Pick The Oscar Winners, Win The FIRST ANNUAL QuadCities.com Oscar Contest!
The 2021 Academy Awards are FINALLY here! The Awards show is set for 7 p.m. Sunday on ABC!
Do you have predictions set? Well, we’re providing you with a convenient ballot here to fill out for your own Oscar parties and gatherings, and if you want, you can also enter the FIRST ANNUAL QUADCITIES.COM OSCAR CONTEST!
That’s right — just click on the official ballot here, and send us your picks for the winners by 5 p.m. central time Sunday — send the entries to Sean@QuadCities.com — and the winner will get a FREE PIZZA FROM HARRIS PIZZA!
That’s right, FREE PIZZA!
You don’t have to circle the ballot or anything, you can just write down your picks for each category and send that in your e-mail to make it easier.
Need some help picking? Here are my predictions below.
It’s been a wild year and some races are still up in the air but I think Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and some other races are locked up. Some of their categories, though? Your guess is as a good as mine!
So don’t forget to check off your official QuadCities.com ballot, send us your picks, and play along with us on Sunday!
BEST PICTURE
The Father
Judas and the Black Messiah Mank
Minari
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Look out for: Promising Young Woman
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Anthony Hopkins, The Father
Gary Oldman, Mank
Steven Yeun, Minari
Look out for Riz Ahmed
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
Leslie Odom, Jr., One Night in Miami
Paul Raci, Sound of Metal
Lakeith Stanfield, Judas and the Black Messiah
Look out for Paul Raci
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Andra Day, The United States vs. Billie Holiday Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman
Look out for Viola Davis
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman, The Father
Amanda Seyfried, Mank
Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari
Look out for NO ONE
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Onward
Over the Moon
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Soul
Wolfwalkers
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank
News of the World
Nomadland
The Trial of the Chicago 7
COSTUME DESIGN
Emma
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
Mulan
Pinocchio
DIRECTING
Another Round
Mank
Minari
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Collective
Crip Camp
The Mole Agent
My Octopus Teacher
Time
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
Colette
A Concerto Is a Conversation Do Not Split
Hunger Ward
A Love Song for Latasha
FILM EDITING
The Father
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
Another Round
Better Days
Collective
The Man Who Sold His Skin
Quo Vadis, Aida?
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Emma
Hillbilly Elegy
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
Pinocchio
ORIGINAL SCORE
Da 5 Bloods
Mank
Minari
News of the World
Soul
ORIGINAL SONG
“Fight For You,” Judas and the Black Messiah
“Hear My Voice,” The Trial of the Chicago 7
“Husavik,” Eurovision Song Contest
“Io Sì (Seen),” The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Se) “Speak Now,” One Night In Miami…
PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Father
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
News of the World
Tenet
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Burrow
Genius Loci
If Anything Happens I Love You
Opera
Yes-People
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Feeling Through
The Letter Room
The Present
Two Distant Strangers
White Eye
SOUND
Greyhound
Mank
News of the World
Soul
Sound of Metal
VISUAL EFFECTS
Love and Monsters
The Midnight Sky
Mulan
The One and Only Ivan
Tenet
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
The Father
Nomadland
One Night in Miami…
The White Tiger
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Judas and the Black Messiah
Minari
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7