BEST PICTURE
Nominees:
“Black Panther”
“BlacKkKlansman”
“Bohemian Rhapsody”
“The Favourite”
“Green Book”
“Roma”
“A Star Is Born”
“Vice”
This race is wide open. My gut says “Roma,” while my head says when in doubt go with the Producers Guild winner, which is “Green Book.”
Predicted winner: “Roma”
BEST DIRECTOR
Nominees:
Alfonso Cuarón, “Roma”
Yorgos Lanthimos, “The Favourite”
Spike Lee, “BlacKkKlansman”
Adam McKay, “Vice”
Pawel Pawlikowski, “Cold War”
This isn’t quite a lock, because Spike Lee has never won a competitive Oscar.
Predicted winner: Alfonso Cuarón, “Roma”
BEST ACTOR
Nominees:
Christian Bale, “Vice”
Bradley Cooper, “A Star Is Born”
Willem Dafoe, “At Eternity’s Gate”
Rami Malek, “Bohemian Rhapsody”
Viggo Mortensen, “Green Book”
Malek is the clear favorite, maybe because nobody really wants to spend two hours with Dick Cheney, no matter how good Bale is at personifying the former vice president.