2021 Oscars Predictions

    

    Welcome back to HLS Entertainment! Today we are going through the Oscars categories one by one to project who will win each while we are going to be skipping the shorts and documentary categories. Zero disrespect to the artist involved in making the documentaries and short films.

     This blog doubles as an #HLSBets blog as well because certain bookmakers will have Academy Awards betting, not all but some do. So in that vein of thinking, this blog is about who we THINK will will not who we WANT to win. Does not mean we do not want some of these outcomes but you can clearly see some discrepancies with these choices and HLS Movie Award nominees. Because HLS Movie Awards has no behind the scenes game at play to jockey for votes, BUT this is a call out to movies nominated you can definitely influence our voting with gifts and it is not too late to do so the HLS Movie Awards is this Friday April 16th!

    Enough joking around this is a serious thing. The Academy Award is the most prestigious award a film can win. On to the awards!

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

    Maria Bakalova - Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

    Glenn Close - Hillbilly Elegy

    Olivia Coleman - The Father

    Amanda Seyfried - Mank

    Yuh-Jung Youn - Minari

My Pick to win : Yuh-Jung Youn - Minari


Best Makeup and Hairstyling 

    Emma

    Hillbilly Elegy

    Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

    Mank

    Pinocchio

My Pick to win : Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Best Costume Design

    Emma - Alexandra Byrne

    Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - Ann Roth

    Mank - Trish Summerville

    Mulan - Bina Daigeler

    Pinocchio - Massimo Cantini Parrini

My Pick to win : Ann Roth - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom


Best Production Design

    The Father - Peter Francis

    Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - Mark Ricker

    Mank - Donald Graham Burt

    News of the World - David Crank 

    Tenet - Nathan Crowley

My Pick to win : Nathan Crowley - Tenet


Best Cinematography

    Judas and the Black Messiah - Sean Bobbitt

    Mank - Erik Messerschmidt

    News of the World - Dariusz Wolski

    Nomadland - Joshua James Richards

    The Trial of the Chicago 7 - Phedon Papamichael

My Pick to win : Joshua James Richards - Nomadland



Best International feature Film

    Another Round - Denmark

    Better Days - Hong Kong

    Collective - Romania

    The Man Who Sold His Skin - Tunisia

    Quo Vadis, Aida? - Bosnia and Herzegovina

My Pick to win : Another Round


Best Sound

    Greyhound

    Mank

    News of the World

    Soul

    Sound of Metal

My Pick to win: Sound of Metal


Best Film Editing

    The Father - Yorgos Lamprinos

    Nomadland - Chloa Zhao

    Promising Young Woman - Frederic Thoraval

    Sound of Metal - Mikkel E. G. Nielsen

    The Trial of the Chicago 7 - Alan Baumgarten    

My Pick to win : Mikkel E. G. Nielsen - Sound of Metal



Best Actor in a Supporting Role

    Sacha Baron Cohen - The Trial of the Chicago 7

    Daniel Kaluuya - Judas and the Black Messiah

    Leslie Odom Jr. - One Night in Miami...

    Paul Raci - Sound of Metal

    Lakeith Stanfield - Judas and the Black Messiah

My Pick to win : Leslie Odom Jr. - One Night in Miami


Best Visual Effects

    Love and Monsters

    The Midnight Sky

    Mulan    

    The One and Only Ivan

    Tenet

My Pick to win : Tenet


Best Original Screenplay

    Judas and the Black Messiah - Will Berson, Shaka King

    Minari - Lee Isaac Chung

    Promising Young Woman - Emerald Fennell

    Sound of Metal - Darius Marder, Abraham Marder

    The Trial of Chicago 7 - Aaron Sorkin

My Pick to win : Darius Marder and Abraham Marder - Sound of Metal


Best Adapted Screenplay

    Borat Subsequent Moviefilm - Sacha Baron Cohen

    The Father - Christopher Hampton

    Nomadland - Chloe Zhao

    One Night in Miami... - Kemp Powers

    The White Tiger - Ramin Bahrani

My Pick to win : Nomadland - Chloe Zhao



Best Animated Feature Film

    Onward

    Over The Moon

    A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon

    Soul

    Wolfwalkers

My Pick to win : Soul


Best Original Score

    Da 5 Bloods - Terence Blanchard

    Mank - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

    Minari - Emile Mosseri

    News of the World - James Newton Howard

    Soul - Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

My Pick to win :  Soul - Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross


Best Original Song

    Fight For You - Judas and the Black Messiah

    Hear My Voice - The Trial of the Chicago 7

    Husavik - Eurovision song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga

    Io Si - The Life Ahead

    Speak Now - One Night in Miami

My Pick to win : Speak Now - One Night in Miami



Best Actor in a Leading Role

    Riz Ahmed - Sound of Metal

    Chadwick Boseman - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

    Anthony Hopkins - The Father

    Gary Oldman - Mank

    Steven Yeun - Minari

My Pick to win : Chadwick Boseman - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom



Best Actress in a Leading Role

    Viola Davis - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

    Andra Day - The United States vs. Billie Holiday

    Vanessa Kirby - Pieces of a Woman

    Frances McDormand - Nomadland

    Carey Mulligan - Promising Young Woman

My Pick to win : Viola Davis - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom



Best Director

    Thomas Vinterberg - Another Round

    David Fincher - Mank

    Lee Issac Chung - Minari

    Chloe Zhao - Nomadland 

    Emerald Fennell - Promising Young Woman

My Pick to win : Chloe Zhao - Nomadland 



Best Picture

    The Father

    Judas and the Black Messiah

    Mank

    Minari

    Nomadland

    Promising Young Woman

    Sound of Metal

    The Trial of the Chicago 7

My Pick to win : Sound of Metal


Projected Totals:

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - Four

Sound of Metal - Four

Nomadland - Three

Soul - Two

One Night in Miami -Two

Tenet - Two

Minari - One

Another Round - One

    Thank you so much for reading! Let me know what your Oscar predictions are below! Be sure to hit subscribe up top and follow me on Twitter @HaroldLStokes! Remember the HLS Movie awards are THIS Friday April 16th! Follow along here on the blog and on twitter!

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