Oscar Predictions 2025

Actor in a Leading Role

Adrien Brody
The Brutalist

Timothée Chalamet
A Complete Unknown

Colman Domingo
Sing Sing

Ralph Fiennes
Conclave

Sebastian Stan
The Apprentice

Actor in a Supporting Role

Yura Borisov
Anora

Kieran Culkin
A Real Pain

Edward Norton
A Complete Unknown

Guy Pearce
The Brutalist

Jeremy Strong
The Apprentice

Actress in a Leading Role

Cynthia Erivo
Wicked

Karla Sofía Gascón
Emilia Pérez

Mikey Madison
Anora

Demi Moore
The Substance

Fernanda Torres
I'm Still Here

Actress in a Supporting Role

Monica Barbaro
A Complete Unknown

Ariana Grande
Wicked

Felicity Jones
The Brutalist

Isabella Rossellini
Conclave

Zoe Saldaña
Emilia Pérez

Animated Feature Film

Flow
Gints Zilbalodis, Matīss Kaža, Ron Dyens and Gregory Zalcman

Inside Out 2
Kelsey Mann and Mark Nielsen

Memoir of a Snail
Adam Elliot and Liz Kearney

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham and Richard Beek

The Wild Robot
Chris Sanders and Jeff Hermann

Animated Short Film

Beautiful Men
Nicolas Keppens and Brecht Van Elslande

In the Shadow of the Cypress
Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi

Magic Candies
Daisuke Nishio and Takashi Washio

Wander to Wonder
Nina Gantz and Stienette Bosklopper

Yuck!
Loïc Espuche and Juliette Marquet

Cinematography

The Brutalist
Lol Crawley

Dune: Part Two
Greig Fraser

Emilia Pérez
Paul Guilhaume

Maria
Ed Lachman

Nosferatu
Jarin Blaschke

Costume Design

A Complete Unknown
Arianne Phillips

Conclave
Lisy Christl

Gladiator II
Janty Yates and Dave Crossman

Nosferatu
Linda Muir

Wicked
Paul Tazewell

Directing

Anora
Sean Baker

The Brutalist
Brady Corbet

A Complete Unknown
James Mangold

Emilia Pérez
Jacques Audiard

The Substance
Coralie Fargeat

Documentary Feature Film

Black Box Diaries
Shiori Ito, Eric Nyari and Hanna Aqvilin

No Other Land
Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham

Porcelain War
Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev, Aniela Sidorska and Paula DuPre' Pesmen

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Johan Grimonprez, Daan Milius and Rémi Grellety

Sugarcane
Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie and Kellen Quinn

Documentary Short Film

Death by Numbers
Kim A. Snyder and Janique L. Robillard

I Am Ready, Warden
Smriti Mundhra and Maya Gnyp

Incident
Bill Morrison and Jamie Kalven

Instruments of a Beating Heart
Ema Ryan Yamazaki and Eric Nyari

The Only Girl in the Orchestra
Molly O’Brien and Lisa Remington

Film Editing

Anora
Sean Baker

The Brutalist
David Jancso

Conclave
Nick Emerson

Emilia Pérez
Juliette Welfling

Wicked
Myron Kerstein

International Feature Film

Brazil
I'm Still Here

Denmark
The Girl with the Needle

France
Emilia Pérez

Germany
The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Latvia
Flow

Makeup and Hairstyling

A Different Man
Mike Marino, David Presto and Crystal Jurado

Emilia Pérez
Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier and Jean-Christophe Spadaccini

Nosferatu
David White, Traci Loader and Suzanne Stokes-Munton

The Substance
Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli

Wicked
Frances Hannon, Laura Blount and Sarah Nuth

Music (Original Score)

The Brutalist
Daniel Blumberg

Conclave
Volker Bertelmann

Emilia Pérez
Clément Ducol and Camille

Wicked
John Powell and Stephen Schwartz

The Wild Robot
Kris Bowers

Music (Original Song)

El Mal
from Emilia Pérez; Music by Clément Ducol and Camille; Lyric by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard

The Journey
from The Six Triple Eight; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren

Like A Bird
from Sing Sing; Music and Lyric by Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada

Mi Camino
from Emilia Pérez; Music and Lyric by Camille and Clément Ducol

Never Too Late
from Elton John: Never Too Late; Music and Lyric by Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt and Bernie Taupin

Best Picture

Anora
Alex Coco, Samantha Quan and Sean Baker, Producers

The Brutalist
Nick Gordon, Brian Young, Andrew Morrison, D.J. Gugenheim and Brady Corbet, Producers

A Complete Unknown
Fred Berger, James Mangold and Alex Heineman, Producers

Conclave
Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell and Michael A. Jackman, Producers

Dune: Part Two
Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Tanya Lapointe and Denis Villeneuve, Producers

Emilia Pérez
Pascal Caucheteux and Jacques Audiard, Producers

I'm Still Here
Maria Carlota Bruno and Rodrigo Teixeira, Producers

Nickel Boys
Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Joslyn Barnes, Producers

The Substance
Coralie Fargeat and Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner, Producers

Wicked
Marc Platt, Producer

Production Design

The Brutalist
Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Patricia Cuccia

Conclave
Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Cynthia Sleiter

Dune: Part Two
Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau

Nosferatu
Production Design: Craig Lathrop; Set Decoration: Beatrice Brentnerová

Wicked
Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales

Live Action Short Film

A Lien
Sam Cutler-Kreutz and David Cutler-Kreutz

Anuja
Adam J. Graves and Suchitra Mattai

I'm Not a Robot
Victoria Warmerdam and Trent

The Last Ranger
Cindy Lee and Darwin Shaw

The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
Nebojša Slijepčević and Danijel Pek

Sound

A Complete Unknown
Tod A. Maitland, Donald Sylvester, Ted Caplan, Paul Massey and David Giammarco

Dune: Part Two
Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett and Doug Hemphill

Emilia Pérez
Erwan Kerzanet, Aymeric Devoldère, Maxence Dussère, Cyril Holtz and Niels Barletta

Wicked
Simon Hayes, Nancy Nugent Title, Jack Dolman, Andy Nelson and John Marquis

The Wild Robot
Randy Thom, Brian Chumney, Gary A. Rizzo and Leff Lefferts

Visual Effects

Alien: Romulus
Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin and Shane Mahan

Better Man
Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft and Peter Stubbs

Dune: Part Two
Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe and Gerd Nefzer

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story and Rodney Burke

Wicked
Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, David Shirk and Paul Corbould

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

A Complete Unknown
Screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks

Conclave
Screenplay by Peter Straughan

Emilia Pérez
Screenplay by Jacques Audiard; In collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius and Nicolas Livecchi

Nickel Boys
Screenplay by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes

Sing Sing
Screenplay by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar; Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John "Divine G" Whitfield

Writing (Original Screenplay)

Anora
Written by Sean Baker

The Brutalist
Written by Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold

A Real Pain
Written by Jesse Eisenberg

September 5
Written by Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum; Co-Written by Alex David

The Substance
Written by Coralie Fargeat 

Stuck in a Rut

Books about British young women solving crimes dominate this list, but I managed to read/listen to a few autobiographies. 

1. Enola Holmes and the Elegant Escapade

by Nancy Springer

2. Murder at the Mayfair Hotel

by C.J. Archer

3. Murder at the Piccadilly Playhouse

by C.J. Archer

4. Murder in the Drawing Room

by C.J. Archer

5. Murder at the Dressmaker's Salon

by C.J. Archer

6. Murder at the Debutante Ball

by C.J. Archer

7. Lovely One

by Ketanji Brown Jackson

8. Murder at the Crown and Anchor

by C.J. Archer

9. This Is Just My Face

by Gabourey Sidibe

10. Murder at the Polo Club

by C.J. Archer

Read 'em and Weep

Light fiction list

1. The Case of the Gypsy Goodbye

by Nancy Springer

2. Enola Holmes and the Boy in Buttons

by Nancy Springer

3. The Demigod Files

by Rick Riordan

4. The Son of Neptune

by Rick Riordan

5. The Mark of Athena

by Rick Riordan

6. The House of Hades

by Rick Riordan

7. The Blood of Olympus

by Rick Riordan

8. The Unicorn Rescue Society: The Madre de Aguas of Cuba

by Adam Gidwitz and Emma Otheguy

9. The Unicorn Rescue Society: The Secret of the Himalayas

by Adam Gidwitz and Hena Khan

10. Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche

by Nancy Springer

Dreams in Digital

Almost no Fiction! 

1. The Hope We Hold

by Jeremy Vuolo and Jinger Vuolo

2. Becoming Free Indeed

Jinger Duggar Vuolo

3. Change Your Schedule, Change Your Life

by Dr. Suhas Kshirsagar

4. The Duggars

by Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar

5. Killers of the Flower Moon

by David Grann

6. I'm Talking as Fast as I Can

by Lauren Graham

7. Have I Told You This Already?

by Lauren Graham

8. The Demigod Diaries

by Rick Riordan

9. The Storyteller

by Dave Grohl

10. Fatty Fatty Boom Boom

by Rabia Chaudry

Dreaming of Spring

Mostly continuations of book series that I enjoy. But some biographies too. I started down a reality tv rabbit hole that will continue on the next list. 🙈

1.  The Man Who Died Twice

by Richard Osman

2.  Battle Ground 

by Jim Butcher

3.  The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets

by Nancy Springer 

4.  The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan

by Nancy Springer

5.  Trick Mirror

by Jia Tolentino

6. The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline

by Nancy Springer

7. The Bullet That Missed

by Richard Osman

8. Counting the Cost

by Jill Duggar 

9. The Last Devil to Die

by Richard Osman

10. Truly, Madly: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, and the Romance of the Century

by Stephen Galloway

Oscar Predictions 2024

Oscar Predictions

Actor in a Supporting Role

Sterling K. Brown — American Fiction
Robert De Niro — Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr. — Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling — Barbie

Mark Ruffalo — Poor Things

Costume Design

Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

Makeup and Hairstyling

Golda
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Society of the Snow

Live Action Short Film

The After
Invincible
Night of Fortune
Red, White and Blue
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

Animated Short Film

Letter to a Pig
Ninety-Five Senses
Our Uniform
Pachyderme
War is Over

Adapted Screenplay

American Fiction — Cord Jefferson
Barbie — Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach
Oppenheimer — Christopher Nolan
Poor Things — Tony McNamara
The Zone of Interest — Jonathan Glazer

Original Screenplay

Anatomy of a Fall — Justine Triet and Arthur Harari
The Holdovers — David Hemingson
Maestro — Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer
May December — Sammy Birch and Alex Mechanik
Past Lives — Celine Song

Actress in a Supporting Role

Emily Blunt — Oppenheimer

Danielle Brooks — The Color Purple
America Ferrera — Barbie
Jodie Foster — Nyad
Da’Vine Joy Randolph — The Holdovers

Original Song

“The Fire Inside” — Flamin’ Hot
“I’m Just Ken” — Barbie
“It Never Went Away” — American Symphony
“Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)” — Killers of the Flower Moon

"What Was I Made For?” — Barbie

Original Score

Jerskin Fendrix — Poor Things
Ludwig Göransson — Oppenheimer

Laura Karpman — American Fiction

Robbie Robertson — Killers of the Flower Moon

John Williams — Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Documentary Feature Film

Bobi Wine: The People’s President
The Eternal Memory
Four Daughters
To Kill a Tiger
20 Days in Mariupol

Documentary Short Film

The ABCs of Book Banning
The Barber of Little Rock
Island in Between
The Last Repair Shop
Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó

International Feature Film

Io Capitano — Italy

Perfect Days — Japan

Society of the Snow — Spain
The Teachers’ Lounge — Germany
The Zone of Interest — United Kingdom

Animated Feature Film

The Boy and the Heron

Elemental

Nimona
Robot Dreams
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Production Design

Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

Film Editing

Anatomy of a Fall
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

Sound
The Creator
Maestro
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Oppenheimer
The Zone of Interest

Visual Effects

The Creator
Godzilla Minus One
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One
Napoleon

Cinematography

El Conde
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

Actor in a leading role

Bradley Cooper — Maestro

Colman Domingo — Rustin

Paul Giamatti — The Holdovers
Cillian Murphy — Oppenheimer
Jeffrey Wright — American Fiction

Actress in a Leading Role

Annette Bening — Nyad
Lily Gladstone — Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Hüller — Anatomy of a Fall

Carey Mulligan — Maestro
Emma Stone — Poor Things

Directing

Jonathan Glazer — The Zone of Interest
Yorgos Lanthimos — Poor Things

Christopher Nolan — Oppenheimer
Martin Scorsese — Killers of the Flower Moon

Justine Triet — Anatomy of a Fall

Best Picture

American Fiction

Anatomy of a Fall

Barbie
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro

Oppenheimer
Past Lives

Poor Things
The Zone of Interest

Fall into Winter

I listened to one book that lead to listening to app-recommended books of a similar theme. Maybe it had something to do with my milestone birthday?

1. What Fresh Hell is This?

by Heather Corinna

2. I'm So Effing Tired

by Amy Shah

3. The Galveston Diet

by Mary Claire Haver, MD

4. Skin Game

by Jim Butcher

5. Peace Talks

by Jim Butcher

6. All Your Worth

by Elizabeth Warren & Amelia Warren Tyagi

7. Wonton Terror
by Vivien Chien 

8. Enola Holmes: The Case of the Missing Marquess

by Nancy Springer

9. Enola Holmes: The Case of the Left-Handed Lady

By Nancy Springer

10. Why We Sleep

by Matthew Walker, PhD