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This has been an interesting year for the Academy. Last year’s Oscars suffered their lowest ratings ever and they were in a frustration. Hey, when they keep on giving Best Picture to movies with low grosses, they’ve got it coming. However nothing lasts forever.

This year looks like movies with good grosses have good chances. Yes, we do have the arthouse films and film fest films dominating, but this year looks good for popular fare too. So here are my predictions for the nominations of the 2018 Academy Awards:

BEST PICTURE

• Black Panther
• BlacKkKlansman
• Bohemian Rhapsody
• The Favourite
• Green Book
• If Beale Street Could Talk
• A Quiet Place
• A Star Is Born
• Roma
• Vice

BEST DIRECTOR

• Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born
• Alfonso Cuaron – Roma
• Peter Farrelly – Green Book
• Spike Lee – BlacKkKlansman
• Adam McKay – Vice

BEST ACTOR

• Christian Bale – Vice
• Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born
• Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody
• Viggo Mortenson – Green Book
• John David Washington – BlacKkKlansman

BEST ACTRESS

• Emily Blunt – Mary Poppins Returns
• Glenn Close – The Wife
• Olivia Colman – The Favourite
• Lady Gaga – A Star Is Born
• Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me?

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Mahershala Ali – Green Book
• Timothee Chalamet – Beautiful Boy
• Adam Driver – BlacKkKlansman
• Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
• Sam Rockwell – Vice

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Amy Adams – Vice
• Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk
• Margot Robbie – Mary, Queen Of Scots
• Emma Stone – The Favourite
• Rachel Weisz – The Favourite

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Deborah Davis & Tony MacNamara – The Favourite
• Paul Schrader – First Reformed
• Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly & Nick Vallelonga – Green Book
• Alfonso Cuaron – Roma
• Adam McKay – Vice

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• Ryan Coogler & John Robert Cole – Black Planther
• Charlie Wachtel. David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee – BlacKkKlansman
• Nicole Holofcener & Jeff Whitty – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
• Barry Jenkins – If Beale Street Could Talk
• Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper & Bill Fetters – A Star Is Born

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

• The Incredibles 2
• Isle Of Dogs
• Mirai
• Ralph Breaks The Internet
• SpiderMan: Into The Spider-Verse

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Rachel Morrison – Black Panther
• Robbie Ryan – The Favourite
• Linus Sandgren – First Man
• Alfonso Cuaron – Roma
• Matthew Libatique – A Star Is Born

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

• Alexandra Byrne – Mary Queen Of Scots
• Ruth E. Carter – Black Panther
• Julian Day – Bohemian Rhapsody
• Sandy Powell – The Favourite
• Sandy Powell – Mary Poppins Returns

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

• Free Solo
• Hale County This Morning, This Evening
• RBG
• Three Identical Strangers
• Won’t You Be My Neighbor

BEST FILM EDITING

• Alfonso Cuaron & Adam Gough – Roma
• Tom Cross – First Man
• Jay Cassidy – A Star Is Born
• Hank Corwin – Vice
• Yorgos Mavropsaridis – The Favourite

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• Burning – South Korea
• Capernaum – Lebanon
• Cold War – Poland
• Roma – Mexico
• Shoplifters – Japan

BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP

• Black Panther
• Mary Queen Of Scots
• Vice

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

• Nicholas Brittell – If Beale Street Could Talk
• Alexandre Desplat – Isle Of Dogs
• Ludwig Goranson – Black Panther
• Justin Hurwitz – First Man
• Marc Shaiman – Mary Poppins Returns

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

• “All The Stars” – Black Panther
• “Girl In The Movies” – Dumplin’
• “I’ll Fight” – RBG
• “Revelation” – Boy Erased
• “Shallow” – A Star Is Born

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

• Hannah Beachler – Black Panther
• Nelson Coates – Crazy Rich Asians
• Fiona Crowley – The Favourite
• Nathan Crowley – First Man
• John Myhre – Mary Poppins Returns

BEST SOUND MIXING

• Black Panther
• Bohemian Rhapsody
• First Man
• A Star Is Born
• A Quiet Place

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

• Avengers: Infinity War
• Black Panther
• Ready Player One
• Mary Poppins Returns
• Solo: A Star Wars Story

Those are my predictions for nominations. I also include predictions for possible upsetters for my main predictions. Not every category will include my picks for upsetters. Just for those in the case I feel they could get nominated instead of the favorites. Without further ado, here is my list for the most likely upsetters:

BEST PICTURE

• Crazy Rich Asians
• Mary Poppins Returns

BEST DIRECTOR

• Yiorgos Lanthimos – The Favourite
• Damien Chazelle – First Man

BEST ACTOR

• Ethan Hawke – First Reformed
• Willem Dafoe – At Eternity’s Gate

BEST ACTRESS

• Elsie Fisher – Eighth Grade
• Regina Hall – Support The Girls

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Sam Elliott – A Star Is Born
• Michael B. Jordan – Black Panther

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Emily Blunt – A Quiet Place
• Claire Foy – First Man

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Bo Burnham – Eighth Grade
• Bryan Woods, Scott Beck & John Krasinski – A Quiet Place

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• Josh Singer – First Man

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

• Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch
• Ruben Brandt, Collector

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Lukasz Zal – Cold War
• James Laxton – If Beale Street Could Talk

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

• Erin Benach – A Star Is Born

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

• Minding The Gap

BEST FILM EDITING

• Barry Alexander Brown – BlacKkKlansman
• John Ottman – Bohemian Rhapsody

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• The Guilty – Denmark
• Never Look Away – Germany

BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP

• The Favourite

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

• Marco Beltrami – A Quiet Place

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

• “The Place Where Lost Things Go” – Mary Poppins Returns
• “Trip A Little Light Fantastic” – Mary Poppins Returns

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

• Eugenio Caballero – Roma
• Stuart Craig – Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindenwald

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

• Christopher Robin
• First Man

And those are my predictions for the nominations of this year’s Academy Awards. The actual nominees will be revealed bright and early Tuesday morning. It’s the only reason to wake up that early on a Tuesday!