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Predicting the Winners: 98th Academy Awards

This year’s Oscars ceremony will be hosted by Conan O’Brien for the second year in a row.

The 98th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 15, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

The awards will be televised live on ABC and streamed live on Hulu beginning at 7 p.m., ET.

Best Picture

  • “Bugonia”
  • “F1”
  • “Frankenstein”
  • “Hamnet”
  • “Marty Supreme”
  • “One Battle After Another”
  • “The Secret Agent”
  • “Sentimental Value”
  • “Sinners”
  • “Train Dreams”

Will Win: Sinners

Could Win: One Battle After Another

Want to Win: Sinners

Best Supporting Actress

  • Elle Fanning, “Sentimental Value”
  • Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, “Sentimental Value”
  • Amy Madigan, “Weapons”
  • Wunmi Mosaku, “Sinners”
  • Teyana Taylor, “One Battle After Another”

Will Win: Amy Madigan

Could Win: Teyana Taylor

Want to Win: Amy Madigan, Teyana Taylor, or Wunmi Mosaku

Best Actor

  • Timothée Chalamet, “Marty Supreme”
  • Leonardo DiCaprio, “One Battle After Another”
  • Ethan Hawke, “Blue Moon”
  • Michael B. Jordan, “Sinners”
  • Wagner Moura, “The Secret Agent”

Will Win: Michael B. Jordan

Could Win: Timothee Chalamet

Want to Win: Michael B. Jordan or Timothee Chalamet

Best Actress

  • Jessie Buckley, “Hamnet”
  • Rose Byrne, “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”
  • Kate Hudson, “Song Sung Blue”
  • Renate Reinsve, “Sentimental Value”
  • Emma Stone, “Bugonia”

Will Win: Jessie Buckley

Could Win: Rose Byrne

Want to Win: Rose Byrne

Best Supporting Actor

  • Benicio Del Toro, “One Battle After Another”
  • Jacob Elordi, “Frankenstein”
  • Delroy Lindo, “Sinners”
  • Sean Penn, “One Battle After Another”
  • Stellan Skarsgård, “Sentimental Value”

Will Win: Delroy Lindo

Could Win: Sean Penn or Stellan Skarsgard

Want to Win: Delroy Lindo or Stellan Skarsgard

Best Director

  • Chloé Zhao, “Hamnet”
  • Josh Safdie, “Marty Supreme”
  • Paul Thomas Anderson, “One Battle After Another”
  • Joachim Trier, “Sentimental Value”
  • Ryan Coogler, “Sinners”

Will Win: Paul Thomas Anderson

Could Win: Ryan Coogler

Want to Win: Ryan Coogler

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

  • “Frankenstein”
  • “Kokuho”
  • “Sinners”
  • “The Smashing Machine”
  • “The Ugly Stepsister”

Will Win: Frankenstein

Could Win: Sinners

Want to Win: Frankenstein

Best Original Score

  • “Bugonia” — Jerskin Fendrix
  • “Frankenstein” — Alexandre Desplat
  • “Hamnet” — Max Richter
  • “One Battle After Another” — Jonny Greenwood
  • “Sinners” — Ludwig Göransson

Will Win: Sinners

Could Win: Frankenstein

Want to Win: Sinners

Best Live Action Short Film

  • “Butcher’s Stain”
  • “Jane Austen’s Period Drama”
  • “A Friend of Dorothy”
  • “The Singers”
  • “Two People Exchanging Saliva”

Will Win: Two People Exchanging Saliva

Could Win: A Friend of Dorothy

Want to Win: A Friend of Dorothy

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • “Bugonia” — Will Tracy
  • “Frankenstein” — Guillermo Del Toro
  • “Hamnet” — Maggie O’Farrell and Chloé Zhao
  • “One Battle After Another” — Paul Thomas Anderson
  • “Train Dreams” — Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar

Will Win: One Battle After Another

Could Win: No Contest

Want to Win: One Battle After Another

Best Original Screenplay

  • “Blue Moon” — Robert Kaplow
  • “It Was Just an Accident” — Jafar Panahi
  • “Marty Supreme” — Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
  • “Sentimental Value” — Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt
  • “Sinners” – Ryan Coogler

Will Win: Sinners

Could Win: No Contest

Want to Win: Sinners

Best Animated Short Film

  • “Butterfly”
  • “Forevergreen”
  • “The Girl Who Cried Pearls”
  • “Retirement Plan”
  • “The Three Sisters”

Will Win: Butterfly

Could Win: Forveregreen

Want to Win: Butterfly

Best Casting

  • “Hamnet” — Nina Gold
  • “Marty Supreme” — Jennifer Venditti
  • “One Battle After Another” — Cassandra Kulukundis
  • “The Secret Agent” — Gabriel Domingues
  • “Sinners” — Francine Maisler

Will Win: Sinners

Could Win: One Battle After Another

Want to Win: Sinners

Best Original Song

  • “Dear Me” from “Diane Warren: Relentless”
  • “Golden” from “KPop Demon Hunters”
  • “I Lied to You” from “Sinners”
  • “Sweet Dreams of Joy” from “Viva Verdi!”
  • “Train Dreams” from “Train Dreams”

Will Win: Golden

Could Win: I Lied to You

Want to Win: Golden

Best Documentary Feature Film

  • “The Alabama Solution”
  • “Come See Me in the Good Light”
  • “Cutting Through Rocks”
  • “Mr. Nobody Against Putin”
  • “The Perfect Neighbor”

Will Win: The Perfect Neighbor

Could Win: Mr. Nobody Against Putin

Want to Win: The Perfect Neighbor

Best Documentary Short Film

  • “All the Empty Rooms”
  • “Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud”
  • “Children No More: ‘Were and Are Gone'”
  • “The Devil is Busy”
  • “Perfectly a Strangeness”

Will Win: All the Empty Rooms

Could Win: Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud

Want to Win: All the Empty Rooms

Best International Feature Film

  • Brazil, “The Secret Agent”
  • France, “It Was Just an Accident”
  • Norway, “Sentimental Value”
  • Spain, “Sirât”
  • Tunisia, “The Voice of Hind Rajab”

Will Win: The Secret Agent

Could Win: Sentimental Value

Want to Win: The Secret Agent or It Was Just an Accident

Best Animated Feature Film

  • “Arco”
  • “Elio”
  • “KPop Demon Hunters”
  • “Little Amélie or the Character of Rain”
  • “Zootopia 2”

Will Win: KPop Demon Hunters

Could Win: Zootopia 2

Want to Win: KPop Demon Hunters

Best Production Design

  • “Frankenstein”
  • “Hamnet”
  • “Marty Supreme”
  • “One Battle After Another”
  • “Sinners”

Will Win: Frankenstein

Could Win: Hamnet

Want to Win: Frankenstein

Best Film Editing

  • “F1” — Stephen Mirrione
  • “Marty Supreme” — Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
  • “One Battle After Another” — Andy Jurgensen
  • “Sentimental Value” — Olivier Bugge Coutté
  • “Sinners” — Michael P. Shawver

Will Win: One Battle After Another

Could Win: F1

Want to Win: F1 or Sinners

Best Sound

  • “F1”
  • “Frankenstein”
  • “One Battle After Another”
  • “Sinners”
  • “Sirât”

Will Win: F1

Could Win: Sinners

Want to Win: F1

Best Visual Effects

  • “Avatar: Fire and Ash”
  • “F1”
  • “Jurassic World Rebirth”
  • “The Lost Bus”
  • “Sinners”

Will Win: Avatar: Fire and Ash

Could Win: No contest

Want to Win: Avatar: Fire and Ash

Best Cinematography

  • “Frankenstein”
  • “Marty Supreme”
  • “One Battle After Another”
  • “Sinners”
  • “Train Dreams”

Will Win: Sinners

Could Win: Train Dreams

Want to Win: Sinners

Best Costume Design

  • “Avatar: Fire and Ash” — Deborah L. Scott
  • “Frankenstein” — Kate Hawley
  • “Hamnet” — Malgosia Turzanska
  • “Marty Supreme” — Miyako Bellizzi
  • “Sinners” — Ruth E. Carter

Will Win: Frankenstein

Could Win: Hamnet

Want to Win: Frankenstein

Interview: Jessica Bruder & Bob Wells talk “Nomadland”

“Nomadland” is on a hot streak during this award season. The film has already won Best Director and Best Picture at both, the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards. I spoke with Author Jessica Bruder (“Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century”) and real life nomad, Bob Wells. We discussed the film, memories they enjoy reliving and more.

“Nomadland” is currently available to stream on Hulu.

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DFW Film Critics Association 2020 Award Winners

Frances McDormand in the film NOMADLAND. Photo by Joshua Richardson. © 2019 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation All Rights Reserved

SUMMARY OF AWARD WINNERS

2020 Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association awards

BEST PICTURE

Winner: NOMADLAND

Runners-up: PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN (2); THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 (3); MINARI (4); ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI (5); MANK (6); MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM (7); SOUND OF METAL (8); DA 5 BLOODS (9); FIRST COW (10)

BEST ACTOR

Winner: Chadwick Boseman, MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM

Runners-up: Riz Ahmed, SOUND OF METAL (2); Gary Oldman, MANK (3); Delroy Lindo, DA 5 BLOODS (4); Anthony Hopkins, THE FATHER (5)

BEST ACTRESS

Winner: Carey Mulligan, PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN

Runners-up: Frances McDormand, NOMADLAND (2); Viola Davis, MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM (3); Vanessa Kirby, PIECES OF A WOMAN (4); Andra Day, THE UNITED STATES VS. BILLIE HOLIDAY (5)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Winner: Daniel Kaluuya, JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH

Runners-up: Leslie Odom Jr., ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI (2); Sacha Baron Cohen, THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 (3); Bill Murray, ON THE ROCKS (4); Paul Raci, SOUND OF METAL (5)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Winner: Amanda Seyfried, MANK

Runners-up: Youn Yuh-jung, MINARI (2); Helena Zengel, NEWS OF THE WORLD (3); Maria Bakalova, BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM (4); Olivia Colman, THE FATHER (5)

BEST DIRECTOR

Winner: Chloe Zhao, NOMADLAND

Runners-up: Emerald Fennell, PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN (2); Regina King, ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI (3); David Fincher, MANK (4); Aaron Sorkin, THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 (5)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Winner: MINARI

Runners-up: ANOTHER ROUND (2); THE LIFE AHEAD (3); LA LLORONA (4); MARTIN EDEN (5)

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Winner: TIME

Runners-up: DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD (2); BOYS STATE (3); THE DISSIDENT (4); CRIP CAMP (5)

BEST ANIMATED FILM

Winner: SOUL

Runner-up: WOLFWALKERS

BEST SCREENPLAY

Winner: Emerald Fennell, PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN

Runner-up: Aaron Sorkin, THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Winner: Joshua James Richards, NOMADLAND

Runner-up: Erik Messerschmidt, MANK

BEST MUSICAL SCORE

Winner: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, MANK

Runner-up: James Newton Howard, NEWS OF THE WORLD

RUSSELL SMITH AWARD (best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film)

Winner: MINARI