BIG NEWS: Oscar nominations are in!

Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, Vice
Marina de Tavira, Roma
Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
Emma Stone, The Favourite
Rachel Weisz, The Favourite

Costume Design
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Black Panther
The Favourite
Mary Poppings returns
Mary Queen of Scots

Sound Mixing
Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody
First Man
Roma
A star is Born

Sound Editing
Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody
First Man
A Quiet Place
Roma

Animated Short
Animal Behavior
Bao
Late Afternoon
One Small Step
Weekends

Live Action Short
Detainment
Fauve
Marguerite
Mother
Skin

Original Score
Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
If Beale Street Could Talk
Isle of Dogs
Mary Poppins returns

Film Editing
BlacKkKlansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
Green Book
Vice

Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali, Green Book
Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman
Sam Elliott, A Star is Born
Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Sam Rockwell, Vice

Best Foreign Language Film
Capernaum, Lebanon
Cold War, Poland
Never Look Away, Germany
Roma, Mexico
Shoplifters, Japan

Best Documentary, Short
Black Sheep
End Game
Lifeboat
A Night at the Garden
Period. End of Sentence.

Best Documentary, Feature
Free Solo
Hale County This Morning, This evening
Minding the gap
Of Fathers and Sons
RGB

Production Design
Black Panther
The Favourite
First Man
Mary Poppins Returns
Roma

Cinematography
Cold War
The Favourite
Never Look Away
Roma
A Star is Born

Visual Effects
Avengers: Infinity War
Christopher Robin
First Man
Ready Player One
Solo: A Star Wars story

Makeup and hairstyling
Border
Mary Queen of Scots
Vice

Best Animated Feature
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Mirai
Ralph breaks the Internet
Spider-man: Into the Spider Verse

Original Song
All the stars, Black Panther
I’ll Fight, RBG
The place where lost things go, Mary Poppins return
Shallow, A Star is Born
When a cowboy trades his spurs for wings, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Adapted Screenplay
The Balled of Buster Scruggs
Blackklansman
Can you ever forgive me?
If Beale street could talk
A star is born

Original Screenplay
The Favourite
First Reformed
Green Book
Roma
Vice

Leading Actor
Christian Bale, Vice
Bradley Cooper, A Star is Born
Willem Dafoe, At Eternity’s gate
Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
Viggo Mortensen, Green Book

Leading Actress
Yalitza Aparicio, Roma
Glenn Close, the Wife
Olivia Coleman, The Favourite
Lady Gaga, A Star is Born
Melissa McCarthy, Can you ever forgive me?

Directing
Blackklansman, Spike Lee
Cold war, Pawel Pawlikowski
The Favourite, Yorgos Lanthimos
Roma, Alfonso Cuarón
Vice, Adam McKay

Best Picture
Black Panther
Blackklansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
Green Book
Roma
A Star is Born
Vice

So, this is it. There were a few surprises, like how I really don’t get why Bradley Cooper isn’t nominated for best director. Also, why only three nominations in make-up and hairstyling? And I have to admit that I was wrong. Not very wrong, but I was wrong. In a blog post about A Star is Born, I predicted that the movie would get six nominations. They have seven! But Bradley Cooper can’t win Best Directing, so my predictions for the winners is wrong, too.

Roma 10 times, A Star is Born 8 times, BlacKkKlansman 6 times, Green Book 5 times, Bohemian Rhapsody 5 times, The Favourite 10 times, Vice 8 times, Black Panther 7 times. We have to keep an eye on these movies, they will definitely win one or more statues!

Overall, I can’t say that I am surprised. I agree with this list. I haven’t seen all the movies, like Roma, but I’ve heard great things about it; so I’m not surprised. I’m looking forward to the actual ceremony!