91st Academy Awards

91st Academy Awards


Broadcast Date: 25th February 2019 - Australia


Greetings, bloggers. It is with great pleasure that the nominations for this year's Oscar ceremony are confirmed. Unlike the others, the 91st Academy Awards will become the second ceremony without a designated host. The last time that the Oscars went without a host was in 1989.

I was shocked to discover that Black Panther has earned the rare distinction of being the first superhero movie to receive a Best Picture nomination. Also, I was surprised that Bohemian Rhapsody got nominated in the same category, despite having mixed reviews.

Here is the list of the contenders that are nominees for each category.

Best Visual Effects

Avengers: Infinity War - Dan DeLeeuw, Kelly Port, Russell Earl and Daniel Sudick
Christopher Robin - Christopher Lawrence, Michael Eames, Theo Jones and Chris Corbould
First Man - Paul Lambert, Ian Hunter, Tristan Myles and J. D. Schwalm
Ready Player One - Roger Guyett, Grady Cofer, Matthew E. Butler and David Shirk
Solo: A Star Wars Story - Rob Bredow, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan and Dominic Tuohy


Best Film Editing

BlacKkKlansman - Barry Alexander Brown
Bohemian Rhapsody - John Ottman
The Favourite - Yorgos Mavropsaridis
Green Book - Patrick J. Don Vito
Vice - Hank Corwin

Best Costume Design

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs - Mary Zophres
Black Panther - Ruth E. Carter
The Favourite - Sandy Powell
Mary Poppins Returns - Sandy Powell 
Mary Queen of Scots - Alexandra Bryne

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Border - Goran Lundstrom and Pamela Goldammer
Mary Queen of Scots - Jenny Shircore, Marc Pilcher and Jessica Brooks
Vice - Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe and Patricia Dehaney

Best Cinematography

Cold War - Lukasz Zal
The Favourite - Robbie Ryan
Never Look Away - Caleb Deschanel
Roma - Alfonso Cuaron
A Star Is Born - Matthew Libatique

Best Production Design

Black Panther - Production Design: Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Jay Hart

The Favourite - Production Design: Fiona Crombie; Set Decoration: Alice Felton

First Man - Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Kathy Lucas

Mary Poppins Returns - Production Design: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim

Roma - Production Design: Eugenio Caballero; Set Decoration: Barbara Enriquez

Best Sound Mixing

Black Panther - Steve Boeddeker, Brandon Proctor and Peter Devlin
Bohemian Rhapsody - Paul Massey, Tim Cavagin and John Casali
First Man - Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montano, Ai-Ling Lee and Mary H. Ellis
Roma - Skip Lievsay, Craig Henighan and Jose Antonio Garcia
A Star Is Born - Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic, Jason Ruder and Steve Morrow

Best Sound Editing

Black Panther - Benjamin A. Burtt and Steve Boeddeker
Bohemian Rhapsody - John Warhurst and Nina Hartstone
First Man - Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan
A Quiet Place - Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
Roma - Sergio Diaz and Skip Lievsay

Best Original Song

"All the Stars" from Black Panther - Music by Mark Spears, Kendrick Lamar Duckworth and Anthony Tifftih; Lyrics by Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, Anthony Tifftih and Solana Rowe
"I'll Fight" from RBG - Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren
"The Place Where Lost Things Go" from Mary Poppins Returns - Music and Lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman
"Shallow" from A Star Is Born - Music and Lyrics by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt
"When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings" from The Ballad of Buster Scruggs - Music and Lyrics by David Rawlings and Gillian Welch

Best Original Score

Black Panther - Ludwig Goransson
BlacKkKlansman - Terence Blanchard
If Beale Street Could Talk - Nicholas Britell
Isle of Dogs - Alexandre Desplat
Mary Poppins Returns - Marc Shaiman


Best Animated Short Film

Animal Behaviour - Alison Snowden and David Fine
Bao - Domee Shi and Becky-Neiman Cobb
Late Afternoon - Louise Bagnall and Nuria Gonzalez Bianco
One Small Step - Andrew Chesworth and Bobby Pontillas
Weekends - Trevor Jimenez


Best Live Action Short Film

Detainment - Vincent Lambe and Darren Mahon
Fauve - Jeremy Comte and Maria Gracia Turgeon
Marguerite - Marianne Farley and Marie-Helene Panisset
Mother - Rodrigo Sorogoyen and Maria del Puy Alvarado
Skin - Guy Nattiv and Jaime Ray Newman

Best Documentary - Short Subject

Black Sheep - Ed Perkins and Jonathan Chinn

End Game - Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman

Lifeboat - Skye Fitzgerald and Bryn Mooser

A Night at the Garden - Marshall Curry

Period. End of Sentence - Rayka Zehtabachi and Melissa Berton

Best Documentary - Feature

Free Solo - Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Evan Hayes and Shannon Dill
Hale County This Morning, This Evening - RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes and Su Kim
Minding the Gap - Bing Liu and Diane Quon
Of Fathers and Sons - Talal Derki, Ansgar Freirch, Eva Kemme and Tobias N. Siebert
RBG - Betsy West and Julie Cohen


Best Foreign Language Film

Capernaum (Lebanon) in Arabic - Directed by Nadine Labaki

Cold War (Poland) in Polish and French - Directed by Pawel Pawlikowski

Never Look Away (Germany) in German - Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Roma (Mexico) in Spanish and Mixtec - Directed by Alfonso Cuaron

Shoplifters (Japan) in Japanese - Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda

Best Animated Feature Film

Incredibles 2 - Brad Bird, John Walker and Nicole Paradis Grindle
Isle of Dogs - Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales and Jeremy Dawson
Mirai - Mamoru Hosoda and Yuichiro Saito
Ralph Breaks the Internet - Rich Moore, Phil Johnston and Clark Spencer
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller 


Best Writing - Adapted Screenplay

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs - Screenplay by Joel & Ethan Cohen, based on the short stories All Gold Canyon by Jack London and The Gal Who Got Rattled by Stewart Edward White

BlacKkKlansman - Screenplay by Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott and Spike Lee, based on the memoir Black Klansman by Ron Stallworth

Can You Ever Forgive Me? - Screenplay by Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty, based on a memoir by Lee Israel

If Beale Street Could Talk - Screenplay by Barry Jenkins, based on the novel by James Baldwin
A Star Is Born - Screenplay by Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper and Will Fetters, based on the 1937 screenplay by William A. Wellman, Robert Carson, Dorothy Parker and Alan Campbell

Best Writing - Original Screenplay

The Favourite - Written by Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara
First Reformed - Written by Paul Schrader
Green Book - Written by Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie and Peter Farrelly
Roma - Written by Alfonso Cuaron
Vice - Written by Adam McKay

Best Supporting Actress

Amy Adams - Vice as Lynne Cheney

Marina de Tavira - Roma as Sra. Sofia

Regina King - If Beale Street Could Talk as Sharon Rivers

Emma Stone - The Favourite as Abigail Masham

Rachel Weisz - The Favourite as Sarah Churchill

Best Supporting Actor

Mahershala Ali - Green Book as Don Shirley
Adam Driver - BlacKkKlansman as Phillip "Flip" Zimmerman
Sam Elliott - A Star Is Born as Bobby Maine
Richard E. Grant - Can You Ever Forgive Me? as Jack Hock
Sam Rockwell - Vice as George W. Bush


Best Actress

Yalitza Aparicio - Roma as Cleodegaria "Cleo" Guiterrez
Glenn Close - The Wife as Joan Castleman
Olivia Colman - The Favourite as Anne, Queen of Great Britain
Lady Gaga - A Star Is Born as Ally Maine
Melissa McCarthy - Can You Ever Forgive Me? as Lee Israel

Best Actor

Christian Bale - Vice as Dick Cheney
Bradley Cooper - A Star Is Born as Jackson "Jack" Maine
Willem Dafoe - Eternity's Gate as Vincent Van Gogh
Rami Malek - Bohemian Rhapsody as Freddie Mercury
Viggo Mortensen - Green Book as Frank "Tony Lip" Vallelonga

Best Director

Spike Lee - BlacKkKlansman
Pawel Pawlikowski - Cold War
Yorgos Lanthimos - The Favourite
Alfonso Cuaron - Roma
Adam McKay - Vice

Best Picture

Black Panther - Kevin Feige
BlacKkKlansman - Sean McKittrick, Jason Blum, Raymond Mansfield, Jordan Peele and Spike Lee
Bohemian Rhapsody - Graham King
The Favourite - Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday and Yorgos Lanthimos
Green Book - Jim Burke, Charles B. Wessler, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly and Nick Vallelonga
Roma - Gabriela Rodriguez and Alfonso Cuaron
A Star Is Born - Bill Gerber, Bradley Cooper and Lynette Howell Taylor
Vice - Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adam McKay and Kevin J. Messick


Academy Honorary Awards

Cicely Tyson

Lalo Schifrin

Marvin Levy

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Kathleen Kennedy
Frank Marshall

Make sure you let me know who you think the winners will be. My predictions for the winners of the following categories are

Best Actor - Rami Malek for Bohemian Rhapsody
Best Animated Feature - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Best Visual Effects - Avengers: Infinity War 

Good luck!

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