The fabulous Oscars weekend is upon us, and as we head toward the big Academy Awards show on Sunday, BA‘s Manny the Movie Guy gives his predictions about who will take home the coveted trophies.
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Manny here! Now that the ballots are en route to the 89th Academy Awards, it is time for us to predict who will be the big winners!
Damien Chazelle’s “La La Land” dominated the nominations with 14 nods, but will it shine on Oscar night at the city of stars? I’m predicting that the romance musical will take home 11 awards including Best Picture!
The musical will only lose in the actor (sorry, Ryan Gosling), original screenplay, and to its own “Audition” in the original song categories.
And you know why “La La Land” will win big? Because when the country is in turmoil, popular culture swings to the opposite way. And the film, with its sweet rose-colored palette and fancy production numbers made us all happy. And Hollywood wants us all happy.
We’ll find out all the happy Oscar winners on Sunday at 5 p.m. pacific when the Academy Awards will be broadcast live from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
Here is Manny the Movie Guy’s complete, fearless and final Oscar’s 2017 winning predictions:
Best Picture Arrival Fences Hacksaw Ridge Hidden Figures La La Land Lion Manchester By The Sea Moonlight Best Actor Casey Affleck, Manchester By The Sea Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge Ryan Gosling, La La Land Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic Denzel Washington, Fences Best Actress Isabelle Huppert, Elle Ruth Negga, Loving Natalie Portman, Jackie Emma Stone, La La Land Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins Best Supporting Actor Mahershala Ali, Moonlight Jeff Bridges, Hell Or High Water Lucas Hedges, Manchester By The Sea Dev Patel, Lion Michael Shannon, Nocturnal Animals Best Supporting Actress Viola Davis, Fences Naomie Harris, Moonlight Nicole Kidman, Lion Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures Michelle Williams, Manchester By The Sea Directing Denis Villeneuve, Arrival Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge Damien Chazelle, La La Land Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester By The Sea Barry Jenkins, Moonlight Film Editing Arrival Hacksaw Ridge Hell Or High Water La La Land Moonlight Foreign Language Film Land Of Mine A Man Called Ove The Salesman Tanna Toni Erdmannn Original Score Jackie La La Land Lion Moonlight Passenger Production Design Arrival Fantastic Beasts Hail, Caesar La La Land Passengers Visual Effects Deepwater Horizon Doctor Strange Rogue One: A Star Wars Story The Jungle Book Kubo And The Two Strings Adapted Screenplay Arrival Fences Hidden Figures Lion Moonlight Original Screenplay Hell Or High Water La La Land The Lobster Manchester By The Sea 20th Century Women Animated Feature Film Kubo And The Two Strings Moana My Life As A Zuccini The Red Turtle Zootopia Cinematography Arrival La La Land Moonlight Lion Silence Costume Design Allied Fantastic Beasts Florence Foster Jenkins Jackie La La Land
Documentary Feature Fire At Sea I Am Not Your Negro Life Animated OJ: Made In America Documentary Short Subject Extremis 4.1 Miles Joe’s Violin Watani: My Homeland The White Helmets Makeup and Hairstyling A Man Called Ove Star Trek Beyond Suicide Squad Original Song Audition, La La Land Can’t Stop The Feeling, Trolls City Of Stars, La La Land The Empty Chair, Jim: The James Foley Story How Far I’ll Go, Moana Animated Short Film Blind Vaysha Borrowed Time Pear Cider and Cigarettes Pearl Piper Live Action Short Film Ennemis Intérieurs La Femme et le TGV Silent Nights Sing Timecode Sound Editing Arrival Deepwater Horizon Hacksaw Ridge La La Land Sully Sound Mixing Arrival Hacksaw La La Land Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
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