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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 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

Record of the Year

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

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COMPOSERS – Thurs., Jan. 21 at 5 pm PT — Interviews: Terence Blanchard (5 Da Bloods”), Benjamin Wallfisch (“The Invisible Man”), Thomas Newman (“Let Them All Talk”), Steven Price (“Over the Moon”) and Bruno Coulais (“Wolfwalkers”). RSVP

FILM WRITERS — Fri., Jan. 22 at 5 p.m. PT — Interviews: Angela Russo-Otstot and Jessica Goldberg (‘Cherry’), Ruben Santiago-Hudson (‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’), Kemp Powers, (‘One Night in Miami’), Darius Marder (‘Sound of Metal’). RSVP

PRODUCTION DESIGN — Fri., Jan. 25 at 5 p.m. PT / 8 pm ET — Interviews: Jan Pascale (‘Mank’), Mark Ricker (‘MaRainey’s Black Bottom’), David Crank (‘News of the World’), Barry Robison (‘One Night in Miami’) RSVP

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Awards

Oscars Nominations 2021

Nominees

Top Choice

Odds

Nomadland

2,639

7/1

The Trial of the Chicago 7

551

15/2

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

17/2

Mank

413

19/2

One Night in Miami

10/1

The Father

21/2

Minari

11/1

Da 5 Bloods

16/1

News of the World

18/1

10.

Promising Young Woman

22/1

11.

Soul

22/1

12.

Judas and the Black Messiah

30/1

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.

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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Brian Truitt USA Today

Updated Jan 19, 2021 9:30 pm

1

Vanessa Kirby (Pieces of a Woman)
2

Frances McDormand (Nomadland)
3

Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman)

Matthew Jacobs HuffPo

Updated Jan 19, 2021 12:29 pm

1

Viola Davis (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)
2

Frances McDormand (Nomadland)
3

Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman)

Perri Nemiroff Collider

Updated Jan 19, 2021 11:08 am

1

Frances McDormand (Nomadland)
2

Viola Davis (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)
3

Vanessa Kirby (Pieces of a Woman)

Wilson Morales BlackFilmandTV

Updated Jan 19, 2021 6:51 am

1

Viola Davis (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)
2

Frances McDormand (Nomadland)
3

Vanessa Kirby (Pieces of a Woman)

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MrScreenAddict

Updated Jan 19, 2021 2:54 pm

1

Olivia Colman (The Father)
2

Ellen Burstyn (Pieces of a Woman)
3

Amanda Seyfried (Mank)

zachbgilbert

Updated Jan 19, 2021 11:42 am

1

Glenn Close (Hillbilly Elegy)
2

Amanda Seyfried (Mank)
3

Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)

rkenny4

Updated Jan 19, 2021 8:47 am

1

Amanda Seyfried (Mank)
2

Yuh-Jung Youn (Minari)
3

Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)

Davus

Updated Jan 19, 2021 4:58 am

1

Amanda Seyfried (Mank)
2

Glenn Close (Hillbilly Elegy)
3

Ellen Burstyn (Pieces of a Woman)

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Oscars Nominations 2021

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Nomadland

2,639

7/1

The Trial of the Chicago 7

551

15/2

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

17/2

Mank

413

19/2

One Night in Miami

10/1

The Father

21/2

Minari

11/1

Da 5 Bloods

16/1

News of the World

18/1

10.

Promising Young Woman

22/1

11.

Soul

22/1

12.

Judas and the Black Messiah

30/1

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.

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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