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Oscars Nominations 2021

Predictions

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 6/1

Best Actress

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

Best Actor

Chadwick Boseman 10/3
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

Record of the Year

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

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FILM ANIMATION
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Chloe Zhao ("Nomadland") has been out front since early December. As her early chief rival David Fincher ('Mank') now drops, there's rising support for Lee Isaac Chung ('Minari'), Aaron Sorkin ('Chicago 7') and Regina King ('One Night in Miami'). Use drop-down menus above to change categories.

TV Shows

Awards

Oscars Nominations 2021

Nominees

Top Choice

Odds

Nomadland

2,677

7/1

The Trial of the Chicago 7

568

15/2

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

17/2

Mank

401

19/2

One Night in Miami

10/1

Minari

11/1

The Father

11/1

Da 5 Bloods

16/1

News of the World

18/1

10.

Promising Young Woman

20/1

11.

Soul

25/1

12.

Judas and the Black Messiah

30/1

13.

Sound of Metal

35/1

14.

The United States vs. Billie Holiday

100/1

15.

Malcolm and Marie

100/1

16.

Hillbilly Elegy

100/1

17.

The Prom

100/1

18.

First Cow

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.

Never Rarely Sometimes Always

100/1

26.

I'm Thinking of Ending Things

100/1

27.

Pieces of a Woman

100/1

28.

Emma

100/1

29.

The King of Staten Island

100/1

30.

Personal History of David Copperfield

100/1

31.

Working Man

100/1

32.

The Woman in the Window

100/1

33.

Wild Mountain Thyme

100/1

34.

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

100/1

35.

Kajillionaire

100/1

36.

Ordinary Love

100/1

37.

The Invisible Man

100/1

38.

The Devil All the Time

100/1

39.

The Assistant

100/1

40.

Let Them All Talk

100/1

41.

The Mauritanian

100/1

42.

Miss Juneteenth

100/1

43.

The Little Things

100/1

44.

Another Round

100/1

45.

Supernova

100/1

46.

Wonder Woman 1984

100/1

47.

Greyhound

100/1

48.

The Midnight Sky

100/1

49.

Mulan

100/1

50.

Cherry

100/1

51.

The Life Ahead

100/1

52.

The Glorias

100/1

53.

The Boys in the Band

100/1

54.

The Forty-Year-Old Version

100/1

55.

Driveways

100/1

56.

Land

100/1

57.

The World to Come

100/1

58.

The Courier

100/1

59.

I'm No Longer Here

100/1

60.

I Care a Lot

100/1

61.

Let Him Go

100/1

62.

Unpregnant

100/1

63.

The White Tiger

100/1

64.

Joe Bell

100/1

65.

The Outpost

100/1

66.

Radioactive

100/1

67.

I'm Your Woman

100/1

68.

Wander Darkly

100/1

69.

The Way Back

100/1

70.

Those Who Wish Me Dead

100/1

71.

Shirley

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 24, 2021 1:41 pm

1

Zendaya (Malcolm and Marie)
2

Viola Davis (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)
3

Frances McDormand (Nomadland)

Peter Travers Rolling Stone

Updated Jan 24, 2021 9:07 am

1

Viola Davis (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)
2

Frances McDormand (Nomadland)
3

Zendaya (Malcolm and Marie)

Susan Wloszczyna Gold Derby

Updated Jan 24, 2021 8:48 am

1

Frances McDormand (Nomadland)
2

Viola Davis (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)
3

Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman)

Susan King Gold Derby

Updated Jan 23, 2021 10:19 am

1

Frances McDormand (Nomadland)
2

Viola Davis (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)
3

Sophia Loren (The Life Ahead)

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methaddiction

Updated Jan 24, 2021 8:13 am

1

Amanda Seyfried (Mank)
2

Olivia Colman (The Father)
3

Ellen Burstyn (Pieces of a Woman)

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Updated Jan 22, 2021 10:19 pm

1

Amanda Seyfried (Mank)
2

Olivia Colman (The Father)
3

Ellen Burstyn (Pieces of a Woman)

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Updated Jan 21, 2021 2:59 pm

1

Amanda Seyfried (Mank)
2

Yuh-Jung Youn (Minari)
3

Olivia Colman (The Father)

MrScreenAddict

Updated Jan 19, 2021 2:54 pm

1

Olivia Colman (The Father)
2

Ellen Burstyn (Pieces of a Woman)
3

Amanda Seyfried (Mank)

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Oscars Nominations 2021

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Nomadland

2,677

7/1

The Trial of the Chicago 7

568

15/2

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

17/2

Mank

401

19/2

One Night in Miami

10/1

Minari

11/1

The Father

11/1

Da 5 Bloods

16/1

News of the World

18/1

10.

Promising Young Woman

20/1

11.

Soul

25/1

12.

Judas and the Black Messiah

30/1

13.

Sound of Metal

35/1

14.

The United States vs. Billie Holiday

100/1

15.

Malcolm and Marie

100/1

16.

Hillbilly Elegy

100/1

17.

The Prom

100/1

18.

First Cow

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.

Never Rarely Sometimes Always

100/1

26.

I'm Thinking of Ending Things

100/1

27.

Pieces of a Woman

100/1

28.

Emma

100/1

29.

The King of Staten Island

100/1

30.

Personal History of David Copperfield

100/1

31.

Working Man

100/1

32.

The Woman in the Window

100/1

33.

Wild Mountain Thyme

100/1

34.

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

100/1

35.

Kajillionaire

100/1

36.

Ordinary Love

100/1

37.

The Invisible Man

100/1

38.

The Devil All the Time

100/1

39.

The Assistant

100/1

40.

Let Them All Talk

100/1

41.

The Mauritanian

100/1

42.

Miss Juneteenth

100/1

43.

The Little Things

100/1

44.

Another Round

100/1

45.

Supernova

100/1

46.

Wonder Woman 1984

100/1

47.

Greyhound

100/1

48.

The Midnight Sky

100/1

49.

Mulan

100/1

50.

Cherry

100/1

51.

The Life Ahead

100/1

52.

The Glorias

100/1

53.

The Boys in the Band

100/1

54.

The Forty-Year-Old Version

100/1

55.

Driveways

100/1

56.

Land

100/1

57.

The World to Come

100/1

58.

The Courier

100/1

59.

I'm No Longer Here

100/1

60.

I Care a Lot

100/1

61.

Let Him Go

100/1

62.

Unpregnant

100/1

63.

The White Tiger

100/1

64.

Joe Bell

100/1

65.

The Outpost

100/1

66.

Radioactive

100/1

67.

I'm Your Woman

100/1

68.

Wander Darkly

100/1

69.

The Way Back

100/1

70.

Those Who Wish Me Dead

100/1

71.

Shirley

100/1

72.

The Nest

100/1

73.

Happiest Season

100/1

74.

Breaking News in Yuba County

100/1

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