The 96th Academy Awards are almost here! They’ll be taking place on Sunday, March 10th at 7PM E/4PM P on ABC. To prepare you all for Hollywood’s biggest night, I’ll be going through all 9 below-the-line categories and give you insights as to how the race in each of them is shaping up going into the Oscars. So let’s get on with it, shall we?
Best Original Score:
Best Original Song:
Best Cinematography:
Best Film Editing:
Best Sound:
Best Production Design:
Best Makeup & Hairstyling:
Best Costume Design:
Now the toughest below-the-line category to predict this year...
Best Visual Effects:
As a reminder, the Academy Awards will be taking place tonight on ABC. The pre-show will begin at 6:30pm/3:30pm. After that, the 96th Oscars telecast will begin at 7:00/4:00 lasting for about three and a half hours or so. Here is a quick rundown of my predictions for the three short categories…
Best Animated Short Film:
Best Documentary Short Subject:
Best Live Action Short Film:
Best Original Score:
- Oppenheimer
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Poor Things
- American Fiction
- Indiana Jones & the Dial of Destiny
Best Original Song:
- 'What Was I Made For?' from Barbie
- 'I'm Just Ken' from Barbie
- 'It Never Went Away' from American Symphony
- 'Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)' from Killers of the Flower Moon
- 'The Fire Inside' from Flamin' Hot
Best Cinematography:
- Oppenheimer
- Poor Things
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Maestro
- El Conde
Best Film Editing:
- Oppenheimer
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Anatomy of a Fall
- Poor Things
- The Holdovers
Best Sound:
- Oppenheimer
- The Zone of Interest
- Maestro
- Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning - Part One
- The Creator
Best Production Design:
- Poor Things
- Barbie
- Oppenheimer
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Napoleon
Best Makeup & Hairstyling:
- Maestro
- Poor Things
- Oppenheimer
- Society of the Snow
- Golda
Best Costume Design:
- Poor Things
- Barbie
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Oppenheimer
- Napoleon
Now the toughest below-the-line category to predict this year...
Best Visual Effects:
- Napoleon
- The Creator
- Godzilla Minus One
- Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning - Part One
- Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3
As a reminder, the Academy Awards will be taking place tonight on ABC. The pre-show will begin at 6:30pm/3:30pm. After that, the 96th Oscars telecast will begin at 7:00/4:00 lasting for about three and a half hours or so. Here is a quick rundown of my predictions for the three short categories…
Best Animated Short Film:
- War is Over! Inspired By the Music of John & Yoko
- Letter to a Pig
- Ninety-Five Senses
- Pachyderme
- Our Uniform
Best Documentary Short Subject:
- The Last Repair Shop
- The ABCs of Book Banning
- Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó
- The Barber of Little Rock
- Island in Between
Best Live Action Short Film:
- The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
- Red, White, & Blue
- The After
- Invincible
- Knight of Fortune