Tonight is the 91st annual Academy Awards. While there has been a lot of drama surrounding the awards show this year, it’ll still be a night of prestigious awards. Though, if the Academy wants to stay relevant, it may want to make changes before it comes back next year.
Here is who I predict will win tonight:
Best Picture:
- What will win: Roma
- What could beat it: Green Book
- Other nominees: Black Panther, BlacKkKlansman, Bohemian Rhapsody, The Favourite, A Star Is Born and Vice
Best Director:
- Who will win: Alfonso Cuarón (Roma)
- Who could beat him: Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman)
- Other nominees: Pawel Pawlikowski (Cold War), Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favourite) and Adam McKay (Vice)
Best Actor:
- Who will win: Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody)
- Who could beat him: Christian Bale (Vice)
- Other nominees: Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born), Willem Dafoe (At Eternity’s Gate) and Viggo Mortensen (Green Book)
Best Actress:
- Who will win: Glenn Close (The Wife)
- Who could beat her: Olivia Colman (The Favourite)
- Other nominees: Yalitza Aparicio (Roma), Lady Gaga (A Star Is Born) and Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
Best Supporting Actor:
- Who will win: Mahershala Ali (Green Book)
- Who could beat him: Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
- Other nominees: Adam Driver (BlacKkKlansman), Sam Elliott (A Star Is Born) and Sam Rockwell (Vice)
Best Supporting Actress:
- Who will win: Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk)
- Who could beat her: Rachel Weisz (The Favourite)
- Other nominees: Amy Adams (Vice), Marina de Tavira (Roma) and Emma Stone (The Favourite)
Best Original Screenplay:
- Who will win: Deborah Davis & Tony McNamara (The Favourite)
- Who could beat them: Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie & Peter Farrelly (Green Book)
- Other nominees: Paul Schrader (First Reformed), Alfonso Cuarón (Roma) and Adam McKay (Vice)
Best Adapted Screenplay:
- Who will win: Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman)
- Who could beat them: Barry Jenkins (If Beale Street Could Talk)
- Other nominees: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen (The Ballad of Buster Scruggs), Nicole Holofcener & Jeff Whitty (Can You Ever Forgive Me?) and Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper & Will Fetters (A Star Is Born)
Best Animated Feature Film:
- What will win: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
- What could beat it: Incredibles 2
- Other nominees: Isle of Dogs, Mirai and Ralph Breaks the Internet
Best Foreign Language Film:
- What will win: Roma (Mexico)
- What could beat it: Cold War (Poland)
- Other nominees: Capernaum (Lebanon), Never Look Away (Germany) and Shoplifters (Japan)
Best Documentary – Feature:
- What will win: Free Solo
- What could beat it: RBG
- Other nominees: Hale County This Morning, This Evening, Minding the Gap and Of Fathers and Sons
Best Documentary – Short Subject:
- What will win: Period. End of Sentence.
- What could beat it: Black Sheep
- Other nominees: End Game, Lifeboat and A Night at the Garden
Best Live Action Short Film:
- What will win: Skin
- What could beat it: Marguerite
- Other nominees: Detainment, Fauve and Mother
Best Animated Short Film:
- What will win: Bao
- What could beat it: Weekends
- Other nominees: Animal Behaviour, Late Afternoon and One Small Step
Best Original Score:
- Who will win: Nicholas Britell (If Beale Street Could Talk)
- Who could beat him: Ludwig Göransson (Black Panther)
- Other nominees: Terence Blanchard (BlacKkKlansman), Alexandre Desplat (Isle of Dogs) and Marc Shaiman (Mary Poppins Returns)
Best Original Song:
- What will win: “Shallow” (A Star Is Born)
- What could beat it: “All the Stars” (Black Panther)
- Other nominees: “I’ll Fight” (RBG), “The Place Where Lost Things Go” (Mary Poppins Returns) and “When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings” (The Ballad of Buster Scruggs)
Best Sound Editing:
- What will win: A Quiet Place
- What could beat it: First Man
- Other nominees: Black Panther, Bohemian Rhapsody and Roma
Best Sound Mixing:
- What will win: Bohemian Rhapsody
- What could beat it: A Star is Born
- Other nominees: Black Panther, First Man and Roma
Best Production Design:
- What will win: The Favourite
- What could beat it: Black Panther
- Other nominees: First Man, Mary Poppins Returns and Roma
Best Cinematography:
- What will win: Roma
- What could beat it: Cold War
- Other nominees: The Favourite, Never Look Away and A Star Is Born
Best Makeup and Hairstyling:
- What will win: Vice
- What could beat it: Mary Queen of Scots
- Other nominee: Border
Best Costume Design:
- What will win: Black Panther
- What could beat it: The Favourite
- Other nominees: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Mary Poppins Returns and Mary Queen of Scots
Best Film Editing:
- What will win: Vice
- What could beat it: BlacKkKlansman
- Other nominees: Bohemian Rhapsody, The Favourite and Green Book
Best Visual Effects:
- What will win: Avengers: Infinity War
- What could beat it: First Man
- Other nominees: Christopher Robin, Ready Player One and Solo: A Star Wars Story