Blue Heron exit 76
Go east about 3 miles
Pass US-1 (Broadway)
Go over the big Blue Heron bridge
Pass Phil Foster, Lake, West
Turn left at Park (Singer Island Health on corner)
Park dead-ends into our Sugar Sands village
Look to your left for building 1201
Come to unit #6 downstairs
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PARKING…
• PLEASE CARPOOL IF YOU CAN! We need to minimize the number of individual cars flooding our building.
• Sugar Sands is not a gated community. Park in the cul-de-sac at the end of our street, or in GUEST spots (parking lot).
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WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBILITY …
First-floor location without stairs. Small bathroom with narrow door.
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QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS LOCATION OR EVENT?
Text to Janis - (561) 281-6880
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FOR MORE ABOUT BLAST … toniajr@icloud.com
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JOIN BLAST POST-PANDEMIC PARTY ON FACEBOOK …
https://www.facebook.com/groups/910190896083857/
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BOOKMARK THE BLAST CALENDAR & CHECK IT OFTEN …
https://www.meetup.com/BLASTwpb/events/calendar/
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BEST PICTURE
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Train Dreams

BEST DIRECTOR

• Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
• Ryan Coogler – Sinners
• Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
• Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value
• Chloé Zhao – Hamnet

BEST ACTRESS
Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Kate Hudson, Song Sung Blue
Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value
Emma Stone, Bugonia

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan, Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Will Tracy, Bugonia
Guillermo del Toro, Frankenstein
Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell, Hamnet
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar, Train Dreams

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Robert Kaplow, Blue Moon
Jafar Panahi & Script Collaborators, It Was Just an Accident
Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Joachim Trier & Eskil Vogt, Sentimental Value
Ryan Coogler, Sinners

2026 OSCAR SNUBS

• Wicked: For Good: The musical sequel failed to earn a single nomination, despite the first film's success and high-profile campaign for Erivo and Grande.
• Guillermo del Toro: He was overlooked for Best Director for Frankenstein, which still garnered nine nominations.
• Paul Mescal: The actor was overlooked for his role in Hamnet, missing out on a second Oscar nomination.
• Park Chan-wook: His acclaimed film No Other Choice was omitted from Best International Feature.
• Avatar: Fire and Ash: Despite massive box office returns, it was excluded from the Best Picture category.
• Jennifer Lawrence: Overlooked for her performance in Die My Love.
• Chase Infiniti: Missed a best actress nod for One Battle After Another.