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Best Picture

Nomadland 7/1
The Trial of the Chicago 7 15/2
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 17/2

Best Director

Chloe Zhao 7/2
David Fincher 9/2
Aaron Sorkin 13/2

Best Actress

Viola Davis 19/5
Frances McDormand 4/1
Vanessa Kirby 9/2

Best Actor

Chadwick Boseman 17/5
Anthony Hopkins 4/1
Riz Ahmed 5/1

Best Supporting Actress

Amanda Seyfried 39/10
Olivia Colman 4/1
Ellen Burstyn 5/1

Best Supporting Actor

Leslie Odom, Jr. 19/5
Sacha Baron Cohen 9/2
Daniel Kaluuya 11/2

Best Adapted Screenplay

Nomadland 71/20
One Night in Miami 4/1
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 9/2

Best Original Screenplay

The Trial of the Chicago 7 18/5
Mank 5/1
Minari 5/1

Grammy Nominations 2021

Predictions

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Blinding Lights 4/1
Don't Start Now 13/2
Circles 15/2

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Awards

Oscars Nominations 2021

Nominees

Top Choice

Odds

Nomadland

2,582

7/1

The Trial of the Chicago 7

531

15/2

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

17/2

Mank

427

19/2

One Night in Miami

10/1

The Father

21/2

Minari

21/2

Da 5 Bloods

16/1

News of the World

16/1

10.

Soul

22/1

11.

Promising Young Woman

25/1

12.

Judas and the Black Messiah

33/1

13.

Sound of Metal

37/1

14.

The United States vs. Billie Holiday

100/1

15.

Hillbilly Elegy

100/1

16.

Malcolm and Marie

100/1

17.

First Cow

100/1

18.

The Prom

100/1

19.

On the Rocks

100/1

20.

Ammonite

100/1

21.

Palm Springs

100/1

22.

French Exit

100/1

23.

Falling

100/1

24.

Tenet

100/1

25.

Pieces of a Woman

100/1

26.

I'm Thinking of Ending Things

100/1

27.

Never Rarely Sometimes Always

100/1

28.

Emma

100/1

29.

Personal History of David Copperfield

100/1

30.

The King of Staten Island

100/1

31.

Working Man

100/1

32.

The Invisible Man

100/1

33.

Wild Mountain Thyme

100/1

34.

Ordinary Love

100/1

35.

Kajillionaire

100/1

36.

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

100/1

37.

The Woman in the Window

100/1

38.

The Mauritanian

100/1

39.

Radioactive

100/1

40.

The Devil All the Time

100/1

41.

Let Them All Talk

100/1

42.

Supernova

100/1

43.

The Assistant

100/1

44.

The Little Things

100/1

45.

Miss Juneteenth

100/1

46.

Another Round

100/1

47.

Greyhound

100/1

48.

Shirley

100/1

49.

The Midnight Sky

100/1

50.

The Glorias

100/1

51.

The Boys in the Band

100/1

52.

Wonder Woman 1984

100/1

53.

Cherry

100/1

54.

The Life Ahead

100/1

55.

Mulan

100/1

56.

Land

100/1

57.

Let Him Go

100/1

58.

The Forty-Year-Old Version

100/1

59.

Driveways

100/1

60.

The World to Come

100/1

61.

I'm No Longer Here

100/1

62.

I Care a Lot

100/1

63.

The White Tiger

100/1

64.

The Courier

100/1

65.

Unpregnant

100/1

66.

Joe Bell

100/1

67.

The Outpost

100/1

68.

I'm Your Woman

100/1

69.

Wander Darkly

100/1

70.

The Way Back

100/1

71.

Those Who Wish Me Dead

100/1

72.

The Nest

100/1

73.

Happiest Season

100/1

74.

Breaking News in Yuba County

100/1

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Updated Jan 17, 2021 12:48 pm

1

Frances McDormand (Nomadland)
2

Viola Davis (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)
3

Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman)

Tim Gray Variety

Updated Jan 17, 2021 12:03 pm

1

Frances McDormand (Nomadland)
2

Andra Day (The United States vs. Billie Holiday)
3

Michelle Pfeiffer (French Exit)

Keith Simanton IMDb

Updated Jan 17, 2021 10:41 am

1

Zendaya (Malcolm and Marie)
2

Viola Davis (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)
3

Frances McDormand (Nomadland)

Michael Musto Queerty

Updated Jan 17, 2021 6:23 am

1

Vanessa Kirby (Pieces of a Woman)
2

Frances McDormand (Nomadland)
3

Viola Davis (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)

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ElectronicOldMen

Updated Jan 17, 2021 3:48 am

1

Amanda Seyfried (Mank)
2

Olivia Colman (The Father)
3

Yuh-Jung Youn (Minari)

patrickk_del

Updated Jan 16, 2021 10:25 pm

1

Olivia Colman (The Father)
2

Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)
3

Ellen Burstyn (Pieces of a Woman)

MilesTheEdwards

Updated Jan 16, 2021 2:22 am

1

Olivia Colman (The Father)
2

Amanda Seyfried (Mank)
3

Ellen Burstyn (Pieces of a Woman)

Abel Gance

Updated Jan 15, 2021 11:14 am

1

Amanda Seyfried (Mank)
2

Olivia Colman (The Father)
3

Ellen Burstyn (Pieces of a Woman)

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Awards

Oscars Nominations 2021

Nominees

Top Choice

Odds

Nomadland

2,582

7/1

The Trial of the Chicago 7

531

15/2

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

17/2

Mank

427

19/2

One Night in Miami

10/1

The Father

21/2

Minari

21/2

Da 5 Bloods

16/1

News of the World

16/1

10.

Soul

22/1

11.

Promising Young Woman

25/1

12.

Judas and the Black Messiah

33/1

13.

Sound of Metal

37/1

14.

The United States vs. Billie Holiday

100/1

15.

Hillbilly Elegy

100/1

16.

Malcolm and Marie

100/1

17.

First Cow

100/1

18.

The Prom

100/1

19.

On the Rocks

100/1

20.

Ammonite

100/1

21.

Palm Springs

100/1

22.

French Exit

100/1

23.

Falling

100/1

24.

Tenet

100/1

25.

Pieces of a Woman

100/1

26.

I'm Thinking of Ending Things

100/1

27.

Never Rarely Sometimes Always

100/1

28.

Emma

100/1

29.

Personal History of David Copperfield

100/1

30.

The King of Staten Island

100/1

31.

Working Man

100/1

32.

The Invisible Man

100/1

33.

Wild Mountain Thyme

100/1

34.

Ordinary Love

100/1

35.

Kajillionaire

100/1

36.

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

100/1

37.

The Woman in the Window

100/1

38.

The Mauritanian

100/1

39.

Radioactive

100/1

40.

The Devil All the Time

100/1

41.

Let Them All Talk

100/1

42.

Supernova

100/1

43.

The Assistant

100/1

44.

The Little Things

100/1

45.

Miss Juneteenth

100/1

46.

Another Round

100/1

47.

Greyhound

100/1

48.

Shirley

100/1

49.

The Midnight Sky

100/1

50.

The Glorias

100/1

51.

The Boys in the Band

100/1

52.

Wonder Woman 1984

100/1

53.

Cherry

100/1

54.

The Life Ahead

100/1

55.

Mulan

100/1

56.

Land

100/1

57.

Let Him Go

100/1

58.

The Forty-Year-Old Version

100/1

59.

Driveways

100/1

60.

The World to Come

100/1

61.

I'm No Longer Here

100/1

62.

I Care a Lot

100/1

63.

The White Tiger

100/1

64.

The Courier

100/1

65.

Unpregnant

100/1

66.

Joe Bell

100/1

67.

The Outpost

100/1

68.

I'm Your Woman

100/1

69.

Wander Darkly

100/1

70.

The Way Back

100/1

71.

Those Who Wish Me Dead

100/1

72.

The Nest

100/1

73.

Happiest Season

100/1

74.

Breaking News in Yuba County

100/1

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