And the Oscar goes to...predictions & picks for the 97th Academy Awards

It's Brittany's biggest night!

VERY excited for King Conan tonight!!

TL;DR my Oscars chat with tvscholar yesterday? I’ve got you. ✨

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Here are my picks and predictions for the 967h Academy Awards

(I only included categories in which I have seen all or a majority of the films. We’ll see how this plays out tonight!)

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Actor in a Leading Role Nominees

Adrien Brody, The Brutalist

Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown

Colman Domingo, Sing Sing

Ralph Fiennes, Conclave

Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice

✨My Best Actor: Sebastian Stan (but I would also fall to my knees for a Colman win, and cheer for a Timmy victory!)
🍿The Oscar will surely go to: Adrien Brody (of course, also very worthy)

Actor in a Supporting Role Nominees

Yura Borisov, Anora

Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain

Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown

Guy Pearce, The Brutalist

Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice

✨My Best Supporting Actor: The Eldest Boy, Jeremy Strong
🍿The Oscar will surely go to: Kieran Culkin

Actress in a Leading Role Nominees

Cynthia Erivo, Wicked

Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez

Mikey Madison, Anora

Demi Moore, The Substance

Fernanda Torres, I'm Still Here

✨My Best Actress: Demi Moore
🍿The Oscar will surely go to: Demi, but we could be surprised with a well-deserved Mikey win!

Actress in a Supporting Role Nominees

Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown

Ariana Grande, Wicked

Felicity Jones, The Brutalist

Isabella Rossellini, Conclave

Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez

✨My Best Supporting Actress: Ariana Grande (I say that with my whole chest!)
🍿The Oscar will surely go to: Zoe

Costume Design Nominees

A Complete Unknown, Arianne Phillips

Conclave, Lisy Christl

Gladiator II, Janty Yates and Dave Crossman

Nosferatu, Linda Muir

Wicked, Paul Tazewell

✨My Costume Design Winner: Wicked
🍿The Oscar will surely go to: Gladiator II

Directing Nominees

Anora, Sean Baker

The Brutalist, Brady Corbet

A Complete Unknown, James Mangold

Emilia Pérez, Jacques Audiard

The Substance, Coralie Fargeat

✨My Best Director: Sean Baker, Anora
🍿The Oscar will surely go to: Brady Corbet, The Brutalist

Documentary Feature Film Nominees

Black Box Diaries, Shiori Ito, Eric Nyari and Hanna Aqvilin

No Other Land, Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham

Porcelain War, Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev, Aniela Sidorska and Paula DuPre' Pesmen

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat, Johan Grimonprez, Daan Milius and Rémi Grellety

Sugarcane, Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie and Kellen Quinn

✨My Best Doc Feature: SUGARCANE!!!!!!!!
🍿The Oscar will surely go to: Porcelain War (all docs are incredible and deserving in this category!)

International Feature Film Nominees

Brazil -I'm Still Here

Denmark- The Girl with the Needle

France- Emilia Pérez

Germany- The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Latvia- Flow

✨My Best International Feature: I’m Still Here
🍿The Oscar will surely go to: I’m Still Here, or Flow, if they don’t take animation

Music (Original Score) Nominees

The Brutalist, Daniel Blumberg

Conclave, Volker Bertelmann

Emilia Pérez, Clément Ducol and Camille

Wicked, John Powell and Stephen Schwartz

The Wild Robot, Kris Bowers

✨My Best Original Score: Wicked
🍿The Oscar will surely go to: Emilia Pérez

Production Design Nominees

The Brutalist, Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Patricia Cuccia

Conclave, Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Cynthia Sleiter

Dune: Part Two, Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau

Nosferatu, Production Design: Craig Lathrop; Set Decoration: Beatrice Brentnerová

Wicked, Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales

✨My Pick: Wicked
🍿The Oscar will surely go to: The Brutalist

Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Nominees

A Complete Unknown, Screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks

Conclave, Screenplay by Peter Straughan

Emilia Pérez, Screenplay by Jacques Audiard; In collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius and Nicolas Livecchi

Nickel Boys, Screenplay by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes

Sing Sing, Screenplay by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar; Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John "Divine G" Whitfield

✨My Pick: Nickel Boys
🍿The Oscar will surely go to: All signs pointing to Conclave

Writing (Original Screenplay) Nominees

Anora, Written by Sean Baker

The Brutalist, Written by Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold

A Real Pain, Written by Jesse Eisenberg

September 5, Written by Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum; Co-Written by Alex David

The Substance, Written by Coralie Fargeat

✨My Pick: A Real Pain, Written by Jesse Eisenberg
🍿The Oscar will surely go to: The Brutalist, Written by Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold

Best Picture Nominees

Anora, Alex Coco, Samantha Quan and Sean Baker, Producers

The Brutalist, Nick Gordon, Brian Young, Andrew Morrison, D.J. Gugenheim and Brady Corbet, Producers

A Complete Unknown, Fred Berger, James Mangold and Alex Heineman, Producers

Conclave, Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell and Michael A. Jackman, Producers

Dune: Part Two, Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Tanya Lapointe and Denis Villeneuve, Producers

Emilia Pérez, Pascal Caucheteux and Jacques Audiard, Producers

I'm Still Here, Maria Carlota Bruno and Rodrigo Teixeira, Producers

Nickel Boys, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Joslyn Barnes, Producers

The Substance, Coralie Fargeat and Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner, Producers

Wicked, Marc Platt, Producer

✨My Best Picture: For my heart and soul, Wicked. For my cinema-brain, I’m Still Here.
🍿The Oscar will surely go to: Going out on a limb and saying, Conclave. The Brutalist is the shoe-in.

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🏆🏆 Such a tough year — so many amazing films and performances deserving of the trophy. We’ll see how I do on these picks. Enjoy the show!! 🏆🏆