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Year-ish Ahead: The 97th Academy Awards

Usually like to do these earlier in the month, but that's not what happened.

Last year, my April predictions for the 96th Academy Awards were my best ever, I'm pretty sure. I mean, golly, not only did I correctly predict many of the nominees, I correctly foresaw Oppenheimer's wins in Picture, Director, and Supporting Actor! I also knew The Holdovers was gonna do well, but - even to the end - I was too optimistic about Paul Giamatti's triumph. But gosh, 4/5 of the Best Actor nominees!

I don't expect to do that well again. But why not try?

BEST PICTURE
The Apprentice
Blitz
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Horizon
Juror No. 2
The Outrun
The Piano Lesson
Queer
Wicked

BEST DIRECTOR
Ali Abbasi, The Apprentice
Kevin Costner, Horizon
Nora Fingscheidt, The Outrun
Luca Guadagnino, Queer
Steve McQueen, Blitz

BEST ACTOR
Kevin Costner, Horizon
Daniel Craig, Queer
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Nicholas Hoult, Juror No. 2
Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice

BEST ACTRESS
Amy Adams, Nightbitch
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths
Angelina Jolie, Maria
Saoirse Ronan, The Outrun

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Stephen Dillane, The Outrun
Ray Fisher, The Piano Lesson
Stephen Graham, Blitz
Samuel L. Jackson, The Piano Lesson
Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Joan Chen, Dìdi
Toni Collette, Juror No. 2
Danielle Deadwyler, The Piano Lesson
Ariana Grande, Wicked
Isabella Rossellini, Conclave

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Apprentice - Gabriel Sherman
Blitz - Steve McQueen
Civil War - Alex Garland
Hard Truths - Mike Leigh
Juror No. 2 - Jonathan Abrams

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Conclave - Peter Straughan
Dune: Part Two - Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts
The Outrun - Nora Fingscheidt & Amy Liptrot, story by Liptrot & Fingscheidt and Daisy Lewis
The Piano Lesson - Malcolm Washington and Virgil Williams
Queer - Justin Kuritzkes


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