spence Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 First I had hoped both (Jakeem & Bogie56), would jump in on these & post the same, but of course in their own opinions/predix of the nominees for THE 89th ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS-(AMPAS) Please do & also contact me as well, when you get a chance to correspond about current cinema 7 of course Hollywoods Golden Age-(l925-60) This marks my 35th year at oddsmaking/handicapping *Oscar & did lousy the first few yrs until '86-(the yrof *"Platoon") & of course still make errors. Highnote yr was 2014-(hitting 20 for 24 correct on the winners) A better yr ten the one in which I won the title of *"Oscar-0racle' in Variety for 2002-(17 for 24) & below forecast are not final until (7) days before official nods are announced on Jan. 26th, 2017 BEST PICTURE?:-(NOTE: & apparently the *Academy is gonna' have 8-10 BP contenders again. I prefer it when there was just 5. But, for a dozen yrs throuout the '30's & early 1940's the had ten) (*-denotes early leader) (major categories only predicted for now) (& they will once again nominate 8 to 10 BP contenders. I liked it when there was just 5 myself) "FENCES" (Paramount) "HELL OR HIGH WATER" *"LA LA LAND" (Summit)-(NOTE: Will lead the field with approx. 12 to 13)* "LOVING" (Focus.) "MANCHESTER BY THE SEA" "MOONLIGHT" "SILENCE" (Paramount) "SULLY" (WB's) (& IF TEN)?: "THE ARRIVAL" "HACKSAW RIDGE" BEST ACTOR?: *CASEY AFFLECK in "Manchester by the Sea"* JOEL EDGERTON, "Loving' ANDREW GARFIELD, "Hacksaw Ridge" TOM HANKS, "Sully" DENZEL WASHINGTON, "Fences" BEST ACTRESS?: ISABELLE HUPPERT in "Elle" RUTH NEGGA, "Loving" NATALIE PORTMAN, "Jackie" *EMMA STONE, "La La Land"* MERYL STREEP, "Florence Foster Jenkins"-(TRIVIA: If in the race again, it will cite her 20th nomination! Closest performers to her are *K. Hepburn & *J. Nicholson (12) SUPPORTING ACTOR?: *MAHERSHELA ALI in "Moonlight"* JEFF BRIDGES, "Hell or High Water" LUCAS HEDGES, "Manchester by the Sea" *LIAM NEESON, "Silence"* DEV PATEL, "Lion" SUPPORTING ACTRESS?: *VIOLA DAVIS in "Fences"* GRETA GERWIG, "20th Century Woman" NAOMIE HARRIS, "Moonlight" NICOLE KIDMAN, "Lion" MICHELLE WILLIAMS, "Manchester by the sea" BEST DIRECTOR?: *DAMIEN CHAZELLE for "La La Land"* *BERRY JENKINS, "Moonlight"* KENNETH LONERGAN, "Manchester by the Sea" CHRIS McKENZIE, "Hell or High Water" MARTIN SCORSESE, "Silence"-(& would denote his 9th BD nod. He's only won once to date for 2006's *"The Departed") & JUST FOR US MOVIE-MUSIC LOVERS & FANS BEST ORIGINAL-SCORE?: "THE ARRIVAL" (Johann Johansson) "THE BFG" (John Williams; it almost seems like the law that record holder for most scoring noms.-(52) *Williams get into the race every year now) "FLORENCE, FOSTER JENKINS" (Alexander Desplat) "JACKIE" (Mac Levi) *LA LA LAND"* V.S. 2016 at the $$$(Box-0ffice)$$$-(domestic receipts only listed) 1st place "Finding Dory" (Pixar) ($486 million & now ranked as the 7th highest grossing pic. of all-time) 2. "Captain America" (BV) ($408m.) 3. "The Secret life of Pets" (Universal) ($368m.) 4. "The Jungle Book" (Walt Disney) ($364m.)-(NOTE: My personal favorite release of 2016 so-far) 5th "Deadpool" (Fox) ($363m.) THANK YOU & PLEASE SEND YOUR COMMENTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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