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Oscar predix for the year in film 2019

With the 2020s all set to roll in a matter of only a few hours, honouring the films of 2019 will be our vestigial link to the decade gone by. A lot has happened over the last decade… this blog, and the wonderful world of movies that we all love and argue over, has offered us a safe space from all that is out there. Things must change, they always do… and a 2020 vision at least augurs well. But for a nostalgist, certain things, at least the good ones, must also be constant. My inconsistent annual Oscar predictions being something that I would like to keep doing. Here then, on the last day of 2019, are my Oscar predictions for the 92nd Academy Awards. The actual nominations voting open on the 2nd of January, 2020 and the nominees will be announced on the 13th of the same month. The Oscars will be presented this time on the 9th of February, 2020.

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Best Picture

1917 Universal Pictures
THE IRISHMAN Netflix
MARRIAGE STORY Netflix
ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD Sony Pictures Releasing
PARASITE CJ Entertainment and Neon

If the Academy nominates six films, then
JOJO RABBIT Fox Searchlight Pictures

If they nominate seven, then
JOKER Warner Bros. Pictures

With eight nominations,
FORD V FERRARI 20th Century Fox

With nine,
LITTLE WOMEN Sony Pictures Releasing

And when ten,
THE FAREWELL A24

Potential Spoiler– THE TWO POPES Netflix
Dark Horse– BOMBSHELL Lionsgate
Long Shot– A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD Sony Pictures Releasing
Unanticipated Sneak-ins– KNIVES OUT Lionsgate, RICHARD JEWELL Warner Bros. Pictures

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Best Director

Noah Baumbach MARRIAGE STORY
Bong Joon-Ho PARASITE
Sam Mendes 1917
Martin Scorsese THE IRISHMAN
Quentin Tarantino ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD

Long Shot– Taika Waititi JOJO RABBIT
Unanticipated Sneak-ins– Greta Gerwig LITTLE WOMEN, Todd Phillips JOKER

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Best Actor in a Leading Role

Christian Bale FORD V FERRARI
Antonio Banderas PAIN AND GLORY
Leonardo DiCaprio ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD
Adam Driver MARRIAGE STORY
Joaquin Phoenix JOKER

Potential Spoiler– Robert DeNiro THE IRISHMAN
Dark Horses– Taron Egerton ROCKETMAN, Eddie Murphy DOLEMITE IS MY NAME, Jonathan Pryce THE TWO POPES, Adam Sandler UNCUT GEMS

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Best Actress in a Leading Role

Cynthia Erivo HARRIET
Scarlett Johansson MARRIAGE STORY
Lupita Nyong’O US
Charlize Theron BOMBSHELL
Renee Zellweger JUDY

Potential Spoiler– Saoirse Ronan LITTLE WOMEN
Dark Horse– Awkwafina THE FAREWELL
Unanticipated Sneak-in– Alfre Woodard CLEMENCY

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Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Tom Hanks A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Anthony Hopkins THE TWO POPES
Al Pacino THE IRISHMAN
Joe Pesci THE IRISHMAN
Brad Pitt ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD

Dark Horse– Willem Dafoe THE LIGHTHOUSE
Unanticipated Sneak-ins– Jamie Foxx JUST MERCY, Song Kang-Ho PARASITE, John Lithgow BOMBSHELL

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Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Laura Dern MARRIAGE STORY
Scarlett Johansson JOJO RABBIT
Jennifer Lopez HUSTLERS
Florence Pugh LITTLE WOMEN
Margot Robbie BOMBSHELL

Potential Spoiler– Zhao Shuzhen THE FAREWELL
Dark Horses– Kathy Bates RICHARD JEWELL, Nicole Kidman BOMBSHELL
Long Shot– Annette Bening THE REPORT
Unanticipated Sneak-in– Da’Vine Joy Randolph DOLEMITE IS MY NAME

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Best Original Screenplay

1917 Sam Mendes and Krysty Wilson-Cairns
THE FAREWELL Lulu Wang
MARRIAGE STORY Noah Baumbach
ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD Quentin Tarantino
PARASITE Han Jin-Won and Bong Joon-Ho

Likely Switch– THE TWO POPES* Anthony McCarten
Potential Spoiler– KNIVES OUT Rian Johnson
Dark Horses– BOMBSHELL Charles Randolph, PAIN AND GLORY Pedro Almodovar
Unanticipated Sneak-ins– DOLEMITE IS MY NAME Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, FORD V FERRARI Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth and Jason Keller, UNCUT GEMS Ronald Bronstein and the Safdie brothers- Josh & Benny

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Best Adapted Screenplay

THE IRISHMAN Steven Zaillian, based on I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt
JOJO RABBIT Taika Waititi, based on Caging Skies by Christine Leunens
JOKER Todd Phillips and Scott Silver, based on characters from DC Comics
LITTLE WOMEN Greta Gerwig, based on Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
THE TWO POPES* Anthony McCarten, based on his play The Pope

Likely Switch– A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster, based on Can You Say… Hero? By Tom Junod
Unanticipated Sneak-ins– HUSTLERS Lorene Scafaria, based on The Hustlers At Scores: The Ex-Strippers Who Stole From (Mostly) Rich Men And Gave To, Well, Themselves by Jessica Pressler, JUST MERCY Destin Daniel Cretton and Andrew Lanham, based on Just Mercy: A Story Of Justice And Redemption by Bryan Stevenson, TOY STORY 4 Stephany Folsom and Andrew Stanton, based on their story co-written by Josh Cooley, Martin Hynes, Rashida Jones, Valerie LaPointe, John Lasseter and Will McCormack

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Best International Film^

ATLANTICS (Atlantique) Senegal
HONEYLAND (Medena Zemja) North Macedonia
LES MISERABLES France
PAIN AND GLORY (Dolor Y Gloria) Spain
PARASITE (Gisaengchung) South Korea

Potential Spoiler– BEANPOLE (Dylda) Russia
Long Shot– TRUTH AND JUSTICE (Tode Ja Oigus) Estonia
Unanticipated Sneak-in– CORPUS CHRISTI (Boze Cialo) Poland

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Best Documentary Feature

AMERICAN FACTORY Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
APOLLO 11 Todd Douglas Miller
FOR SAMA Waad Al-Khateab and Edward Watts
HONEYLAND Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov
ONE CHILD NATION Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang

Dark Horses– ADVOCATE Philippe Bellaiche and Rachel Leah Jones, MAIDEN Alex Holmes
Long Shot– KNOCK DOWN THE HOUSE Rachel Lears
Unanticipated Sneak-ins– THE APOLLO Roger Ross Williams, AQUARELA Viktor Kosakovskiy, THE BIGGEST LITTLE FARM John Chester, THE CAVE Feras Fayyad, THE EDGE OF DEMOCRACY Petra Costa, MIDNIGHT FAMILY Luke Lorentzen

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Best Animated Film

FROZEN II Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD Dean DeBlois, Universal Pictures
I LOST MY BODY Jeremy Clapin, Rezo Films and Netflix
MISSING LINK Chris Butler, United Artists Releasing
TOY STORY 4 Josh Cooley, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Unanticipated Sneak-ins– ABOMINABLE Jill Culton, Universal Pictures, KLAUS Sergio Pablos, Netflix, WEATHERING WITH YOU Makoto Shinkai, Toho and GKids

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Best Production Design

1917 Dennis Gassner
THE IRISHMAN Bob Shaw
JOKER Mark Friedberg
ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD Barbara Ling
PARASITE Lee Ha-Jun

Potential Spoiler– JOJO RABBIT Ra Vincent
Dark Horse– LITTLE WOMEN Jess Gonchor
Unanticipated Sneak-in– AD ASTRA Kevin Thompson

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Best Editing

FORD V FERRARI Andrew Buckland and Michael McCusker
THE IRISHMAN Thelma Schoonmaker
JOKER Jeff Groth
ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD Fred Raskin
PARASITE Jinmo Yang

Potential Spoiler– 1917 Lee Smith
Dark Horses– JOJO RABBIT Tom Eagles, MARRIAGE STORY Jennifer Lame
Unanticipated Sneak-in– THE TWO POPES Fernando Stutz

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Best Cinematography

1917 Roger Deakins
FORD V FERRARI Phedon Papamichael
THE IRISHMAN Rodrigo Prieto
JOKER Lawrence Sher
ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD Robert Richardson

Likely Switch– THE LIGHTHOUSE Jarin Blaschke
Dark Horses– AD ASTRA Hoyte Van Hoytema, PARASITE Hong Kyung-Pyo
Long Shot– A HIDDEN LIFE Jorg Widmer
Unanticipated Sneak-in– LITTLE WOMEN Yorick Le Saux

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Best Original Score

1917 Thomas Newman
JOKER Hildur Guonadottir
LITTLE WOMEN Alexandre Desplat
MARRIAGE STORY Randy Newman
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER John Williams

Dark Horses– AVENGERS: ENDGAME Alan Silvestri, FORD V FERRARI Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders, JOJO RABBIT Michael Giacchino, MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN Daniel Pemberton, US Michael Abels
Long Shot– PAIN AND GLORY Alberto Iglesias
Unanticipated Sneak-ins– BOMBSHELL Theodore Shapiro, THE FAREWELL Alex Weston

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Best Original Song

“(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” ROCKETMAN performed by Elton John and Taron Egerton
“I’m Standing With You” BREAKTHROUGH performed by Chrissy Metz
“Into The Unknown” FROZEN II performed by Idina Menzel featuring Aurora
“Spirit” THE LION KING performed by Beyonce
“Stand Up” HARRIET performed by Cynthia Erivo

Likely Switch– “Speechless” ALADDIN performed by Naomi Scott
Unanticipated Sneak-ins– “Catchy Song” THE LEGO MOVIE 2: THE SECOND PART performed by Dillon Francis featuring T-Pain and That Girl Lay Lay, “Glasgow” WILD ROSE performed by Jessie Buckley, “I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away” TOY STORY 4 performed by Randy Newman, “Letter To My Godfather” THE BLACK GODFATHER performed by Pharrell Williams, “Never Too Late” THE LION KING performed by Elton John

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Best Sound Mixing

1917 Michael Fentum
FORD V FERRARI Jay Wilkinson
ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD Harry Cohen and Sylvain Lasseur
ROCKETMAN John Hayes
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER David Acord

Potential Spoiler– AVENGERS: ENDGAME David Farmer and Nia Hansen
Dark Horse– THE IRISHMAN Tod Maitland
Long Shots– AD ASTRA Gary Rydstrom, JOKER Tod Maitland

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Best Sound Editing

1917 Oliver Tarney
AVENGERS: ENDGAME Shannon Mills
FORD V FERRARI Donald Sylvester
ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD Wylie Stateman
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER David Acord and Matthew Wood

Potential Spoiler– ROCKETMAN Danny Sheehan
Dark Horse– JOKER Alan Robert Murray
Unanticipated Sneak-ins– AD ASTRA Brad Semenoff, THE IRISHMAN Philip Stockton

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Best Costume Design

DOLEMITE IS MY NAME Ruth E. Carter
DOWNTON ABBEY Susannah Buxton, Rosalind Ebbutt, Caroline McCall and Anna Robbins
LITTLE WOMEN Jacqueline Durran
ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD Arianne Phillips
ROCKETMAN Julian Day

Dark Horse– JOJO RABBIT Mayes C. Rubeo
Long Shot– THE IRISHMAN Christopher Peterson and Sandy Powell
Unanticipated Sneak-ins– 1917 David Crossman and Jacqueline Durran, JOKER Mark Bridges

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Best Makeup & Hair#

BOMBSHELL Vivian Baker and Anne Morgan
DOLEMITE IS MY NAME Debra Denson, Carla Farmer, Stacey Morris and Vera Steimberg-Moder
JOKER Kay Georgiou and Nicki Ledermann
JUDY Jeremy Woodhead
ROCKETMAN Lizzy Yianni-Georgiou

Long Shots– DOWNTON ABBEY Anne Oldham, ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD Janine Rath-Thompson and Heba Thorisdottir
Unanticipated Sneak-in– 1917 Naomi Donne

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Best Visual Effects

1917 Amblin Partners, Clear Angle Studios, MPC and Proof Inc.
AVENGERS: ENDGAME Cantina Creative, Cinesite, Digital Domain, Double Negative, Framestore, Industrial Light & Magic, Lola Visual Effects, Rise Visual Effects Studios, Stereo D, The Third Floor and Weta Digital
THE IRISHMAN Industrial Light & Magic, SSVFX, Stereo D and Vitality Visual Effects
THE LION KING MPC
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER 32Ten Studios, BaseFX, Blind Ltd., Exceptional Minds Studio, Gentle Giant Studios, Ghost VFX, Hybride, Important Looking Pirates, Industrial Light & Magic, LucasFilm, Stereo D and The Third Floor

Likely Switch– ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL Double Negative, Framestore, Rising Sun Pictures, Stereo D, The Third Floor and Weta Digital
Dark Horse– GEMINI MAN Clear Angle Studios, Legend 3D, Scanline VFX, Stereo D, The Third Floor and Weta Digital
Long Shot– CATS Clear Angle Studios, Mill Film and MPC
Unanticipated Sneak-in– TERMINATOR: DARK FATE Blur Studio, Digital Domain, Industrial Light & Magic, Method Studios, Proof Inc., Rebellion VFX, Scanline VFX, The Third Floor and Weta Digital

The big story this year in the movie world is Netflix, and the prestige clout that it has coveted and poised to be rewarded for. Debates will continue about whether this whole new way of making, streaming and viewing films is a natural evolution for the medium in a fast-changing century or a dying of the cinema both as an aesthetic and as a communal experience, but the future that we were discussing only a few years back when Netflix dropped Beasts Of No Nation is now here.

– Abhishek Bandekar

 

* There is confusion over which category in screenplay The Two Popes will be submitting for. The general consensus is that it is based on McCarten’s own play The Pope, so it can only be eligible for the Adapted Screenplay category; however, campaigning suggests Netflix vying for Original Screenplay.

^Best Foreign Film category is now renamed Best International Film

# The Makeup and Hair category gets expanded to five nominees from three as in the previous years.

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55 Responses to “Oscar predix for the year in film 2019”

  1. Henry Says:
    December 31, 2019 at 11:14 AM

    Great predictions. Knives Out and Uncut Gems are my favorite films this year, however, both are long shots as they do not have the ‘heft’ that Oscars look for. Haven’t seen 1917 and Marriage story yet.

    Once Upon a Time in Hollywood only has pedigree, that’s it – take out Tarantino and that cast, and no studio would have even made it.

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  2. An Jo Says:
    January 4, 2020 at 10:04 PM

    Thank you for this Abzee. Nothing makes me happier than the fact that GULLY BOY is out of the race.

    Henry, I would dis-agree with your statement on OUATIH but would be interested in knowing more about your attributing it more to pedigree rather than merit.

    Also, I was thoroughly impressed with Paul Walter’s performance in Richard Jewell.

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    • abzee Says:
      January 5, 2020 at 12:26 AM

      Thank you An. Gully Boy was the wrong film for the Oscars from the get go. The Gujarati film Hellaro was the apt film. It checks a lot of the boxes in terms of what the Academy looks for in foreign language films, and especially from India, while staying true to technical and narrative expectations.

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    • munna Says:
      January 5, 2020 at 1:24 AM

      I tried very hard to watch Once upon a Time in Hollywood on plane journey and I couldn’t go beyond half an hour. It was just not my taste. I will give a try once again when it is available on streaming platforms.

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  4. Bliss Says:
    January 6, 2020 at 1:26 AM

    Incredible video
    “Opening monologue by Ricky Gervais at the Golden Globes. 7 mins of comedy in a British accent. What else do u want”
    Ricky Gervais to celebrities at the Golden Globes: “You’re in no position to lecture the public about anything. You know nothing about the real world.”

    Ends by telling award winners to “f**k off.”

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  5. An Jo Says:
    January 6, 2020 at 2:25 AM

    I messed up – I went to LA a week earlier – I don’t know whether I would even have gotten to see the awards live…at the BEVERLY HILTON…

    complete list –

    Television:
    Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series — Musical or Comedy
    Michael Douglas (“The Kominsky Method”)
    Bill Hader (“Barry”)
    Ben Platt (“The Politician”)
    Paul Rudd (“Living with Yourself”)
    Ramy Youssef (“Ramy”) – WINNER

    Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series — Musical or Comedy
    Christina Applegate (“Dead to Me”)
    Rachel Brosnahan (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”)
    Kirsten Dunst (“On Becoming a God in Central Florida”)
    Natasha Lyonne (“Russian Doll”)
    Phoebe Waller-Bridge (“Fleabag”) – WINNER

    Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series — Drama
    Brian Cox (“Succession”) – WINNER
    Kit Harington (“Game of Thrones”)
    Rami Malek (“Mr. Robot”)
    Tobias Menzies (“The Crown”)
    Billy Porter (“Pose”)

    Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series — Drama
    Jennifer Aniston (“The Morning Show”)
    Olivia Colman (“The Crown”) – WINNER
    Jodie Comer (“Killing Eve”)
    Nicole Kidman (“Big Little Lies”)
    Reese Witherspoon (“The Morning Show”)

    Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
    Christopher Abbott (“Catch-22”)
    Sacha Baron Cohen (“The Spy”)
    Russell Crowe (“The Loudest Voice”) – WINNER
    Jared Harris (“Chernobyl”)
    Sam Rockwell (“Fosse/Verdon”)

    Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
    Kaitlyn Dever (“Unbelievable”)
    Joey King (“The Act”)
    Helen Mirren (“Catherine the Great”)
    Merritt Wever (“Unbelievable”)
    Michelle Williams (“Fosse/Verdon”) – WINNER

    Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
    “Catch-22″
    “Chernobyl” – WINNER
    “Fosse/Verdon”
    The Loudest Voice
    “Unbelievable”

    Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
    Patricia Arquette (“The Act”) – WINNER
    Helena Bonham Carter (“The Crown”)
    Toni Collette (“Unbelievable”)
    Meryl Streep (“Big Little Lies”)
    Emily Watson (“Chernobyl”)

    Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
    Alan Arkin (“The Kominsky Method”)
    Kieran Culkin (“Succession”)
    Andrew Scott (“Fleabag”)
    Stellan Skarsgård (“Chernobyl”) – WINNER
    Henry Winkler (“Barry”)

    Best Television Series — Drama
    “Big Little Lies”
    “The Crown”
    “Killing Eve”
    “The Morning Show”
    “Succession” – WINNER

    Best Television Series — Musical or Comedy
    “Barry”
    “Fleabag” – WINNER
    “The Kominsky Method”
    “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
    “The Politician”

    Movies:
    Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy
    “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” – WINNER
    “Jojo Rabbit”
    “Knives Out”
    “Rocketman”
    “Dolemite Is My Name”

    Best Motion Picture — Drama
    “The Irishman”
    “Marriage Story”
    “1917” – WINNER
    “Joker”
    “The Two Popes”

    Best Motion Picture — Foreign Language
    “The Farewell”
    “Pain and Glory”
    “Portrait of a Lady on Fire”
    “Parasite” – WINNER
    “Les Misérables”

    Best Screenplay — Motion Picture
    Noah Baumbach (“Marriage Story”)
    Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won (“Parasite”)
    Anthony McCarten (“The Two Popes”)
    Quentin Tarantino (“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”) – WINNER
    Steven Zaillian (“The Irishman”)

    Best Original Song — Motion Picture
    “Beautiful Ghosts” (“Cats”)
    “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” (“Rocketman”) – WINNER
    “Into the Unknown” (“Frozen II”)
    “Spirit” (“The Lion King”)
    “Stand Up” (“Harriet”)

    Best Original Score — Motion Picture
    Hildur Guðnadóttir (“Joker”) – WINNER
    Randy Newman (“Marriage Story”)
    Thomas Newman (“1917”)
    Daniel Pemberton (“Motherless Brooklyn”)
    Alexandre Desplat (“Little Women”)

    Best Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
    Tom Hanks (“A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”)
    Anthony Hopkins (“The Two Popes”)
    Al Pacino (“The Irishman”)
    Joe Pesci (“The Irishman”)
    Brad Pitt (“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”) – WINNER

    Best Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
    Kathy Bates (“Richard Jewell”)
    Annette Bening (“The Report”)
    Laura Dern (“Marriage Story”) – WINNER
    Jennifer Lopez (“Hustlers”)
    Margot Robbie (“Bombshell”)

    Best Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy
    Daniel Craig (“Knives Out”)
    Roman Griffin Davis (“Jojo Rabbit”)
    Leonardo DiCaprio (“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”)
    Taron Egerton (“Rocketman”) – WINNER
    Eddie Murphy (“Dolemite Is My Name”)

    Best Motion Picture — Animated
    “Frozen II”
    “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World”
    “Missing Link” – WINNER
    “Toy Story 4”
    “Lion King”

    Best Actor in a Motion Picture — Drama
    Christian Bale (“Ford v Ferrari”)
    Antonio Banderas (“Pain and Glory”)
    Adam Driver (“Marriage Story”)
    Joaquin Phoenix (“Joker”) – WINNER
    Jonathan Pryce (“The Two Popes”)

    Best Actress in a Motion Picture — Drama
    Cynthia Erivo (“Harriet”)
    Scarlett Johansson (“Marriage Story”)
    Saoirse Ronan (“Little Women”)
    Charlize Theron (“Bombshell”)
    Renée Zellweger (“Judy”) – WINNER

    Best Actress in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy
    Awkwafina (“The Farewell”) – WINNER
    Ana de Armas (“Knives Out”)
    Cate Blanchett (“Where’d You Go, Bernadette”)
    Beanie Feldstein (“Booksmart”)
    Emma Thompson (“Late Night”)

    Best Director — Motion Picture
    Bong Joon-ho (“Parasite”)
    Sam Mendes (“1917”) – WINNER
    Todd Phillips (“Joker”)
    Martin Scorsese (“The Irishman”)
    Quentin Tarantino (“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”)

    OUATIH wins big – and am ecstatic!! But heart-broken with PARASITE not winning…

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  6. Bliss Says:
    January 8, 2020 at 2:29 PM

    LOSERS!!!
    7 minute Ricky Grevias’s monologue has really hit woke clan. And they take stage to pontificate

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  9. Shivaay Says:
    January 13, 2020 at 4:34 PM

    Don’t know about much as I do not follow Hollywood from real close quarters, however I do hope Joaquin Phoenix wins the best actor. His chilling portrayal is the kind that can make the late Heath Ledger applaud from his grave. Ford vs Ferrari is the only other film I have watched in the best film category and that’s just good, didn’t find it great though.

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  10. Jugaado Says:
    January 13, 2020 at 6:56 PM

    can Parasite win both Best Picture and Best International Film or win only the former?

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    • munna Says:
      January 13, 2020 at 8:19 PM

      It is possible that you may win Best Picture but not Best Foreign language; Many voters have seen parasite but in pool of people who have seen all 5 movies, it is possible that people may have liked any of the 4 nominated movies.

      “Every country is invited to submit what it considers its best film to the Academy. Only one film is accepted from each country. The designation of each country’s official submission has to be done by an organization, jury or committee composed of people from the film industry. For example, the British entry is submitted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and the Brazilian entry is submitted by a committee under its Ministry of Culture. Names of the members of the selecting group must be sent to the Academy.

      After each country has designated its official entry, English-subtitled copies of all submitted films are shipped to the Academy, where they are screened by the Foreign Language Film Award Committee(s), whose members select by secret ballot the five official nominations. Final voting for the winner is restricted to active and life Academy members who have attended exhibitions of all five nominated films. Members who have watched the Foreign Language Film entries only on videocassette or DVD are ineligible to vote.[1] These procedures slightly were modified for the 2006 (79th) Academy Awards, with the Academy’s deciding to institute a two-stage process in determining the nominees: For the first time in the history of the award, a nine-film shortlist was published one week before the official nominations announcement.[21] In the meantime, a smaller, 30-member committee which included 10 New York City-based Academy members was formed, and spent three days viewing the shortlisted films before choosing the five official nominees. Residents of the city hosting the country’s second largest film industry[22] were allowed to participate for the first time in the selection process for the Foreign Language Film Award nominees.[15]”

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  13. Rocky Says:
    January 28, 2020 at 3:27 PM

    WOW !!!

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  14. Yodha Says:
    February 3, 2020 at 4:34 AM

    going by the SAG, BAFTA, GG Phoenix, Zellweger, Pitt and Dern look to be favorites to take the Oscar home. With some suggestions that Dern could be upset by Johannson for Jojo Rabbit.

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  17. Yodha Says:
    February 9, 2020 at 8:54 PM

    Jojo Rabbit Best Adapted Screenplay

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  18. Yodha Says:
    February 9, 2020 at 8:56 PM

    Parasite Best Original Screenplay

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  19. Yodha Says:
    February 9, 2020 at 9:00 PM

    Once Upon a Time In Hollywood — Production Design

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  20. Yodha Says:
    February 9, 2020 at 9:03 PM

    Little Women – Costume Design

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  21. Yodha Says:
    February 9, 2020 at 9:34 PM

    Laura Dern Best Supporting Actress Marriage Story

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  22. Yodha Says:
    February 9, 2020 at 9:54 PM

    FvF best sound editing

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  23. abzee Says:
    February 9, 2020 at 11:28 PM

    *Best Picture* PARASITE
    *Best Director* Bong Joon-Ho PARASITE
    *Best Actor in a Leading Role* Joaquin Phoenix JOKER
    *Best Actress in a Leading Role* Renee Zellweger JUDY
    *Best Actor in a Supporting Role* Brad Pitt ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD
    *Best Actress in a Supporting Role* Laura Dern MARRIAGE STORY
    *Best Original Screenplay* PARASITE
    *Best Adapted Screenplay* JOJO RABBIT
    *Best International Film* PARASITE South Korea
    *Best Documentary Feature* AMERICAN FACTORY
    *Best Animated Film* TOY STORY 4
    *Best Production Design* ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD
    *Best Editing* FORD V FERRARI
    *Best Cinematography* 1917
    *Best Original Score* JOKER
    *Best Original Song* _(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again_ ROCKETMAN
    *Best Sound Mixing* 1917
    *Best Sound Editing* FORD V FERRARI
    *Best Costume Design* LITTLE WOMEN
    *Best Makeup & Hair* BOMBSHELL
    *Best Visual Effects* 1917

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  25. abzee Says:
    February 9, 2020 at 11:49 PM

    That Parasite win is such a stunner. First time that a foreign language film has taken the top prize. Couldn’t have happened to a better film or filmmaker, even if I may not be amongst those who think Parasite to be the best film ever. For a while there, it seemed like 1917’s night.

    Loved the shoutouts that Mangold got from his Ford V Ferrari tech winners. And Phoenix’s genuine if rambling appeal for reformation in the prevalent cancel culture.

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    • Yodha Says:
      February 10, 2020 at 12:48 AM

      Joaquin Phoenix speech at the Oscar
      “I’m full of so much gratitude now. I do not feel elevated above any of my fellow nominees or anyone in this room, because we share the same love – that’s the love of film. And this form of expression has given me the most extraordinary life. I don’t know where I’d be without it.

      But I think the greatest gift that it’s given me, and many people in [this industry] is the opportunity to use our voice for the voiceless. I’ve been thinking about some of the distressing issues that we’ve been facing collectively.

      I think at times we feel or are made to feel that we champion different causes. But for me, I see commonality. I think, whether we’re talking about gender inequality or racism or queer rights or indigenous rights or animal rights, we’re talking about the fight against injustice.

      We’re talking about the fight against the belief that one nation, one people, one race, one gender, one species, has the right to dominate, use and control another with impunity.

      I think we’ve become very disconnected from the natural world. Many of us are guilty of an egocentric world view, and we believe that we’re the centre of the universe. We go into the natural world and we plunder it for its resources. We feel entitled to artificially inseminate a cow and steal her baby, even though her cries of anguish are unmistakeable. Then we take her milk that’s intended for her calf and we put it in our coffee and our cereal.

      We fear the idea of personal change, because we think we need to sacrifice something; to give something up. But human beings at our best are so creative and inventive, and we can create, develop and implement systems of change that are beneficial to all sentient beings and the environment.

      I have been a scoundrel all my life, I’ve been selfish. I’ve been cruel at times, hard to work with, and I’m grateful that so many of you in this room have given me a second chance. I think that’s when we’re at our best: when we support each other. Not when we cancel each other out for our past mistakes, but when we help each other to grow. When we educate each other; when we guide each other to redemption.

      When he was 17, my brother [River] wrote this lyric. He said: ‘run to the rescue with love and peace will follow.'”

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  26. An Jo Says:
    February 10, 2020 at 2:06 AM

    Did Priyanka show more of her cleavage? Please post pics if yes. Thanks.

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  27. tonymontana Says:
    February 10, 2020 at 4:38 AM

    Happy for BJH. This man is pretty talented, and it’s not the first time he has delivered. Memories of Murder remains one of my favourite films from around the world, and with Parasite he just hits it out of the park. The Koreans have a knack for making original, sensational films from ideas that might sound ridiculous on paper.

    “If the Academy allows, I would like to get a Texas chainsaw, split the Academy Award into five, and share it with all of you.” – These were his words in his acceptance speech. Not an air of arrogance. Also thanked Scorsese’s influence on him as a filmmaker

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