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Oscars Predictions: with 'Cats' out of the Way, It's Anyone's Ballgame NEWS ENTERTAINMENT LIFESTYLE VIEWS SHOWS VIDEO WIN 10 PLAY . / ' VIEWS HOME $ VIEWS Oscars Predictions: With 'Cats' Out Of The Way, It’s Anyone’s Ballgame ( % 10 daily Favourites ( 0:00 / 0:00 % The Black Box: How A Dish Inspired By A Mystery Box Became A Nick Bhasin * + , - MasterChef Pressure Views Editor Test Sun 09 Feb 2020 10.37 AM How To Master The Basics Of A Perfect Steak The 92nd Academy Awards are just hours away and I’m so, so excited. When Quarantine And TL;DR Collide - I can’t sleep. My hands are jittery. I’ve got a weird twitch in my knee that makes a kind of Introducing Our New Iso growling sound. 'Recap' QuaranTL;DR That’s how eagerly I am anticipating this awards show. (Now that I’ve gotten over the & fact that Cats was brutally snubbed in virtually every category. Shame! Shame! Meow. Latest Videos Shame!) The Importance Of Auslan Interpreters Part of the excitement, of course, is predicting who will win on Monday morning (Sunday ) night in the US). The Latest Life In Lockdown A lot of people are afraid to make the kind of bold predictions only a cinema wizard ) would make. Not me. I’m going to predict the stufng out of these awards and you will Kate Langbroek Gives not see me coming. Us The Latest From Italy ) Then, completely unsolicited and without warning, I’m going to say who should win. Boom! People can win all they want. But should they? That’s the real question. Join The Project's Fancy Friday Dinner ) READ MORE The Shocking Oscars Snubs That No One The Anzac In My Family Wants To Talk About ) My methods are extremely scientific. # Quick Reads 2 Thursday Is The Best Day Of The When deciding if a movie will win, I carefully calibrate everything I know about the MIN Week. Fight Me. READ movie, about Hollywood, astrology, obscure Seinfeld trivia, cancel culture and Brexit. 2 The Retro Entertainment Alternative It’s a finely-tuned formula and I can’t go into too much more detail than that. MIN If This Pandemic Is Drive-In You Mad READ When deciding if a movie should win, I ask myself the following questions: NSW Reopens Regions - A Win For 1 Those With Unexpected Time On MIN READ Their Hands Did I like this movie? How much do I stand to gain personally and/or financially if this movie wins? One In Eight Australians Believes Bill 1 Gates Is Responsible For Coronavirus, MIN And that’s it. That’s how I do it. READ And... Wow On to the categories... 1 English Football Could Return With MIN Fake Fans READ (Not all of them, of course. Just the ones I care about. If there’s a category I skip, you can just assume that I think Cats will and should win it.) Let us slide into your DMs Get The Headlines # $ Trending Our Leaders’ Handling Of 1 The Coronavirus, Ranked ' VIEWS Who will win? Who won't win? With 'Cats' shamefully kicked aside, the field is wide open. (Image: Universal, Lionsgate, Sony, Netflix, Warner Bros, Getty) Here's How I Got Access To 2 Legal CBD Oil In Australia Performance by an actor in a leading role nominees: ' VIEWS Antonio Banderas: PAIN AND GLORY, Leonardo DiCaprio: ONCE UPON A TIME...IN 3 The 5 Best Sex Toys On HOLLYWOOD, Adam Driver: MARRIAGE STORY, Joaquin Phoenix: JOKER, Jonathan The Market (Batteries Not Included) Pryce: THE TWO POPES ' VIEWS Who will win: Other Than Disney World, 4 Here’s A List Of Places Joaquin Phoenix. Child-Free Adults Should Be Banned He won the BAFTA and apologised for being white. If that doesn’t butter up the Academy ' VIEWS nothing will. Thursday Is The Best Day 5 Of The Week. Fight Me. Who SHOULD win: ' VIEWS Leonardo DiCaprio. Every one of these people was great in their respective movies. As far as I know. I haven’t seen Pain and Glory. Also Marriage Story feels like an intimate portrait of two people you’re glad you don’t know. I’ve got nothing against Phoenix, but Leo is great in OUAT... IH and he gave an interview on a podcast the other day that I really liked, so I want him to win and so he should win. Joaquin Phoenix most certainly will win for his portrayal of the Joker. But should he? That, friends, is another matter. (Image: Warner Bros) Performance by an actor in a supporting role nominees: Tom Hanks: A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, Anthony Hopkins: THE TWO POPES, Al Pacino: THE IRISHMAN, Joe Pesci: THE IRISHMAN, Brad Pitt: ONCE UPON A TIME... IN HOLLYWOOD Who will win: Brad Pitt. There’s speculation that he’s back together with Jen and they’re already married and they’re expecting a baby and they’re broken up again I’m sorry. Who SHOULD win: Brad Pitt. Robert Pattinson better get out of my face. Brad Pitt is the handsomest man in the world. He’s been written off as a pretty boy all his life but he’s actually great in lots of movies. I know it. The Academy knows it. And now you know it. Performance by an actress in a leading role nominees: Cynthia Erivo: HARRIET, Scarlett Johansson: MARRIAGE STORY, Saoirse Ronan: LITTLE WOMEN, Charlize Theron: BOMBSHELL, Renée Zellweger: JUDY Who will win: Charlize Theron. Did you see her makeup? She is terrifying as Fox anchor Megyn Kelly. And the Academy loves physical transformations. Who SHOULD win: Saoirse Ronan. I haven't seen Little Women yet. I’m going with my lady friend next week. But I loved Ronan in Lady Bird and I finally figured out how to pronounce her name. I’m sure Renee Zellweger is very nice but I’m getting really tired of these music biopics. They are NEVER good. They’re always just okay. So no more biopics please. Rocketman, the Queen one, Frozen 2… enough is enough. As for Scarlett Johansson, I did not care for her character’s dancing. I was tempted to say Cynthia Erivo should win. She’s the only non-white actor nominated this year. But I think it’s better for the Academy to stare their diversity problem (and their black-women-can-only-get-nominated-if-they-play-certain-types problem) right in the face when only white people win. In 'Harriet', Cynthia Erivo (left) plays Harriet Tubman, the former slave who helped other slaves escape via the Underground Railroad. (Image: Focus Features) Performance by an actress in a supporting role nominees: Kathy Bates: RICHARD JEWELL, Laura Dern: MARRIAGE STORY, Scarlett Johansson: JOJO RABBIT, Florence Pugh: LITTLE WOMEN, Margot Robbie: BOMBSHELL Who will win: Laura Dern. The divorce lawyers are the best thing about Marriage Story and Dern stands out. She’s fierce and uncompromising and brutally honest. Who SHOULD win: Laura Dern. Speaking of honesty, I’ve only seen Marriage Story and Bombshell so that doesn’t leave me with a lot of options. Margot Robbie is okay in Bombshell. I don’t know how to pronounce it (yet), but Florence Pugh has a great name. READ MORE Academy Awards 2020: Here Are All The Oscars Nominees Best animated feature film of the year nominees: HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD, I LOST MY BODY, KLAUS, MISSING LINK, TOY STORY 4 Who will win: Toy Story 4. I was appalled to discover that of all the Toy Story’s, only Toy Story 3 has won this award. But this is the end of the road for Woody and the gang, so I think it’ll be a sentimental favourite. Also the movie is really good. I’ve been quoting it with my kids nonstop. (Actually, we did stop just recently - sorry Toy Story 4.) Who SHOULD win: Missing Link. Hugh Jackman is a global treasure and he is delightful in this movie. As is Zach Galifianakis, one of the best comedians of all time. It’s weird and fun and I liked it a lot. How to Train Your Dragon was only semi-fun to begin with and the franchise has gotten worse with time, I assume from the trailers. I’m not even sure how it got here - or how it’s better than Frozen 2, which, as it happens, is also not good. Same for Klaus, which tries way too hard. I haven’t seen I Lost My Body because it looks really sad. But I’ll get to it. 'Missing Link' has some very decent laughs in it. Don't snub it! (Image: United Artists) Achievement in directing nominees: Martin Scorsese:THE IRISHMAN, Todd Phillips: JOKER, Sam Mendes: 1917, Quentin Tarantino: ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD, Bong Joon Ho: PARASITE Who will win: Sam Mendes. 1917 is a British war movie and the Academy loves that kind of thing. Who SHOULD win: Martin Scorsese. I’m tempted to say Bong Joon Ho, but I haven’t seen Parasite yet. I hear it’s great and I believe what I hear. But Scorsese somehow made me love a 75-hour movie that re-explores themes he’s already gone over in other movies and forced me to look at those themes totally differently. That’s an achievement. Best international feature film of the year nominees: CORPUS CHRISTI, HONEYLAND, LES MISÉRABLES, PAIN AND GLORY, PARASITE Who will win: Parasite. Who SHOULD win: I haven’t seen any of these movies, so I’m going with the one I will eventually see and like the most.
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