PAUL PREDICTS THE 2017 OSCAR NOMINEES

It’s that time of the year again. The Oscar nominations arrive in the early hours of Tuesday, January 24th. Once again, I am participating in a “Guess the Nominees” contest for fellow blogger Shane over at his website, Film Actually. Here are my picks for who may hear their name called on nomination morning. Don’t be surprised if you hear La La Land mentioned over and over. I have it down for 14 nominations. That may be a bit excessive, but it sure is getting all of the buzz. Moonlight and Manchester By the Sea should both do very well. I think Best Picture is between one of those three, and it will be surprising what makes the rest of the list. Will we see all ten nominees this year? Each category was a bit hard to predict as you easily could replace a nominee with someone else that is just as deserving. I’ll post the nominees as well on Tuesday after their announced. Tune in!

BEST PICTURE
1. Arrival
2. Fences
3. Hacksaw Ridge
4. Hell or High Water
5. Hidden Figures
6. La La Land
7. Lion
8. Manchester By the Sea
9. Moonlight
10. Silence

BEST DIRECTOR
1. Damien Chazelle – La La Land
2. Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
3. Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester By the Sea
4. David Mackenzie – Hell or High Water
5. Dennis Villenueve – Arrival

BEST ACTOR
1. Casey Affleck – Manchester By the Sea
2. Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge
3. Ryan Gosling – La La Land
4. Viggo Mortensen – Captain Fantastic
5. Denzel Washington – Fences

BEST ACTRESS
1. Amy Adams Arrival
2. Annette Bening – 20th Century Women
3. Isabelle Huppert – Elle
4. Natalie Portman – Jackie
5. Emma Stone – La La Land

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
1. Mahershala Ali – Moonlight
2. Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water
3. Lucas Hedges – Manchester By the Sea
4. Dev Patel – Lion
5. Aaron Taylor-Johnson – Nocturnal Animals

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1. Viola Davis – Fences
2. Naomie Harris – Moonlight
3. Nicole Kidman – Lion
4. Octavia Spencer – Hidden Figures
5. Michelle Williams – Manchester By the Sea

BEST EDITING
1. Arrival
2. Hacksaw Ridge
3. La La Land
4. Manchester By the Sea
5. Moonlight

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
1. Matt Ross – Captain Fantastic
2. Taylor Sheridan – Hell or High Water
3. Damien Chazelle – La La Land
4. Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester By the Sea
5. Jared Bush, Phil Johnston – Zootopia

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
1. Eric Heisserer – Arrival
2. August Wilson – Fences
3. Luke Davies – Lion
4. Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
5. Tom Ford – Nocturnal Animals

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
1. A Man Called Ove – Sweden
2. Toni Erdmann – Germany
3. The Salesman – Iran
4. Land of Mine – Denmark
5. My Life as a Zucchini – Switzerland

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1. Jackie
2. La La Land
3. Moonlight
4. Nocturnal Animals
5. Silence

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
1. Arrival
2. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
3. La La Land
4. Jackie
5. Silence

BEST SOUND MIXING
1. Arrival
2. Hacksaw Ridge
3. The Jungle Book
4. La La Land
5. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

BEST SOUND EDITING
1. Arrival
2. Hacksaw Ridge
3. La La Land
4. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
5. Silence

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
1. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
2. Florence Foster Jenkins
3. Jackie
4. La La Land
5. Silence

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
1. Mica Levi – Jackie
2. Justin HurwitzLa La Land
3. Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka – Lion
4. Nicholas Britell – Moonlight
5. Michael Giacchino – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
1. 13th
2. Cameraperson
3. I am Not Your Negro
4. OJ: Made in America
5. Weiner

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
1. Finding Dory
2. Kubo and the Two Strings
3. Moana
4. The Red Turtle
5. Zootopia

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
1. Arrival
2. Doctor Strange
3. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
4. The Jungle Book
5. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
1. Deadpool
2. Florence Foster Jenkins
3. Star Trek Beyond

BEST ORIGINAL SONG (name the song, not just the film)
1. “Audition (The Fools Who Dream)” – La La Land
2. “Runnin’” – Hidden Figures
3. “City of Stars” – La La Land
4. “How Far I’ll Go” – Moana
5. “Try Everything” – Zootopia