The Agony of Decisions: My picks

Watching all of the movies does not help you pick winners! Having your finger on the pulse of Hollywood whims does that and I do not have that. But it feels weird to go through this process and then not have an overall weigh-in on how it will go, could go, or should go. So I'll give it a go-go.

Enjoy the show, if you watch. Avoid Hollywood streets, if you don't!

Best Picture

Academy: Oppenheimer

Autumn: American Fiction, but it's hard to choose

Director

Academy: Christopher Nolan

Autumn: Jonathan Glazer

Actress

Academy: Emma Stone

Autumn: Lily Gladstone

Actor

Academy: Cillian Murphy

Autumn: Cillian Murphy

Supporting Actress

Academy: Da' Vine Joy Randolph

Autumn: Da'Vine Joy Randolph, but it was almost a four way tie

Supporting Actor

Academy: Robert Downey Jr.

Autumn: Sterling K. Brown

Original Screenplay

Academy: May December

Autumn: Past Lives 

Adapted Screenplay

Academy: Oppenheimer

Autumn: American Fiction

International Feature

Academy: The Zone of Interest

Autumn: The Zone of Interest 

Animated Feature

Academy: The Boy and the Heron

Autumn: Spiderman: Across the Spiderverse

Documentary Feature

Academy: 20 Days in Mariupol

Autumn: To Kill a Tiger

Cinematography

Academy: Hoyte van Hoytema for Oppenheimer

Autumn: Hoyte van Hoytema for Oppenheimer

Editing

Academy: Jennifer Lame for Oppenheimer

Autumn: Thelma Schoonmaker for Killers of the Flower Moon

Costume Design

Academy: Jacqueline West for Killers of the Flower Moon

Autumn: Holly Waddington for Poor Things

Hair and Make Up

Academy: Kazu Hiro, Kay Georgiou and Lori McCoy-Bell for Maestro

Autumn: Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston for Poor Things

Sound

Academy: Oppenheimer

Autumn: literally a tie between Oppenheimer and The Zone of Interest

Visual Effects

Academy: The Creator

Autumn: Godzilla Minus One

Production Design

Academy: Shona Heath, Zsuzsa Mihalek, James Price for Poor Things

Autumn: Shona Heath, Zsuzsa Mihalek, James Price for Poor Things

Original Song

Academy: Billie Eilish and Finneas for "What was I Made for?"

Autumn: Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt for "I'm Just Ken"

Original Score

Academy: Ludwig Goransson for Oppenheimer

Autumn: Ludwig Goransson for Oppenheimer

Live Action Short

Academy: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

Autumn: Knight of Fortune

Animated Short

Academy: War is Over! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko

Autumn: Pachyderme

Documentary Short

Academy: The Last Repair Shop

Autumn: The Last Repair Shop