The Ephemeric

Welcome back to The Ephemeric. Today we will take a break from our annual Hot List in order to bring you some last minute Oscar predictions (don't blame me, not my fault the Oscars are two weeks earlier this year)!

I'm busy, you're busy, I won't waste your time. Please find below predictions for the big night. You may not have seen the big films this year, or be familiar with the latest hype tearing through Hollywood; if so consider the following a crib sheet for what lies ahead this weekend, and perhaps even a sneak peek at who might just be walking away with the big prize.


Best Picture

Nominations:

• Ford v Ferrari 
• The Irishman 
• Jojo Rabbit 
• Joker 
• Little Women 
• Marriage Story 
• 1917
• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 
• Parasite 

• Martin Scorsese – The Irishman
• Todd Phillips – Joker
• Sam Mendes – 1917
• Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
• Bong Joon-ho – Parasite

• Antonio Banderas – Pain and Glory as Salvador Mallo
• Leonardo DiCaprio – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Rick Dalton
• Adam Driver – Marriage Story as Charlie Barber
• Joaquin Phoenix – Joker as Arthur Fleck / Joker
• Jonathan Pryce – The Two Popes as Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio

• Cynthia Erivo – Harriet as Harriet Tubman
• Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story as Nicole Barber
• Saoirse Ronan – Little Women as Josephine "Jo" March
• Charlize Theron – Bombshell as Megyn Kelly
• Renée Zellweger – Judy as Judy Garland

• Tom Hanks – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood as Fred Rogers
• Anthony Hopkins – The Two Popes as Pope Benedict XVI
• Al Pacino – The Irishman as Jimmy Hoffa
• Joe Pesci – The Irishman as Russell Bufalino
• Brad Pitt – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Cliff Booth

• Kathy Bates – Richard Jewell as Barbara "Bobi" Jewell
• Laura Dern – Marriage Story as Nora Fanshaw
• Scarlett Johansson – Jojo Rabbit as Rosie Betzler
• Florence Pugh – Little Women as Amy March
• Margot Robbie – Bombshell as Kayla Pospisil
 

• Knives Out – Rian Johnson
• Marriage Story – Noah Baumbach
• 1917 – Sam Mendes and Krysty Wilson-Cairns
• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Quentin Tarantino
• Parasite – Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won

• The Irishman – Steven Zaillian based on the book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt
• Jojo Rabbit – Taika Waititi based on the novel Caging Skies by Christine Leunens
• Joker – Todd Phillips and Scott Silver based on characters created by Bill Finger, Bob Kane, and Jerry Robinson
• Little Women – Greta Gerwig based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott
• The Two Popes – Anthony McCarten based on his play The Pope