My 89th Annual Academy Awards Nomination Predictions

        Tomorrow at 8:30am EST the nominations for the 89th Academy Awards will be announced by Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, Brie Larson, Jennifer Hudson, Ken Watanabe and Emmanuel Lubezki. So with that being said, I'm here to give you my predictions on what I believe will be nominated in each category for the Awards show. Now all of the technical (behind the scenes excluding director) categories have a random numbers of different nominees (one category could have 5 another could have 3). With that being said I will put down what I believe he top 5 contenders for each award is since I do not know which categories will have 5, less than 5 or more than 5. The awards for Best Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress and Director always have 5 nominees, so the ones you see are who I think will be nominated. So without further ado..........

Best Picture

Now Best Picture has a catch. There can be between 5 and 10 nominations. So I'll give you my 5 that will without a doubt make the list and then I will add what I believe would be the 6th, 7th etc.

1. Manchester by the Sea
2. La La Land
3. Moonlight
4. Fences
5. Arrival

6. Hell or High Water
7. Lion
8. Hacksaw Ridge
9. Silence
10. Deadpool

Best Director

1. Kenneth Lonergan- Manchester by the Sea
2. Denis Villeneuve- Arrival
3. Damian Chazelle- La La Land
4. Denzel Washington- Fences
5. Berry Jenkins- Moonlight

Best Actor

1. Casey Affleck- Manchester by the Sea
2. Andrew Garfield- Hacksaw Ridge
3. Ryan Gosling- La La Land
4. Joel Edgerton- Loving
5. Denzel Washington- Fences

Best Actress

1. Ruth Negga- Loving
2. Taraji P. Henson- Hidden Figures
3. Amy Adams- Arrival
4. Emma Stone- La La Land
5. Natalie Portman- Jackie

Best Supporting Actor

1. Mahershala Ali- Moonlight
2. Dev Patel- Lion
3. Jeff Bridges- Hell or High Water
4. Aaron Taylor-Johnson- Nocturnal Animals
5. Lucas Hedges- Manchester by the Sea

Best Supporting Actress

1. Michelle Williams- Manchester by the Sea
2. Viola Davis- Fences
3. Naoime Harris- Moonlight
4. Octavia Spencer- Hidden Figures
5. Nicole Kidman- Lion

Best Original Screenplay

1. La La Land- Damien Chazelle
2. Manchester by the Sea- Kenneth Lonergan
3. Hell or High Water- Taylor Sheridan
4. Zootopia- Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Phil Johnson, Jennifer Lee, Rich Moore, Jim Reardon, Josie Trinidad
5. Jackie- Noah Oppenheim

Best Adapted Screenplay

1. Fences- August Wilson
2. Loving- Jeff Nichols
3. Moonlight- Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney
4. Arrival- Eric Heisserer
5. Deadpool- Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick

Best Animated Feature

1. Kubo and the Two Strings
2. Finding Dory
3. The Red Turtle
4. Zootopia
5. Moana

Best Foreign Language Film

In Best Foreign Language Film I will list what country the films come from along with the film.

1. The Salesman- Iran
2. My Life as a Zucchini- Switzerland
3. Toni Erdmann- Germany
4. Paradise- Russia
5. Land of Mine- Denmark


Best Documentary Feature

1. Weiner
2. OJ: Made in America
3. Gleason
4. Life, Animated
5. 13th

Best Cinematography

1. Bradford Young- Arrival
2. Jody Lee Lipes- Manchester By the Sea
3. Linus Sandgren- La La Land
4. Rodrigo Prieto- Silence
5. Giles Nuttgens- Hell or High Water

Best Film Editing

1. John Gilbert- Hacksaw Ridge
2. Tom Cross- La La Land
3. Jennifer Lame- Manchester by the Sea
4. Joe Walker- Arrival
5. Mark Livolsi- The Jungle Book

Best Production Design

1. Sandy Reynolds-Wasco and David Wasco- La La Land
2. Patrice Vermette and Paul Hotte- Arrival
3. John Bush and Charles Wood- Doctor Strange
4. Stuart Craig and Anna Pinnock- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
5. Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo- Silence

Best Costume Design

1. Mary Zophres- La La Land
2. Madeline Fontaine- Jackie
3. Dante Ferretti- Silence
4. Colleen Atwood- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
5. Consolata Boyle- Florence Foster Jenkins

Best Original Score

1. Justin Hurwitz- La La Land
2. Mica Levi- Jackie
3. Alexandre Desplat- Florence Foster Jenkins
4. Michael Giacchino- Zootopia
5. Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka- Lion

Best Original Song

In this category I will give the songand the movie the song was made for

1. City of Stars- La La Land
2. Can't Stop the Feeling- Trolls
3. Audition- La La Land
4. Runnin- Hidden Figures
5. How Far I’ll Go- Moana

Best Visual Effects

1. The Jungle Book
2. Doctor Strange
3. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
4. Arrival
5. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Best Makeup & Hairstyling
For this category there are only three films that usually get nominated (only 3 times have there been less or more than 3 nominees), but I'm going to predict my top 3 and two possible contenders

1. Deadpool
2. Florence Foster Jenkins
3. Suicide Squad

4. Star Trek Beyond
5. Hail, Caesar!

Best Sound Mixing

1. Arrival
2. Doctor Strange
3. Hacksaw Ridge
4. The Jungle Book
5. La La Land

Best Sound Editing

1. La La Land
2. The Jungle Book
3. Arrival
4. Hacksaw Ridge
5. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Best Live Action Short

1. Piper
2. Pearl
3. Sous Tes Doigts
4. The Head Vanishes
5. Inner Workings

Best Animated Short
For this category there are only three films that usually get nominated (only 3 times have there been less or more than 3 nominees), but I'm going to predict my top 3 and two possible contenders

1. Timecode
2. Nocturne in Black
3. Graffiti

4. The Rifle, the Jackal, the Wolf and the Boy
5. Sing (Mindenki)

Best Documentary Short

1. Joe's Violin
2. 4.1 Miles
3. The Mute's House
4. Extremis
5. The White Helemets

        So ladies and gentlemen who and what do you think will get nominated for the 89th Academy Awards? Let me know in the comments section below and let your voice be heard.

                                                                                                                           Jonah Sparks