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THE ACADEMY AWARDS: RICHARD’S PREDICTIONS FOR THE 92nd Academy Awards!

The most nominated film at the 2020 Oscars is “Joker” with 11 noms.

There’s a three-way tie for second, at 10, with “The Irishman,” “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood” and “1917.”

Netflix led the nominations with 24, followed closely by Disney at 23 and Sony Pictures at 20 nominations.

John Williams was nominated for his 52nd Oscar nomination — making him the most nominated single person after Walt Disney and the most-nominated living person. Williams has won the Oscar five times — the original “Star Wars,” “Schindler’s List,” “E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial,” “Jaws” and “Fiddler On The Roof” — and this becomes the sixth time he has been nominated for a “Star Wars” film.

With His 9th directing nomination, Martin Scorsese is the Most-Nominated living director. The late William Wyler was nominated for best director 12 times.

“Parasite” made history with its six Oscar nominations. Bong Joon-ho’s thriller is the sixth film to be nominated for both Best Picture and International Feature Film, joining the ranks of last year’s “Roma,” France’s “Z” (1969), Italy’s “Life Is Beautiful” (1998), Taiwan’s “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” (2000), and France/Germany/Austria’s “Amour” (2012). “Parasite” is only the 11th foreign-language film to ever be nominated in the top category. A foreign-language title has never won the Oscar for Best Picture in the ceremony’s history.

Saoirse Ronan is the second youngest 4-time acting nominee for “Little Women.” The current record-holder, Jennifer Lawrence, beat Ronan by mere months — she was also 25 when she earned her fourth Oscar nomination for “Joy” in 2015. 

Bong Joon-ho made history as the first South Korean director to receive this nomination

THE PREDICTIONS:

BEST PICTURE

“Ford v Ferrari”

“The Irishman”

“Jojo Rabbit”

“Joker”

“Little Women”

“Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood”

“Marriage Story”

“Parasite”

“1917”

WILL WIN: 1917

SHOULD WIN: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Kathy Bates, “Richard Jewell”

Laura Dern, “Marriage Story”

Scarlett Johansson, “Jojo Rabbit”

Florence Pugh, “Little Women”

Margot Robbie, “Bombshell”

WILL WIN: Laura Dern

SHOULD / COULD WIN: Florence Pugh

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Tom Hanks, “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”

Anthony Hopkins, “The Two Popes”

Al Pacino, “The Irishman”

Joe Pesci, “The Irishman”

Brad Pitt, “Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood”

WILL WIN: Brad Pitt

SHOULD WIN: Everyone else can stay home, this one goes to Pitt

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Antonio Banderas, “Pain and Glory”

Leonardo DiCaprio, “Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood”

Adam Driver, “Marriage Story”

Joaquin Phoenix, “Joker”

Jonathan Pryce, “The Two Popes”

WILL WIN: Joaquin Phoenix

SHOULD WIN: Joaquin Phoenix

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Cynthia Erivo, “Harriet”

Scarlett Johansson, “Marriage Story”

Saoirse Ronan, “Little Women”

Renée Zellweger, “Judy”

Charlize Theron, “Bombshell”

WILL WIN: Renée Zellweger

SHOULD WIN: Renée Zellweger

DIRECTOR

Martin Scorsese, “The Irishman”

Quentin Tarantino, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”

Bong Joon-ho, “Parasite”

Sam Mendes, “1917”

Todd Phillips, “Joker”

WILL WIN: Sam Mendes

SHOULD WIN: Quentin Tarantino

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

South Korea, “Parasite”

Spain, “Pain and Glory”

France, “Les Misérables”

North Macedonia, “Honeyland”

Poland, “Corpus Christi”

WILL WIN: Parasite

SHOULD WIN: Parasite


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