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The Nominees Are....

Here we go!

I swear this is my favorite morning. Beats Christmas every time, no matter how frustrating it sometimes is.

Tiffany Haddish and Andy Serkis hosting the announcement, as the Academy continues trying new things to make this more of an event.

Nominees after the jump.....



Production Design
Beauty and the Beast
Blade Runner 2049
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water

4/5

Cinematography
Blade Runner 2049
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Mudbound
The Shape of Water

5/5 on this one - Mudbound's Rachel Morrison makes history as the first female cinematographer ever nominated.

Costume Design
Beauty and the Beast
Darkest Hour
Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water
Victoria and Abdul

4/5

Sound Editing
Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi

5/5

Sound Mixing
Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi

4/5

I think they rarely match completely in these categories, so that's something.

Animated Short
Dear Basketball
Garden Party
Lou
Negative Space
Revolting Rhymes

1/5

Live Action Short
DeKalb Elementary
The Eleven O'Clock
My Nephew Emmett
The Silent Child
Watu Wote / All of Us

3/5

Score
Dunkirk
Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri

3/5

Visual Effects
Blade Runner 2049
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Kong: Skull Island
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
War for the Planet of the Apes

3/5

Film Editing
Baby Driver
Dunkirk
I, Tonya
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri

4/5

Makeup and Hairstyling
Darkest Hour
Victoria and Abdul
Wonder

2/5 - it's a bloodbath with my predictions.


Ok, the 90-second break is over. On to the big ones.

Supporting Actress
Mary J. Blige, Mudbound
Allison Janney, I, Tonya
Lesley Manville, Phantom Thread
Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water

4/5 - I knew Spencer was in! And i audibly yelled when I heard Manville's name called!

Supporting Actor
Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
Woody Harrelson, Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water
Christopher Plummer, All the Money in the World
Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri

5/5 - brush your shoulders off

Foreign Language
A Fantastic Woman
The Insult
Loveless
On Body and Soul
The Square

3/5

Documentary Short
Edith and Eddie
Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405
Heroin(e)
Knife Skills
Traffic Stop

2/5

Documentary Feature
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Faces Places
Icarus
Last Men in Aleppo
Strong Island

2/5 - NO Jane?!?!

Original Song
Call Me By Your Name - "Mystery of Love"
Coco - "Remember Me"
The Greatest Showman - "This is Me"
Marshall - "Stand Up for Something"
Mudbound - "Mighty River"

3/5

Animated Feature
The Boss Baby
The Breadwinner
Coco
Ferdinand
Loving Vincent

4/5

Adapted Screenplay
Call Me By Your Name
The Disaster Artist
Logan
Molly's Game
Mudbound

4/5 - Logan is the first superhero movie nominated for writing

Original Screenplay
The Big Sick
Get Out
Lady Bird
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri

4/5

Actor
Timothee Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name
Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
Denzel Washington, Roman j. Israel, Esq.

4/5 - dammit, shoulda gone with my gut - I almost put Washington instead of Franco!

Actress
Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
Frances McDormand, Three Billboards
Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
Meryl Streep, The Post

5/5

Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread
Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water
Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
Jordan Peele, Get Out

4/5 - hooray PTA! And Nolan finally gets his nomination, while McDonagh gets none.

Best Picture
Call Me By Your Name
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Get Out
Lady Bird
Phantom Thread
The Post
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri

7/9 - I guessed there'd be eight, didn't count on Darkest Hour or Phantom Thread


The Shape of Water leads with 13 nominations.

I nailed 5/5 predictions for Best Cinematography, Best Sound Editing, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Actress.

More coherent thoughts to follow after I get my coffee...



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