MY FINAL AND OFFICIAL PREDICTIONS FOR THE 91ST ACADEMY AWARDS

All of the tea leaves on my 2019 Awards Tracker have been seeped and read. The analysis and breakdown. My seven editorial columns of detailed picks are complete using my head more than my heart. These aren’t my personal choices of what “should” win. It’s what I think “will” win because you and I have got Oscar pools to dominate! Here are my complete and official predictions for the 91st Academy Awards. Feel free to use this as your cut-to-the-chase checklist and cheat sheet of choice!

BEST PICTURE: Roma

BEST DIRECTOR: Alfonso Cuaron for Roma

BEST ACTOR: Rami Malek for Bohemian Rhapsody

BEST ACTRESS: Glenn Close for The Wife

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Mahershala Ali for Green Book

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Regina King for If Beale Street Could Talk

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: The Favourite

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: BlacKkKlansman

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Roma

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM: Bao

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: Free Solo

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT: Black Sheep

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM: Marguerite

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Roma

BEST EDITING: Vice

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: The Favourite

BEST COSTUME DESIGN: The Favourite

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIR-STYLING: Vice

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: Avengers: Infinity War

BEST SOUND EDITING: First Man

BEST SOUND MIXING: Bohemian Rhapsody

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: If Beale Street Could Talk

BEST ORIGINAL SONG: “Shallow” from A Star is Born

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