Everything You Need to Know About the 93rd Academy Awards

Tomorrow, the long and windy road to the 93rd Academy Awards come to an end when the telecast airs live on ABC. The race has been impacted by the pandemic and profound and unprecedented ways and much remains unknown about how the ceremony will play out and who the winners of several categories will be. Here, I preview the telecast and provide predictions for who will win in all 23 categories.

Author’s Note: This article is about who I think will win the Academy Awards this year. To see who I think should win in the top 8 categories check out my articles on the acting races and the writing, directing, and Best Picture races.

THE ROAD TO THE 93RD ACADEMY AWARDS

Last year’s Oscar ceremony was a notable improvement over the prior year. First of all, there were more inspired winners. Sure, the quartet of acting winners (Renee Zellweger, Joaquin Phoenix, Laura Dern, and Brad Pitt) was exceedingly predictable by the time Oscar night came along, but most were deserving. The Academy also went from awarding one of the worst Best Picture winners in recent history the prior year (Green Book) to one of the boldest and best (Parasite). In addition to a better slate of winners, I also found the second consecutive host-less telecast to be a significant step up over the first, with more inspired bits, better…