PAUL PREDICTS The 88th ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS

BEST PICTURE
1. The Big Short
2. Bridge of Spies
3. Brooklyn
4. Mad Max Fury Road
5. The Martian
6. The Revenant
7. Room
8. Spotlight

WILL WIN: The Revenant
COULD WIN: Spotlight

BEST DIRECTOR
1. Lenny Abrahamson, Room
2. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, The Revenant
3. Adam McKay, The Big Short
4. Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
5. George Miller, Mad Max Fury Road

WILL WIN: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, The Revenant
COULD WIN: George Miller, Mad Max Fury Road

BEST ACTOR
1. Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
2. Matt Damon, The Martian
3. Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
4. Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
5. Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl

WILL WIN: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant

BEST ACTRESS
1. Cate Blanchett, Carol
2. Brie Larson, Room
3. Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
4. Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
5. Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn

WILL WIN: Brie Larson, Room

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
1. Christian Bale, The Big Short
2. Tom Hardy, The Revenant
3. Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
4. Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
5. Sylvester Stallone, Creed

WILL WIN: Sylvester Stallone, Creed
COULD WIN: Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1. Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
2. Rooney Mara, Carol
3. Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
4. Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
5. Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs

WILL WIN: Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
COULD WIN: Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
1. Matt Charman, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Bridge of Spies
2. Alex Garland, Ex Machina
3. Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley, Inside Out
4. Josh Singer, Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
5. Jonathan Herman, Andrea Berloff, Straight Outta Compton

WILL WIN: Josh Singer, Tom McCarthy, Spotlight

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
1. Charles Randolph, Adam McKay, The Big Short
2. Nick Hornby Brooklyn
3. Phyllis Nagy, Carol
4. Drew Goddard, The Martian
5. Emma Donoghue, Room

WILL WIN: Charles Randolph, Adam McKay, The Big Short

BEST EDITING
1. The Big Short
2. Mad Max Fury Road
3. The Revenant
4. Spotlight
5. Star Wars The Force Awakens

WILL WIN: Mad Max Fury Road
COULD WIN: The Big Short

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
1. A War, Denmark
2. Embrace of the Serpent, Columbia
3. Mustang, France
4. Son of Saul, Hungary
5. Theeb

WILL WIN: Son of Saul, Hungary
COULD WIN: Mustang, France

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1. Carol
2. The Hateful Eight
3. Mad Max Fury Road
4. The Revenant
5. Sicario

WILL WIN: The Revenant
Emmanuel “Chivo” Lubezki will be the first to win three back to back Oscars in this category.

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
1. Bridge of Spies
2. The Danish Girl
3. Mad Max Fury Road
4. The Martian
5. The Revenant

WILL WIN: Mad Max Fury Road
COULD WIN: The Revenant

BEST SOUND MIXING
1. Bridge of Spies
2. Mad Max Fury Road
3. The Martian
4. The Revenant
5. Star Wars The Force Awakens

WILL WIN: Mad Max Fury Road
COULD WIN: The Revenant

BEST SOUND EDITING
1. Mad Max Fury Road
2. The Martian
3. The Revenant
4. Sicario
5. Star Wars The Force Awakens

WILL WIN: Mad Max Fury Road
COULD WIN: The Revenant

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
1. Amy
2. Cartel Land
3. The Look of Silence
4. What Happened Miss Simone
5. Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom

WILL WIN: Amy
COULD WIN: The Look of Silence

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
1. Body Team 12
2. Chau, beyond the lines
3. Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
4. A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
5. Last Day of Freedom

WILL WIN: A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
COULD WIN: Body Team 12

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
1. Ave Maria
2. Day One
3. Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)
4. Shok
5. Stutterer

WILL WIN: Shok
COULD WIN: Ave Maria

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
1. Anomalisa
2. Boy and the World
3. Inside Out
4. Shaun the Sheep The Movie
5. When Marnie Was There

WILL WIN: Inside Out

BEST ANIMATED SHORT
1. Bear Story
2. Prologue
3.Sanjay’s Super Team
4. We Can’t Live Without Cosmos
5. World of Tomorrow

WILL WIN: World of Tomorrow
COULD WIN: Bear Story

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
1. Ex Machina
2. Mad Max Fury Road
3. The Martian
4. The Revenant
5. Star Wars The Force Awakens

WILL WIN: Mad Max Fury Road
COULD WIN: Star Wars The Force Awakens

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
1. Carol
2. Cinderella
3. The Danish Girl
4. Mad Max Fury Road
5. The Revenant

WILL WIN: Mad Max Fury Road
COULD WIN: Carol

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
1. Mad Max Fury Road
2. The 100-Year-Old Man Climbed Out a Window and Disappeared
3. The Revenant

WILL WIN: Mad Max Fury Road
COULD WIN: The Revenant

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
1. Thomas Newman, Bridge of Spies
2. Carter Burwell, Carol
3. Ennio Morricone, The Hateful Eight
4. Johann Johannsson, Sicario
5. John Williams, Star Wars The Force Awakens

WILL WIN: Ennio Morricone, The Hateful Eight
COULD WIN: John Williams, Star Wars The Force Awakens

BEST ORIGINAL SONG (name the song, not just the film)
1. “Til It Happens to You” from The Hunting Ground
2. “Earned It” from Fifty Shades of Grey
3. “Manta Ray” from Racing Extinction
4. “Simple Song #3” from Youth
5. “Writing’s On the Wall” from Spectre

WILL WIN: “Til It Happens to You” from The Hunting Ground
COULD WIN: “Writing’s On the Wall” from Spectre