Final Oscar Predictions

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Best Picture
Belfast
CODA
Don't Look Up
Drive My Car
Dune
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
The Power of the Dog
tick, tick...BOOM!
West Side Story

Best Actor
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Leonardo DiCaprio, Don't Look Up
Andrew Garfield, tick, tick...BOOM!
Will Smith, King Richard
Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth

Alt: Peter Dinklage, Cyrano

Best Actress
Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
Nicole Kidman, Meet the Ricardos
Lady Gaga, House of Gucci
Kristen Stewart, Spencer

Alt: Emilia Jones, CODA / Penelope Cruz, Parallel Mothers

Best Supporting Actor
Bradley Cooper, Licorice Pizza
Troy Cotsur, CODA
Ciarán Hinds, Belfast
Jessie Plemons, The Power of the Dog
Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog

Alt: Jared Leto, House of Gucci

Best Supporting Actress
Caitriona Balfe, Belfast
Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
Ruth Negga, Passing

Alt: Cate Blanchett, Nightmare Alley / Ann Dowd, Mass

Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car

Alt: Denis Villeneuve, Dune
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BEST PICTURE

Belfast (Focus Features)
Producers: Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik, Tamar Thomas

CODA (AppleTV+)
Producers: Philippe Rousselet, p.g.a., Fabrice Gianfermi, p.g.a., Patrick Wachsberger, p.g.a.

Don’t Look Up (Netflix)
Producers: Adam McKay, p.g.a., Kevin Messick, p.g.a.

Drive My Car (Janus Films)
Producer: Akihisa Yamamoto

Dune (Warner Bros.)
Producers: Mary Parent, p.g.a., Cale Boyter, p.g.a., Denis Villeneuve, p.g.a.

King Richard (Warner Bros.)
Producers: Tim White, p.g.a., Trevor White, p.g.a., Will Smith, p.g.a.

Licorice Pizza (Focus Features)
Producers: Sara Murphy, Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner

The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
Producers: Jane Campion, p.g.a., Tanya Seghatchian, p.g.a., Emile Sherman, p.g.a. & Iain Canning, p.g.a., Roger Frappier, p.g.a.

tick, tick…BOOM! (Netflix)
Producers: Julie Oh, p.g.a., Lin-Manuel Miranda, p.g.a.

West Side Story (20th Century Studios)
Producers: Steven Spielberg, p.g.a., Kristie Macosko Krieger, p.g.a.

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
Adam McKay, Don't Look Up
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car
Denis Villenueve, Dune
Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Leonardo DiCaprio, Don't Look Up
Andrew Garfield, tick, tick...BOOM!
Will Smith, King Richard
Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos
Lady Gaga, House of Gucci
Kristen Stewart, Spencer

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Bradley Cooper, Licorice Pizza
Ciaran Hinds, Belfast
Troy Kotsur, CODA
Jesse Plemons, The Power of the Dog
Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Caitriona Balfe, Belfast
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog
Aujanue Ellis, King Richard
Ruth Negga, Passing

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Being the Ricardos
written by Aaron Sorkin

Belfast
written by Kenneth Branagh

Don't Look Up
screenplay by Adam McKay
story by Adam McKay and David Sirota.

The French Dispatch
screenplay by Wes Anderson
story by Wes Anderson, Hugo Guinness, Roman Coppola and Jason Schwartzman

Licorice Pizza
written by Paul Thomas Anderson

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

CODA
screenplay by Sian Heder
based on the film La Famille Belier screenplay by Victoria Bedos, Stanislas Carré de Malberg, Éric Lartigau and Thomas Bidegain.

Drive My Car
screenplay by Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe
based on the short story by Haruki Marukami

Dune
screenplay by Eric Roth, Jon Spaiths and Denis Villenueve
based on the novel by Frank Herbert.

The Lost Daughter
screenplay by Maggie Gyllenhaal
based on the novel by Elena Ferrante

The Power of the Dog
screenplay by Jane Campion
based on the novel by Thomas Savage

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Belle (Toho)
Mamoru Hosoda and Yuichiro Saito.

Encanto (Disney)
Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvette Marino and Clark Spencer.

Luca (Disney/PIXAR)
Enrico Casarosa and Andrea Warren

The Mitchells vs. The Machines (Netflix)
Mike Rianda, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Kurt Albrecht.

Raya and the Last Dragon (Disney)
Don Hall, Carlos Lopez Estrada, Osnat Shurer and Peter del Vecho.

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
Drive My Car (Japan) Ryusuke Hamaguchi
The Hand of God (Italy) Paolo Sorrentino
A Hero (Iran) Asghar Farhadi
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom (Bhutan) Pawo Choyning Dorji
The Worst Person in the World (Norway) Joachim Trier

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Billie Eilish: The World's A Little Blurry (AppleTV+) R.J. Cutler
Flee (Vice Studios) Johan Poher Rasmussen
The Rescue (NatGeo) Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin
Simple As Water (HBO) Megan Mylan
Summer of Soul (or When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (Searchlight) Ahmir "QuestLove" Thompson

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Greig Fraser, Dune
Dan Laustsen, Nightmare Alley
Ari Wegner, The Power of the Dog
Bruno Delbonnel, The Tragedy of Macbeth
Janusz Kaminski, West Side Story

BEST ACHIEVEMENT FILM EDITING
Una Ni Dhonghaile, Belfast
Joe Walker, Dune
Andy Jurgensen, Licorice Pizza
Tom Cross and Elliot Graham, No Time to Die
Peter Sciberras, The Power of the Dog

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN

Dune
Patrice Vermette (production design) & Richard Roberts and Zsuzsanna Sipos (set decoration)

The French Dispatch
Adam Stockhausen (production design) & Rena DeAngelo (set decoration)

Nightmare Alley
Tamara Deverell (production design) & Shane Vieau (set decoration)

The Power of the Dog
Grant Major (production design) & Amber Richards (set decoration)

West Side Story
Adam Stockhausen (production design) & Rena DeAngelo (set decoration)

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
Jenny Beavan, Cruella
Massimo Cantini Parrini and Jacqueline Durran, Cyrano
Jacqueline West and Bob Morgan, Dune
Janty Yates, House of Gucci
Paul Tazewell, West Side Story

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC - ORIGINAL SCORE
Nicholas Britell, Don't Look Up
Hans Zimmer, Dune
Germain Franco, Encanto
Alexandre Desplat, The French Dispatch
Jonny Greenwood, The Power of the Dog

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC - ORIGINAL SONG

"Be Alive", King Richard
music & lyrics by Beyonce Knowles-Carter and Dixson.

"Dos Oruguitas", Encanto
music & lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda

"Just Look Up", Don't Look Up
music & lyrics by Nicholas Britell, Ariana Grande and Scott Mescudi

"No Time to Die", No Time To Die
music & lyrics by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell

"Somehow You Do", Four Good Days
music & lyrics by Diane Warren

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND
Simon Chase, James Mather, Denise Yarde and Niv Adris, Belfast
Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill and Ron Bartlett, Dune
Simon Hayes, Oliver Tarney and Paul Massey, No Time To Die
Ethan Van Der Ryn, Erik Aadahl, Michael Barosky and Brandon Proctor, A Quiet Place Part II
Gary Rydstrom, Brian Chumney, Andy Nelson, Tod Maitland and Shawn Murphy, West Side Story

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor and Gerd Nefzer, Dune
Alessandro Ongaro, Sheena Duggal, Aharon Bourland and Pier Lefebvre, Ghostbusters Afterlife
John Desjardin, Bryan Hirota, Kevin Smith and Mike Meinardus, Godzilla v. Kong
Charlie Noble, Chris Corbould, Yael Majors and Stefan Lange, No Time To Die
Kelly Port, Chris Waegner, Scott Edelstein and Dan Sudick, Spider Man: No Way Home

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
Nadia Stacey and Carolyn Cousins, Cruella
Alessandro Bertolazzi and Sian Miller, Cyrano
Donald Mowat, Love Larson and Eva von Bahr, Dune
Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram and Justin Raleigh, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Jana Carboni, Giuliano Mariano and Göran Lundström, House of Gucci

BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Affairs of the Art, Joanna Quinn and Les Mills
Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman’s Apprentice, Zacharias Kunuk
Namoo, Erick Oh
Robin Robin, Dan Ojari and Mikey Please
Us Again, Zach Parrish

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Audible, Matt Ogens
Camp Confidential: America's Secret Nazis, Mor Loushy and Daniel Sivan
Day of Rage, Nancy Gauss
The Facility, Seth Freed Wessler
The Queen of Basketball, Ben Proudfoot

BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT
Censor of Dreams, Leo Berne and Raphael Rodriguez
Frimas, Marianne Farley
The Long Goodbye, Aneil Karia
When The Sun Sets, Phumi Morare
You're Dead, Helene, Michiel Blanchart
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Re: Final Oscar Predictions

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Here are mine for every category excluding shorts and animated.

BEST PICTURE

Being The Ricardos

Belfast

CODA

Don’t Look Up

Drive My Car

Dune

King Richard

Licorice Pizza

The Power Of The Dog

West Side Story

DIRECTING

Belfast

Don’t Look Up

Dune

Licorice Pizza

The Power Of The Dog

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Being The Ricardos

Belfast

Don’t Look Up

Licorice Pizza

The French Dispatch

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

CODA

Drive My Car

Dune

The Lost Daughter

The Power Of The Dog

LEAD ACTRESS

Nicole Kidman - Being The Ricardos

Penelope Cruz - Parallel Mothers

Kristen Stewart - Spencer

Jessica Chastain - The Eyes Of Tammy Faye

Olivia Colman - The Lost Daughter

LEAD ACTOR

Leonardo DiCaprio - Don’t Look Up

Will Smith - King Richard

Benedict Cumberbatch - The Power Of The Dog

Denzel Washington - The Tragedy of Macbeth

Andrew Garfield - Tick, Tick, Boom

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Caitriona Balfe - Belfast

Aunjanue Ellis - King Richard

Ruth Negga - Passing

Kirsten Dunst - The Power Of The Dog

Ariana DeBose - West Side Story

SUPPORTING ACTOR

Cirian Hinds - Belfast

Troy Kotsur - CODA

Ben Affleck - Tender Bar

Andrew Garfield - The Eyes Of Tammy Faye

Kodi Smit-McPhee - The Power Of The Dog

EDITING

Belfast

Dune

Don’t Look Up

King Richard

The Power Of The Dog

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Dune

Nightmare Alley

The Green Knight

The Tragedy Of McBeth

The Power Of The Dog

SET

Dune

Cyrano

Nightmare Alley

The French Dispatch

West Side Story

COSTUME

Cruella

Cyrano

Dune

Nightmare Alley

West Side Story

SCORE

Being The Ricardos

Dune

Parallel Mothers

The Power Of The Dog

The French Dispatch

SOUND

A Quiet Place 2

Dune

Last Night In Soho

No Time To Die

West Side Story

VISUAL EFFECTS

Dune

Eternals

Godzilla vs Kong

Spider-Man: No Way Home

The Matrix Resurrections

MAKEUP

Cruella

Dune

House Of Gucci

The Eyes Of Tammy Faye

The Suicide Squad

SONG

“Down To Joy” - Belfast

“Just Look Up” - Don’t Look Up

“Dos Oruguitas” - Encanto

“Be Alive” - King Richard

“No Time To Die” - No Time to Die

FOREIGN FILM

Drive My Car

Flee

I’m Your Man

The Hand Of God

The Worst Person In The World

DOCUMENTARY

Ascension

Flee

Procession

Summer of Soul

The Rescue
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Final Oscar Predictions

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My final predictions, top 6 categories only:

PICTURE
Being the Ricardos
Belfast
CODA
Dune
Don’t Look Up
Licorice Pizza
King Richard
The Lost Daughter
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story

DIRECTOR
Kenneth Branagh “Belfast”
Ryusuke Amaguchi “Drive My Car”
Paul Thomas Anderson “Licorice Pizza”
Maggie Gyllenhaall “The Lost Daughter”
Jane Campion “The Power of the Dog”

ACTOR
Benedict Cumberbatch, “The Power of the Dog”
Leonardo di Caprio, “Don’t Look Up”
Andrew Garfield, “Tick Tick Boom”
Will Smith, “King Richard”
Denzel Washington, “The Tragedy of Macbeth”

ACTRESS
Penelope Cruz, “Parallel Mothers”
Olivia Colman, “The Lost Daughter”
Lady Gaga, “House of Gucci”
Alana Haim, “Licorice Pizza”
Nicole Kidman, “Being the Ricardos”

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Bradley Cooper, “Licorice Pizza”
Ciaran Hinds, “Belfast”
Troy Kotsur, “CODA”
Jesse Plemons, “The Power of the Dog”
Kodi Smit-McPhee, “The Power of the Dog”

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Catriona Balfe, “Belfast”
Jessie Buckley, “The Lost Daughter”
Ariana DeBose, “West Side Story”
Kirsten Dunst, “The Power of the Dog”
Ruth Negga, “Passing”
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