The lucky nominees of the 90^th Annual Academy Awards will be announced Tuesday, January 23 at 7:22pm central time. Will The Shape of Water break a record? Will The Florida Project fail to secure a Best Picture nomination? Will Sebastian Stan slide into the Best Supporting Actor category at the last minute? It’s been one of the best years for film in a decade and I am positive there will snubs and surprises galore come Tuesday morning!

How do I think it will all shake down? Let’s check it out….

BEST PICTURE

1. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2. The Shape of Water
3. The Post
4. Lady Bird
5. Get Out
6. The Big Sick
7. I, Tonya
8. The Florida Project
9. Dunkirk
10. Darkest Hour

BEST DIRECTOR

1. Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water
2. Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
3. Jordan Peele, Get Out
4. Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
5. Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

BEST ACTOR

1. Gary Oldman, The Darkest Hour
2. Timothee Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name
3. Tom Hanks, The Post
4. Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
5. James Franco, The Disaster Artist

BEST ACTRESS

1. Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2. Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
3. Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
4. Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
5. Meryl Streep, The Post

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

1. Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2. Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
3. Woddy Harrelson, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
4. Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water
5. Sebastian Stan, I, Tonya

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1. Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
2. Allison Janney, I, Tonya
3. Holly Hunter, The Big Sick
4. Mary J. Blige, Mudbound
5. Hong Chau, Downsizing

BEST ADAPATED SCREENPLAY

1. Call Me By Your Name
2. The Disaster Artist
3. Molly’s Game
4. Mudbound
5. Wonder Woman

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

1. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2. Lady Bird
3. Get Out
4. The Shape of Water
5. The Big Sick

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

1. Blade Runner, Roger Deakins
2. Dunkirk, Hoyte van Hotema
3. The Shape of Water, Dan Lausten
4. The Post, Janusz Kaminski
5. Darkest Hour, Bruno Delbonnel

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

1. Phantom Thread, Mark Bridges
2. The Shape of Water, Luis Sequeria
3. Darkest Hour, Jacqueline Durran
4. Murder on the Orient Express, Alexandra Byrne
5. The Greatest Showman, Ellen Mirojnick

BEST FILM EDITING

1. Dunkirk
2. I, Tonya
3. Blade Runner 2049
4. Baby Driver
5. The Shape of Water

BEST MAKE-UP AND HAIR STYLING

1. Darkest Hour
2. I, Tonya
3. The Shape of Water
4. Wonder
5. Bright

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

1. The Shape of Water, Alexandre Desplat
2. Dunkirk, Hans Zimmer
3. The Post, John Williams
4. Darkest Hour, Dario Marianelli
5. Phantom Thread, Jonny Greenwood

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

1. This Is Me, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
2. Stand Up for Something, Diane Warren
3. Remember Me, Bobby Lopez and Kristen Anderson
4. The Mystery of Love, Sufjan Stevens
5. It Ain’t Fair, The Roots

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

1. The Shape of Water
2. Blade Runner 2049
3. Darkest Hour
4. The Greatest Showman
5. The Post

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Tristan Tapscott Theatre Columnist

Tristan Layne Tapscott has been dubbed the “Quad Cities’ P.T. Barnum” and although the person who initially said it meant it as an insult, he happily accepts the title.