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In the newest episode of The Cinematic Schematic, hosts Caleb Masters and Laron Chapman return to continue the annual Oscar predictions episode for our fourth year.
Let’s admit it. The Academy has struggled to stay relevant in the mainstream for at least the last decade which has led to frequent programming shakeups for better and (mostly) worse and the 94th Academy Awards is no exception.
Firstly, the decision was made recently that not all categories would be airing live during the telecast ceremony for the 94th Academy Awards. Eight awards including Best Documentary (Short Subject), Best Film Editing, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Original Score, Best Production Design, Best Short Film (Animated), Best Short Film (Live Action), and Best Sound, will instead be presented an hour before the telecast ceremony and then edited into the live broadcast.
Secondly, a hotly discussed show item is always “will there be a host and if so, who should it be?” Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes, and Regina Hall were announced to be the host, alongside many other celebrity presenters.
Lastly, how could we forget what is perhaps the most blatant (desperate?) attempt to draw in mainstream audiences, the “Oscar Fan Favorite” category.
Love it or hate it, record low ratings now withstanding, the Academy Awards still marks the biggest celebration of movies within the film industry and the 94th Academy Awards is no exception. In this year’s Oscar predictions special episode, we discuss all of these changes before looking into our guild award-powered crystal ball to select what we think should win and what will win this Sunday night.
Who should you mark as the winner on your Oscar ballot? Tune in to hear our full list of expected winners.
Special Guest
Laron Chapman
Award-winning Oklahoma filmmaker
Follow Laron on Instagram @blackmoviemagic
The 94th Academy Award Nominees
Best Adapted Screenplay
- CODA (screenplay by Siân Heder)
- Drive My Car (screenplay by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe)
- Dune (screenplay by Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth)
- The Lost Daughter (written by Maggie Gyllenhaal)
- The Power of the Dog (written by Jane Campion)
Best Original Screenplay
- Belfast (written by Kenneth Branagh)
- Don’t Look Up (screenplay by Adam McKay; story by Adam McKay & David Sirota)
- King Richard (written by Zach Baylin)
- Licorice Pizza (written by Paul Thomas Anderson)
- The Worst Person in the World (written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier)
Best Cinematography
- Dune (Greig Fraser)
- Nightmare Alley (Dan Laustsen)
- The Power of the Dog (Ari Wegner)
- The Tragedy of Macbeth (Bruno Delbonnel)
- West Side Story (Janusz Kaminski)
Best Sound
- Belfast (Denise Yarde, Simon Chase, James Mather and Niv Adiri)
- Dune (Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill and Ron Bartlett)
- No Time to Die (Simon Hayes, Oliver Tarney, James Harrison, Paul Massey and Mark Taylor)
- The Power of the Dog (Richard Flynn, Robert Mackenzie and Tara Webb)
- West Side Story (Tod A. Maitland, Gary Rydstrom, Brian Chumney, Andy Nelson and Shawn Murphy)
Best Original Song
- “Be Alive” — music and lyrics by DIXSON and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter (King Richard)
- “Dos Oruguitas” — music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda (Encanto)
- “Down to Joy” — music and lyrics by Van Morrison (Belfast)
- “No Time to Die” — music and lyrics by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell (No Time to Die)
- “Somehow You Do” — music and lyrics by Diane Warren (Four Good Days)
Best Original Score
- Don’t Look Up (Nicholas Britell)
- Dune (Hans Zimmer)
- Encanto (Germaine Franco)
- Parallel Mothers (Alberto Iglesias)
- The Power of the Dog (Jonny Greenwood)
Best Film Editing
- Don’t Look Up (Hank Corwin)
- Dune (Joe Walker)
- King Richard (Pamela Martin)
- The Power of the Dog (Peter Sciberras)
- Tick, Tick … Boom! (Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum)
Best Costume Design
- Cruella (Jenny Beavan)
- Cyrano (Massimo Cantini Parrini and Jacqueline Durran)
- Dune (Jacqueline West and Robert Morgan)
- Nightmare Alley (Luis Sequeira)
- West Side Story (Paul Tazewell)
Best International Feature Film
- Drive My Car (Japan)
- Flee (Denmark)
- The Hand of God (Italy)
- Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom (Bhutan)
- The Worst Person in the World (Norway)
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- Coming 2 America (Mike Marino, Stacey Morris and Carla Farmer)
- Cruella (Nadia Stacey, Naomi Donne and Julia Vernon)
- Dune (Donald Mowat, Love Larson and Eva von Bahr)
- The Eyes of Tammy Faye (Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram and Justin Raleigh)
- House of Gucci (Göran Lundström, Anna Carin Lock and Frederic Aspiras)
Best Production Design
- Dune (production design: Patrice Vermette; set decoration: Zsuzsanna Sipos)
- Nightmare Alley (production design: Tamara Deverell; set decoration: Shane Vieau)
- The Power of the Dog (production design: Grant Major; set decoration: Amber Richards)
- The Tragedy of Macbeth (production design: Stefan Dechant; set decoration: Nancy Haigh)
- West Side Story (production design: Adam Stockhausen; set decoration: Rena DeAngelo)
Best Animated Feature Film
- Encanto (Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino and Clark Spencer)
- Flee (Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie)
- Luca (Enrico Casarosa and Andrea Warren)
- The Mitchells vs. the Machines (Mike Rianda, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Kurt Albrecht)
- Raya and the Last Dragon (Don Hall, Carlos López Estrada, Osnat Shurer and Peter Del Vecho)
Best Animated Short Film
- Affairs of the Art (Joanna Quinn and Les Mills)
- Bestia (Hugo Covarrubias and Tevo Díaz)
- Boxballet (Anton Dyakov)
- Robin Robin (Dan Ojari and Mikey Please)
- The Windshield Wiper (Alberto Mielgo and Leo Sanchez)
Best Live-Action Short Film
- Ala Kachuu — Take and Run (Maria Brendle and Nadine Lüchinger)
- The Dress (Tadeusz Lysiak and Maciej Ślesicki)
- The Long Goodbye (Aneil Karia and Riz Ahmed)
- On My Mind (Martin Strange-Hansen and Kim Magnusson)
- Please Hold (K.D. Dávila and Levin Menekse)
Best Visual Effects
- Dune (Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor and Gerd Nefzer)
- Free Guy (Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis and Dan Sudick)
- No Time to Die (Charlie Noble, Joel Green, Jonathan Fawkner and Chris Corbould)
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (Christopher Townsend, Joe Farrell, Sean Noel Walker and Dan Oliver)
- Spider-Man: No Way Home (Kelly Port, Chris Waegner, Scott Edelstein and Dan Sudick)
Best Documentary Feature
- Ascension (Jessica Kingdon, Kira Simon-Kennedy and Nathan Truesdell)
- Attica (Stanley Nelson and Traci A. Curry)
- Flee (Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sorensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie)
- Summer of Soul (Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent and David Dinerstein)
- Writing With Fire (Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh)
Best Documentary Short Subject
- Audible (Matt Ogens and Geoff McLean)
- Lead Me Home (Pedro Kos and Jon Shenk)
- The Queen of Basketball (Ben Proudfoot)
- Three Songs for Benazir (Elizabeth Mirzaei and Gulistan Mirzaei)
- When We Were Bullies (Jay Rosenblatt)
Best Director
- Paul Thomas Anderson (Licorice Pizza)
- Kenneth Branagh (Belfast)
- Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog)
- Ryûsuke Hamaguchi (Drive My Car)
- Steven Spielberg (West Side Story)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Ciarán Hinds (Belfast)
- Troy Kotsur (CODA)
- Jesse Plemons (The Power of the Dog)
- J.K. Simmons (Being the Ricardos)
- Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Jessie Buckley (The Lost Daughter)
- Ariana DeBose (West Side Story)
- Judi Dench (Belfast)
- Kirsten Dunst (The Power of the Dog)
- Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard)
Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Javier Bardem (Being the Ricardos)
- Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog)
- Andrew Garfield (Tick, Tick … Boom!)
- Will Smith (King Richard)
- Denzel Washington (The Tragedy of Macbeth)
Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye)
- Olivia Colman (The Lost Daughter)
- Penélope Cruz (Parallel Mothers)
- Nicole Kidman (Being the Ricardos)
- Kristen Stewart (Spencer)
Best Picture
- Belfast (Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik and Tamar Thomas, Producers)
- CODA (Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi and Patrick Wachsberger, Producers)
- Don’t Look Up (Adam McKay and Kevin Messick, Producers)
- Drive My Car (Teruhisa Yamamoto, Producer)
- Dune (Mary Parent, Denis Villeneuve and Cale Boyter, Producers)
- King Richard (Tim White, Trevor White and Will Smith, Producers)
- Licorice Pizza (Sara Murphy, Adam Somner and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers)
- Nightmare Alley (Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Bradley Cooper, Producers)
- The Power of the Dog (Jane Campion, Tanya Seghatchian, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Roger Frappier, Producers)
- West Side Story (Steven Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers)
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