Final Predictions for the 96th Academy Award Nominations
On Tuesday, January 23, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will unveil their nominations for the 96th Annual Academy Awards at 8:30am ET/5:30am PT. The awards season was shaping up in a pretty straightforward manner until recent nominations from the Screen Actors Guild and the British Academy shook things up. Here, I take a deep dive into the top races and post my final predictions in each.
Click here for my recap of this year’s Oscar nominations
After the utterly disastrous 2022 Academy Awards, marked by Will Smith slapping Chris Rock, the embarassing Twitter-voted fan awards, and numerous cringe-inducing comedy bits, last year’s Academy Awards were a stunning return to form. The often-smug Jimmy Kimmel proved charming, witty, and succinct in his 3rd time hosting. The musical numbers were well-staged and memorable. The presenters were selected thoughtfully and were given less awkward shtick than usual. And, of course, brilliant and bizarre Everything Everywhere All at Once leapt its way into the history books becoming the 1st film ever to win 6 of the 8 top awards, the 3rd in history to win 3 of the 4 acting awards, the 2nd Best Picture winner to have all-Asian leads, and the 1st science fiction film to win Best Picture.
