94th Oscar Winners Announced

The Oscars were presented in a chaotic ceremony last night, and I went 18/23 on my predictions. I should've stuck with CODA for Best Picture and "No Time to Die" for Best Original Song. Check out their picks below.

(winners = *)

BEST PICTURE:

Belfast

CODA*

Don’t Look Up

Drive My Car

Dune

King Richard

Licorice Pizza

Nightmare Alley

The Power of the Dog

West Side Story


BEST DIRECTOR:

Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza

Kenneth Branagh, Belfast

Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog*

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car

Steven Spielberg, West Side Story


BEST ACTOR:

Javier Bardem, Being the Ricardos

Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog

Andrew Garfield, tick, tick…Boom!

Will Smith, King Richard*

Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth


BEST ACTRESS:

Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye*

Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter

Penélope Cruz, Parallel Mothers

Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos

Kristen Stewart, Spencer


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

Ciarán Hinds, Belfast

Troy Kotsur, CODA*

Jesse Plemons, The Power of the Dog

J.K. Simmons, Being the Ricardos

Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter

Ariana DeBose, West Side Story*

Judi Dench, Belfast

Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog

Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard


BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

CODA*

Drive My Car

Dune

The Lost Daughter

The Power of the Dog


BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

Belfast*

Don’t Look Up

King Richard

Licorice Pizza

The Worst Person in the World


BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:

Dune*

Nightmare Alley

The Power of the Dog

The Tragedy of Macbeth

West Side Story


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

Dune*

Nightmare Alley

The Power of the Dog

The Tragedy of Macbeth

West Side Story


BEST COSTUME DESIGN:

Cruella*

Cyrano

Dune

Nightmare Alley

West Side Story


BEST FILM EDITING:

Don’t Look Up

Dune*

King Richard

The Power of the Dog

tick, tick…Boom!


BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:

Don't Look Up

Dune*

Encanto

Parallel Mothers

The Power of the Dog


BEST ORIGINAL SONG:

“Be Alive” from King Richard

“Dos Oruguitas” from Encanto

“Down to Joy” from Belfast

“No Time to Die” from No Time to Die*

“Somehow You Do” from Four Good Days


BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING:

Coming 2 America

Cruella

Dune

The Eyes of Tammy Faye*

House of Gucci


BEST SOUND:

Belfast

Dune*

No Time to Die

The Power of the Dog

West Side Story


BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:

Dune*

Free Guy

No Time to Die

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Spider-Man: No Way Home


BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:

Encanto*

Flee

Luca

The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Raya and the Last Dragon


BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM:

Drive My Car*

Flee

The Hand of God

Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom

The Worst Person in the World


BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM:

Ascension

Attica

Flee

Summer of Soul*

Writing with Fire


BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM:

Affairs of the Art

Beast

Boxballet

Robin Robin

The Windshield Wiper*


BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM:

Ala Kachuu - Take and Run

The Dress

The Long Goodbye*

On My Mind

Please Hold


BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT:

Audible

Lead Me Home

The Queen of Basketball*

Three Songs for Benazir

When We Were Bullies

2021

* = winner

BEST PICTURE:

Bergman Island

Drive My Car

Petite Maman*

The Souvenir: Part II

Titane


BEST DIRECTOR:

Julia Ducournau, Titane*

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car

Joanna Hogg, The Souvenir: Part II

Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović, Murina

Céline Sciamma, Petite Maman


BEST ACTOR:

Andrew Garfield, tick, tick…BOOM!

Amir Jadidi, A Hero

Vincent Lindon, Titane*

Hidetoshi Nishijima, Drive My Car

Simon Rex, Red Rocket


BEST ACTRESS:

Penélope Cruz, Parallel Mothers

Kali Reis, Catch the Fair One

Agathe Rousselle, Titane*

Kristen Stewart, Spencer

Honor Swinton Byrne, The Souvenir: Part II


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

Richard Ayoade, The Souvenir: Part II*

Bradley Cooper, Licorice Pizza

Jamie Dornan, Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar

Mike Faist, West Side Story

Jesse Plemons, The Power of the Dog


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter

Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog

Tôko Miura, Drive My Car

Ruth Negga, Passing

Mia Wasikowska, Bergman Island*


BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

Benedetta

Compartment No. 6

Drive My Car*

Passing

The Power of the Dog


BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

Bergman Island

Petite Maman*

Queen of Glory

Titane

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy


BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:

Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

The French Dispatch*

Nightmare Alley

Spencer


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

The French Dispatch

The Green Knight

Passing*

The Power of the Dog

Spencer


BEST COSTUME DESIGN:

Cruella

The French Dispatch

The Green Knight

The Harder They Fall*

Spencer


BEST FILM EDITING:

The Cathedral

The Novice*

On the Count of Three

Summer of Soul

Titane


BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:

Antlers

Blue Bayou

Passing

The Power of the Dog

Spencer*


BEST ORIGINAL SONG:

“Drive” from The Souvenir: Part II

“La Musique du Futur” from Petite Maman*

“No Time to Die” from No Time to Die

“So May We Start” from Annette

“Willy’s Wonderland” from Willy’s Wonderland


BEST MAKEUP:

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain*

The Green Knight

Old

The Suicide Squad

Titane


BEST SOUND:

The Harder They Fall

The Last Duel

The Novice

Titane

West Side Story*


BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:

The Green Knight*

Jungle Cruise

Lamb

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

Spider-Man: No Way Home


BEST STUNTS:

Black Widow

F9

Kate

No Time to Die*

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings


BEST CASTING:

7 Prisoners

The Harder They Fall

Licorice Pizza

Mass*

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy


BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM:

Bergman Island

Drive My Car

Petite Maman*

The Souvenir: Part II

Titane

Final Oscar Predictions

The Oscars are in a few days, so here are my final winner predictions. I didn't go out on too many limbs, except for maybe The Power of the Dog still managing to win Best Picture. Good luck to anyone else who's predicting.

(winners = *)

BEST PICTURE:

Belfast

CODA

Don’t Look Up

Drive My Car

Dune

King Richard

Licorice Pizza

Nightmare Alley

The Power of the Dog*

West Side Story


BEST DIRECTOR:

Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza

Kenneth Branagh, Belfast

Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog*

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car

Steven Spielberg, West Side Story


BEST ACTOR:

Javier Bardem, Being the Ricardos

Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog

Andrew Garfield, tick, tick…Boom!

Will Smith, King Richard*

Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth


BEST ACTRESS:

Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye*

Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter

Penélope Cruz, Parallel Mothers

Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos

Kristen Stewart, Spencer


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

Ciarán Hinds, Belfast

Troy Kotsur, CODA*

Jesse Plemons, The Power of the Dog

J.K. Simmons, Being the Ricardos

Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter

Ariana DeBose, West Side Story*

Judi Dench, Belfast

Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog

Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard


BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

CODA*

Drive My Car

Dune

The Lost Daughter

The Power of the Dog


BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

Belfast*

Don’t Look Up

King Richard

Licorice Pizza

The Worst Person in the World


BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:

Dune

Nightmare Alley*

The Power of the Dog

The Tragedy of Macbeth

West Side Story


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

Dune*

Nightmare Alley

The Power of the Dog

The Tragedy of Macbeth

West Side Story


BEST COSTUME DESIGN:

Cruella*

Cyrano

Dune

Nightmare Alley

West Side Story


BEST FILM EDITING:

Don’t Look Up

Dune*

King Richard

The Power of the Dog

tick, tick…Boom!


BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:

Don't Look Up

Dune*

Encanto

Parallel Mothers

The Power of the Dog


BEST ORIGINAL SONG:

“Be Alive” from King Richard

“Dos Oruguitas” from Encanto*

“Down to Joy” from Belfast

“No Time to Die” from No Time to Die

“Somehow You Do” from Four Good Days


BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING:

Coming 2 America

Cruella

Dune

The Eyes of Tammy Faye*

House of Gucci


BEST SOUND:

Belfast

Dune*

No Time to Die

The Power of the Dog

West Side Story


BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:

Dune*

Free Guy

No Time to Die

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Spider-Man: No Way Home


BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:

Encanto*

Flee

Luca

The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Raya and the Last Dragon


BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM:

Drive My Car*

Flee

The Hand of God

Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom

The Worst Person in the World


BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM:

Ascension

Attica

Flee

Summer of Soul*

Writing with Fire


BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM:

Affairs of the Art

Beast

Boxballet*

Robin Robin

The Windshield Wiper


BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM:

Ala Kachuu - Take and Run

The Dress

The Long Goodbye*

On My Mind

Please Hold


BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT:

Audible

Lead Me Home

The Queen of Basketball

Three Songs for Benazir*

When We Were Bullies

If I Voted: 2021

I've been dragging my feet on posting more on here, but I'll be posting my final Oscar predictions later this week and my personal 2021 ballot on Oscar Sunday. Then I plan on posting more ballots more often. In the meantime, here's how I'd vote on the Oscars this year, excluding documentary and short categories.

BEST PICTURE:
Drive My Car

BEST DIRECTOR:
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car

BEST ACTOR:
Andrew Garfield, tick, tick…Boom!

BEST ACTRESS:
Penélope Cruz, Parallel Mothers

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Jesse Plemons, The Power of the Dog

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
Drive My Car

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Licorice Pizza

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:
Nightmare Alley

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
The Power of the Dog

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
Cruella

BEST FILM EDITING:
The Power of the Dog

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
The Power of the Dog

BEST ORIGINAL SONG:
“No Time to Die” from No Time to Die

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING:
Dune

BEST SOUND:
The Power of the Dog

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
Spider-Man: No Way Home

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
Flee

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM:
Drive My Car