Fill out Your Ballot …For the Oscars

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It ’s time to fill out your ballot …for the Oscars

he Academy Awards air •Meryl Streep, “The Post” on Sunday at 7 p.m. Central on ABC. Below SUPPORTING ACTRESS is a ballot listing the nominees in the main •Mary J. Blige, “Mudbound” awardT categories. •Allison Janney, “I, Tonya” I’ve reviewed almost all the RE B E C CA •Lesley Manville, “Phantom films under consideration in past L. FORD T h r e a d ” co l u m n s . •Laurie Metcalf, “Lady Bird” Time to be your own film critic. •Octavia Spencer, “The Shape Send your prebroadcast Oscar Rebecca L. Ford is counsel to Scharf of Water” predictions to me at Banks Marmor LLC, and concentrates her practice on complex litigation, compliance, rford@scharf banks.com. board governance and specialized ADAPTED SCREENPLAY I’ll make a contribution to employment issues. She is the former Lawyers for the Creative Arts in executive vice president for litigation and •“Call Me By Your Name,” the name of the “w i n n e r s . ”G o o d intellectual property at MGM. She can be James Ivory Luck! reached at [email protected]. •“The Disaster Artist,”S c o t t Neustadter and Michael H. Weber BEST PICTURE •Daniel Day-Lewis, “Phantom •“L o g a n , ”Scott Frank, James T h r e a d ” Mangold and Michael Green •“Call Me By Your Name” •Daniel Kaluuya, “Get Out” •“M o l l y ’s Game,”Aaron Sorkin •“Darkest Hour” •Gary Oldman, “Darkest Hour” •“M u d b o u n d ,”Virgil Williams •“D u n k i rk ” •Denzel Washington, “Roman J. and Dee Rees •“Get Out” Israel, Esq.” •“Lady Bird” ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY •“Phantom Thread” SUPPORTING ACTOR •“The Post” •“The Big Sick,”Emily V. Gor- •“The Shape of Water” •Willem Dafoe, “The Florida don and Kumail Nanjiani •“Three Billboards Outside P ro j e c t” •“Get Out,”Jordan Peele Ebbing, Missouri” •Woody Harrelson, “Three Bill- •“Lady Bird,”Greta Gerwig boards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” •“The Shape of Water,”G u i l l e r - DIREC TING •Christopher Plummer, “All the mo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor Money in the World” •“Three Billboards Outside •“D u n k i rk ,”Christopher Nolan •Sam Rockwell, “Three Bill- Ebbing, Missouri,”Martin McDonagh •“Get Out,”Jordan Peele boards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” •“Lady Bird,”Greta Gerwig C I N E M AT O G R A P H Y •“Phantom Thread,”Pa u l AC TRE SS, LEADING ROLE Thomas Anderson •“Blade Runner 2049,”R o g e r •“The Shape of Water,”G u i l l e r - •Sally Hawkins, “The Shape of A. Deakins mo del Toro Wat e r ” •“Darkest Hour,”Bruno Del- •Frances McDormand, “T h re e bonnel A C T O R , L E A D I N G R O L E Billboards Outside Ebbing, Mis- •“D u n k i r k ,”Hoyte van Hoytema souri” •“M u d b o u n d ,”Rachel Morrison •Timothée Chalamet, “Call Me •Margot Robbie, “I, Tonya” •“The Shape of Water,”Da n by Your Name” •Saoirse Ronan, “Lady Bird” Laustsen