My Final 2023 OSCARS Predictions (Winners)
Well, all of the pre-cursors are done, and Awards Season is winding down. Based on all the information I have, these are my final predictions for who/what will win in all the major above-the-line categories.
These are my predictions of what will win - but I have also notated which one in each category would be my PREFERENCE regardless of my prediction. Here goes nothing...
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
Hong Chau (The Whale)
Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin) - WINNER
Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere All At Once)
Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All At Once)
Who Would I Vote For? - Stephanie Hsu
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Bryan Tyree Henry (Causeway)
Judd Hirsch (The Fabelmans)
Barry Keoghan (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All At Once) - WINNER
Who Would I Vote For? - Ke Huy Quan
BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett (TAR)
Ana De Armas (Blonde)
Andrea Riseborough (To Leslie)
Michelle Williams (The Fabelmans)
Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All At Once) - WINNER
Who Would I Vote For? - Michelle Yeoh
BEST ACTOR
Austin Butler (Elvis) - WINNER
Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Brendan Fraser (The Whale)
Paul Mescal (Aftersun)
Bill Nighy (Living)
Who Would I Vote For? - Austin Butler
BEST DIRECTING
Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Daniel Kwan/Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All At Once) - WINNER
Steven Spielberg (The Fabelmans)
Todd Field (TAR)
Ruben Ostlund (Triangle of Sadness)
Who Would I Vote For? - The Daniels
BEST PICTURE
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All At Once - WINNER
The Fabelmans
TAR
Top Gun: Maverick
Triangle of Sadness
Women Talking
Who Would I Vote For? - Everything Everywhere All At Once
Here are the rest of my predictions in the remaining categories:
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio - WINNER
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
The Sea Beast
Turning Red
CINEMATOGRAPHY
All Quiet on the Western Front - WINNER
Bardo, False Chronicles of a Handful of Truths
Elvis
Empire of Light
TAR
COSTUME DESIGN
Babylon
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis - WINNER
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Mrs Harris Goes to Paris
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
All That Breathes
All The Beauty and the Bloodshed
Fire of Love - WINNER
A House Made of Splinters
Navalny
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
The Elephant Whisperers
Haulout
How Do You Measure a Year
The Martha Mitchell Effect
Stranger at the Gate - WINNER
FILM EDITING
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once - WINNER
TAR
Top Gun: Maverick
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
All Quiet on the Western Front - WINNER
Argentina, 1985
Close
EO
The Quiet Girl
MAKEUP & HAIR STYLING
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis - WINNER
The Whale
ORIGINAL SCORE
All Quiet on the Western Front
Babylon - WINNER
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
ORIGINAL SONG
Applause (Tell it Like a Woman)
Hold My Hand (Top Gun: Maverick) Lift Me Up (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
Naatu Naatu (RRR) - WINNER
This is a Life (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
PRODUCTION DESIGN
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon - WINNER
Elvis
The Fabelmans
ANIMATED SHORT
The Boy, The Fox, The Mole & The Horse
The Flying Sailor
Ice Merchants
My Year of Dicks - WINNER An Ostrich Told Me the World is Fake and I Think I Believe It
LIVE ACTION SHORT
An Irish Goodbye - WINNER
Ivalu
Le Purpille
Night Ride
The Red Suitcase
SOUND
All Quiet on the Western Front - WINNER
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
Elvis
Top Gun: Maverick
VISUAL EFFECTS
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water - WINNER
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Top Gun: Maverick
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
All Quiet on the Western Front
Glass Onion
Living
Top Gun: Maverick
Women Talking - WINNER
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once - WINNER
The Fabelmans
TAR
Triangle of Sadness
Tune in to the 95th Academy Awards on ABC on Sunday, March 12th at 8pm EST.