Topic: Alicia Vikander

Brie Larson in "Room," Cate Blanchett in "Carol"

Oscars: Who'll win (and won't)

Andrew O'Hehir
Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara in "Carol" (The Weinstein Company)

Mara can't win for "Carol"

Nico Lang
(Focus Features)

"The Danish Girl's" Oscar bait

Eileen G'Sell
Taraji P. Henson in "Empire," Julia Louis-Dreyfus in "Veep," Jamie Lee Curtis in "Scream Queens" (Fox/HBO)

Doing the Golden Globes math

Sonia Saraiya
Alex Garland and Alicia Vikander (Universal Pictures)

Dark secrets of the sex robot

Andrew O'Hehir