"...So ...Great night tonight. We have 4 black nominees...Kinda like the deaf Oscar jam tonight ... You know why I love the Oscars. Cause the Oscars are the only awards show where the people nominated don't really perform...There's no acting at the Oscars ...The only acting you see at the Oscars are when people act like they're not mad when they lost...Like I remember one year when Halle Berry won the Oscar Nicole Kidman was smiling so wide she shoulda' won an Emmy at the Oscars for her great performance ...See at least they make white movies for people to enjoy ... real movies with plots ...with actors not rappers ... with real names like "Catch Me If You Can," "Saving Private Ryan," ... black people movies don't have real names ... you get names like "Barbershop," that's not a name that's just a location ... "Barbershop," "Cookout," "CarWash," ... they've been making the same movies for 40 years. That's right you know laundromat is coming soon. And after that check-cashing place." ~~ Chris Rock (Christopher Julius "Chris" Rock III) actor, comedian, voice artist, director, writer, and producer, excerpts from him while hosting the 2005 Oscar Awards (77th).
Two films that have the most nominations are “Revenant” (12 nominations) and “Mad Max: Fury Road” (10 nominations). This year, entertainment’s most valued entertainer, Chris Rock, will host again. Rock hosted the 77th Oscar awards eleven years ago (2005). According to a recent CNN post, "Chris Rock is truly the MVP of the entertainment industry," Academy Awards producers David Hill and Reginald Hudlin said in a statement.
WHO DO YOU THINK THE WINNERS WILL BE? CAST YOUR VOTE ON OSCAR CHALLENGE.
All of the movies this year were spectacular and they are all winners. Here's a summary of films with multi-nominations (by movie) and I've also included my guesstimate as to how many Oscars each film will win:
♦ “The Revenant” Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Mary Parent, Keith Redmon, Producers – (12 nominations, should win at least 7 possibly more, I actually have Revenant for winning 8 of 12 Oscar nominations)
♦ “Mad Max: Fury Road” Doug Mitchell and George Miller, Producers – (10 nominations, should win at least 4)
♦ “The Martian” Simon Kinberg, Ridley Scott, Michael Schaefer and Mark Huffam, Producers – (7 nominations, should win at least 2)
♦ “Bridge of Spies” Steven Spielberg, Marc Platt and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers – (6 nominations, should win at least 1)
♦ “Carol” Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley, Christine Vachon, Producers – (6 nominations, should win at least 1)
♦ “Spotlight” Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin and Blye Pagon Faust, Producers – (6 nominations, should win at least 2)
♦ “The Big Short” Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, Producers – (5 nominations, should win at least 2)
♦ “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Kathleen Kennedy, J. J. Abrams, Bryan Burk, Producers – (5 nominations, should win at least 1)
♦ “The Danish Girl” Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Anne Harrison, Tom Hooper, Producers: Liza Chasin, Ulf Israel Executive Producers – ( 4 nominations, should win at least 1)
“Room” Ed Guiney, David Gross, Producers – (4 nominations, should win at least 1)
♦ “Brooklyn” Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers – (3 nominations, should win at least 1)
♦ “The Hateful Eight” Richard N. Gladstein, Shannon McIntosh, Stacey Sher, Producers – (3 nominations, should win at least 1)
♦ “Sicario” Basil Iwanyk, Thad Luckinbill, Trent Luckinbill, Edward McDonnell, Molly Smith, Producers – (3 nominations, should win at least 1)
♦ “Ex Machina” Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich Producers – (2 nominations, should win at least 1)
♦ “Inside Out” Jonas Rivera, Producer– (2 nominations, should win at least 1)
♦ “Steve Jobs” Danny Boyle, Guymon Casady, Christian Colson. Mark Gordon, Scott Rudin, Producers – (2 nominations, estimated wins 0)
The 88th Oscars will be broadcast live from Hollywood's Dolby Theatre on Sunday, Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. EST on ABC, and will be televised in more than 225 countries. Host Chris Rock, joked by referring to this year awards as "white BET Awards."
Like last year, there are 8 nominees for best picture (2015 also had 8, 2014 and 2013 had 9 nominees for best picture). There are quite a few disappointments this year but the most media-worthy is that there are no black anything nominations.
The Oscars are voted on by members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. More information on the voting process is available at the Academy's website.
More Oscar nomination coverage is at the Official 88th Annual Academy Awards -- Oscar.com and visit the “Oscar Nominee” section of the Website. My picks are in the category headers below. Oscar.com is also interactive and has a "My Picks" section at http://oscar.go.com/mypicks. I've also included links to more information about the film and noted if any nominees have had previous Oscar nominations/wins in the listings below:
Best Picture: (My pick either "The Revenant" or "Spotlight") I've selected "Spotlight" first as my pick on Oscar.com site however since "The Revenant" won three Golden Globes, including best picture, I'm changing this to "The Revenant" as my pick to win. WINNER:"TBA"
♦ “The Big Short” Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, Producers
♦ "The Revenant" Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Mary Parent and Keith Redmon, Producers
♦ “Bridge of Spies” Steven Spielberg, Marc Platt and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers
♦ “Brooklyn” Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
♦“Mad Max: Fury Road” Doug Mitchell and George Miller, Simon Kinberg, Producers
♦“The Martian” Ridley Scott, Michael Schaefer, and Mark Huffam, Producers
♦ “Room” Ed Guiney, Producers
♦“Spotlight” Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin and Blye Pagon Faust, Producers
Best Actor in a Leading Role: (My pick: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant) As usual, DiCaprio had the most difficult part of all the nominees and this may be the winning factor this year. WINNER TO BE ANNOUNCED HERE. WINNER:"TBD"
♦ Bryan Cranston, "Trumbo"
♦ Matt Damon, "The Martian" Fourth Academy Award nomination including this one; One win for Best Original Scrreenplay for “Good Will Hunting” shared with Ben Affleck (1997); Best Actor nomination, “Good Will Hunting,” (1997), Best Supporting Actor nomination for “Invictur” (2009)
♦ Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Revenant" Sixth Academy Award nomination including this one; Best Supporting Actor nomination “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape” (1993); Best Actor nominations “The Aviator” (2005); “Blood Diamond” (2007), and “The Wolf of Wall Street” (2014); Best Picture as producer nomination “The wolf of Wall Street” (2014)
♦ Michael Fassbender, "Steve Jobs” Two nominations including this one; Best Supporting Actor nomination for “12 Years a Slave ( 2013)
♦ Eddie Redmayne, "The Danish Girl" Two Oscar nominations including this one; Best Actor win “The Theory of Everything” (2014)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: This one was hard ~~ for me it’s a toss up between Mark Ruffalo and Sylvester Stallone.(My Pick: Sylvester Stallone, Creed) WINNER: TBA
♦ Christian Bale "The Big Short" Third Academy Award nomination, with one win for Best Actor “The Fighter,” 2010, Best Actor nomination for “American Hustle,”2013
♦ Tom Hardy, "The Revenant" First Academy Award nomination
♦ Mark Ruffalo, "Spotlight" Third Academy Award nomination; Previously Best Supporting Actor nominations for "Foxcatcher" 2015 and" THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT” 2010
♦ Mark Rylance, "Bridge of Spies"2016 First Academy Award nomination
♦ Sylvester Stallone, "Creed" 2016 Three nominations including this one “Rocky” 1977 for Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay
Best Actress in a Leading Role: They were all awesome. (My pick: Brie Larson, Room) Unless the Oscar voters are hell bent on giving another Oscar to Jennifer Lawrence or Kate Blanchett. WINNER: TBA
♦ Kate Blanchett, "Carol" Seven Academy Award nominations including this one; Winner of two Academy Awards -- Best Actress in a Leading Role “Blue Jasmine” (2013) and Best Supporting Actress “The Aviator” (2004); Best Actress nominations “Elizabeth” (1998), “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” (2007); Best Supporting Actress nominations“Notes on a Scandal (2006), “I’m Not There” 2007)
♦ Brie Larson, "Room" First Academy Award nomination
♦ Jennifer Lawrence, "Joy" Fourth Academy Award nomination including this one; Best Actress winner “Silver Linings Playbook” (2013), Best Actress nominations “American Hustle” (2014) “Winter’s Bone” (2011)
♦ Charlotte Rampling, "45 Years" First Academy Award nomination
♦ Saoirse Ronan, "Brooklyn" First Academy Award nomination
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: I originally thought Rooney Mara or Kate Winslet. However since Vikander won SAG Awards I changed my pick.(My pick: Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl. WINNER: TBA
♦ Jennifer Jason Leigh, "The Hateful Eight" First Academy Award nomination
♦ Rooney Mara, "Carol" Second Academy Award nomination; Previously nominated for Best Actress “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
♦ Rachel McAdams, "Spotlight" First Academy Award nomination
♦ Alicia Vikander, "The Danish Girl” First Academy Award nomination
♦ Kate Winslet, "Steve Jobs" Seven Academy Award nominations including this one; Academy Award winner for Best Actress “The Reader (2009); Best Actress nominations for “Titanic” (1998), “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” (2005), “Little Children” (2007); Best Supporting Actress nominations “Sense and Sensibility (1996), “Iris” (2002)
Best Animated Feature Film: (My pick : Inside Out – Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera. WINNER:"TBA"
♦ "Anomalisa" – Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson and Rosa Tran
♦ "Boy and the World" – Ale Abreu
♦ "Inside Out" – Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera
♦ "Shaun the Sheep Movie" – Mark Burton and Richard Starzak
♦ "When Marnie Was There" – Hiromasa Yonebayashi and Yoshiaki Nishimura
Best Cinematography: (My pick: The Revenant – Emmanuel Lubezki) WINNER:"TBD"
♦ "Carol" – Edward Lachman
♦ "The Hateful Eight" – Robert Richardson
♦ "Mad Max: Fury Road" – John Seale
♦ "The Revenant" – Emmanuel Lubezki
♦ "Sicario" – Roger Deakins
Best Costume Design: (My pick: Cinderella – Sandy Powell) WINNER: "TBA"
♦ "Carol" – Sandy Powell
♦ "Cinderella" – Sandy Powell
♦ "The Danish Girl" – Paco Delgado
♦ "Mad Max: Fury Road" – Jenny Beavan
♦ "The Revenant" – Jacqueline West)
Best Directing: Wow this is tough as they were are all spectacular. Toss up between Alejandro G. Iñárritu "The Revenant" and George Miller "Mad Max: Fury Road" – (My pick: Alejandro G. Iñárritu – The Revenant ) WINNER: "TBA"
♦ Adam McKay – "The Big Short”
♦ George Miller – "Mad Max: Fury Road"
♦ Alejandro G. Iñárritu – "The Revenant"
♦ Lenny Abrahamson – "Room"
♦ Tom McCarthy – "Spotlight" –
Best Documentary Feature: (My pick: "Amy" – Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees) WINNER:"TBA"
♦ "Amy" – Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees
♦ "Cartel Land" – Matthew Heineman and Tom Yellin
♦ "The Look of Silence" – Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen
♦ "What Happened, Miss Simone?" –
♦ "Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom" –
Best Documentary Short Subject: (My pick: "Body Team 12" – David Darg and Bryn Mooser) WINNER:"TBA"
♦ "Body Team 12" – David Darg and Bryn Mooser
♦ "Chau, beyond the Lines" – Courtney Marsh and Jerry Franck
♦ "Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah" – Adam Benzine
♦ "A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness – Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
♦ "Last Day of Freedom" – Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman
Best Film Editing: (My pick: “The Revenant” (Stephen Mirrione) WINNER:"TBA"
♦ "The Big Short" – Hank Corwin
♦ "Mad Max: Fury Road" – Margaret Sixel
♦ "The Revenant" – Stephen Mirrione
♦ "Spotlight" – Tom McArdle
♦ "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" – Maryann Brandon, Mary Jo Markey
Best Foreign Language Film: (My pick: "Son of Saul" – Hungary; László Nemes) WINNER:"TBA"
♦ "Embrace of the Serpent" – Colombia; Ciro Guerra
♦ "Mustang" – France; Deniz Gamze Ergüven
♦ "Son of Saul" – Hungary; László Nemes
♦ "Theeh" – Jordan; Naji Abu Nowar
♦ "A War" – Denmark; Tobias Lindholm
Best Makeup and Hairstyling: (My Pick: "Mad Max: Fury Road" – Lesley Vanderwalt, Damian Martin, Elka Wardega) WINNER:"TBA"
♦ "Mad Max: Fury Road" – Lesley Vanderwalt, Damian Martin, Elka Wardega
♦ "The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared" – Love Larson and Eva von Bahr
♦ "The Revenant" – Siân Grigg, Duncan Jarman and Robert Pandini
Best Music (Original Score) (My pick: "The Hateful Eight” – Ennio Morricone) WINNER:"TBA"
♦ “Bridge of Spies” – Thomas Newman
♦ "Carol” – Carter Burwell
♦ "The Hateful Eight” – Ennio Morricone
♦ "Sicario” – Jóhann Jóhannsson
♦ "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" – John Williams
Best Music (Original Song): (My pick: "Til It Happens To You," - The Hunting Ground) WINNER:"TBD"
♦ “Earned It,” Fifty Shades of Grey
♦ "Manta Ray," Racing Extinction
♦ "Simple Song #3," - Youth
♦ "Til It Happens To You," - The Hunting Ground
♦ "Writing’s On The Wall" - Spectre
Best Production Design: (My pick: "The Revenant” – Jack Fisk; Hamish Purdy) WINNER:"TBA"
♦ "Bridge of Spies” – Adam Stockhausen; Rena DeAngelo, Bernhard Henrich
♦ "The Danish Girl" – Eve Stewart; Michael Standish
♦ "Mad Max: Fury Road" – Colin Gibson; Katie Sharrock, Lisa Thompson
♦ "The Martian” – Arthur Max; Celia Bobak, Zoltan Horvath
♦ "The Revenant” – Jack Fisk; Hamish Purdy
Best Short Film (Animated): (My pick : "Sanjay’s Super Team” – Sanjay Patel and Nicole Drindle) WINNER:"TBA"
♦ "Bear Story” – (Historia de un Oso)” Gabriel Osorio and Pato Escala
♦ "Prologue” – Richard Williams and Imogen Sutton
♦ "Sanjay’s Super Team” – Sanjay Patel and Nicole Drindle
♦ "We Can’t Live without Cosmos” – Konstantin Bronzit
♦ "World of Tomorrow” – Don Hertzfeldt
Best Short Film (Live Action): Difficult pick between Shok and Ave Maria. (My pick: “Ave Maria” – Basil Khalil and Eric Dupont) WINNER:"TBA"
♦ “Ave Maria” – Basil Khalil and Eric Dupont
♦ “Day One” – Henry Hughes
♦ “Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut”) – Patrick Vollrath
♦ “Shok” – Jamie Donoughue
♦ “Stutterer” – Benjamin Cleary and Serena Armitage
Best Sound Editing: (My pick: “The Revenant” – Martin Hernandez and Lon Bender) WINNER:"TBA"
♦ “Mad Max: Fury Road” – Mark Mangini and David White
♦ “The Martian” – Oliver Tarney
♦ “The Revenant” – Martin Hernandez and Lon Bender
♦ “Sicario” – Alan Robert Murray
♦ “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” – Matthew Wood and David Accord
Best Sound Mixing: Toss up between Revenant and Mad Max. (My pick: “Mad Max: Fury Road” – Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff and Ben Osmo) WINNER:"TBA"
♦ “Bridge of Spies” – Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Drew Kunin
♦ “Mad Max: Fury Road” – Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff and Ben Osmo
♦ “The Martian” – Paul Massey, Mark Taylor and Mac Ruth
♦ “The Revenant” – Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Randy Thom and Chris Duesterdiek
♦ “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” – Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson
Best Visual Effects: First picked Mad Max but changed to Revenant. (My pick: “The Revenant” – Rich McBride, Matthew Shumway, Jason Smith and Cameron Waldbauer) WINNER:"TBA"
♦ “Ex Machine” – Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington and Sara Bennett
♦ “Mad Max: Fury Road” – Andrew Jackson, Tom Wood, Dan Oliver and Andy Williams
♦ “The Martian” – Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Chris Lawrence and Steven Warner
♦ “The Revenant” – Rich McBride, Matthew Shumway, Jason Smith and Cameron Waldbauer
♦ “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” – Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan and Chris Corbould
Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay): (My pick: “The Big Short” – Adam McKay, Charles Randolph) WINNER:"TBA"
♦ “The Big Short” – Adam McKay, Charles Randolph
♦ “Brooklyn” – Nick Hornby
♦ “Carol” – Phyllis Nagy
♦ “The Martian” – Drew Goddard
♦ “Room” – Emma Donoghue
Best Writing (Original Screenplay): (My pick: “Spotlight” – Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer) WINNER:"TBA"
♦ “Bridge of Spies” – Matthew Charman, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
♦ “Ex Machina” – Alex Garland
♦ “Inside Out” – Josh Cooley, Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve
♦ “Spotlight” – Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer
♦ “Straight Outta Compton” – Andrea Berloff, Jonathan Herman, S. Leigh Savidge, Alan Wenkus
My previous scores have been 85% right on Oscar.com. Wonder what my score will be this time. Whatever my score this year, I'll share it on Facebook and this blog.
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Additional Oscar resources:
♦2016 Oscar predictions: Variety
♦ 2016 Oscar nominations, Oscar.com
♦ 88th Academy Awards - We all dream in gold, Wikipedia.org
♦ Oscar Nominations: 'The Revenant' & 'Mad Max' Lead Way; Leo Is In, Ridley Scott Is Not, Deadline AwardsLine
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Oscar 2015 resources:
♦ 2015 Oscar nominations: Complete list; ‘Selma’ snubbed; ‘Birdman’ and ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ lead with nine http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2015/01/15/2015-oscar-nominations-complete-coverage/
♦ Oscars 2015: 'Boyhood,' 'Birdman' Score Big Nominations http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/oscars-2015-boyhood-birdman-score-big-nominations-20150115
♦ Oscars 2015: Nominations preview and predictions http://www.cbsnews.com/news/oscar-2015-nomination-predictions-who-will-be-in-the-running/
♦ Oscars 2015: 'Birdman,' 'Budapest' top nominations http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/chi-oscars-nominations-20150115-story.html
♦ Academy Awards nominations 2015: our predictions http://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2015/jan/15/oscar-nominations-2015-our-predictions
Oscar 2014 resources:
♦ 2014 Oscar nominations: ‘Gravity,’ and ‘Hustle’ lead with 10 nominations including best picture, Los Angeles Times, http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-mn-oscar-nominations-2014-main,0,500124.story#axzz2qZqycltO
♦ Oscar.com 2014 nominations, http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/86/nomineesByPicture.html
♦ Who’s gonna get picked ? Predicting the 2014 Oscar nominations http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/15/showbiz/movies/2014-oscar-predictions-nominations/
♦ Meet the 2014 Oscar Nominees, RottenTomatoes http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/15/showbiz/movies/2014-oscar-predictions-nominations/
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