The 90th Academy Awards are tonight and the stars are going to be out in droves. Here’s who I think will take home the prizes tonight.
Best Picture
- What Will Win: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- What Could Beat It: The Shape of Water
- Other Nominees: Call Me By Your Name, Darkest Hour, Dunkirk, Get Out, Lady Bird, Phantom Thread and The Post
Best Director
- Who Will Win: Guillermo Del Toro (The Shape of Water)
- Who Could Beat Him: Christopher Nolan (Dunkirk)
- Other Nominees: Paul Thomas Anderson (Phantom Thread), Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird) and Jordan Peele (Get Out)
Best Actress
- Who Will Win: Frances McDormand (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)
- Who Could Beat Her: Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird)
- Other Nominees: Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water), Margot Robbie (I, Tonya) and Meryl Streep (The Post)
Best Actor
- Who Will Win: Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour)
- Who Could Beat Him: Timothée Chalamet (Call Me By Your Name)
- Other Nominees: Daniel Day-Lewis (Phantom Thread), Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out) and Denzel Washington (Roman J. Israel, Esq.)
Best Supporting Actress
- Who Will Win: Allison Janney (I, Tonya)
- Who Could Beat Her: Laurie Metcalf (Lady Bird)
- Other Nominees: Mary J. Blige (Mudbound), Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread) and Octavia Spencer (The Shape of Water)
Best Supporting Actor
- Who Will Win: Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)
- Who Could Beat Him: Richard Jenkins (The Shape of Water)
- Other Nominees: Willem Dafoe (The Florida Project), Woody Harrelson (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) and Christopher Plummer (All the Money in the World)
Best Adapted Screenplay
- What Will Win: Call Me By Your Name
- What Could Beat It: Molly’s Game
- Other Nominees: The Disaster Artist, Logan and Mudbound
Best Original Screenplay
- What Will Win: Get Out
- What Could Beat It: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Other Nominees: The Big Sick, Lady Bird and The Shape of Water
Best Cinematography
- What Will Win: Blade Runner 2049
- What Could Beat It: The Shape of Water
- Other Nominees: Darkest Hour, Dunkirk and Mudbound
Best Costume Design
- What Will Win: Phantom Thread
- What Could Beat It: Beauty and the Beast
- Other Nominees: Darkest Hour, The Shape of Water and Victoria and Abdul
Best Film Editing
- What Will Win: Dunkirk
- What Could Beat It: Baby Driver
- Other Nominees: I, Tonya, The Shape of Water and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Makeup and Hair
- What Will Win: Darkest Hour
- What Could Beat It: Wonder
- Other Nominee: Victoria and Abdul
Best Production Design
- What Will Win: The Shape of Water
- What Could Beat It: Blade Runner 2049
- Other Nominees: Beauty and the Beast, Darkest Hour and Dunkirk
Best Score
- What Will Win: The Shape of Water
- What Could Beat It: Dunkirk
- Other Nominees: Phantom Thread, Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Song
- What Will Win: This Is Me (The Greatest Showman)
- What Could Beat It: Remember Me (Coco)
- Other Nominees: Mighty River (Mudbound), The Mystery of Love (Call Me By Your Name) and Stand Up for Something (Marshall)
Best Sound Editing
- What Will Win: Dunkirk
- What Could Beat It: Baby Driver
- Other Nominees: Blade Runner 2049, The Shape of Water and Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Best Sound Mixing
- What Will Win: Dunkirk
- What Could Beat It: Baby Driver
- Other Nominees: Blade Runner 2049, The Shape of Water and Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Best Visual Effects
- What Will Win: War for the Planet of the Apes
- What Could Beat It: Blade Runner 2049
- Other Nominees: Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2, Kong: Skull Island and Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Best Animated Feature
- What Will Win: Coco
- What Could Beat It: Loving Vincent
- Other Nominees: Boss Baby, The Breadwinner and Ferdinand
Best Documentary
- What Will Win: Faces Places
- What Could Beat It: Icarus
- Other Nominees: Abacus: Small Enough to Jail, Last Men in Aleppo and Strong Island
Best Foreign Film
- What Will Win: A Fantastic Woman
- What Could Beat It: The Square
- Other Nominees: The Insult, Loveless and On Body and Soul
Best Animated Short
- What Will Win: Dear Basketball
- What Could Beat It: Garden Party
- Other Nominees: Lou, Negative Space and Revolting Rhymes
Best Documentary Short
- What Will Win: Heroin(e)
- What Could Beat It: Edith+Eddie
- Other Nominees: Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405, Knife Skills and Traffic Stop
Best Live Action Short
- What Will Win: DeKalb Elementary
- What Could Beat It: The Silent Child
- Other Nominees: The Eleven O’Clock, My Nephew Emmett, Watu Wrote/All of Us