Oscar Noms: Rex’s Predictions

This is a unique year for the Oscars. Academy voters have been viewing Oscar contenders without the usual film promotional events, and box office will not play much of a role this year because most cinemas have been closed. So what to expect this Monday when Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra Jonas announce the Oscar nominations? Diversity and inclusion, most notably. Here is LW Oscar expert Rex Okpodu’s lists of likely contenders for Academy Awards in the major categories.

BEST PICTURE

The Trial of the Chicago 7

Nomadland 

Minari 

Mank 

One Night in Miami 

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Promising Young Woman 

Judas and the Black Messiah

OTHER CONTENDERS:

News of the World

Sound of Metal

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (which Rex does not like)

BEST DIRECTOR:

Chloe Zhao, Nomadland

Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7

David Fincher, Mank

Lee Isaac Chung, Minari

PLUS EITHER:

Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman

or

Regina King, One Night in Miami

BEST ACTOR:

Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Anthony Hopkins, The Father

Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal

Gary Oldman, Mank

Steven Yeun, Minari

BEST ACTRESS:

Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman

Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Frances McDormand, Nomadland

Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman

Andra Day, United States vs. Billie Holiday

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

Sacha Baron Cohen, Trial of the Chicago 7

Leslie Odom, Jr., One Night in Miami

Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah

Jared Leto, The Little Things

PLUS EITHER:

Paul Raci, Sound of Metal

or

Chadwick Boseman, Da 5 Bloods

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy

Olivia Colman, The Father

Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari

Maria Bakalova (Borat)

PLUS EITHER:

Helena Zengel, News of the World

or

Amanda Seyfried, Mank

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

Trial of the Chicago 7
Promising Young Woman
Mank
Minari
Soul

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

Nomadland
News of the World
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
One Night in Miami
The Father

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE:

Another Round (Denmark)
Collective (Romania)
Once Upon a Time in Venezuela (Venezuela)
La Llorona (Guatemala)
Quo Vadis, Aida? (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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