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90th Oscars Predictions
The 7,258 voting members had their work cut out for them when casting their ballots for the 90th Oscars. With 24 competitive award categories, the winners will be revealed in what has been one of the tightest Best Picture races in recent memory. There is no clear frontrunner.
33 million Americans watched the 89th Oscars and with audience favorites such as GET OUT and COCO in the race, Hollywood is preparing for the biggest night of the year when the eyes of the world tune in to see the 90th Academy Awards. An estimated several hundred million worldwide will watch the nominated actresses, actors and filmmakers walk the red carpet.
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NOMINATIONS BY CATEGORY – 90TH AWARDS
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Timothée Chalamet in “Call Me by Your Name” (Sony Pictures Classics)
Daniel Day-Lewis in “Phantom Thread” (Focus Features)
Daniel Kaluuya in “Get Out” (Universal) Alternate
Gary Oldman in “Darkest Hour” (Focus Features) Predicted winner
Denzel Washington in “Roman J. Israel, Esq.” (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Willem Dafoe in “The Florida Project” (A24) Alternate
Woody Harrelson in “Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri” (Fox Searchlight) This could be the welcomed upset
Richard Jenkins in “The Shape of Water” (Fox Searchlight)
Christopher Plummer in “All the Money in the World” (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Sam Rockwell in “Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri” (Fox Searchlight) Predicted winner
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Sally Hawkins in “The Shape of Water” (Fox Searchlight) Alternate
Frances McDormand in “Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri” (Fox Searchlight) Predicted winner
Margot Robbie in “I, Tonya” (Neon/30 West)
Saoirse Ronan in “Lady Bird” (A24)
Meryl Streep in “The Post” (20th Century Fox)
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Mary J. Blige in “Mudbound” (Netflix) See this film!
Allison Janney in “I, Tonya” (Neon/30 West) Predicted winner
Lesley Manville in “Phantom Thread” (Focus Features) Alternate
Laurie Metcalf in “Lady Bird” (A24)
Octavia Spencer in “The Shape of Water” (Fox Searchlight)
Best animated feature film of the year
“The Boss Baby” (20th Century Fox) Tom McGrath and Ramsey Naito
“The Breadwinner” (GKIDS) Nora Twomey and Anthony Leo Our favorite
“Coco” (Walt Disney) Lee Unkrich and Darla K. Anderson Predicted winner / No Upset
“Ferdinand” (20th Century Fox) Carlos Saldanha
“Loving Vincent” (Good Deed Entertainment) Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman and Ivan Mactaggart
Achievement in cinematography
“Blade Runner 2049” (Warner Bros.) Roger A. Deakins Predicted winner (ASC Award winner)
“Darkest Hour” (Focus Features) Bruno Delbonnel
“Dunkirk” (Warner Bros.) Hoyte van Hoytema Alternate
“Mudbound” (Netflix) Rachel Morrison
“The Shape of Water” (Fox Searchlight) Dan Laustsen
Achievement in costume design
“Beauty and the Beast” (Walt Disney) Jacqueline Durran Alternate
“Darkest Hour” (Focus Features) Jacqueline Durran
“Phantom Thread” (Focus Features) Mark Bridges Predicted winner
“The Shape of Water” (Fox Searchlight) Luis Sequeira
“Victoria & Abdul” (Focus Features) Consolata Boyle
Achievement in directing
“Dunkirk” (Warner Bros.) Christopher Nolan Alternate
“Get Out” (Universal) Jordan Peele
“Lady Bird” (A24) Greta Gerwig
“Phantom Thread” (Focus Features) Paul Thomas Anderson
“The Shape of Water” (Fox Searchlight) Guillermo del Toro Predicted winner
Best documentary feature
“Abacus: Small Enough to Jail” (PBS Distribution) A Mitten Media/Motto Pictures/Kartemquin Educational Films/WGBH/FRONTLINE Production Steve James, Mark Mitten and Julie Goldman
“Faces Places” (Cohen Media Group) A Ciné Tamaris Production Agnès Varda, JR and Rosalie Varda Predicted winner
“Icarus” (Netflix) A Netflix Documentary in association with Impact Partners, Diamond Docs, Chicago Media Project and Alex Production Bryan Fogel and Dan Cogan
“Last Men in Aleppo” (Grasshopper Film) A Larm Film and Aleppo Media Center Production Feras Fayyad, Kareem Abeed and Søren Steen Jespersen Alternate
“Strong Island” (Netflix) A Yanceville Films and Louverture Films Production Yance Ford and Joslyn Barnes
Best documentary short subject
“Edith+Eddie” (Kartemquin Films) A Heart is Red/Kartemquin Films Production Laura Checkoway and Thomas Lee Wright Predicted winner
“Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405” A Stiefel & Co. Production Frank Stiefel Alternate
“Heroin(e)” (Netflix) A Netflix Original Documentary in association with The Center for Investigative Reporting/Requisite Media Production Elaine McMillion Sheldon and Kerrin Sheldon
“Knife Skills” A TFL Films Production Thomas Lennon
“Traffic Stop” (HBO Documentary Films) A Q-Ball Production Kate Davis and David Heilbroner
Achievement in film editing
“Baby Driver” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Paul Machliss and Jonathan Amos Alternate
“Dunkirk” (Warner Bros.) Lee Smith Predicted winner (ACE winner)
“I, Tonya” (Neon/30 West) Tatiana S. Riegel
“The Shape of Water” (Fox Searchlight) Sidney Wolinsky
“Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri” (Fox Searchlight)
Best foreign language film of the year
“A Fantastic Woman” A Fabula Production – Chile Predicted winner
“The Insult” A Douri Film Production – Lebanon
“Loveless” A Non-Stop Production – Russia
“On Body and Soul” An Inforg-M&M Film Production – Hungary
“The Square” A Plattform Production – Sweden Alternate
Achievement in makeup and hairstyling
“Darkest Hour” (Focus Features) Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski and Lucy Sibbick Predicted winner
“Victoria & Abdul” (Focus Features) Daniel Phillips and Lou Sheppard Alternate
“Wonder” (Lionsgate) Arjen Tuiten
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
“Dunkirk” (Warner Bros.) Hans Zimmer Should win
“Phantom Thread” (Focus Features) Jonny Greenwood Alternate
“The Shape of Water” (Fox Searchlight) Alexandre Desplat Predicted winner
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi” (Walt Disney) John Williams
“Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri” (Fox Searchlight) Carter Burwell
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
“Mighty River” from “Mudbound” (Netflix) Music and Lyric by Mary J. Blige, Raphael Saadiq and Taura Stinson
“Mystery Of Love” from “Call Me by Your Name” (Sony Pictures Classics) Music and Lyric by Sufjan Stevens
“Remember Me” from “Coco” (Walt Disney) Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez Predicted winner
“Stand Up For Something” from “Marshall” (Open Road Films) Music by Diane Warren Lyric by Lonnie R. Lynn and Diane Warren
“This Is Me” from “The Greatest Showman” (20th Century Fox) Music and Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Pau Alternate
Best motion picture of the year
“Call Me by Your Name” (Sony Pictures Classics) A Frenesy Film/La Cinéfacture/Memento Films International/RT Features Production Peter Spears, Luca Guadagnino, Emilie Georges and Marco Morabito, Producers
“Darkest Hour” (Focus Features) A Working Title Films Production Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten and Douglas Urbanski, Producers
“Dunkirk” (Warner Bros.) A Syncopy Pictures Production Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers MAJOR UPSET based on the preferential ballot
“Get Out” (Universal) A Blumhouse Productions/QC Entertainment/Monkeypaw Production Sean McKittrick, Jason Blum, Edward H. Hamm Jr. and Jordan Peele, Producers
“Lady Bird” (A24) A Mission Films Production Scott Rudin, Eli Bush and Evelyn O’Neill, Producers
“Phantom Thread” (Focus Features) An Annapurna Pictures Production JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson, Megan Ellison and Daniel Lupi, Producers
“The Post” (20th Century Fox) A 20th Century Fox/DreamWorks Pictures Production Amy Pascal, Steven Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers
“The Shape of Water” (Fox Searchlight) A Double Dare You Production Guillermo del Toro and J. Miles Dale, Producers Predicted winner
“Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri” (Fox Searchlight) A Blueprint Pictures Production Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin and Martin McDonagh, Producers Alternate
Achievement in production design
“Beauty and the Beast” (Walt Disney) Production Design: Sarah Greenwood, Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
“Blade Runner 2049” (Warner Bros.) Production Design: Dennis Gassner, Set Decoration: Alessandra Querzola
“Darkest Hour” (Focus Features) Production Design: Sarah Greenwood, Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
“Dunkirk” (Warner Bros.) Production Design: Nathan Crowley, Set Decoration: Gary Fettis Predicted winner
“The Shape of Water” (Fox Searchlight) Production Design: Paul Denham Austerberry, Set Decoration: Shane Vieau and Jeff Melvin Alternate
Best animated short film
“Dear Basketball” (Verizon go90) A Glen Keane Production Glen Keane and Kobe Bryant
“Garden Party” A MOPA Production Victor Caire and Gabriel Grapperon Predicted winner
“Lou” (Walt Disney) A Pixar Animation Studios Production Dave Mullins and Dana Murray Alternate
“Negative Space” An Ikki Films Production Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata
“Revolting Rhymes” A Magic Light Pictures Production Jakob Schuh and Jan Lachauer
Best live action short film
“DeKalb Elementary” A UCLA Production Reed Van Dyk Alternate
“The Eleven O’Clock” A FINCH Production Derin Seale and Josh Lawson
“My Nephew Emmett” A New York University Production Kevin Wilson, Jr.
“The Silent Child” A Slick Films Production Chris Overton and Rachel Shenton Predicted winner
“Watu Wote/All of Us” A Hamburg Media School Production Katja Benrath and Tobias Rosen
Achievement in sound editing
“Baby Driver” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Julian Slater Alternate
“Blade Runner 2049” (Warner Bros.) Mark Mangini and Theo Green
“Dunkirk” (Warner Bros.) Richard King and Alex Gibson Predicted winner
“The Shape of Water” (Fox Searchlight) Nathan Robitaille and Nelson Ferreira
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi” (Walt Disney) Matthew Wood and Ren Klyce
Achievement in sound mixing
“Baby Driver” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Julian Slater, Tim Cavagin and Mary H. Ellis Predicted winner
“Blade Runner 2049” (Warner Bros.) Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill and Mac Ruth
“Dunkirk” (Warner Bros.) Mark Weingarten, Gregg Landaker and Gary A. Rizzo Alternate
“The Shape of Water” (Fox Searchlight) Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern and Glen Gauthier
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi” (Walt Disney) David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Stuart Wilson
Achievement in visual effects
“Blade Runner 2049” (Warner Bros.) John Nelson, Gerd Nefzer, Paul Lambert and Richard R. Hoover Alternate
“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” (Walt Disney) Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner and Dan Sudick
“Kong: Skull Island” (Warner Bros.) Stephen Rosenbaum, Jeff White, Scott Benza and Mike Meinardus
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi” (Walt Disney) Ben Morris, Mike Mulholland, Neal Scanlan and Chris Corbould
“War for the Planet of the Apes” (20th Century Fox) Joe Letteri, Daniel Barrett, Dan Lemmon and Joel Whist Predicted winner
Adapted screenplay
“Call Me by Your Name” (Sony Pictures Classics) Screenplay by James Ivory
“The Disaster Artist” (A24) Screenplay by Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber
“Logan” (20th Century Fox) Screenplay by Scott Frank & James Mangold and Michael Green, Story by James Mangold Alternate
“Molly’s Game” (STXfilms) Written for the screen by Aaron Sorkin Predicted winner
“Mudbound” (Netflix) Screenplay by Virgil Williams and Dee Rees
Original screenplay
“The Big Sick” (Amazon Studios) Written by Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani
“Get Out” (Universal) Written by Jordan Peele Predicted winner
“Lady Bird” (A24) Written by Greta Gerwig This is the film’s win
“The Shape of Water” (Fox Searchlight) Screenplay by Guillermo del Toro & Vanessa Taylor, Story by Guillermo del Toro
“Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri” (Fox Searchlight) Written by Martin McDonagh Alternate
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