2016 Academy Awards Predictions

Thank god the Oscars are here.

By that, I mean we’ll FINALLY stop hearing about how much Leonardo DiCaprio “deserves” an Oscar (Reminder: Ralph Fiennes still has yet to win an Oscar, so Leo apologists can STFU).

Anyway, we talked about our predictions on Friday’s “Pat & JT in the Morning.” And now I’ve got my predictions list together. Check it out! Please note: I didn’t include the entire list of Academy Award nominees. You can see the full list here. Also, I’ll have a follow-up post on Monday to discuss the overall show and my predictions!

Best Motion Picture

• The Big Short
• Bridge of Spies
• Brooklyn
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian
• The Revenant
• Room
• Spotlight

Best Actor

• Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
• Matt Damon, The Martian
• Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
• Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
• Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl

Best Actress

Best Supporting Actor

• Christian Bale, The Big Short
• Tom Hardy, The Revenant
• Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
• Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
• Sylvester Stallone, Creed

Best Supporting Actress

• Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
• Rooney Mara, Carol
• Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
• Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
• Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs

Best Director

• The Big Short, Adam McKay
• Mad Max: Fury Road, George Miller
• The Revenant, Alejandro G. Iñárritu
• Room, Lenny Abrahamson
• Spotlight, Tom McCarthy

Best Original Screenplay

• Bridge of Spies, Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
• Ex Machina, Alex Garland
• Inside Out, Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley; Original story by Pete Docter, Ronnie del Carmen
• Spotlight, Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy
• Straight Outta Compton, Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff; Story by S. Leigh Savidge & Alan Wenkus and Andrea Berloff

Best Adapted Screenplay

• The Big Short, Charles Randolph and Adam McKay
• Brooklyn, Nick Hornby
• Carol, Phyllis Nagy
• The Martian, Drew Goddard
• Room, Emma Donoghue

Best Animated Feature Film

• Anomalisa
• Boy and the World
• Inside Out
• Shaun the Sheep Movie
• When Marnie Was There

Best Cinematography

• Carol
• The Hateful Eight
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Revenant
• Sicario

Best Film Editing

• The Big Short
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Revenant
• Spotlight
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Production Design

• Bridge of Spies
• The Danish Girl
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian
• The Revenant

Best Visual Effects

• Ex Machina
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian
• The Revenant
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Sound Editing

• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian
• The Revenant
• Sicario
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Sound Mixing

• Bridge of Spies
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian
• The Revenant
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Original Score

• Bridge of Spies, Thomas Newman
• Carol, Carter Burwell
• The Hateful Eight, Ennio Morricone
• Sicario, Jóhann Jóhannsson
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens, John Williams

Best Original Song

• “Earned It,” Fifty Shades of Grey (Music and Lyric by Abel Tesfaye, Ahmad Balshe, Jason Daheala Quenneville and Stephan Moccio)
• “Manta Ray,” Racing Extinction (Music by J. Ralph and Lyric by Antony Hegarty)
• “Simple Song #3,” Youth (Music and Lyric by David Lang)
• “Til it Happens to You,” The Hunting Ground (Music and Lyric by Diane Warren and Lady Gaga)
• “Writing’s on the Wall,” Spectre (Music and Lyric by Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith)

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out a Window and Disappeared
• The Revenant

Best Costume Design

• Carol
• Cinderella
• The Danish Girl
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Revenant

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The 88th Annual Academy Awards will be live Sunday, Feb. 28 on ABC at 7pm E/6pm C.