There’s going to be a lot of things wrong with the Oscar Nominees. I’m just here to correct the situation for ya.
Oh, and if you went in thinking #OscarsSoWhite. Think again. LOTS of diversity here, including if it were up to me, our first Native American Oscar winner in the major categories that Marlon Brando didn’t send up on stage for himself…
WINNERS ARE IN BOLD:
Best Picture
- Eighth Grade
- Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
- A Quiet Place
- The Hate U Give
- The Rider
- Crazy Rich Asians
- First Man
- Sorry to Bother You
- Tully
- American Animals
Best Actor
- Steve Carell, Beautiful Boy
- Brady Jandreau, The Rider
- Daveed Diggs, Blindspotting
- Ethan Hawke, First Reformed
- Paul Giamatti, Private Life
Best Actress
- Elsie Fisher, Eighth Grade
- Charlize Theron, Tully
- Amandla Stenberg, The Hate U Give
- Glenn Close, The Wife
- Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born
Best Supporting Actor
- Josh Hamilton, Eighth Grade
- Timothee Chalamet, Beautiful Boy
- Michael B. Jordan, Black Panther
- Evan Peters, American Animals
- Rafael Casal, Blindspotting
Best Supporting Actress
- Thomasin McKenzie, Leave No Trace
- Millicent Simmonds, A Quiet Place
- Geraldine Viswanathan, Blockers
- Awkwafina, Crazy Rich Asians
- Cailee Spaeny, Bad Times at the El Royale
Best Director
- Bo Burnham, Eighth Grade
- Chloe Zhao, The Rider
- Ryan Coogler, Black Panther
- Damien Chazelle, First Man
- John M. Chu, Crazy Rich Asians
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Audrey Wells, The Hate U Give
- Peter Chiarelli and Adele Lim, Crazy Rich Asians
- Spike Lee andCharlie Wachtel and David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott, BlackKklansman
- Elizabeth Berger and Isaac Aptaker, Love, Simon
- Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, Avengers: Infinity War
Best Original Screenplay
- Bo Burnham, Eighth Grade
- Tamara Jenkins, Private Life
- Boots Riley, Sorry to Bother You
- Armando Iannucci, The Death of Stalin
- Mark Perez, Game Night